Evening star., 1921-05-07
j. s. |RREV0CAB[Y
AT SIDE Of ALLIES
Germans Will Get Small Com.
fort Out of Any Treaty
With America.
BY DAVID LAWRENCE.

The United States government has
placed itself irrevocably alongside its
associates in the war by the decision
to participate in all councils on ques-
tions growing out of the European con-
fict.
Any hope that America would act
the part OF a neutral as between the
allies and Germany has been swept
away.
either with the Versailles pact as q
basis or q pattern, the Germans will
get small comfort out of 1t.
Irrespective Of the league Of nations
controversy. the Harding administra-
tion is carrying forward the policy Of
deavoring to cooperate with Europe
for the benent of the world.
The foregoing points are emphasized
today as the National Capital realizes
that gradually President Harding and
Secretary Hughes are defining Ameri-
can foreign policy along lines that are
not altogether inconsistent with that
of the preceding regime in Washing
ton.
The passage Of the Knox resolution
by the Senate. hailed as a victory for
the "irreconcilables." was short lived.
That resolution. which has not yet
passed the House. does not mean
the allies.
All such thoughts have been dissi-
pated by the action Of the govern
ment here in accepting the allied in
vitation for a resumption of the part
nership entered into during the war.
Treaty Ii Necessary.
Indeed, the expectation that imme-
diately after the passage Of the Knox
resolution the United States would
also without foundation. Senator
Lodge himself stated to the Senate
that the Knox resolution was law
and not a treaty. Until treaty or
agreement Of some kind is entered
into with the Berlin government dip
and the United States will not be re-
sumed.
Technically, Of course, there is no
legal reason why the United States
cannot send an ambassador to Berlin
even before . treaty is negotiated
for such a procedure. But the govern
ment here realizes that the resump-
tion Of diplomatic relations with Ger
many carries with 1t more than pass
ing Significance and conveys a moral
erect Of extraordinary Importance.
Until Germany. for example. makes
satisfactory settlement Of the claims
growing out Of the sinking Of the
Lusitania-a subject to be fully COW
cred in any new treaty with Berlin
it would be difficult for reasons Of
sentiment to send an ambassador to
Berlin. That, at any rate. Is the pres
ent feeling here.
DFesel to Stay at Post.
The public may expect, therefore,
that Mr.. Dresel, the American COM
missioner in Berlin. will continue in
definitely at his post negotiating any
new agreements or treaties which
may be necessary for the carrying on
of relations between the United
States and Germany. The Department
of State is very much pleased with
the tact which Commissioner Dresel
has exhibited thus far and for the
next several months anyway he will
remain in charge OF American inter-
ests in Berlin.
The determination to wait until a
treaty is signed before sending an
ambassador to Berlin will perhaps
come as disappointment to those
who believed the Knox resolution
would bring immediate peace between
the United States and Germany. But
the policy now Is to regard that reso-
luton as simply a domestic affair
repeal of the war laws on the statute
books of the United States.
Copyright. 1921