The Washington herald., 1921-08-04
Allies Also Will Sign
New Peace Agree
ment.
INCLUDES CLAUSES
OF FORMER TREATY
Compromise Document
Repeats Wording Of
Certain Sections.
BY ROBERT T. BENDER.
Unitsd Nsvs.)

NUu1so4 aoNssl
A tri-partite separate treaty, TO
be negotiated between the United
States, the allied powers and Ger
many, is the course the adminis-
tration has decided upon to effect
peace with the central powers and
at the same time compromise with
Senate irreconcilabies.
The pact will embody about four
fifths of the economic clauses OF
the Versailles treaty and. further.
will embody the exact language Of
a majority of these clauses in order
to insure positive protection OF
American rights on an equal basis
with the allies. It will provide
for American representation on the
present allied reparations commits
sion
Alternative IL Paris Pact.
This treaty will be promulgated
unless IL Is found that allied powers
will resist II. In event of such
resistance there Is only one alter
native. ii is said. and that Is for
the administration tos"engage un-
der the treaty of Versailles" and
submit to the Senate the original
treaty, with suggested modifica-
tions. including eliminatioR OF the
league of nations covenant The
league, of course, would not figure
in the proposed separate pact
It has been the opinion of ad-
ninistration leaders from the out
set that the only way to insure
adequate protection of American
rights in effecting peace with Ger
many Is to embody IN such peace
the economic provisions of the Ver-
sailles pact There was, however,
the strong opposition In the Senate
to receiving the Versailles treaty In
any form for ratification.
Means 0f Approval.
Because IL is a separate treaty
il probably win have 10 be signed
and ratified not only by the Pres
ident and the Senate, but also BY
representatives Of the allied powers
and their legislative bodies, as well
az by German representatives and
the Reichstag-
In volved as this procedure may
appear, 1t apparently Is the judg-
ment Of the administration that In
the long run peace can be more
quickly effected lhis way than
through attempting Senate ratihca-
ton of a revised Versailles treaty.
Secretary, Hughes Tactics.
Incidentally the course throws an
Interesting light upon Secretary
Hughes diplomacy which. in inter-
national matters, Is concerned not
only with foreign countries but with
the United States Senate
Thus far Hughes has made three i'm
portant steps toward bringing about
fulhllment of aims promulgated at
the Paris Peace Conference Through
administration efforts the repara-
tions problem has been definitely
placed on a working basis, the
United States government is repre-
sented in the allied councils, and a
disarmament conference Is to be
called to thresh out not only arma-
ment questions but other problems
growing out of the Versailles treaty
settlements. To each Of these sub
jects embodied in the Versailles
treaty there were groups of Sena-
tors opposed. In the aggregate
these Senators would be able to
muster a sufficient strength to de-
feat a general measure embodying
all of the moves. By taking each
step separately, however, Hughes
has limited opposition. and the sten
to establish peace by a separate
pact is just ono more move In this
same direction.