The sun., 1919-08-20
PRESIDENT TO
ANSWER FALLS
WRITTEN QUIZ
Accepts and Promises to
Study 20 Carefully Pre-
pared Questions.
TREATY FULLY COVERED
1t Asks if Wilson Cannot Re-
store Peace Status by
Proclamation.
TREATY FULLY COVERED
Special Despatch TO THE SuS.

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WASHINGTON, Aug. 19.--In addition
to the verbal questions put to the
President by the sixteen Senators of
the Foreign Relations Committee to-
day, Senator Fall IN. NJ submitted
list OF twenty carefully prepared
questions which the President prom
ised to study and answer later in
writing. The questions follow:
1. In your judgment have you not the
power and authority by a proclamation
to declare in appropriate words that
peace exists and thus restore the status
of peace between the Governments and
peoples Of this country and those with
whom we declared war?
2. Could not in any event the power
which declared war, that is, Congress,
Joined by the President, as you affixed
your approval of the declaration of war,
by resolution. or act OF Congress. de-
clare peace, as Germany did not declare
war upon us?
8. Is not the pending. treaty, aside
from the league covenant, merely a set
OF agreed rules and regulations, to be
observed after peace is established, and
is not the state of war terminated merely
by the filing Of the first process verbal?
=. The state Of war being thus termi-
mated by the filing OF the process verbal.
although we may not yet have ratified
The treaty, Germany not having declared
war upon us, could you not appoint or
nn0int nffi
Germany, and by a proclamation Of the
rtatus of peace authorize our citizens and
without further delay resume govern
rnental relations with Germany? And
would we not then be off of a war basis
as to business?
o. The agreement Of the signatories
to the treaty Is that:
From the coming into force OF the
present treaty the state OF war will
terminate"
And under Article 440 II is provided
that as soon as the treaty shall have
been ratified by Germany on the one
hand and by three OF the principal al
lied and associated powers on the other
hand. the first process verbal Of the de-
posit of ratification will be drawn: and
NeTUaIs
From the date of this first process
verbal the treaty will come into force
between sthe high contracting parties
who have ratified It."
Am l correct in assuming:
(a) That when three Of the principal
allied Powers shall have ratihed the
treaty with Germany and the process
verbal is filed. the League OF Nations
is then established.
(b) That all the other provisions of
the treaty with Germany are in full
force as to such rstifying Powers.
| Co That as to the two remaining
| Powers. should they not have ratified II
| (the one being the associated Power
the United States), the state of war
will terminate" although the particular
terms of the treaty itself will not be in
! force as to such non-ratifying Powers
(d) That such last Powers will not be
members of the league until and unless
thereafter they shall have either ratified
the treaty and the league articles OF
| shall have been otherwise accepted into
| the league under the provisions of the
| league articles as they now stand or as
they may be in force at the time OF ad.
mission?
6. However desirable 1t might be tc
have the treaty Immediately adopted
with the articles OF the covenant Of the
| league as written, by what process will
this In view OF your statement as tc
largely increased export, within the neal
future or within one or two more years
reduce in this country the rentals, costs
of necessaries, &C?
Z. Have you heard from Norway
| Sweden, Denmark. Holland and SwitEer
land, \or either, as to whether they will
! join the league and when?
| s. Are you issuing or allowing to b,
issued. EN- bloc or otherwise, licenses tC
do business with those recently our enc
mics, and are you allowing ships anc
other recent enemy ports to clear from
our ports?
Any Consular PInnsf
Q. Have you requested consular repre-.
sentatives OF other countries to act fol
us in Germany?
| 10. Among the documents forwarded
on the Sth inst, to the chairman of thu
committee by yourself under No. 6, fol
lowing the final report OF the commission
upon the league articles. I fnd the fol
lowing recommendation, TO wit: IRE.
solved, That In the opinion of the com
mission the president of the commission
should be requested by the conference
to invite seven Powers. including two
neutrals to name representatives on
committee (a) to prepare plans for th
/ organization of the league; (b) to pre-
pare plans for the establishment of tn
seat OF the league (c) to prepare plan
and the agenda for the first meeting o.
the assembly"
Was this committee appointed and ha
II reported tentatively TO the commission