Norwich bulletin., 1921-08-26

said government respectively, of all per sons, wheresoever dpmiciled who owe permanent allegiance to the United States of America and who have suf-s fered through the acts of the imperial German government, or it's agents. or the imperial and royal Austro- Hum garian government, or it's agents, since July 31, 1914, loss, damage, or injury to their persons or property, directly or indirectly whether through the owner ship of shares of stock in German, Aus tro-Hungarian, American, or other cor porations or in consequence >o of hostili- ties or of any operations of war, or otherwise, and also shall have grant ed to persons owing permanent ale glance to the United States of America mOst-favored nation treatment, whether the same by national or otherwise, in all matters affecting residence, busi. ness, profession, trade. navigation, com merce and industrial property rights, and until the imperial German government and the imperial and royal Austro- Hun garian government, or their successor, or successors, shall have respectiveIy confirmed to the United States of Amer ica all fines, forfeitures, penalties. and seizures imposed or made by the United States of America during the war, whether in respect to the property of the imperial German government or German nationals or the imperial and royal Aus tro-Hungarian government or Austro- Hungarian nationals, and shall have waived any and al pecunciary claims against the United States of Ameri- ca
 Being desirous of restoring the friendly relations existing between the two nations prior to tho outbreak of war:
 Have for that purpose appointed their
 ''The president dt the United States of America, Ellis Loring Dresel com. missioner of the United States of Amer. iea to Germany, and
 The president of the German empire, Dr. Friedrich Rosen, minister fer for eign affairs
 Treaty As Agreed Upon.
 eSyho, having communicated their full powers, found 10 be in good and due form, havea agreed as follows:
 Article One. Germany undertakes to accord 10 the United States, and the United states shall have and enjoy, all the rights, privileges, indemnities, repa- rations or advantages specified in the aforesaid joint reso ution of the congress of the United States of July 2, 1921, in- cluding all the rights and advantage stipulated for the benefit of the United States in the treaty of Versailles which the United States shall fdiy enjoy not withstanding the fact that such treaty has not been ratihed by the United States.
 Article I've. With a view to deAn- ing more particularly the obligations of Germany under the foregoing article turf%I, treaty of Versailles, it is understood and sgreeded between the high contra ctine parties;
 "(D That the rights and advantages : stipulated in that treaty for the beneh; lsof the United States, which it is intended the United States shall have and enjoy are those defined in section one of part l four, and parts five, six, eight, nine, ten ! eleven, twelve, fourteen and fifteen. The i United States, in availing itself of the l rights and advantages stipulated in the provisions of that treaty mentioned ir this paragraph will do so ir 2 manner | consistent with the rights accorded tC Germany under such provisions "2) That the United States shall no be bound by the provisions of part on, | of that treaty. nor by any provisions O. | that treaty including those mentioned il 1 paragraph (one) of this article, whicl | relate to the covenant of the league O nations, nor shal the United States b, 1 bound by any action taken by th l league of nations, nor by the council O by the assembly thereof. unless tn | United States shall expressly give it assent to such action
 "(3) That the United States as sumes no obligations under or with re spect to the provisions of part two, par Fg,-
 part four, and part thirteen of tha treaty.
 "(4) That, while the United State is privileged to participate in the repa ration commission, according to tn terms of part eight of that treaty, an in any other commission established un der the treaty or under any agreemen supp emental thereto, the United State is not bound to participate in any sue commission unless 1t shall elect to d so.
 et5) That the, periods of time t which reference is made in article fou hundred and forty of the treaty Of Yer sailles, shall run, with respect to. an
 act or election on the pset of the Unite
 States, from the date of the coming int
 force of the present treaty.
 Article Three. The present treat
 SHdli pc rAtlHSQ III dCCOrQd0C6 with tn
 constitutional forms of the high cor
 tracting parties and shall take ,effet
 Immediately on the exchange of ratif
 cations which shall take place as 800
 as possible at Berlin.
 Tn witness whereof, the respectiv
 plenipotentiaries have signed this treat
 and have hereunto affixed their seals. Done in duplicate in Berlin. thl
 twenty -ffth day, of August, ninetee
 tventy-one."
 The signing occurred in the office
 Foreign Minister, Rosen in the Wilhelm
 trasse, around the corner from the ofi,
 es of the American commission.
 The function occupied about ten mil
 utes. Ellis Loring Dressel, the Anne can commissioner, who was seated ol
 posite the foreign minister at the la
 ter's desk, signed both copies of u
 treaty first and then pushed the doc, ment across the tesk to Herr Rose
 who affixed his own signature F, The German foreign minister, Is sig1 ing. expressed qualification at this a for the resumption of friendly. re:
 tons between the two nations, Mr. Ore
 eel replying with reciprocal sentiment , The treaty consists of three article the preamble citing r.9tions two ar five of the Porter-Knox peace resoll tion. Article one says:
 , Germany has undertaken to accord , the United States, and the Unite