The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1921-11-15
WAR IS OFFICIALLY
BROUGHT TO END
BY PROCLAMATION
ProclamationS Ending State
of War Between u. S. and
Austria and Hungary Is
Expected Soon


Washington, November 14-Peace
between the United States and Ger
many was formally proclaimed to-
day by President Harding.
The President, in a proclamation
signed at 1852 p. M, declared that
the state of war between the United
States and Germany, existing from
April 6, 1917, to have terminated in
fact, July 2, 1921, when the joint
peace resolution of Congress was
approved by the executive.
Issuance of the proclamation, which
followed exchange of Publications of
the treaty of Berlin effective Armi-
stice Day in the German capital, was
considered the first of series of
three steps which, when completed,
will return the United States to a
complete peace status
The second step probably will be
the PRONUNCIATION of a proclamation
declaring the war with Austria to
have ended and the third the issuance
Of a similar proclamation with re-
spect to Hungary. The proclamation
dealing with Austria is expected to
he signed by the President and is
sued through the state department
within a few days as notifications of
the treaty between the United States
and Austria were exchanged at
Vienna last Tuesday. Notifications
between the United States and Hun
gary are expected to be exchanged
within a few days and the proclama-
ton issued soon afterward.
To End War Laws
Until the third and final step is
taken the purpose of the formal
i 10 oh rad n
the opinion of officials These pur-
poses are stated to be to put an end
without delay to certain war laws
unaffected by the congressional reso-
luton of repeal approved last March
8. Notable among these war time
laws are sections of the espionage
act the Liberty bond act and trading
with the enemy act. Portions OF the
last named statute are preserved,
however, through the treaty.
Disposition of the cases of Eugene
V. Debs and others convicted of vio-
lation of war laws likewise will await
the third and final step. Attorney
General Daugherty has prepared an
opinion for the President, suggesting
a method Of disposing of the Debs
case and 1t is understood, proposing
definite treatment of the cases of
others convicted of similar offenses.
This opinion, however, has not yet
been presented to the President and
Mr.. Daugherty has indicated that
there may be last minute changes be-
fore its submission.
No Bearing on Relations
The proclamation issued today has
no bearing on the resumption of
diplomatic relations between the
United States and Germany, state de-
partment officials asserting that the
exchange of notifications in itself re-
stored such diplomatic relations. Just
when Germany will resume her old
diplomatic status in Washington is
not known to officials here, but II IS
expected that Baron Edmund Their
mann, former counsellor of the Ger
man legation at Budapest, will arrive
in WASHINGTON shortly to arrange for
n technical installation of a German
embassy.
Press dispatches from Germany
have indicated that the Ebert gov
eminent was having difficulty In
finding "a suitable appointee to the
Washington Enthusiastically, in view
of the expense through difference in
exchange rates. 1t has been sug-
gested that Germany might for time
be content with charge d'affaires,
but such suggestion has not been OF
ficially communicated to the Amer
lean state department.
PRESIDENT ftdTQlnB LOT sumo eii'fo
has had under consideration the
names of several possibilities as am
LABRADOR to Germany. and 1T is un-
derstood that Representative Alanson
B. Houghton of New York was first
in the Presidents mind in that con-
nection.
Text Of Proclamation
The text of the Presidents procla--
nation follows:
BY the President of the United States
of America: A proclamation:
Whereas. by joint resolution of
Congress. as. provided March 8, 1921,
it was declared that certain acts of
Congress, joint resolutions and proc
lamations should be construed as If
the war between the United States of
America and the imperial German
government had ended, but certain
acts of Congress and proclamations
issued in pursuance thereof were ex-
cepted from operation of the said res
olution;
whereas, by a joint resolution of
Congress. as provided July 2, 1921.
the state of war which was declared
by Joint resolution of Congress. ap-
proved April s, 1917. between the
United states of America and the i'm
perial German government was de-
clared at an end;
Whereas, treaty between the
United States ana Germany was
signed at Berlin on August 20. 1921,
to restore the friendly relations ex-
isting between the two nations prior
to the outbreak of the war, which
rraty is. word for word, as follows:
(Here follows text of treaty.
"And, whereas. the said treaty has
been duly ratified on both parts, and
the ratification of the two countries
were exchanged at Berlin on Novem-
Der II. 1921:
Now, therefore. be 1t known that
I, Warren q. Harding. President of
the United states of America, hereby
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