New-York tribune., 1920-05-16

"Provided however. that all property
of the imperial German government,
or Its successor or successors, and OF
all German nationals which was, on
April 6, 1917, in or has since that date
come into the possession or under con-
troll of the government of the United
States or any of it's officers, agents or
| employees from any source or by any
agency whatsoever shall be retained by
the United States and no disposition
thereof made, except as shall speciti-
cally be hereafter provided by Con-
gross, until such time as the German
government has, by treaty with the
United States, ratification whereof is
to be made by and with the advice and
cor"'nt of the Senate, made suitable
pr-,~ .sions for the satisfaction of all
claims against the German government
OF al persons, wheresoever domici
who owe permanent allegiance to the
United States, whether such persons
have suffered through the acts of the
German government or its agents since
July 81, 1914, loss, damage or injury
to their persons or property, directly
or indirectly, through the ownership of
shares Of stock in German, American
or other corporations, or have suffered
damage directly in consequence of hos
tllities or any operations of war or
otherwise, or until the German govern
ment has given further undertakings
and made provisions by treaty, to be
ratified w and with the advice and
consent + the Senate, for granting TO
persons owning permanent allegiance to
the United States most favored nation
treatment, whether the same be ma
tlonal or otherwise, IN all matters af-
fecting residence, business, profession,
trade, navigation, commerce and in
dustrlal property rights, and confirm
ing TO the United States all fines, for
FIXTURES, penalties and seizures imposed
or made by the United States during the
war, whether in respect to the property
OF the German government or German
nationals, and waving any pecuniary
claim based on events which occurred
at any time before the coming into
force of such treaty, any existing
treaty between the United States and
Germany to the contrary notwithstand-
ing.
"That in the interpretation of any
provision relating to the date of the
termination of the present war or of
the present or existing emergency in
any acts of Congress, joint resolutions
or proclamations of the President con-
tanning provisions contingent upon the
date of the termination of the war or
OF the present or existing emergency,
the date when this resolution becomes
effective shall be construed and treated
as the date OF the termination of the
war or OF the present or existing emer-
gency, notwithstanding any provision
in any act Of Congress or joint resolu-
ton providing any other mode of de-
termining the date Of the termination
of the war or Of the present or exist
ing emergency.
THAT until by treaty or act or joint
resolution of Congress it shall be de-
termined otherwise, the United States,
| although it has not ratified the Treaty
Of Versailles, does not waive any of
the rights, privileges, indemnities, rep
aratlons OR advantages to which it and
lSder the terms of the armistice signed
November II, 1913, or any extensions or
notifications thereof or which under
| the Treaty Of Versailles have been
stipulated for its benefit as one of the
principal Allied and associated powers
and to which it is entitled.
THAT the joint resolution of Con-
gress approved December 7, declaring
| that q state Of war exists between the
Imperial and Royal Austro- Hungarian
government and the government and
the people Of the United States and
making provisions to prosecute the
same, be and the same is hereby re-
pealed, and said state Of war is hereby
declared at an end, and the President
is hereby requested immediately to
open negotiations with the successor
or successors of said government for
the purpose of establishing fully
friendly relations and commercial in
tercourse between the United States
and the governments and peoples of
| Austria and Hunoarv"