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"/ wonder why"?
"There must be something
wrong with me; I seem duller
every day. I've slaved over this
desk for fifteen years, watched
these figures jump until my head
nearly splits, and here I sit?
still at the same desk.
"And that fellow in there is
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should have been made by the Sena?
tors who lugged into the Senate this
very serious charge. They do not ap
pear to have appreciated either thc
gravity of their own statemonts or the
embarrassing position in which they
place themse!vos by not demanding an
investigation. They declare in effect
that the President of the United States
?vithholds copies of this treaty .from
thc- Ser.ato and they insinuate very
brcadly that he permits copies to so
fo business concerns in New York City.
These concerns, they say, have par
ticular interests in the treaty of which
they have secured advance copies.''
"lf the Senator will allow me," said
Senator Lodge, "I am ready to take all
the blame that can be placed upon me
by the Senator, and I wiiih he would
r.ot sr.y 'they.' I said nothing about
financial interests whatever."
"Thc Senator from Massachusetts,"
interrupted Senator Borah, "did not
say anything about special interests
at all, nor particular interests, nor
ynything of that sort. I was sorry he
did not, but he did not<'
"It i3 possible th;:t the Senator
from Massachusetts," said Senator
Hitchcock, "is in a slightly different
attitude from the Senator from Idaho.
They concurred, hewever, in their at
tack. Apparently these special New
York interests, having an interest in
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! the treaty, did not permit the Senator
! from Idaho to examine it while in
? their possession, whereas the Senator
from Massachusetts appears to have
been particularly favored. These New
: York concerns, they say, Jiave partic
! ular interests in the terms of the
! treaty. This involves an"attack upon
! the President of the United States of
the most scandalous character.
Calls It Attack on Treaty
"It appears to be a new chapter in
I tho attack on the treaty itself; <i new
chapter in which both of the senators
I concur. It is done for the purpose of
! attneking the treaty. It convcys to
the public mind the idea that there
is a secret combination between the
commission headed by the President
in Paris and the business interests
in New York by which the latUr are
to be given advance information with
I held from the Senate?-a mysterious
'charge.
"Men who make such a charge owe
j it to the public to demand an in
j vestigation, and they would have de
1 manded nn investigation if they had
I been making a charge in the public in
; terests and not merely for tho pur
; pose of injuring thr- great treaty and
i postponir.g the establishment of peace.
! "Personally, I have no knowledge of
this matter. I have never seen the
, treaty nor asked to see it. I do not
; know the New York interests that have
copies. If any New York interests have
' copies, they evidently have closer com?
munication with the enemies of the i
{ treaty than with the friends of the J
i treaty.
"Senate Must Find Out"
"I want to know how those New York i
interests got these copies. if thev have j
them. The country wants to know. The
Senate must find out. It is not suffi
cienl to leave the matter to the confi- ;
1 dence and knowledge o? the Senators |
: who are fighting this treaty. We are all
, entitled to know what New York inter- !
\ ests are using copies of this treaty in I
| their business, not simply those Sena- |
j tors taken into the confidence pf the j
| aforesaid New York interests. The
Senator said it was not given to him, I
but that it still exists in New York."
"Does he say why he would not ac?
cept it?" inquired Senator Brandegec.
"I think he does," said Mr. Hitch
eock.
"What was the reason?" asked Mr.
j Brandegee. "I would like to have that |
! go in the record, also; also the page j
| from which the Senator is reading. He
| meant he would not accept it and bring ;
it down here unless he made it public." j
"I do not know any great moral
! advantage of such a treaty coming into j
| the hands of the Senator from Massa
j chusetts nr.d being withheld from the
hands of his associates," replied Son- j
; ator Hitchcock.
"Held Stolen Goods"
"I can seo no great moral boast in
that. lf he held the treaty in his
j hands, he held stolen goods-Ugoods '
| probably secured by bribery; goods
j wiiich the President of the United
States and other international repre
| sentatives in Paris had promised should
j not be made public for public reasons,
and in order that the negotiation of
! the treaty might not be interfered with.
" 'Therefore, ii was not given to me,
: but it is there in New York. I heard
' of four copies in existence in New
York.'
"The Senator is very well advised,
evidently, of these nefarious interests
't concerning which the Senator from
, Idaho has made some rather strong
insinuations.
" 'How many more there may be in ,
. the country, I do not know; but as ;
far a3 I can make out the only place i
? where it is not allowed to come is
the Senate of the United States.'
Calls It Strong Statement
"That is a pretty strong statement
for a Senator of the T'nited States to j
make? that the President is withhold
| ing copies from the Sennte and per
mitting it to go everywhere else by'
concerns that have special interests
in the treaty. How a Senator could
have believed such a thing and not
'. have demanded an investigation, I do
1 not undc-rstand."
Senators Hitchcock and Swanson at
; this point read some historic state
' ments, including one by George Wash
; ington and Theodore Roosevelt in re
' fusing to give confidential documents
; to Congress.
"What is the date of that last?" in-.
i quired Senator Norris.
"January 24, 1906, when there was
a Republican President."
"That was before the proraulgation
of the doctrine oc "open covenants of
j peace openly arrived at.' lt does not
apply now," retorted Senator Norris.
"In conclusion," said Mr. Hitchcock,
' "I have very little to say. The Senator.
from Massachusetts has gone on record
in tho declaration that this treaty
is under the control of the President
of the United States; that tho United,
States has no representatives in Paris I
besides the President.
Demands Investigation
"He has made the statement almost
i flat-footed that those Representatives I
? under the control of the President of
, thp United States have given out !
| copies of this treaty. He states that
; there are at least four, and 1 think he j
' really said five, copies extant in New
York at the present time. The Senator j
from Idaho indorses what he says and
declares that those treaties are in the
hands of interests which are using
1 them for private purposes, beeause
they are interested in the terms of the ;
; treaty.
"Now, I say the time has come for
an investigation. 1 want to know what
, interests the Senator from Masoachu
: setts has been talking to. I want to
know what interests there are which '
! are denounced by the Senator from !
' Idaho as having interest in the terms i
| of this treaty. I want to know how
i these interests got possession of copies :
, of this treaty and hold them in New
j York at the present time and confiden
tially discuss them with Senators of
< the United States. I think that the :
| peopie of'the United States have a
'? right to know."
Hc Frightens Me, Says Lodge
"I wish tho Senator from Nebraska,"
: said Senator Lodge, "would not talk in
tsuch a violont way. Ho frightens me. i
? He frightens tho Senate when he gets !
so violent."
"I hopo the Senator will not construe
; as violence what is simply a robust
volce gathered upon'the plnlns of the
1 West," said Mr. Hitchcock.
"Let rne come to the question of tho
investigation," said Senator Lodge,
"which I Hhnll be delighted to have or
dered. J went to the chairman of the
Committee to Audit and Control the '.,
? Contfngent Kxpenscs of tho Senato this
morning and said that I hoped he '
would get through his resolution get-'
: ting authority from the committee this
morning. To my surprise I found
? that the Senator from Nebraska,
; who was in such a state of
hurry and haste, had bad it put over so
that I could not get it before the Sen- i
ate this morning. If I had my way we
j would have passed lt and begun the in- j
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vestigation at once. I shall be de
lighted to have it come to my commit?
tee, which is also the committee of the
Senator from Idaho, and we will in
vestigate each other with great pleas?
ure.
Lodge Tells His Story
"The Senator finds fault that we did
not carry on an investigation in New
York. I am not aware that we have
any authority to carry on investiga
tions.
"Now let me state all that the com?
mittee can possibly tlr.tl out from me.
I will stato it now. lt will save time.
I was showa a copy of the treaty with
Germany by a friend of mine who is
connected with no interests, entlrely
a private citizen. How it came into
his hands, I did not inqure. He is a
man of the most upright char
acter, lf I were at liberty to mention
his name- which I am not?tho whole
country would know that there never
was a more outrageous suggestion
than to suppose that anything could
have come into his hands by corrup
tion. It came to him, I have not any
question, in a perfectly legitimate
way; I have no knowledge how."
"Day before yesterday," said Senator
Thomas. "the Senator spoke of four
copies of the existence of which ho has
knowledge."
"If the Senator will allow me,"
siniled Senator Lodge, "to tell my poor
little story in my own way, I will come
to that."
"Mr. President," said Mr. Thomas,
"I stand reb.iked by the unconscious ar
rogance of conscious power, and will
take my seat."
Examined One Copy
"That copy I had an opportunity to
examine?at least, one article of it,"
continued Mr. Lodge. "The text of the
treaty covers 208 folio pages. The
whole treaty, French and English text
both, covers 415. Tho English text
covers 208 folio pages, as J recall,
small folio pages. The only part that
I acquired any sort of familiarity with
was an article at the end which seemed
to be a sort of addendum to the body
of the treaty with Germany. because
it had nothing to do with tho peace
with Germany, but which established at
great length -I think it is as long as
the league of nations article; that is a
mere guess, but 1 should think so a
great and permanent organization for
the internationalization of labor?a
very interesting article. I was after
ward told by another gentleman,
wholiy unconnected with any great
business or finar."ial interests in any
way, that he also had a copy which he
would allow me to take and examine. at
length, and I told him I preferred not
to take any copy to bring here, be?
cause any copy that was put into my
hands I should foel it my duty to make
public.
"Now, it wirs this pentleman who said
to me that he knew of four copies in
Xew York. That is merely hearsay. I
know personally of only two.
"I saw nobody representing a finan?
cial interest. 1 did not go within two
or three miles of Wall Street. There?
fore T cannot bear testimony as to the
possession of copies of the treaty by
financial interests. Put it was stated
by the State Department when they
were explaining what I had said and
what i had seen, although thc State
Department was not with m? when 1
saw it. They said that they thought I
must havo. seen parts of tho treaty
which were in the hands of financial
interests in New York. I suggest when
you begin to investigate, to investigate
your own department at the start.
They said that publicly. It was pub?
lished in the newspapers.
"Nobody has denied thc presence of
those. copies here or in New York. Of
course, there is a copy here in the
State Department, and I havo no doubt
that Senators more favored than I have
seon it. But those copies are here.
H.ow they came I do not pretend to say.
They must have come from Paris.
They must have been given out by
somebody who has control of them. I
do not pretend to say who did it. I
only know they are here in this coun?
try, and on tho authority of the State
Department they are in the hands of
some of the financial interests. That
is not my statement."
"Will the Senator stato who in the
State Department made that sta'tement
and to whom it was made?" asked Sen?
ator Hitchcock.
"Mr. Franklin Polk made it," said
Mr. Lodge.
"To whom?" asked Mr. Hitchcock.
"Ho made it to the press, and it was
printed in the press that evening," re
plied Mr. Lodge.
"The Senator is willing some times
to take the press statements, but I
notice on other occasions he discredits
them," said Mr. Hitchcock.
"I am not fond of speaking of private
conversation," said Mr. Lodge, "but I
know personily that tho statement wa3
triven. That is all I can give in the
way of testimony. That is all I shall
givo. It would be on my part a gross
breach of faith to state the names of
tho two gentlomen, who are friends of
mine, who told me they had copies.
That I shall decline, of course, to give,
but anything beyond that question,
which the Senator from Nebraska
thinks he will find scrviceable, 1 shall
bo only too happy to give, and I will
call before the committee every ono
whom I can think of to euggest."
"Including the peace commission,"
suggested Mr. Rrandogeo.
"Yes, including the peace commis?
sion if I can reach them," said Mr.
Lodge. "I ahall bo very glud to find
out tho wholo of it, but that is the
wholo story, as far as I know it."
League Betrays
U. S., Says Borah
New York Tribune
Waahington Bureau
WASHINGTON, June B. The league
of nations wan characterlzed as a
"treacherouB scheme to betray the
American people," by^cnator William
E. Borah to-day in a speech favoring
the resolution of Senator Johnson, of
California, demanding the text of the
peace treaty.
"I should have been satisfied to have
left the treaty to be distributed at the
pleasuro of the President if the action
of the peace conference had been con
fined to the question of making a
treaty," Mr. Borah said, "but when the
peace conference assumed the duty of
not only formulating a treaty ^vith the
enemy, but of incoiporating in that
treaty what the President, in Franco a
few days ago stated in unmistakable
terms to be n super-government for
the world' then this became something
more than a treaty. It became a
matter of gr.ive coneern not only to
the treay-making power, technically
speaking. but a matter of the utmost
coneern io the Americnn peopb to know
just what kind of a super-aovernment
we were to have and how it is incor
porated into the treaty, and why, as Mr.
Taft repeats night after night, it is in
dispensible to tho performance and ex
ecution of the treaty. We are facing
a situation in which we are not only
making a treaty, but are changing the
entire structure of our government.
Opponents in Dark ,
"Had these two matters been entire- !
ly divorced there would have been very
little discussion as to its publicity until :
such time as the President saw' fit to
make it public. But the league of na- ,
tions incorporated in the treaty is be?
ing discussed from one end of the land :
to the other, and it is being constantly
stated to the American peopie that the
two are inseparably connected and that j
the treaty with Germany cannot be
made effective without the league of
nations.
"While that debate is going on by
some who assume to know what the
terms of the treaty are, those who are
opposed to the league of nations are !
placed at 'he disadvantage of debat- ''
ing something as to which they say, '
'You do not know anything about it.'
There is scarcely a night passes but
Mr. Taft alights from his special train i
in company with Dr. Anna Howard
Shaw and tells the American peopie
what the contents of this treaty are, !
while the American peopie know noth
ing about it through those upon whom
is dcvolved the responsibility of knowl?
edge under the Constitution.
"Mr. Taft says that this treaty can?
not hc- expected unless the league of
nations is created and the machinery
of the league is put into operation.
There have been a vast number of
treaties in the last ,150 years made1
and executed without the lcaguo of
nations, and il is not entirely clear to
an obtuse mind, like some of us are
supposedly, unfortunately, to possess,
why that. could not be true again un- ;
less there are some peculiar terms and
conditions written into the German
treaty of which we have no knowledge
and of which Mr, Taft has sufficient
knowledge."
Senator Hitchcock inquired how!
Poland and Czecho-Slovakia could be
protected without the machinery of the
league of nations.
"I do not know how you are going to
carry out the plans which have been j
formulated nt Versailles without a '
league of nations, and I do not know I
how you are going to do it with ai
league of nations such as you have ?
formed," retorted Mr, Borah. "The !
league of nations which you have
formed is as powerless and ineffective
to do what the Senator in his fancy i
contemplates that ho and Mr. Taft are j
going to do as anything of which I can
conceive. lt has absolutely no power
to do anything except superinduce and
bring on war, and it is utterly without
power to prevent war or carry on war
When it comes.
"We would have been content to I
leave the treaty where it now is, in
the hands of the Executive, and with '
certain governments of Europe and
certain peopie in New York, had the
matter been divorced from tho league. I
But when they became intertwined and '
intermingled, the ex-President con?
stantly insisting to the American peo?
pie that a great danger arises out of '
the breakdown of that treaty with j
Germany without tho league attached !
to it, it becomes necessary for those I
who are concerned in it to know its !
details.
"When tho President of the United!
States took his second departure for!
our foreign capital he advised the peo- j
pie of the United State? that when the
treaty with Germany came back here I
the league of nations would be so in- !
terwoven with it, with its fibre and its I
conditions and its terms, that those ;
who wore opposed to the league of na- |
tions would find it exceedingly difficult
to disentanglo the two instruments.
And, therefore, if we did not. proposn j
to delay peace we would be compelled
to accept the league of nations whether j
we desired it or not.
Demands Complete Facts
"Now what is the situation? We
havo the league of nations in its pres- ;
ent form. We have no knowledge
whatever of the manner in which it is
intcrwined or interwoven with the
troaty itself, and yet we are advised
by no less an authority than the
nogotiator of Ihe treaty that it was '
the desire and purpose of those with i
whom he was associated so to inter- !
twine it with the treaty that we would
have to accept the league or else post
pone the treaty of peace. Are we not '
entitled, therefore, in view of the task !
which is imposed upon us and the diffi?
cult job which has been put up behind
closed doors in Pnris for us to deal i
with, to have both instruments and j
know preciscly how we nre to meet the
situation?
"Not only that, but are not the peo- I
pie of the United States entitled to
know what kind of machinery hns been
constructed behind closed doors in
Paris, that the American peopie must.
take or postpono peace whether they
want to or not?
"From the vision which I get into the
future, if I should do less than all
that is within my power to frustratn
that design I would feel that I h?d
written mysclf down beaide the be
trayers of the American Republic."
Allies Plan
To Reply to
Foe Monday
No Fixed Sum for Indem
nity and Terms Will Be
Changed Only in Minor
Points, 4Big Four Decides
Paderew?ki Protests
Polish Premier Demands
Clauses Governing Silesia
Shall Not Be Modiiicd
PARIS. June 5 (By The Associated
Press). ?Such progress was made by
the council of four to-day that it is
hoped that, working through Sunday,
the reply to the German counter pro?
posals may be ready for delivery Mon?
day.
The council has decided to refuse
Germany's request that a fixed sum for
reparations be indicated in the treaty.
Conference circles aro somewhat re?
lieved by assurances from high quar
ters that the council of four is r.earing
an accord.
The council held a session this morn?
ing, with M. Paderewski, the Polish
Premier, present, concerning tho Polish
frontier in Germany, particularly
Silesia, and in the afternoon considercd
the vigorous protests of Rumania and
other Balkan states against giving the
league of notions supervision over tho
protection of racial minorities.
Opposes Modification
M. Paderewski strongly opposod any
modification in the politieal status of
Silesia as fixed by the treaty. This led
to a proposal to grant tho Germans
economic advantages in Silesian coal,
iron and zinc sufficient to carry on in?
dustries and aid in paying for indem
nities.
The experts presented tables show?
ing the treaty's cession of Silesia and
the Saar region has resulted in re
duclng Germany's coal by 31 per cont,
iron 74 per cent and zinc 80 per cent,'1
and it is to offset these reductions that
it is proposed to establish an economic
exchange without modifying Polish
politieal control.
The general situation within the!
council is described as tending more
toward modification of the details of
the German treaty without affecting
the fundamcntals.
Nearing Wilson'.s View
M. Clemenceau's position in this re- i
apect is believed to be approaching'
that of President Wilson and Premier
Lloyd George, as M. Clemenceau's close
associate, M. Loucheur, 1ms been con
ferring with the British and American
experts concerning tho provisions on
which modifications have been pro?
posed.
Americans Stand
Firm for Terms
Public Opinion at Home]
Influences U. S. Envoysl
to Oppose Concessions
New York Tribune.
Special Cablo Seri ice
(Copyright, 1919. New Vorl: Tribune Ir.c )
PARIS, .luno 5.?The fact that Amer?
ica as a whole stands back of the orig?
inal German peace terms has im
pressed members of the American dele?
gation which otherwise, in the discus
sions now in progress, might have
been willing to advocate serious con?
cessions to Germany.
There now is information from
American, British and French official
sources that President Wilson is ad
bering ^substantially to the original
terms." *
Death Sentence,
Say Aus trian s
Newspapers Darhly Hint
Lasl Word Is Yet To Be
Said Regarding Terms
BASLE, June 5.?The Grand Coun?
cil of German Austria, which met on
Tuesday under the chairmanship of
President Scitz, adopted tho report of
Dr. Otto Bauer, tho gist of which was
that tho peace terms presented to Ger?
man Austria by the Allies meant "tho
death scntence of the Austrian re?
public," according to Vienna advices
received here.
Newspapers of Vienna, including tho
"Arbeiter Zeitung," the Socialist or
gan, echo this sentiment with various
degreea of vehemence. Some darkly
hint that "the last word has not been
spoken."
President Seitz, Foreign Minister
Bauer and Vice President Fink have
left Vienna for Feldkirch, to confer
with Karl Renner, the Austrian Chan?
cellor and head of the Austria peace
mission at St. Germain.
Vienna Cabinet Undccided
VIENNA, June 5 (By The Associated
Press).?Dr. Otto Bauer, the Austrian
Foreign Minister, left here Tuesday
night for Feldkirch, where he will meet j
Dr. Renner, the head of the Austrian !
peace delegation. who is coming from
Paris. President Seitz also has left |
the capital, but it is said he is going i
to the country for a rest.
The Cabinet is ut:decided whether to
accept or reject the peace terms so far
as they have been received. President
Sei::-., Dr. Bauer and other members of
the Cabinet, however, individually are
joining the newspaper chorus, which
declares that the term3 are not ac
ceptable. There are indications, on
the other hand, that this attitude has
been adopted for public purposes only.
Small Powers May Arm
PARIS, June 5.?The small powers
have won a victory in their opposition
to the limitation of armaments of the
new states created from the former
Austro-Hungarian empire, as incorpo
rated in the Austrian peace treaty.
The council of four has decided to
eliminate the provisions for such limi?
tation.
%usitania Meda l9
Now in U. S. Hands
COBLENZ, Juno -1 (By The Associ?
ated Press).?The Lusitania medal,
which was issued, it is said, with the
consent of the German government,
just after the sinking of the Lusitania,
is in the hands of Americans. Cfncial
photographs of the medal are to be
sent to Washington.
Tho Lusitania medal, which has been
variously described, is of bronze, about
two and a half inches in diamcter. On
one side, in relief, is depicted the
sinking of the ship, with tho following:
inscription in German: "Lusitania,!
sunk by German l'-boat, May 7, 1915."
On the reverse side is depictod a
line of peopie at a booking office, the
figuro within the ticket office window
being a skeleton, handing ou^ steam- I
ship transportation to those awaiting j
their turn. Tho German inscription is j
translated hero as "anything* for j
money."
Agreement Is ISeor on
Entire Adriatic hsue
(CLa Libprtc'" Says Dalmatia
Will Co to Italy and Jugo
Sfavia Gels Port of Sebenico j
PARIS, June 5.?Premier Orlando,;
of Italy, conferred with Premier'
Clemenceau to-day on the Adriatic
problem. "La Liberte" says the indi- :
cntions were to-day that a settlement ',
of the Fiume question was near. The
full claims of the Jugo-Slavs, it adds, '?
probably will not be mot. The paper
says Dalmatia will go to Italy, while!
the Jugo-Slavs will get the port of
Sebenico.
Three Neiv JNalions Ask
For Recognition hy V. S.
Lilhuania, Ukraine and Eslho
nia Want America's Moral
Support lo Stem Bolshevism
WASHINGTON, Juno 5. Recogni?
tion of their independence, moral sup?
port in launching their new govern?
ments and protection against tho
Poles while they are stemming the
tidc of Bolshevism were asked of the
American government to-day by a del?
egation from the newly formed states
on the western border of Russia which
called upon Acting Secretary of State
Polk. The representatves were given
a sympathetic hearing, and Mr. Polk
promised to trar.smit a statement of
their objects to tho American peace
delegates at Paris.
Germans Charge Big
French Fund Backs
New Rhine Republic
BERLIN, June 5 (By Tho Associ-|
ated Press).-The French have a!
propaganda fund amounting to 10,000,- I
000 francs with which to further the |
movement for the establishment of the '
Rhc-nish republic, declares the Karls
ruhe corresponue.it of the "Lokal An
zeiger." This sum, he says, is being j
used principally in the Rhineiand and
Palatinate and it is being partly dis
tributed to those favoring an inde
pendent republic at Landau, Mayence, I
Cologne and Wiesbaden, who, without]
doubt, he adds, "have been bribed."
Dr. Orten, who was named on June
1 as the President of tho now republic,
has not been seen since his appoint- I
ment, but has issued two decrees to
workers and to "officials of the Rhen
ish republic." The correspondent ?
states that n'.l the political ^.parties
except tho Centrists have united in i
protcsting to the French against any
violation of their right to self-de- ;
termination and demanding the sup- '
ptession and expulsion of the disturb- '
ers of the peace.
i A proclamation by General Mangin, I
| commander of the French. army of I
j occupation at Mayence. forbidding
j strikes against tho Rhenish republic
! nnd threatening leaders of any such. ;
I movement with expulsion, is pub?
lished in the Frankfort "Gazette."
"The Rhinelanders have been dis
cusaing the interests of their fathcr
I land for tho lasl six months without
| disturbing public order," tho prociamu
j tion says, "but. now the German gov- ?
! ernment threatens them with imprison- j
j ment. They have created a republic ';
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