The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1921-08-19
German
Protocol
Preliminary Agreement Be-
tween u. S. and Ger
many May Not Go to
Senate.
BY DAVID LAWRENCE.
tCoryr!ght by TIE In.eI!EeneerO

Washington Aus. lS-A specialp. C..
Washington. II. -. Aus. lSA special
ISreenent n the nature OF a protocol
Al" rrccsd" tNe formal negotiation OF
., treaty Of peace Wi.h Germany.
This agreement MAY nor b" submitted
y rhc Serrr" It Nj. b" 4 sort o.
rodus u,cnd,. or temporary arrange
ueni Unlrh Viii psr.,:t commercial re-
atoms With Germany /" be r-su med
mined ately and enable the president
@, 'S>-, n,s rnS delayed procla nation
20! pcA,c.
The agreement viii b. brief IN char
,cis- and along general lines. Il will
,rc>e-,s Americas rights under the
,rT;s,,S" and subsequent treaties clos
.ng tho European war and will form
ne basis for formal treaty eventually
be negotiated.
Tre nitcd STATES government has
r,ad" special reqGeS, ot the German n
government that tn" exchanges with
lat gov ernmsnt With respect 10 thu
,Sreemsnt shall be kept absolutely
~"crc,. The reason for the Injunction Of
secrecy - no. dIvu!Eed here.
English Relations
Members of th-s senate foreign rela-
ems ,..mnG't~, HAY" learned inform
LILY ~ tgc progress Of the exchanges
'stNasn inc ,;a~ran government and
,ur state department; and they predict
nat 80 'rrmIA adopted hy President
Harding and Secretary Hughes Will be
.N"ejNcd with satisfaction because for
ne nrNt three To SiN months at least
NTeriCR Will bS alb" /" send conSuls
r'o German! and e.tIb!isr' commercial
-elations Will" the more tedious task
:.
rutS r.nlrr ,t.> man, economic clauses
Z the Versailles trcaiy 0ll he carried
80. Eventually the new treaty with
'errAnN VII ot curse have to D" sub
'ritt"d 10 the senate.
roi'ti~ail, speaking the postpone
'n"nt nf 'nr'nal Heacc negotiations With
'.rrmanl WI ASSIST president Hardin E
- ,ho ,>t~nt thar ~ TIM" Snes On the
".'t"rno.- u,c- -, old treaty nGh; may
SraduaH, IN - and a. ;; iS found es-
.eniial T." rardphva$e whole sections OF
n" Versailles treaty opposition may not
~ Ias strong ST would be now from
nose senator's who cave announce
aat ~0t 2 pa-,tcIe of IN" Versailles
-~a,> 49, they ev~r approve.
IN. d~partm"nr os state maintains Is
"ak "t se,rcc, on tho theory that The
eEouationS oc a modus vivendi IS not
,grc.rsn,S nr conventions have been
,r-o:Ia;~d n ,hs past. Ike the Lansing
lhsi agreement for instance. which re
srainNd a nys:cr, until the day tne tex.
tas formally agreed upon and an
rounccd.
o. 8. Plan Approved
Word received hers from Berlin m
ncates that n. Germans approve OF
n
cichstaS IS being consulted SO that all
rrlitical parties there will IN. sense
. committed 70 the pledges made IN
ne special agreement with tne United
state II vilI Ne recalled thar China
nd Germany haNC a special agreement (
or. lnasrrVcr As t'hina refused 20 rat
Z: the Versailles treaty. Germany.
o~rrrr. IN negotiating 4 spa al agree
rcnt with chind ahsnlutei" declined 10
.caTrru I general terms IN" Versailles
:ea'I since /, meant another acknow!-
edEcmsnt OF rc>ponSihihtN for me war
md, u was stated rffrc'all! by IN" iie-
GIn government. Su.h an art NIGH
r.juiirc Germany~ rhaac. 20 get ;he
Versailles pact revised There :s a hin,
n.It similar bitches ~tto occurred N
rc negotiation with ~ tinted states
,h:ch have a.rcAd! taken mere than
~ ueshS.
Nl.HoI-- he ',r-ra- 60 sram~r; ros
.e",. p; - ll.~ A. ~" political part,' =
-. L. Z. r~iar.~ -. prnucrA;s IN the
mod N,a:-s >cr~.s profess 20 r" ali
-. -; .'cua. led Nh he charac-
..l rr--.i1:.crS VIII Germany.
s., ~ 500 members ~ th-
.. :>., ~ -n,.t;ons committee are
.,...I E, -, HN't'r= 0, any formal
.>.:o- a wh:cr information from 'hc
Ac.4..c branch or the roSernm"n:
you'd = Nouch ~ fed They contend
RAJ x voI'I rc uuw.se 20 give iaf r
rat:or 70 4hcir 9olitlc.,! opponents. On
&c o.hr- hand those senator's wtNo a.
intimate pA-kona, terms wih N
oike =. nc executive ed n, ~" -.
,~nrcnt lrn 4ndinE no difficulty n
earning msj What = -c'rc o..