New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-07-03
End of War Comes With
Presidents Formal Act
at Raritan, N. j.; Ger.
mans Ready to Buy
Troops Will Not
Return at Once
Diplomatic Service to Re-
sumo; ALI Wartime
Legislation Is Repealed
By Carter Field

/ WASHINGTON, July 2.-Peace,
both actual and technical, enveloped
the United States to-day, after a
lapse of almost seven years.
1t has been two years seven
months and twenty-one days since
actual fighting stopped on the West
ern front. 1t has been four years
two months and twenty-six days
since America entered the war. But
normalcy was interrupted in the lat
ter days of July, 1914, when Ger
many attacked the world.
With the signing of the peace reso-
\ luton by President, Harding at
4 Raritan, n. j., to-day war conditions
are legally at an end. Ambassadors
will be sent to Germany and Aus
I tria and consuls will take up their
work of aiding American exporters
and manufacturers in every town of
size in the new German and Austri-
an republics. Passports will be is
sued to American statesmen who wish
b sell American products in Ger
many and Austria and the move
rnent of goods in both directions will
be expedited.
War Prohibition Ended
A long list of laws, mostly giving
the President of the United States
extraordinary powers, expire by
! their own provisions that they are to
be in effect during the war emer-
gency. Incidentally, war prohibition
is one of these, though the lapse of
this particular law will be of no help
. owners of liquor stocks who wish
to sell them or to the thirsty who
would like to buy, since national pro-
hl5ltion went into effect III the mean
time.
Had the peace resolution, however,
been passed within reasonable time
Riter the armistice there would have
been period of legalized liquor sell
ing prior to the coming of national
prohibition, and owners of liquor stocks
would have had at least part of the
year which the original intention of
the national prohibition amendment
& would have given them to dispose of
their holdings.
There is strong contention that the
nearly $4,000 American troops in Ger
many must be brought home at once as
result of the peace resolution. The
pest opinion obtainable here, however,
is that they will not be returned for
some time, perhaps not until it is en-
ureiy satisfactory to the Allies for
Them to come home.
secretary of War Weeks, in discuss
ing this point; said he had made no
plans for their return. He intimated
mat there-was no purpose to bring
snem home, Senator Wadsworth. chair
nan OF the Military Affairs Committee
vi NJ the Senate and close adviser of
mfesldent Harding and Secretary
s"eeks, does not believe they will be
sssought home. Indeed, there s excel
sne authority for the statement that
.ae resident has no intention at this
,h ..ne OF bringing them back while
tnsfe .,si Is the slightest possibility of the
.st;es es,;es peing embarrassed by such
Could Replace With Marines
me PRESIDENT has had the suggestion
s.ougnt to his attention that, even if
~ ~ should desire to bring the soldiers
NJ erica, ne could maintain a force
s,.se sseaa' size Of marines in Germany
al, ,,sAout any sanction or authority at
!. ~ = ss' 5use as, this government has kept
tss asai i9rce OF marines at Managua,
5Id;aptai OF Nicaragua, since the Taft
wa.,ainistration, without declaration. of
sl or authorization by Congress.
ohder the law as it has been con-
;,'asd Il @ mere all the authority required
lsnt etqer to permit the troops being
ca ~ germany is the consent of the
M. tSiah q government. 1t is pointed out
~ =, .his government has kept troops
v;.Sna Inina ever since the Boxer uprising
w;.hus ;.hous any declaration of war and
cs;;nout any action by Congress. The
ess eon. government, however, gave it's
n .asrnaps the greatest Importance of
hams.ys action in consummating peace,
msYer' nsso' attaches TO the expected
genealogical effect on business. The
rs;; asi shat technical state of war pre-
w.a eo has been blamed, rightly or
sssngy, Tor the continued business
enasion. eam. During the Presidential
Dpaigh last summer and fall the
FL. fsgsratic orators tressed the idea
Nat ssa, Republican opposition TO woodrow
1nson and his League of Nations was
.ssponsible for this continuance Of q
msnnical state of war and, therefore,
'pons'ble for the failure Of trade
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