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PEACE! |: DECLARED
WITH GERMANY
HARDING ISSUES
PROCLAMATION SAYING THAT
STATE OF WAR NO LONGER
EXISTS-PEACE WITH AUS
TRIA NEXT STEP.

Washington, Nov 15.-Peace be-
tween the United States and Ger
many was formally proclaimed today
by President Harding.
The president in a proclamation
signed at 1852 p. M, today declared
the state of war between the Uni
ted States and Germany existing
from April 6, 1917, to have termina-
ted July 2, 1921, when the joint
peace resolution of congress was ap-
proved by the executive.
Issuance of the proclamation,
which followed an exchange of rati-
fications of the treaty at Berlin ef-
fected Armistice day in the German
capital, was considered the first of a
series of three steps which, when
completed, will return the United
States to complete peace status.
The second step probably will be
the PRONUNCIATION Of proclamation
declaring the war with Austria to
be at an end, and the issuance Of a
i liar plrlamation With respect
to Hungary. Until the, third and
final step is taken, the purposes Of
the formal proclamation will not be
achieved, in the opinion of officials.
These purposes are stated to be put
to an end without doubt to certain
war laws unaffected by the congress
sional resolution, Of repeal approved
last March 8. Notable among these
wartime laws are sections Of the
espionage act, the Liberty bond act,
arg trading with the the enemy aet. Por:
tions OF; the last named statute are
preserved, pT serge however, through the
treaty: t eatyy:
Riisposiitiion1 81 on Of the cases Of Eu-
gene v. Deps and others, convicted
of violation of war laws, likewise
will await the third and final step.
Attorney Ge.neraal paugherty has
prepared an opinion for the presi.
dent, Suggesting a method Of dis
posing Of the Rebs case and, it is
understood, proposing definite treat,
ment of the case of others, convict
ed Of similar offeenEses. This opinion,
however, has NOT yet been present
ed to the president, and Mr.. Daugh-
erty has indicated there may be
last minute changes before its sub
mission.
The proclamation issued today has
no bearing on the resumption of dip
lomatic relations between the Uni
ted States and Gernan,y, state de:
partment officials asserting that the
exchange of ratifcations in itself re-
stored such diplomatic relations.
Just when Germany will resume
her old diplomatic status in Wash=
ington is not known to officials here,
but it is expected that Baron Their
mann, former counsellor Of the Ger
man legation at Budapest, will ar
rive in Washington shortly to ar
range for technical installation of
a German embassy.
Press dispatches from Germany
have indicated that the Ebert gov
eminent was having difficulty in
finding a suitable appointee to the
Washington ambassadorship in view
of the expense through difference in
exchange rates. It has been suggest
ed that Germany might for a time
be content with a charge d'affaires,
but such suggestion has not been Of
fcially communicated to the Ameri-
can state department.
President Harding for some time
has had under consideration the
names of several possibilities as am
bassador to Germany and it is un-
derstood that Representative Alan
son H. Houghton of New York is
first in. the presidents mind in that
connection