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Foreign Relations Commission Recommends That Reichstag Approve U.S. Pact
Berlin—The foreign affairs commission of the Reichstag gave its approval to the ratification of the peace treaty with the United States. The commission adopted a resolution recommending that the Reichstag ratify the treaty. The explanatory note which was supplied to the members of the Reichstag with copies of the text of the peace treaty defends the government's action in signing an indefinite, but comprehensive agreement, on the ground that Germany was severely restricted by the contents of the Porter Knox peace resolution, but lays stress on the importance which may attach to the future negotiations through which definite relations must be established. Particular emphasis is laid on the advantages of re-establishing the diplomatic services in the two countries, the lack of which has seriously handicapped business. Admitting the German government has been unable to obtain an expression of the policy of the United States regarding confiscated German property, the memorial asserts the United States has indicated desire for just and satisfactory adjustment of this question, which, it says, "the American government held could be best obtained through the signing of peace, which will break the way for further negotiations."
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