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TEXT OF DECLARATION

leaders in Congress submitted today
to the House their joint Congression-
al resolution declaring the war be-
tween the United States and Ger
many at an end.
Representative Porter (Penn.)
chairman of the Foreign Affai s
Committee, introduced the resolution
after an all-day conference OF Re-
publican leaders of Senate and
House AT the same time the House
leaders gave notice that they would
call up the resolution for action Fri
day.
This caused strong protest from
Democrats who asserted that more
time should be allowed to consider
such an important resolution, and at
the request of Minority Leader Clark
(Mo.) and Representatives Kitchin
IN. G), Garner TEX and Flood
(Va.), the Republican leaders agreed
to postpone consideration until Mon
day next. Republicans are dete min
ed to force action then.
The text of the resolution declaring
state of peace with Germany, as in
troduced in the House today, reads
Whereas the President of the Unit
ed States in the performance Of his
constitutional duty to give to Con
gress information of the state of the
Union has advised Congress that the
wa with the Imperial German Gov
ernment has ended. Resolved by the
Senate and the House of Representa-
tives of the United States OF America
in Congress 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 app ov-
ed April 6, 1917, is hereby declared
at an end.
Section 2: That in the interpreta-
tion of any provision relating to the
date OF the termination Of the pres
ent war or of the present or existing
emergency in any acts Of Congress,
joint resolutions or proclamations
of the President containing proyis-
ions contingent upon the date of the
| Termination OF the war or of the pres
ent or existing emergency, the date
when this resolution becomes effec-
| tive shall be construed and treated
as the date of the termination of the
war or of the present or sisting
emergency, Notwithstanding any pro-
vision in any act of Congress or joint
resolution providing any other mode
of determining the date of the ter
mination of the war; or of the present
or existing emergency.
| Section 9:-That with view to se-
curing reciprocal trade with the Ger
man Government, and its nationals,
and for this purpose it is hereby pro-
| Vided that unless within forty-fye
days from the date when this resolu-
tion becomes effective the German
Goyernment 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 behalf of
itself and its nationals any claim, de,
mand, right or benefit against the
United States, or its nationals that it
or they would not have the right to
assert had the United States ratified
the Treaty of Versailles, the Presi-
dent of the United States shall have
the power, and it shall be his duty,
to proclaim the fact that the German
Government has not given the moth!
cation herein before mentioned, and
the eupon and until the President
shall have proclaimed the receipt Of
such notification commercial inter
course between the United States
and Germany and the making Of
loans or credits, and the furnishing
Of financial assistance or supplies to
the Ge. man Government or the in
lhabitants of Germany, the United
States, shall except with the license
Of the President, be prohibited.
Section 4. 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. il a
natural person, imprisoned for not
more than two years, or both, and the
officer, director or agent of any. cor
poration who knowingly participates
in such a violation shall be punished
by like fine, Imprisonment, or Doth,
and any property, funds, securities,
papers or other articles or docu-
ments, or any vessel together with
her tackle, apparel, furniture and
equipment concerned in such viola
ton shall be forfeited to the United
States.
Section s. That nothing herein
contained shall be constructed as a
waiver by the United States of its
rights, privileges, Identities, repara-
tions or advantages to which the
United States has become entitled un
der the terms of the armistice, signed
November II, 1918, or which were
acquired by or are in the possession
of the United States by reason of its
participation in the war or otherwise,
and all fines, forfeitures, penalties
and seizures imposed or made by
the United States are hereby ratified,
confirmed and maintained
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