The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1921-09-14
WASHINGTON NEWS
German and American View Of
Separate Treaty

| separate treaty
What does the Berlin treaty--the
separate peace treaty-settle? Ac-
cording to the vossche Zeitung 1t
settles nothing; It is simply a pro-
tocol or frame work upon which
| to negotiate the commercial and
economic agreements which are to
prevail between the two countries.
The most important matters con-
corning our future relations with
Germany are yet to be negotiated.
The German press expresses salts
faction with the treaty so far, which
is not surprising, as 1t drives
wedge between the United States
and the Allies by relieving this
country of the responsibility for en-
forcement of the Versailles treaty
except the sections included in the
separate treaty.
According to the New York World
President Harding and Mr.. Hughes
have translated Col. Harvey's Pill
grim Society speech into the Treaty
Of Berlin, and it then says, "They
have stripped it of everything which
carried the suggestion of an ideal
or a noble purpose"
What does the Berlin treaty set
tie? According to the World it set
ties the question of what our boys
died for in the great war. 1t says:
'In the light of this formal diplo-
matte expression of the Harvey
Harding principles it can be said too
that the dead in this war did not
die in vain. They died in order to
validate the American title to Ger
man private property which the
government of the United States
took over and held to guarantee the
payment of private claims against
the German government. 1t is for
this that they gave their young
lives. II is for this that all the
sacrifices were made. 1t is for this
that the American people poured
out their blood and treasure"
Il is RoOsevelt's "SOft Peace"
Will the separate peace treaty
with Germany be ratified? At this
writing it looks as if it would be
unless something develops in debate
to change the situation. With Con-
gress in recess and most of the
Senators absent one cannot get a
true consensus of Democratic Sena-
torial opinion. The Democrats,
however, are for the treaty of Yer
sailles. In the separate treaty they
get part of the streaty of Yer
sailles, with future prospect of
getting the whole treaty. For this
reason there may not be solid op-
position, for every one wants peace,
and a part of loaf is better than
no bread, especially when there is
a chance to get the rest of the loaf.
The bitter-enders will probably
oppose it, because they realize that
the administration in adopting the
Treaty of Versailles piecemeal is
trying to pull the wool over their
eyes. Several of that element were
ardent followers of the late Col.
Roosevelt, and they realize that this
treaty is what he meant when he
expressed the fear that President
Wilson would make soft peace
with Germany, never thinking that
his party would be in a position to
make ''soft peace"
In any event, Senators have
plenty of time to study the separate
peace treaty in all of it's squalor and
what it contains and {
what it omits, and the debate on it I
s expected to be both interesting
md Illuminating.
1t can be said that some Demo- |
rats take satisfaction in the knowl-
'dge that the Republican admins
ration did not go outside of the {
Versailles treaty in making it's l
eparate peace.
Secretary Glass Guarded Treasmry
That the Shipping Boards affairs c
re in an inextricable tangle was |
sserted by Senator Glass. former c
Secretary of the Treasury and one '
4 Americas great financial authori-
les. II his method as Secretary of
he Treasury had been followed, Q
nuch of the present muddle would c
ave been avoided.
when l was at the Treasury" I
aid Senator Glass. ~ served notice Il
n the Chairman of the Shipping I
'oard that unless he would present q
0 the Treasury his accounts for an d
udit as required nv law I would