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armisticc signed November II, 1918,
or any extensions or notifications
thereof; or which were acquired by
or are In thv possession Of the Uni.
ted States Of America by reason Of
It's participation IN the war or TO
which It's nationals have hereby be-
come rightfully entitled; or which,
under the treaty Of Versailles have
been stipulated for It's or their benc-
TT; or TO which IL Is entitled as one
of the principal allied and associated
powers; or TO which il IS entitled by
virtue of any act or acts OF Congress;
or otherwise.
Section Five.
Section s. All property of the
| Imperial German government or its
succ essor or successors, and OF all
| German nationals which was on April
6, 1917, in or has since that date,
come under the possession or under
control Of, or has been the subject Of
demand by the United States Of
America, or any Of its officers,
agents, or employees, from any
sources, or by any agency whatso-
ever, and all property Of the imperial
and royal Austro-Hungarian govern
ment or its successor or successors,
and all of Austro-Hungarian nations
which was on December Z, 1917, in
or has since that date come into the
possession or under the control OF, or
has been the subject of demand by
the United States of America or any
of its officers, agents or employees
from any source or by any agency
whatsoever, shall be retained by the
United States of America and no dis
position thereof made, except as
shall have been made heretofore or
specifically hereafter shall be pro-
vided by law, until such time as the
imperial German government and the
imperial and royal Austro- Hungarian
government, or their successor or
successors, shall have respectively
made suitable provisions for the set
Element of all claims against said
governments, respectively, OF all per-
sons. wheresoever domicied, who owe
permanent allegiance TO the United
States Of America and who have suf'
fered through the acts Of the imper-
ial German government or It's agents,
or the imperial and royal Austro-
Hungarian government on its agents,
since July 81, 1914, loss, damage,
or injury to their person or property,
directly or indirectly, whether thru
the ownership Of shares Of stock in
German, Austro-Hungarian, Ameri-
can, or other corporations, or in con
sequence Of hostilities or of any OPP
erations of war, or otherwise, and al
so shall have granted TO persons ow-
ing permanent allegiance to the UNI
ted States of America most favored
national treatment, whether the same
be national or otherwise in all mat
tiers affecting trade, navigation, com
merce and industrial property rights
and until the imperial German gov
eminent and the imperial and royal
Austro-Hungarian government, or
successor or successors shall have
respectively confirmed TO the Uni
ted States Of America all fines, for
FIXTURES. penalties and seizures i'm
posed or made by the United States
of America during the war, whether
In respect 90 Che property Of the I'M
perial German government or Ger.
man nationals or the imperial and
royal Austro-Hungarian government
Of Austro-Hungarian nationals, and
shall have waved any and all pecun-
larry claims against the United States
Of America
Being desirious of restoring the
friendly relations eytising between
the two nations prior % the outbreak
of war;
"Have foI .ha. purpose appointed
.hcir nleuipotcn,iaries:
"The President of the United
States of America, Ellis Loring Dres-
sci. commissioner of the United
States of America % Germany, and;
"The president of the German en-
pire, Dr. Frederick Rosen, minister
or foreign affairs,