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brings WAR TO CLOSE
Knox Resolution Intro
duced IN Senate
WINDING UP THE FIGHI
Full Text of Measure Which
Ends State of War With
Germany
Associated Press pispatch.l

Washington, April Ex-senator
Knox of Pennsylvania introduced to-
day his resolution to end the state Of
war with Germany. The measure is
similar to that to which last congress
passed and president Wilson vetoed.
The Resolution.
The resolution follows:
Resolved that the joint resolution
of congress passed April 6, 1917, de-
claring a state of war to exist be-
tween the imperial Germany govern
ment and the government and people
of the United States and making pro-
visions to prosecute the same, and
the same hereby repealed, and said
state of war is hereby declared at an
end.
provided, however, that all proper
ty of the imperial German govern
ments 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 control of the government of
the United States or of any of it's
officers, agents, or employees from any
source or by any agency whatsoever
shall be retained by the United
made except as shall have been here
tofore or specifically hereafter be
provided by congress until such time
as the German government has by
treaty with the United States, rati-
fication whereof is to be made by and
with the advice and consent of the
senate, made suitable provisions for
the German government of all per-
sons wheresoever domicited, who
owes permanent allegiance to the
United States and who have suffered,
through the acts of the German gov
eminent or its agents since July 81,
1914, loss, damage or injury to their
person or property, directly or indi-
rectly, whether through the owner
ship of stock in German, American or
of hostilities or of any operations Of
war, or otherwise and also provisions
granting to persons owing permanent
allegiance to the United States. most
favored nation treatment, whether the
same be tional or Otherwise, In all
matters af1ectfng resid6nce. bilsfness
profession trade, navigation, com
merce, and industrial property rights.
and confirming to the United States
all fines, forfeitures, penalties and
seizures imposed or made by the Unit
ed States during the war, whether in
respect to the property Of the German
government or German nationals, and
waving any and all pecuniary claims
based on events which occurred at
any time before the coming into
France Of such treaty any existing
treaty between the United States and
Germany to the contrary notwith-
standing.
Section Two.
"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, reserves all of the
rights, powers, claims, privileges, in
IDENTITIES, PREPARATIONS or advantages
to which 1t and it's nationals have be-
came entitled including the right to
enforce the same under the terms of
the armistice signed November II.
1918, or any tension or notifications
thereof or which under the treaty of
Versailles have been stipulated for
its benefit or to which it is entitled
as one OF the principal allied and as
ISOLATED powers.
Section Three.
"That the joint resolution of con-
gress approved December 8, 1917. de-
claring that state of war exists be-
tween the imperial and royal Austro-
Hungarian government and the gov
eminent and the people of the United
States and making provisions to pros
ecute the same, be and the same is
hereby repealed and said state of war
Is hereby declared at an end"