Bisbee daily review., 1921-08-26
TEXT IF TREATY


 CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE) Hungarian government or its7agents, since July 31, 1914, loss, damage, or injury to their persons or property, di- lectly or indirectly, whether. through the ownership of shares of stock in German, ro-Hungarian, American or other corporations or in conSe- quence of hostilities or of any opera tions of war, or otherwise, and also shall have granted to persons owing permanent allegiance to the United States of American most-favored-na- tion treatment, whether the same be national or otherwise, in all matters affecting residence, business, profes- sion, trade, navigation, commerce and industrial property rights, and until the Imperial German government and the Imperial and Royal Austro Hunga- rian, or successor or successors, shall have respectively confirmed to the United States of America, all fines, forfeitures, penalties, and seizures i'm posed or made by the United States during the war, whether in respect to the property of the Imperial German government or German nationals, or the Imperial and Royal Austro-Hun- garian government, or -Hungar- ian nationals, and shall have waived any and all pecuniary claims against the United States of America
 Being desirous of restoring the friendly relations existing between the two nations prior to the outbreak of 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 of America to Germany, and:
 The president of the German em- pire, Dr. Friedrich Rosen, minister of foreign affairs:
 Who, having communicated their full powers, found to be in good and due form, have agreed as follows:
 ARTICLE ONE: Germany under takes to accord to the United States, and the United States, shall have, and enjoy all the rights and privileges, in demnitieS, reparations or advantages specified in the aforesaid joint reso- lution of the congress of the United States of July IF, 1921, including all the rights and advantages stipulated for the benefit of the United States in the treaty of Versailles, which the United States shall fully enjoy not withstanding the fact that such treaty has not been ratified by the United States. ,.~- .g,a
 ARTICLE TWOns With a view to defining more particularly the obli- gations of Germany under the fore going article with respect to certain provisions in the treaty of Versailles, it is understood and agreed between the high contracting parties:
 "O That the rights and advan- tageS stipulated in that treaty for the benefit of the United States, which it is intended the United States shall have and enjoy, are those defined in Section 1 of part four, and parts 5, 6, 8,'9, 10, II, 12, IA and 15. The Unit ed States, in availing itself of the rights and advantages stipulated in the provisions of that treaty men, toned in this paragraph, will do so in a manner consistent with the rights accorded to Germany under such pro- visions.
 "(2) 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 CD of this article. which relate to the covenant of the League of Nations, nor shall the United States 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 its assent to such action
 "(3) That the United States as- sumes no obligations under or with respect to the provisions of part two. part three, sections to s, inclusive, of part four, and part 13 of that treaty
 (4) That while the United States is privileged to participate in the rep aration 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 Unit ed States is not bound to participate in any such commission unless it shall elect to do so.
 "(5) That the periods of time to which reference is made in article four hundred and forty of the treaty of Versailles, shall run, with respect to any act or election 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 thn con StitutiODaI forms Of the high contracting parties and shah take effect immediately on the eX- change of notifications, which shall take place as soon as possible at Der lin.
 Tn witness whereof, the respective