The spectator., 1921-08-16
GERMAN TREATY
 |S NEXT STEP
CERTAIN PARTS OF THE TREATY OF VERSAILLES MAY ENTER
 INTO THE NEW PACT.
SENATE MAY STAGE A FIGHT
Ambassadors Then Will Be Appointed by Both Countres-Berlin Almost CStan to Select Man With an American Wife.
By EDWARD B. CLARK.


 American Wife.
 By EDWARD B. CLARK.
 Washngton.-Con having de- clared that n state of peace exists with Germany, the next step must be the formulation by the State department of treaty with the late enemy coup, try. It is a matter of controversy as present as to whether or not the treaty shall contain parts of the Versailles treaty.
 The chances seem to be that part of the Versailles treaty will enter into the American treaty with Germany. It is held by the proponents of such a course that the State department can take from the French treaty cer- tain sections which will be satisfac- tory to the so-called irreconcilables in the senate and which will prevent the United States from getting at cross purposes with the allies. as might be the case if the two treaties should have cross-current provisions in them.
 All this is matter for the admins traitor plus the State department to determine, by and with the aid and consent of the senate. It Is safe prophecy that before the treaty is framed and finally ratified there will be plenty of vocal fireworks in the upper house. The general belief here is, however, that two-thirds major ity of the senate will ratify the treaty with Germany even if it shall contain some of the Versailles documents pro visions
 Ambassadors Will Be Named. As soon as the treaty Is ratified
 the United States will appoint an ambassador and Germany will retort in kind. It is futile as yet to guess whom Uncle sam will send to Berlin as his representative. It must neces- sarily be man who knows something of the German psychology. and who has been close student of develop ments in Germany since the war closed. It is possible. probable indeed that the President will choose some American for the job who already has seen service in the land to which he is to be accredited
 Already there is advance interest.Sq Washington as to the probable chosn of the German government of sue Hessor to Count Johann von Bern storff. A man probably will be picked who will have keener appreciation of the American temperament than von Bernstorf was endowed with. He had an idea he was fooling people. when in truth everything that he was l doing was pretty we'll known and in many cases was being checkmated.
 Germany Will Follow Custom. One thing goes almost without say- 1 ing, because the rule of the past al- most goes to prove the case. The chances are that the Germans will pick 1 some man who has an American wife. Esery foreign government tries to get ,n ambassador who through some fam 1 Ny connection Is associated with life | in the United States. It Is easier for an ambassador with an American born wife to understand the psychology H the people of this country. Bluntly speaking. study of his wife in part probably gives 1t to him.
 | Von Bernstorff had an American wife. New York woman who was of
 immediate German ancestry and the r,s- fore probably not as well fitted to be a guide to her husband in American affairs as would have been the case with woman whose forbears were American.
 Von Bernstorff was preceded as Ger nan ambassador to the United States 1 ny Baron Speck von Sternberg whose wife was one of a family of Kentucky girls, every one of whom was noted for her beauty. Her maiden name wss Lilly Langham Her husbands insight into American affairs and into Ameri- i ,an character was looked upon as lit- i tie short of marvellous, but he owed much of his knowledge unquestionably to his wife.
 Mellon Against Bonus Bill. Secretary of the Treasury Mellon l has written letter to United l States senator declaring that the passage of the bill granting ho-  aus to veterans will increase the bur len of taxation of the American peo- ple and will menace the success of the program of economy, Is this letter to have the effect of preventing the pass age of bonus legislation? For some reason or other there seems to be an impression In Wash- | ington that while most of the veterans l of the great war are willing that con gress shall vote the bonus money, many of them are not over keen about 1t. Unquestionably. there are some thousands, perhaps some hundreds of thousands of the veterans outside of ! those who are disabled. who otherwiye are provided for, who actually need the money. If here were some way by which the men who need 1t could