Part XII.—Ports, Waterways and Railways
Notes to Part XII, Articles 321 to 386
The treaty restoring friendly relations between the United States and Germany signed at Berlin, August 25, 1921 and in force on November 11, 1921 with retroactive effect to July 2, 1921, stipulates that “Germany undertakes to accord to the United States and the United States shall have and enjoy … all the rights and advantages” stipulated for its benefit by this part of this treaty, “notwithstanding the fact that such treaty has not been ratified by the United States”. The rights and advantages of nationals of the United States specified in the joint resolution of Congress, approved July 2, 1921 (p. 18) were specifically mentioned in an understanding included in the Senate’s resolution of advice and consent to ratification of October 18, 1921. The Senate in that resolution made a further condition “that the United States shall not be represented or participate in any body, agency or commission, nor shall any person represent the United States as a member of any body, agency or commission in which the United States is authorized to participate by this Treaty, unless and until an Act of the Congress of the United States shall provide for such representation or participation.”
This part is, ipsissimis verbis, an annex, technically a schedule, of the treaty restoring friendly relations as printed by the Department of State in Treaty Series 658, but not as printed in 42 Stat. 1939.
Contents
- Section I.—General provisions (Art. 321 to 326)
- Section II.—Navigation
- Chapter I.—Freedom of navigation (Art. 327)
- Chapter II.—Free zones in ports (Art. 328 to 330)
- Chapter III.—Clauses relating to the Elbe, the Oder, the Niemen (Russstrom-Memel-Niemen) and the Danube
- Chapter IV.—Clauses relating to the Rhine and the Moselle (Art. 354 to 362)
- Chapter V.—Clauses giving to the Czecho-Slovak State the use of northern ports (Art. 363 and 364)
- Section III.—Railways
- Section IV.—Disputes and revision of permanent clauses (Art. 376 to 378)
- Section V.—Special provision (Art. 379)
- Section VI.—Clauses relating to the Kiel Canal (Art. 380 to 386)