The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1921-07-14
Difficult
Problem
Faced By America in Max
ing Separate Treaty
With Germany
BY DAVID LAwRENCS.
Copyright by Trc IrtHN.gcncer)

Washington. Ju!y iS.--rrc.,rt,-, Nr--
ding has asked Secretary Hughes -
work out an alterrr',v" rrcp"si:''N 20
thAt OF the Versailles treaty aS a
means ot making peace sv.:h German
THIS doesn't rcau thai N" prr>IG' ut
has rejected the iiea q submitting the
Versailles pact with reservations. hu,
II does mean that Mr.. H4rLiaS t"clS the
necessity OF exhaustins every legal re-
source that might accomplish TeacN
with Germany ard Vet not "N"nd the
clements In iNs senate who believe the
United States ought n-tNr to ?ut its
approval on any par, ot the asr""-n"a;
negotiated at Versailles by President
Wilson
Whether tANrc - aH Alternative Is yet
20 De determined. NJ. NuEhcS - search
ing preCsdcnt& aaG considering rr~ de-
vices OF lax. II" \ mscH hrh", -
Americas rights NIL HcN"c hc sN w"il
>afe9uarded AS they woIld - vad"r the
Versailles pact. and N1ulG - hold it
ne could have his WAY ~; p" IS en-
teavorlrS 70 do FOR Mr.. HnrhluS Tnat
any able ,aHyN- voaid do frr hts client
find Nay to meet 3"t only ,hH CN-
terral difficulties Of An International
character. but tho intscra. troubles %
a political nature which MAY impede
ratification N the senate.
An Alternative
There - &C alternative bc:nS con-
Sidersd which may or may not hc ct-
tective. Il Is so n"vcl that ltN effects
cannot Immediately b. v"n.cctdrcd. Il
involves making a separate treaty With
Germany. but claiming under such a
treaty alt tre rights and privileges
which were given the Tinted States
under the Versailles pact. In other
words. Gcrmlny. having bestowed uHOn
~, United States as one OF tAr prin-
cIral aliicd md ass"cratcG 5nNc:s Ger
,Grr rights and p-,,.l"grS. would now
subtract tho. rights from the YER
sailleS pac; % Gar as they attrrt the
United State. and transfer lh,Ir TO a
new treaty.
The ohJcc,Inn rc sue. course is
,Io-roId. Wuuli TN allies consent? ?
And. second. would America De legally
as secure even il n" allies d,d' The
big fart is that Germany hSsn': any
rights 20 xiv" away any nOrc. and no
longer can withdraw from the Yer
sAIllss treaty any thing she gave away
In that pact without first getting tho
consent Of the s;EpatorIeS OF that treaty
tho great powers. In other words.
Germany cant agree = anything with
the United States without t2c consent
OF the allies. tn" peace negotiations
will no, BE- with Germany. Aut in reality
with the allies. To nlah~ q separate
treaty opens up that whole question. To
submit thc Versailles trca:y with res
eryations means that the consent OF
the allies 20 those reservations Is not
necessary. The United States would
merely be approving and subscribing TO
IN - - ~ t,tS nt,lI n
6cclinc u b. PARTY ~ other articles
,uch os those 'r'n', T. tho 'ufor~"-
mon, .i tNc treaty .,fnr- ,Nr"uGh The
league e nations or any o.n,r ln",ru-
mentality.
Separate Treaty.
Some Of the legal experts be.':'' 'un.
separate treaty With Germany. r' ~
though KS E-Sr paragraph might grant
all the riGrtS which Germany had yrc
viouSiy given the Cnitrd States in tho
Versailles 'r"ajy. vnIli not bind Ger
many in tn, end. hccau~c. hav'1g DIS
posed Of tN"-r right N tn, N:s' lace
% the allies and tho rr;itd stat IS 4
group. i, may I've that the tailurr # "a"
United States to remain m"ruh' -
he group XnoWn A. IN" prtncipal a'jed
and associated rowe5s means losing the
rights given that group 'rae analogy
most commonly heard here - that thr
allies and the United States "ouS;' tutr
: company Just III" ccrnorati"n -
which Ccrtai" nights - bald stree.
railways have be- n given b y cit. In
that company ar" U1m",I GrH ,ndi, ifu-
ais who coilrct.rr;. are obliged ~ g .
tho city certain sum G. mo0ev. rhc
money = paid but "ae oC the hre
members o. tho S-our Go"Sut pay his
share and withdra~S f-or1 ,hr tranSr~-
tiun. Could ne claim thar p, is rrtitlC'!
- the right 10 huiii =-"r' -NllwG. ot
has. own over -" ilc7ii,.., light %
way The CITY mad" 60" giant ~ all
KS rights 10 III, "or..t~> - = WHO'S.
and did not divide It's rights among the
rvc individuals '"avI0S /, ~ ,hrrn TO
work out the share OF r's?n7#ih'llty
and reward That, IN = nutshell. = The
prevailing iic~ h.r" The tnit"d
States caroot Withdraw fr"l:i III" r.in-
opal al'r"J .0i associated powers
without losing 10 rights ~ a member
Of that Srcur. Mr. HuEheS ~ tryInE
hard 20 rri a. Alter. 1tiIc S"rr"l mes
= looks a. II he MI have NQcrc.cr6.
He - AT ingenious .cw"Nr But tha
trouble - the allies are u. r.csi,,rs
:nr BANKRUPT Germany. nj unless
America wants 20 resume h.- 2lH~e as
ono ot n" principal receivers SO puts
herself outside the alii'.I eroGi mi
must take whatever RIGHTS NE all IS
uant 20 Eraat. Tn~ question haS proved
the mos: perpi"N!1S oT Mr. HardiaE's
administration = :. significant hc has
asked Secretary Hughes 20 work out,
an alternative :" the Versailles rlct,
but Il is no, believed ne Will "v"ntuAlly
accept 4.