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PART V. THE TREATIES OF PEACE BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND GERMANY AND AUSTRIA, AND PROVISIONS OF THE VERSAILLES TREATY INCORPORATED THEREIN RELATING TO

ENEMY PROPERTY.

1. Treaty of Peace with Germany. 2. Treaty of Peace with Austria.

3. Versailles Treaty. Articles incorporated in the Treaties with Germany and Austria Relating to Enemy Property.

I. TREATY OF PEACE WITH GERMANY.

Signed at Berlin, August 25, 1921.

Ratification Advised by the Senate, October 18, 1921.
Ratified by the President, October 21, 1921.

Ratified by Germany, November 2, 1921.

Ratifications Exchanged at Berlin, November 11, 1921.
Proclaimed, November 14, 1921.

Preamble.

Section 1. End of the War Declared.

2. Rights of United States, Etc., Reserved.

5. Disposition of Property Held by United States. Article I. Rights, Privileges, etc., accorded by Germany. II. Obligations of Germany Under Versailles Treaty. (1) Sections of Treaty Specified.

(2) Provisions of That Treaty Not Binding on
United States Unless Assent Given.

(3) Obligations Not Assumed by United States.
(4) Participation by United States in Commis-
sions Established Under That Treaty.

(5) Time Limitations.

III. Exchange of Ratifications.

A PROCLAMATION

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

[Preamble.] WHEREAS, by a Joint Resolution of Congress, approved March 3, 1921, it was declared that certain Acts of Congress, joint resolutions and proclamations should be construed as if the war between the United States of America and the Imperial German Government had ended, but certain acts of Congress and proclamations issued in pursuance thereof were excepted from the operation of the said resolution;

WHEREAS, by a Joint Resolution of Congress approved July 2, 1921, the state of war which was declared by the Joint Resolution of Congress approved April 6, 1917, to exist between the United States of America and the Imperial German Government was declared at an end;

WHEREAS, a treaty between the United States and Germany was signed at Berlin on August 25, 1921, to restore the friendly relations existing between the two nations prior to the outbreak of war, which treaty is word for word as follows:

The United States of America and Germany: Considering that the United States, acting in conjunction with its co-belligerents, entered into an Armistice with Germany on November 11, 1918, in order that a Treaty of Peace might be concluded;

Considering that the Treaty of Versailles was signed on June 28, 1919, and came into force according to the terms of its Article 440, but has not been ratified by the United States;

Considering that the Congress of the United States passed a Joint Resolution, approved by the President July 2, 1921, which reads in part as follows:

"RESOLVED BY THE SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA IN CONGRESS ASSEMBLED, [End of the war declared.] That the state of war declared to exist between the Imperial German Government and the United States of America by the joint resolution of Congress approved April 6, 1917, is hereby declared at an end.

Section 2. [Rights of United States, etc., reserved.] That in making this declaration, and as a part of it, there are expressly reserved to the United States of America and its nationals any and all rights, privileges, indemnities, reparations, 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 11, 1918, or any extensions or modifications thereof; or which were acquired 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 thereby become rightfully entitled; or which, under the treaty of Versailles, have been stipulated for its or their benefit; or to which it is entitled as one of the principal allied and associated powers; or to which it is entitled by virtue of any Act or Acts of Congress; or otherwise.

Section 5. [Disposition of property held by United States.] All property of the Imperial German Government, or its successor or successors, and of all German nationals, which was, on April 6, 1917, in or has since that date come into the possession or under control of, or has been the subject of a demand by the United States of America or of any of its officers, agents, or employees, from any source or by any agency whatsoever, and all property of the Imperial and Royal Austro-Hungarian Government, or its successor or successors, and of all Austro-Hungarian nationals which was on December 7, 1917, in or has since that date come into the possession or under control of, or has been the subject of a demand by the United States of America or any of its officers, agents, or employees, from any source or by any agency whatsoever, shall be retained by

the United States of America and no disposition thereof made, except as shall have been heretofore or specifically hereafter shall be provided by law until such time as the Imperial German Government and the Imperial and Royal Austro-Hungarian Government, or their successor or successors, shall have respectively made suitable provision for the satisfaction of all claims against said Governments respectively, of all persons, wheresoever domiciled, who owe permanent allegiance to the United States of America and who have suffered, through the acts of the Imperial German Government, or its agents, or the Imperial and Royal Austro-Hungarian Government, or its agents, since July 31, 1914, loss, damage, or injury to their persons or property, directly or indirectly, whether through the ownership of shares of stock in German, Austro-Hungarian, American, or other corporations, or in consequence of hostilities or of any operations of war, or otherwise, and also shall have granted to persons owing permanent allegiance to the United States of America most-favorednation treatment, whether the same be national or otherwise, in all matters affecting residence, business, profession, trade, navigation, commerce and industrial property rights, and until the Imperial German Government and the Imperial and Royal Austro-Hungarian Government, or their successor or successors, shall

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