Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-07-04
Whole State Joins in Celebrating the Fourth
MAY MAKE USE
OF VERSAILLES
PACTI IN TREATY
Harding and Hughes Said to
Be Considering New Step
With Germany.
TWO COURSES ARE OPEN

WASHINGTON, July A new treaty
Of peace based on the Versailles pact
may be the course which President Hard
ing and Secretary Hughes will decide
upon as a basis for future relations with
Germany, 1t was predicted in informed
quarters here today.
This, It is believed, is likely to be the
next step following the Congressional
declaration Of a state of peace with the
central powers which President Harding
signed Saturday.
new treaty, which is already being
characterized by Republican leaders as
a treaty Of amlty and commerce is one
of the two courses which Hughes Is IN
derstood to have been prepared to take in
framing what win in effect be a peace
with Germany.
The other course was the acceptance
OF the Versailles treaty itself. with the
necessary reservations and notifications
to meet the approval Of the United States
Senate.
Hughes first proceeded on the hope that
the Versailles pact would be resubmitted
TO the Senate, but later, realizing that a
treaty retaining any semblance of the Yer
sailles document would not have a chance,
he started work on treaty of peace with
Gt many as announcer IA'AA'AFN+9 ~
the United Press.
Hughes felt that the rights and inter
ests OF the United States could be pro-
tected as we'll I'm a new treaty as In the
Versailles documents. II Hughes and
Harding decide on a new treaty with
Germany it probably win be submitted.
when completed 10 the German govern
meDt for signature through Ellis Loring
Dressed, American commissioner In Der
lin. There probably would not be pro
longed negotiations with the Germans
over the signing.
This Government will not lose sight Of
the fact that the United States IS one
Of the victors IN the World War and
Germany the conquered nation and Ii Is
said a new treaty would be presented
much as was the Versailles pact with the
demand from the ollies that it be signed.
While the United States declared a
state Of war with Austria Hungary, 1t is
not held that there are so vital interests
to America IN the allied treaties with
Austria and Hungary as there are in the
treaty OF Versailles The usual CONNER
ciai treaties only may follow with
Austria and Hungary as the next step
after the declaratory peace which has
been established with the Austro- Hun
garian empire,
WASHINGTON, July illegal tangles
over property seized by the alien proper y
custodian are expected to soon arise
from the transition Of the United States
( from q technical state Of war 70 a tech
meal state OF peace with Germany and
Austria.
While the Trading with the enemy
act and the powers Of the alien prop
| erty custodian were continued by the
Knox Porter resolution, German and
Austrian citizens are no longer enemy
aliens Of the United States, and fresh
| seizures Of the property would be IL
! legal, according to Senator Knox.
/ The decision OF Associate Justice VIII
| liam Httz Of the district supreme court,
In ordering Alien Property Custodian
Miller to restore the property Of Coun-
tess Johanna Bernstorff wife Of the
former German ambassador on the
ground that none Of IL came directly
or indirectly from any Austrian or Ger
man subject, may have a far-reaching
effect upon the status of enemy alien
property seized under the trading with
the enemy act" 1t was under that act
that the property Of Grover Cleveland
BergdoI, millionaire Stacker, was
seized.