Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1921-11-15

tuiu lue GHlleu SIdLeS TO complete
peace status.
The second step probably will be the
PRONUNCIATION of proclamation declar-
ing the wal. with Austria to have end
ed and the third, the issuance of SINH
lar proclamation with respect to Hun
gary.
Ratified at Vienna
The proclamation dealing with Aus
tria is expected to be signed by the
president and issued through the state
deps eSaent within few days, as rati-
flcatiols of the treaty between the
United States and Austria were ex-
changed at Vienna last Tuesday Rati-
fications between the United States
and Hungary are expected to be eX-
changed soon and the proclamation is
sued soon aftcrward.
Until the third and final step is
taken. the purposes of the formal
proclamations will not be achieved in
poses are stated to Be to put an end.
without doubt, to certain war laws un-
affected by the congressional reSolu-
tion Of repeal approved last March 3.
Notable among these war time laws
are sections of the espionage act, the
liberty bond act and trading with the
enemy act. Portions of the last named
statute are preserved, howe We r.,
through the treaty.
Eugene Debs' Case.
Disposition of the cases of Eugene
Y. Debs. and others convicted of vio-
latiOn of war laws, likewise will
await the third and final step. Attor-
ney General Daugherty has prepared
an opinion for the president, suggest
ing a method of disposing of the Debs'
case, and, it is understood, proposing
definite treatment of the cases of 9TH
ers convicted of similar offenses. This
opinion, however, has not yet been
Daugherty has indicated that there
may be last minute changes before it's
submission
The proclamation just issued has no
bearing on the resumption of diplc-
matte relations between the United
states and Germany. state department
officials asserting that the exchange
Of ratifications in itself restored such
diplomatic relations. just when Ger
many will resume her old diplomatic
status in Washington, is not known to
officials here.
The Proclamation
The text of the presidents procla-
nation follows:
BY the president Of the United
States of America:
A proclamation.
Whereas. by joint resolution of
congress. approved March 3, 1921,
1t was declared that certain acts
OF congress, joint resolutions and
proclamations should be construed
as if the war between the United
States of America and the imperial
German government had ended.
but certain acts of congress and :.
proclamations issued in pursuance
thereof were excepted from oper-
alton Of the said resolution;
Abereas, by joint resolution
OF congress approved July 2. 1921,
the state of war which was de-
clared by joint resolution of con-
gress, approved April G, 1917. to
America and the imperial German
government was declared at an
end:
Whereas, treaty between the
United States and Germany was
signed at Berlin, on August 25,
1921, to restore the friendly rela-
tions existing between the nations
prior to the outbreak of the war,
which treaty is word for word as
follows:
fHere follows text of treaty.
And whereas, the said treaty has 4
been duly ratified on both parts.
and the ratification Of the two
countries were exchanged at Ber-
lin on November II, 1921;
Now, therefore, be it known that
/, Warren G. Harding, president of
the United States Of America.
hereby proclaim that the war be-
tween the United States and Ger
many terminated on July 2, 1921,
and cause the said treaty to be
made public to the end that every
article and clause thereof may be
observed and fulfilled by the
United States and the citizens
thereof.
In witness whereof have here
unto set my hand and caused the
seal of the United States to be af
fixed Done at the city Of Wash
ington, this fourteenth day of No
vember, One Thousand Nine Hun
dred and Twenty-One and of the
Independence of the United States
the One Hundred and Forty Sixth.
(Signed)
WARREN @. HARDING.
By the spresident,