Treaty of Peace with Germany (Volume 1; Pts. 12-16); Hearings Before the Committee on Foreign Relations, United States Senate, Sixty-Sixth Congress, First Session (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1919. Excerpt: ... TREATY OF PEACE WITH GERMANY. THURSDAY, JULY 31, 1919. United States Senate, Committee On Foreign Relations, Washington, D. 0. The committee met at 10.30 o'clock a. m., pursuant to the call of the chairman, in room 426, Senate Office Building, Senator Henry Cabot Lodge presiding. Present, Senators Lodge (chairman), McCumber, Fall, Knox, Harding, Johnson, Moses, Hitchcock, Williams, Swanson, Pomerene, Smith, and Pittman. STATEMENT OF MR. BERNARD M. BARUCH. The Chairman. Mr. Baruch, what is your title--one of the advisers of the American mission at the peace conference? Mr. Baruch. Economic adviser. The Chairman. I want to ask you a question first that does not tome directly under your economic clauses, but one about which I thought possibly you might know. Article 237 on page 253, says: The successive installments, including the above sum, paid over by Germany in satisfaction of the above claims will be divided by the Allied and Associated Governments in proportions which have been determined upon by them in advance on a basis of general equity and the rights of each. Do you know if that determination has been reached, and if it has been omitted in the document? Mr. Baruch. I understood it had not been reached. Senator Mccumber. Then, it should read, "which shall have been determined," rather than "which have been determined," should it not? The Chairman. The statement in article 237 is incorrect, of course? Mr. Baruch. Let me see how it reads in the French. The French would mean "following the proportions determined by them in advance." The Chairman. I did not compare it. Mr. Baruch. It gives an incorrect translation. You see, it says "determinees par eux a l'avance." The translation is not exactly correct. The Chairman. It says "seronts repartis par les ...