The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-08-27
U..S.MAY CALL
TROOPS FROM
RHINE SECTOR
Administration To Consider
Withdrawal Of $4,000 Men
as Soon as Germany Form
ally Ratifies Peace Treaty.
GERMANY IS SATISFIED
CBy Associated Press,

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(By Associated Pressl
WASHINGTON, Aug. 27-With-
drawal of the American forces on the
Rhine is expected TO be considered
seriously by the administration once
the peace treaty between the United
States and Germany has been form
ally ratified. The view is understood
to be held that there would then be
no necessity of burdening Germany
with the support of the forces, for
which she is obligated TO pay
There was no consideration of the
subject in the negotiations leading up
to the treaty, so far as is known, and
whatever decision is reached will be
solely that of the American govern
ment. According to latest figures
there are $4,000 American troops in
the army of occupation at a mainte-
nance cost of nearly million dollars
a month.
BERLIN, Aug. 27-American and
German business firms will resume
peace time relations Immediately
treaty signed here on Thursday. it is
said in well informed industrial cir
cles of this city.
1t is anticipated that commercial
treaties will be negotiated and that
consular services will be reconstruct
ed within a brief period Spanish
diplomatic representatives here. who
have been in charge of American in
terests since Feb. 3, 1917, will con-
tinue their duties in this respect
The establishment of credit loans
and reparations to ship into the Amer
lean market surplus products of Ger
many, such as newsprint paper, oc-
cupy the attention of industrial lead
ers here.
Satisfaction over the simplicity and
ightfordwardnes of the American
treaty is generally expressed in COM
mercial circles, where belief is ex-
pressed that the same reasonable
ness" will characterize the United
States in later negotiations.
Satisfied With Treaty
Germany had slight reason to ex-
pect anything from America, and
hence we Jared better than we ex-
pected," declared a commercial lead
er yesterday. THE United States
makes numerous reservations and in
sists upon advantages which accrue
TO America by virtue of the ty of
Versailles, but we will continue to act
frankly on the supposition that, al
though insisting upon 100 per cent of
the Versailles treaty. the United
States probably will demand the ac-
tual execution of less than so per cent
of the treaty's provisions.
I'VE accepted the treaty virtually
as presnted, it was stated by a gov
eminent official during the day. I'VE
put faith in the sense of justice of
the United States. The idea was TO
get peace as quickly as possible, and
we asked for no specific assurances
and only a few interpretations in the
draft of the treaty as presented by
Ellis Loring Dresel, United States
commissioner here.
Send Able Men
Business will be benefited i'm
mediately. Under the technical state
of war which existed, business men
hesitated to engage in contracts with
alien enemies. There was nothing
agreed relative to commercial treaties
nor the personnel of the German mis-
sion sent to the United States, but we
will send our ablest men.
1t is improbable, however, that a
| representative of a large industrial or
commercial interest will head the
delegation going to Washington for
| fear that there may be some doubt as
| to his impartiality during the ar
rangement of a commercial agree
ment."
Asked if he expected the ratifica-
! tion of the treaty to result in the re-
lease of private property held in the
| United States he official said: Under
| the treaty of 1888, the inviola bility of
private property was secured. even
in the case of war. / do not see how
America could do anything else but
release this property. This action
would be an appreciable stimulus to
business"
| Expects Ratification
The official said he believed the
Reichstag would ratify the treaty al
though some opposition might be ex-
pected from the members of the ex-
treme right, made up of nationalists
who have shown hostility to the pact.
The date that the reichstag will take
up the treaty has not been fixed as
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