The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-11-21
WILL PRESENT
TREATY AGAIN
Pres. Wilson Will Take 1t
Up in Message to Con-
gress December |
COMPROMISE MAY
BE WORKED OUT
Mild Reservationists May
Join With the Straight
Ratification Party

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stated officially to-day at the White
House. Until then he will have moth
ing TO say concerning the Senates ac-
tion in rejecting the treaty.
Before Congress convenes, it was
said, administration senators will con
fer and it is possible that the mild
reservationists ON the Republican side
will participate with view of working
out an acceptable compromise on reser-
vations.
Regardless of who is selected to sue
ceed the late Senator Martin as Dem
oeratic leader in the Senate, there will
be no change in the leadership in the
treaty fight, It was said at the White
House. President Wilson considers
that Senator Hitchcock has conducted
the fight ably and sees no reason why
he should not again lead the admins
tration forces.
Senator Underwood Of Alabama,
whose name has been mentioned prom
inently IN connection with the Demo-
cratic leadership, called al the White
House to-day to see Secretary Tu-
multy.
Action by the supreme council at
Paris in fixing Dee. | as the date for
formal proclamation of state of peace
between the powers ratifying the treaty
of Versailles fulfilled the expectation Of
administration officials. After the Sen
ate had ended its special session with
out ratifying the treaty, the general
feeling here was that Europe would
not wait longer for this country's
decision.
Under the treaty's provisions, the
exchange of ratifications could have
been made as soon as three of the
great powers had ratified, but the date
was delayed, it was announced, largely
because it was desired to have the
United States a party from the first
All four Of the other great powers,
Great Britain, France, Italy and Japan,
now have ratified.
The effect Of the PRONUNCIATION of
peace will not, it is held by the state
department, directly affect the legal
status of war existing between the
United States and Germany, but il will
mean that the important work OF reha-
bilitating Europe viii begin without
the participation of this country,
Besides bringing the league OF ma.
tions formally into existence. the event
will bring into force prodigious list
OF obligations which must be performed
by Germany. They touch upon great
and small matters IN many parts OF
the world and are subject to time lin
its ranging from Is days to Is years
For the establishment Of the league
no definite time is stipulated in the
treaty, but the inference generally
drawn is that il will be set up at once
There are many references to subjects
upon which it must pass within a few
weeks from the coming into force Of
the treaty.
Definite time limits to be reckoned
from that date are stipulated, however
for the execution Of great many OF
the treaty provisions. Various commits
sons, including that which is to take
charge of the Saar basin and that which
is to delimit the Polish German from.
tier, are to be set within Is days of the
establishment of peace.
Within three months the German
army must be reduced to 100000 ef.
fectiyes, all unauthorized munitions
plants must be closed, Germany must
hand over all of her military and naval
aeronautical equipment, including the
remnants of her proud Zeppelin fleet
and must modify her laws to conform
with various treaty provisions.
The time limit for reduction Of the
German navy personnel to its pre-
scribed strength is two months and by
the same date the German warships
named in the treaty must be delivered
to the allies. One month is the limit
for delivery of the last scraps of sub
marine equipment, and the fortifiea.
tions the treaty names must be dis,
armed within two months and disman.
tied within six.
In matters relating to finance and
financial reparations, the dates for the
most part are fixed on the calendar and
the time of coming into force of the
treaty does not affect them. The date
of MAY | 1921, is stipulated as the lin.
it for Germany's delivery TO the repa
rations commission of her initial repa-
ration payment of 20,000,000000 marks
and the commission is required by May
| /, 1919, to notify Germany of the tota
damage claims to be filed against hei
by her late. enemies.
No date is fixed for the appointment
of the reparations commission, but the
presumption is that it will begin work
Immediately In fact, dispatches have
/ indicated that it has been doing bust
ness unofIicially for some weeks il
preparation for the task it must as
sumo of rationing raw materials tC
Germany and taking over the vast
work of financial rehabilitationthr
out Europe The clearing house system
| by which it is to cooperate must bC
! set up in three months,
Other sweeping provisions are def
nitely set forth as becoming effective
on the date of the exchange of ratifica
tions. Germany Immediately loses lega
title to all her colonies and TO all hel
surface warships not in home port
Shantung passes formally to Japan
and England's protectorate over Egypt
is legalized
Germany Immediately accepts as
binding upon her some 80 treaties re
lating to many subjects, and agrees tC
accept in future many other treatie!
yet to be negotiated by the allies
Prisoners of war are to be repatriated