The Alaska daily empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1912-1926, 1921-04-25
PEACE ERESOLUT|0N
GIVEN FAVORABLE
REPORT IN SENATE
Knox Measure to End War
Expected to Reach Vote
Wednesday or Thursday.

The Knox peace resolution was
favorably reported by the Senate
Foreign Relations Committee today
and a similar resolution was ex-
pected to be introduced in the House
G. Porter of the House Foreign AT
fairs Committee.
Debate on the resolution in the
Senate is expected to, be compare
lively short, Republican leaders ex-
pressing belief that vote will be
taken Wednesday or Thursday at
the latest A few Democratic Sem
ators on the committee voted OPP
position to the resolution and indi-
Gated they would carry the fight to
the floor
Text of Resolution. ..-~---,..-
The resolution follows;
Resolved, that the joint resolu-
tion of Congress passed April b,
1917, declaring state of war to
exist between the Imperial German
Government and the Government
and people of the United States and
making provisions to prosecute the
same, be, and the same is hereby
repealed, and said state of war is
hereby declared at an end;
Provided, however, that all
property of the Imperial German
Government or its successor or sue
cessors and of all German Nations,
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 it's officers, agents, or employees
from any source or by any agency
whatsoever, shall be retained by
the United States and no disposi-
tion thereof made, except as shall
have been heretofore or specifically
hereafter be provided by Congress
until such time as the German Gov
ernment has by treaty with the
United States, ratification whereof
is to be made by and with the ad-
vice and consent of the Senate,
made suitable provisions for the sat
isfaction of all claims against the
German Government of all persons
wheresover domiciled, who owes per-
mand allegiance to the United
States, and who have suffered
through the acts of the German
Government or its agents since July
81, 1914, loss, damage or injury
to their persons or property, di-
rectly or indirectly, whether through
the ownership of shares OF stock in
German, American or other cor
porations or in consequence of hos
tilities or of any operations OF
war, or otherwise, and also pro-
visions granting to persons owing
permanent allegiance to the United
States most favored nation treat
ment, whether the same be national
or otherwise, in all matters affect
ing residence, business, profession,
trade, navigation, commerce and in
dustrial property rights and con-
firming to the United States all
fines, forfeitures, penalties and seiz-
ures imposed or made by the United
States during the war, whether in
respect to the property of the Ger
man Government or German Ma
tionals and waving any and all
pecuniary claims based on even :
which occurred at any time before
the coming into force of such treaty
any existing treaty between the
United States and Germany to the
contrary Notwithstanding.
Treaty Rights Reserved.
Section ?: That until by treaty
or act or joint resolution of Con-
gress it shall be determined other
wise, the United States, although it
has not ratified the treaty of Yer
sailles, reserves all of the rights.
powers, claims, privileges, indemni-
ties, reparations or advantages to
which 1t and its nationals have be-
come entitled including the right
10 enforce the same under the terms
of the Armistice signed November