The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1921-09-02
GERMAN-AMERICAN
TREATY IS signed
Benefits Under Paris Pact
To Remain; League Is
Thrown Out.

with Germany, which was signed to
day in Berlin, was made public to
night by the State Department. Il
puts into force the economic repara
tions, military and various other pro
visions of the unratified treaty oil
Versailles, but provides specifically
that the United States shall not be
bound by the covenant of the League
of Nations or by other enumerated
parts of the Versailles settlement.
The declarations of the pact reso-
luton are reaffirmed in the treaty
and it contains, in addition, a blanket
provision that any benefit which
might accrue to this country under
the Versailles pact is to be regarded
as of full force. Germany's renun-
citation of her overseas possessions
jointly to the big five powers is re-
affirmed, as are the military clauses
of the Versailles treaty, the sections
relating to prisoners, reparations, f.
nance. economic settlements, COM
merce and abrogation Of all other
existing treaties between the two
countries.
No League Action Binding
In disassociating the United States
from the League of Nations the docu-
meDt provides not only that this gov
eminent will not be bound by the
covenant, but that no action of the
league shall be considered as placing
an obligation upon America The
United States also stipulates that it
viii not be bound by the sections of |
the Versailles treaty relating to the !
boundaries of Germany to political re-
adjustments in Europe, to the set
tlement affecting China, Siam, Lii
IBERIA, Morocco. Egypt, Turkey. Bull
garia or Shantung. or to the estab-
lishment OF an international labor
organization.
In a State Department statement
ISSUED to announce the signature of
the treaty. special mention was made
of the reaffirmation of this govern
ment's share in the renowned Ger
man overseas possessions, the state
ment declaring that this provision
confirms the rights of the United
States with respect to zap and other
former German overseas possessions
upon an equality with the other pow
ers."
Advantages Preserved.
TIL departments statement re-
viewed the treaty in detail, emphasiz-
Ing that any advantage which might
have been gained by ratification of
the treaty of Versailles is fully pre- d
served under the present instrument. D
Regarding such further settlements
as may be necessary between the two |
nations the statement said:
1T is understood that diplomatic 3
relations will be resumed upon the .
exchange of notifications of the trea- u
" and then negotiations can be I'M y
lertaken with respect to commerce :"
md other matters thru the ordinary =
diplomatic channels" Il
Administration officials are un- u
lerstood to feel, however, that com s.
nercial questions between the Unit u
ID States and Germany are as fully 3
covered as seems necessary for the s.
PRESENT by the reaffirmation of the J"
and economic clauses of the d
'ersailles treaty. In that connection
here is a provision in the treaty re
lfirming the present attitude of his fl
government toward the reparation tn
by declaring that the U. of
!. reserved the right to participate
II the commissions deliberations, but tn
would not be bound to any such par
icipation except by its own decision. st
The text of the treaty follows; Sc
Part One. st
THE United States of America
nd Germany: pi
considering that the United 70
tates, acting in conjunction with its
oballigerents, entered into an armis- PC
ice with Germany on November 70
loven, nineteen eighteen, in order
hat treaty of peace Nigh be con-
luded: tn
Considering that the treaty of 81
'ersailles was signed on June TWEEN pr
y-eighth, nineteen nineteen, and ad
lme into force according to the 20
'yms of it's article four hundred and tn
,rty, but has not been ratified by nil
ne United States; tn
considering that the Congress Of fo
De- United states passed a joint reso- In
't.o0, approved by the President Jul In
second, nineteen Jwenty-one, which wi
,.ds iu part as follows: .ty
Resolved by the Senate and 81
ous. OF Representatives Of the Unit
: states Of America in congress as
mblcd. that the state of war declar- tic