Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-08-30
TREATY With GERMANY
Important Pact Now Ready for Rat.
fiCdtiOn.
AMERICAN CLAIMS FULLY RECOGNIZED

United States Not Bound by League OF
Nations Covenant; Bot to Come In
With Other Nations as to Provisions
of MarseiIIes Treaty.
Following Is the treaty between the
United States and Germany, signed at
Berlin last Thursday and to become OF
effect upon ratification:
Text Of Document.
1.-The United States OF America and
Germany:
Considering that the United States,
acting in conjunction with its co-bel-
ligerents, entered into an armistice
with Germany on November IL, 1918, in
order that a treaty of peace might be
concluded;
Considering that the treaty of Yer
sailles was signed on June 2S, 1919, and
came into force according to the terms
of its article 440, but has not been rat
flied by the United States;
considering that the congress Of the
United States passed a joint reselu-
ton, approved by the president July 2,
1921, which reads as follows:
Resolved, by the senate and house
Of representatives of the United States
Of America in congress assembled,
that the state of war declared to exist
between the imperial German govern
ment and the United States Of America
by the joint resolution Of congress ap-
proved April 6. 1917. is hereby declared
at an end
"'Sec. 2. That in making this decla-
ration, and as part OF 1t, there are
expressly reserved to the United States
of America, and it's nationals any and
all rights, privileges, indemnities, rep
arations, or advantages, together with
the right to enforce the same, to which
it or they have become entitled under
the terms of the armistice signed No
vember II, 1913, or any extensions or
notifications thereof; or which were
acquired by or are in the possession or
the United States Of America by .rea-
son Of it's participation in the war or
to which it's nationals have thereby be-
come rightfully entitled; or which, un-
der the treaty of Versailles, have been
stipulated for its or their benefit; or. to
which it is entitled as one Of the prin-
cipal allied and associated powers; or
to which it is entitled by virtue OF any
act of congress-; or otherwise.
Section 5. All property of the im-
perial German government, or its sue
cessor or successors, and OF all Ger
man nationals which was, on April s,
1917. in or has since that date come in
to the possession or under control OF,
or has been the subject Of a demand by
| the United States of America or Of any
| of it's officers, agents or employees
from any source or by any agency
whatsoever, and all property Of the I'M
perial and royal Austro- Hungarian
government or it's successor or sue
cessors. and Of all Austro Hungarian
nationals which was on December z,
1917, in or has since that date come in
to the possession or under control OF
or has been the subject Of a demand
by the United States Of America or
any of its officers, agents or employees
from any source or oy any agency
whatsoever g. all be retained by the
United States of America and no dis
position thereof made, except as shall
have been heretofore or specifcally
hereafter shall be provided by law, un-
til such time as the imperial German
government and the imperial and royal
Austro- Hungarian government or their
successor or successors shall have re-
spectively made suitable provision FOR
the satisfaction of all claims against
said government respectively, Of all
persons, wheresoever domiciled, who
owe permanent allegiance to the Unit
ed States of America and who have
suffered through the acts Of the impe-
rial German government or its agents
or the imperial and royal Austro-Hun-
garian government or its agents, since
July 81, 1914, loss, damage or injury to
their persons or property, directly or
indirectly, whether through the owner
ship of shares of stock In German,
Austro- Hungarian, American or other
corporations or in consequence OF the
hostilites of any operations Of war
or otherwise, and also shall have
granted to persons owing permanent
allegiance to the United States of
America most favored nation treat
ment. whether the same be national or
otherwise, in all matters affecting resi-
dence, business, professional, trade
navigation, commerce and Industrial
property rights, and until the imperial
German government and the imperial
and royal Austro- Hungarian govern
men or their successor or successors
shall have respectively confirmed to the
limited States of America all fines, for
FIXTURES, penalties and seizures impos-
cd mr. made by the United States of
America during the war, whether in re-
spect to the property Of the Imperial
German government or German ma
tionals or the imperial and royal Aus
tro- Hungarian government or Austro-
| ,,ot;Opalc op6 cha11 have