Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1921-06-29
Agreement
Reached On
Peace Plan
Republican Senate and House
Conferees Compromise on
Resolution to End
State of War.
Democrats Will Fight
BY The Associated rre.s.

Washington. June 2S.-Establish-
ment Of peace by congressional
resolution reached its final stage to-
day, when senate and house republi-
can conferees agreed upon COM
promise resolution. which they hope
to have in President Harding's hands
late this week.
The compromise emhodies the
house plan declaring the state of war
with Germany and Austria at an end.
and adds the senate provision re-
serving American property and othSr
rights.
The democratic conferees, Sena-
tor Hitchcock of Nebraska and Rep
resentative Flood of Virginia. called
in for the final conference after the
republicans had previously arranged
their compromise resolution, re-
fused to sign the report and said that
with other democratic colleagues,
they would oppose the republican
plan to the end. Overwhelming re-
publican majorities in both senate
and house, however, were said TO
leave no doubt of adoption Of the
conference draft.
Early Action Planned.
Action on the compromise resolu-
ton tomorrow is planned in the
house and in the senate Thursday.
The conference report was presented
to both bodies late today. Demo
cratic leaders on both sides said that
the final discussion would not be
protracted and the republicans said
they hoped to have the peace meas
ure sent to the White House by FRI
day in expectation of its signature
by the president before the Fourth
VI July.
Satisfaction over the compromise
was expressed by both senate and
house republican leaders.
The text of the conference agree
ment follows:
Section /. That the state of war
declared to exist between the i'm
perial German government and the
United States of America by the
joint resolution of congress approved
April s, 1917, is hereby declared at
| an end.
All Rights Retained.
Section 2. That in making this
declaration and as part of it, there
are expressly reserved to the United
States of America and its nationals,
any and all rights, privileges, in
IDENTITIES, rcparations 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 November II,
1918, or any extensions or modihca-
tions thereof; or which were ac-
quired by or are in the possession
of the United States Of America by
reason of its participation in the war
or to which its nationals have there
by become rightfully entitled; or
which, under the treaty Of Versailles,
have been stipulated for its or their
benefit; or to which it is entitled Is
one of the principal allied and as
sociated powers, or to which it is
entitled by virtue of an act or acts
OF congress or otherwise.
Section g. That the state of war
declared to exist between the i'm
perial and royal Austro- Hungarian
government and the United States OF
America by the joint resolution OF
congress, approved December 7,
1917, is hereby declared at an end.
Section 4. That in making this
declaration and as part of it, there
are. expressly reserved to the United
States of America and its nationals,
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