Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1921-09-01
U. S. At PEACE
WITH GERMANY
Berlin Signs Pact Which 0hes
America AZ Benefits Of
Versailles Treaty.
NOT BOUND BY leleuE
Document erov.dss That rhls 0evseW,
msnt win Not d Bound ~ Co
vsaant-re Fight ohy ~ any
European entanelsmeass.

WAshington---With the signing o.
the treaty OF peace with Germany.
preparations Tor the resumptiOn %
complete trade and diplomatic rela-
tions with Germany viii s0on he uu.
der way II the various government de-
partments.
The treaty puts into force the eco
nomic, reparAtiona. military and varf.
Gus other provtsiona OF the unratinsd
treaty OF versailles. but provides upect
iically that the United States shall not
be bound BY the covenant Of The
League Of Nations or BY other emu.
merated parts Of the Versailles settle
ment.
The declaration Of the peAco rosotu-
tlon arr reaf|irmed Ia the treaty ana Il
contains. n addition. I blanket pruyi-
sion that any bensnt which might 20
cruz to this country under the Var.
sailies pact IL 70 10 regarded ~ Of full
force. 0ermany's renunciation OF her
ovafseas possessions jointly to the btg
lve powers b reaRirncd. - are the
military clauses of the vereAillee
treaty. the sections relating 10 prison.
ers, reparations. nnancs. economic ct
Elements. commerce and ahrogaticn u
all other existing treaties between the
two countries.
Not Sound BY League,
In disassociating tho United States
from the League Of Nations the docu-
ment provides not only that this gov.
ernment will not be bound by the cove
nant. but that no action OF the league
shall be considered an placing an obli-
CATION upon America The United
States also stipulates that Il win not
be bound by the sections OF the Yer.
sailles treaty relating to the bounda.
ries OF Germany. to political readjust-
ments Ia Europe. TO the settlements
affecting China. Siam. Liberia. Mor0c.
co. Egypt. Turkey. Bulgaria or Shan
tung. or to the establishment Of an In.
ternational labor organisation.
In State department statement In
sued to announce the signature Ut tho
treaty special mention was made Of
the reaffirmation OF this governments
share In the renonnced German over.
seas possessions. the statement declar-
ing that this provision confirms tho
rights Of the United States with re-
spcct TO zap and other former Ger
man overseas possessions upon an
equality with thu other powers"
immediate Resumption.
Although the treaty will not become
effective until after the exchange Of
Publications by the Senate and the
German Reichstag. probably In Oc-
tober. plans will be made 80 that the
resumption OF relations can start Inn.
mediateiy. .ss A~s..u ses - !.
Enactment Of the treaty will be- more
than a formality. Through the repeal
Of various wartime measures includ-
inE parts OF the trading with 1t he enemy
act. commerce between the United
States and Germany has gradually
been taken up again. The state OF
war being only technical, the way was
cleared for the exchange OF goods un.
I'll II was recently revealed that Amer.
lean commerce with the former enemy
during the first six months Of the pre-
sent year was larger than Il had been
In the first six months OF the year
preceding the outbreak OF the Eu-
ropean war.