New-York tribune., 1920-04-01
House Acts to
Declare Peace
BY Resolution
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could be passed finally by the end of
the week. Senator Lodge, Chairman Of
the Foreign Relations Committee, and
senator Hitchcock, ranking Democratic
MEMBER OF the Senate committee. will
return from their vacations on Mon.
day. Other absent members of tho
Senate who are campaigning through
out the country also have notified their
trends that they will return not later
than Tuesday, the day after the Michi-
gan primaries
Text of the Resolution
The resolution follows:
NV hereas, The President of the
United States, in the performance of
ms constitutional duty to give to
congress information Of the state of
the Union, has advised Congress that
the war with the imperial German
government has ended,
Resolved by the Senate and the
House of Representatives of the
United States Of America in Con-
gress assembled, That the state Of
war declared to exist between the
imperial German government and the
people of the United States by
joint resolution of Congress an
proved April 6. 1917. is hereby de-
clared at an end.
Section = That in the internrc-
tatlon OF any provision relating to
the date of the termination of the
present war or Of the present or ex-
lstlng emergency in any acts of Con-
gresS JOINT resolutions or proclama-
tons of the President containing
proVislons contingent upon the date
OF the termination of the war or or
thc present or existing emergency,
the date when this resolution be
comes effective shall be construed
and treated as the date of the termi-
nation of the war or of the present
or existing emergency, notwithstand
ing any provision in any act of Con-
gress or JOINT resolution, providing
any other mode of determination Of
the date of the termination of the
war, or Of the present or existing
emergency.
Club Over Germany
Section 3. That with view to
securing reciprocal trade with the
German government and its ma
,Pnals' ana tor this purpose it is
Hereby provided that unless within
forty-fve days from the date when
this resolution becomes effective thc
German government shall duly notify
the President of the United States
that it has declared termination of
the war with the United States and
that it valves and renounces on be-
half of itself and its nationals anv
claim, demand, right or benefit
against the United States. or it's ma
tlonals. that it or they would not
have the right to assert had the
United States ratified the Treaty of
Versailles, the President of the
United States shall have the power,
and 1T shall be his duty to proclaim
the fact that the German government
has not given the notification herein
before mentioned and thereupon and
until the President shall have pro-
claimed the receipt of such notifica-
ton, commercial intercourse between
the United States and Germany, and
the making of loans or credits, and
the furnishing of financial assistance
or supplies to the German govern
ment or the inhabitants Of Germany,
directly or indirectly, by the govern
ment or the inhabitants Of the United
States, shall. except with tho license
of the President, be prohibited.
No Waiver of U. S. Rights
"Section L. That whoever shall
wilfully violate the foregoing pro
hibition whenever the same shall be
in force, shall upon conviction be
fined not more than $4,000, or if
natural person, imprisoned for not
more than two years, or both; and
the officer, director or agent of any
corporation who knowingly parti-
cipates in such violation shall oe
pInished by a like fine, imprison-
ment, or both, and any property,
funds, securities, papers or other
articles or documents, or any vessel,
together with her tackle, apparel,
furniture and equipment, concerned
in such violation shall be forfeited
to the United States.
"Secton Is. That nothing herein
contained shall be construed as
waiver by the United States of it's
rights, privileges, indemnities,
reparations or advantages to which
the United States has become en-
titled under the terms of the arms-
ticc, signed November II, 1918, or
which were acquired by or are in
the possession of the United States
by reason Of its participation in tho
war or otherwise; and all fines, for
FIXTURES, penalties and seizures i'm
posed or made by the United States
are hereby ratified, confirmed and