Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-08-25
NEW GERMAN TREATY
LIKE VERSAILLES PACT
Signing Of Document Put Of
to a Later Date; Democrats
Approve 1t.
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Washington, Aug. 24.-The treaty
cs peace between the United States
and Germany contains only two sets
OF terms. according to members of the
Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
before whom the President and Secre-
tsry OF State Hughes laid the text of
. the document today i'm anticipa-
ton of'its being signed within the next
"a hours. Owing 10 a technieality the
. signing was put of to a later date.
The first set OF terms embraces prac-
tically the whole of the Enox-Porter
resolution, approved by the President
TWO months ago after IL had been de-
odted for weeks by the two branches
/ OF Congress and after it had been vari-
ously amended by the House.
The next set of terms includes those
sections OF the Treaty of Versailles In
Nolving American rights. each section
reafiirmed. being referred to in the
new compact by the number il bsars
in the old.
This is all the treaty contains. ac-
cor'iing to the recollection of those
who heard 1t read. No copy of the doc
ument was left with the members of
the committee. not even with Chair
man Lodge. Under an agreement be-
tween Washington and Berlin the text
OF the treaty is not TO pass beyond
the respective governments until it
mas been signed. sealed and delivered
while the State Department was
awaiting word tonight from Ellis Lor-
ing Dresel. American Commissioner at
Berlin, that signatures had been affixed
10 the treaty by the German Foreign
Minister and himself word reached
Secretary Hughes unofficiaiy that a
somewhat similar peace treaty had
been signed in Vienna by representa-
tres of this and the Austrian Govern
ment. This was the first information
TO come from any source that simulta-
neous negotiations were in progress
in Berlin and Vienna. In that connec-
ton IL was learned that negotiations
also are under way in Budapest.
For reasons of its own. not made
public today, the State Department
successfully concealed the fact that
the Austrian and Hungarian peace
treaties were being negotiated along |
with the German treaty.
From the comment made by Foreign |
Relations Committeeman after the
White House conference and after
the conference with Mr.. Hughes. there |
appeared TO be no opposition in that
committee 10 the treaty as il now
stands
Irreconcilable Republican members. |
however. reserved their judgement |
They want TO study the document more |
thoroughly before deciding whether or |
not they can support a measure i'm |
which is Incorporated whole sections /
of a treaty which they twice opposed /
nd
the Senate.
Democratic Senator's were inclined /
10 believe that the treaty Will prove /
generally acceptable TO minority men,
bers. Senator Hitchcock, ranking
Democratic members OF the committee,
saw nothing in the treaty as il was
read aloud TO find fault with. Senator
Pomerene. another Democratic mem
ber, while not committing himself
finally. took the same off-hand view
OF the matter.
Chairman Lodge was apparently
pleased with the traty, He announced
there would be no further meetings of
that body TO consider il in the near fu-
ture.
Speaking from memory, Senators
who heard the treaty read stated this
afternoon that no provision was in
corporated in the pact under which
Germany assumes all blame for the
war with the United States.
Also it can be stated with official
consent that the signing of this treaty
does not mean that diplomatic rela-
tiors with Germany viii be renewed
AZ once or that the present state OF
relations viii in any way be changed.
Not until ratifications Of the treaty
are exchanged will there be a resump-
ton of Diplomatic intercourse.
Already trade with Germany is in
progress except insofar as the old war
trade board embargoes are in effect
II was not indicated whether these en-
bargocs viii be al all affected by the
signing of the treaty, but the best
judgement is that they will not be vi (
tiated until the President issues his |
peace proclamation. <