Middletown transcript., 1921-09-03

in respect to the property OF the I'm
perial German Government or German
nationals or the Imperial and Roya
Austro-H Hungarian Government or Aus
tro-Hungarian nationals, and shall
have waived any and all pecuniary
claims against the United States oi
America"
Being desirous Of restoring the
friendly relations existing between the
two nations prior to the outbreak o1
the war;
Have for that purpose appointed
their plenipotentiaries;
'The President OF the United States
of America, Ellis Loring Dresel, com
missioner of the United States to Ger
many, and ~-~ +
"The President of the German En-
pire, DR.. Friedrich Rosen, Minister fol
Foreign Affairs.
who, having communicated their
full powers, found to be in good and
due form, have agreed as follows:
ARTICLE ONE.
Germany undertakes to accord to
the United States, and the United
States shall have and enjoy all the
rights, privileges, indemnities, repara.
tions or advantages specified in the
aforesaid joint resolution of the Con.
gress of the United States of July q
1921, including all the rights and ad'
vantages stipulated for the benefit OF
the United States in the Treaty of
Versailles, which the United States
shall fully enjoy, Notwithstanding the
fact that such treaty has not been
ratified by the United States.
ARTICLE TWO,
with view to defining more par.
ticularly the obligations of Germany
under the foregoing article with re
spect to certain provisions in the
Treaty of Versailles, it is understood
and agreed between the high contract
ing parties:
Il. That the rights and advantages
stipulated in that Treaty for the bene-
fit of the United States, which it is
intended the United States shall have
and enjoy, are those defined in Sec
ton One Of Part Four, and Parts Five,
Six, Eight, Nine, Ten, Eleven, Twelve,
Fourteen and Fifteen. The United
States, in availing itself of the rights
and advantages stipulated in the pro-
visions of that Treaty mention in this
paragraph, will do so in a manner con-
sistent with the rights accorded to
Germany under such provisions
49, That the United States shall not
be bound by the provisions of Part
One of that Treaty, nor by any pro-
visions of that Treaty, including those
mentioned in Paragraph (One) of this
Article, which relate to the Covenant
of the League of Nations, nor shall
the United Statey be bound by any
action taken by the League of Nations,
or by the Council or by the Assembly
thereof unless the United States shall
expressly give it's assent to such &C.
ton.
"3 That the United States assumes
no obligations under or with respect to
the provisions of part two, part three,
sections two to eight inclusive of part
four and part 13 of that treaty.
"A. That, while the United States is
privileged to participate in the repara-
ton commission, according to the
terms of part eight of that treaty and
in any other commission established
under the treaty or under any agree
ment supplemental thereto, the United
States is not bound to participate in
any such commission unless it shah
elect to do SO.
"5. That the periods of time to
which reference is made in Article
440. of the Treaty. Of Versailles, shall
run, with respect to any act or e1ec.
tion on the part of the United States,
from the date of the coming into force
of the present treaty.
ARTICLE THREE.
"The present treaty shall be ratified
in accordance with the constitutional
forms of the high contracting parties
and shall take effect Immediately on
the exchange of ratifcations, which
shall take place as soon as possible
at Berlin !
I'm witness whereof, the respective
plenipotentiaries have signed this
treaty and have hereunto affixed their
seals.
Done in duplicate in Berlin, this
twenty-fifth day of August, nineteen
twenty-one."