Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1919-08-02

Senate Receives From Vice Presi
dent Copy of Protocol to the
German Peace
Treaty
Washington, Aug. 1.-The reserva-
ton proposal agreed to by seven re-
publican senator's as the basis of
ratification Of the league of nations
covenant is so worded, it became
! known tonight, that the "reserva-
tions and understandings" enumer-
ated shall become "a part of the
treaty" and shall not stand simply as
a detached Interpretation by the
senate.
While some of the sponsors of the
i program regard it as merely inter-
pretative in effect, clarifying the Ian
guage of the covenant without chang
ing the meaning of any provisions,
others of the seven believe it goes
further and greatly softens certain
features which, they say, violate ma
tional rights.
1t became known tonight that the
proposed resolution had not been
been presented either to Republican
Leader Lodge or to Senator Hitch
cock, administration leader in the
treaty fight, and that the efforts of
the group sponsoring the plan prob
ably would be directed, for the pres
ent, toward charging their number
in order to-. hold indisputably, the
balance of power. Negotiations
with administration leaders along the
general line laid down in the resolu-
ton have been in progress, however,
for several days.
Treaty Protocol.
! The protocol to the German peace
treaty, defining explanations of the
changed between the German and
allied plenipotentiaries, was laid be-
fore the senate today by Vice Prsi-
dnt Marshall. The documents were
transmitted yesterday by President
Wilson, but too late for submission
before today.
The text of the protocol follows:
"With a view to indicating precise
ly the conditions in which certain
certain provisions of the treaty of
even date are to be carried out, it is
agreed by the high contracting par
ties that:
"1.-A commission will be appoint
ed by the principal allied and asso-
ciated power to supervise the des-
truction of the Notifications of He'll
goland in accordance with the treaty
This commission will be authorized
! to decide what portion of the works
protecting the coast from sea erosion
are to be maintained and what por-
ton must be destroyed.
/ "2-Sums reimbursed by Germany
to German nationals to indemnify
the in the respects of interests which
they may be found to possess in the
railways and countries referred to in
the paragraphs of Article 1856 shall be
credited to Germany against the sums
due by way of reparation.
| (The paragraphs referred to re-
lates to the Tsing-Tao Tsiananfu rail
way and mines in China acquired by
Japan under the peace treaty.
"3.-The list Of persons to be
handed over to the allied and associa-
ted governments by Germany under
the second paragraph Of Article 22a
shall be communicated to the Ger
man government within onth from
the Going into force Of the treaty.
"4-The PREPARATION commission re.
ferred to in Article 24O and para
graphs 2, 8. and Of annex 4 cannot
require trade secrets or other conf
Dental information to be divulged.
| "5.-From the signature Of the
treaty and within the ensuing four
months, Germany will be entitled to
titled to submit for examination by
the allied and associated powers docu-
ments and proposals in order to ex-
pedite the work connected with re-
paration. and thus to shorten the in
vestigation and accelerate the decis-
ions;
"6.-Proceedings will be taken
against persons who have committed
punishable offenses in the liquidation
of German property and the allied
! and associated powers will welcome
any information which the German
government can furnish on this sub.
| ject.
Ozone at Versailles the twenty.
/ eighth day of June, one thousand nine
! hundred and nineteen"