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First to Last?the Truth: News
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SUNDAY. AUGUST 24, 1919-EIGHT PARTS-G8 PAGES-PARTS
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FIVE CENTS ,&??
CJty
Senate Committee Amends Shan
"Japan" Stricken From Tex
tung Clause of Treaty,
?> v>iiiiiici o uDsiiiuxeci
Links Mexico
In Plot to
Attack U. S.
Former American Secret
Agent Says Germans
Had Army of 45,000
Ready to Cross Border
Black Toni Blast
Charged to Berlin
Dr. P. B. Altendorf Tells
How He Spoiled Plans
of Enemy in Sonora
A story of aid furnished by Mexico
to Germany during the war, and of the
plans prepared south of the Rio Grande
(or an invasion of the United States by
a German-Mexican force, was told yes?
terday by Dr. P. B. Altendorf, formerly
of the Army Intelligence and a secret
?gent of the government in Mexico
from July, 1917, to April, 1919.
Dr. Altendorf charges that Germans
to Mexico had prepared a plan to
strike at the border states with a
force of 45,000 men in concert with
Lodendorf's final drive in France. He
also asserts that the Black Tom explo?
sion was the outcome of a German
Mejican plot and says that he himself
turned over to American authorities
a spy known as Lathar Witcke, alias
Pablo Wabir8ki, who boasted that he
had caused the explosion.
Sentence of death imposed on Wablr
sV:;. is now being reviewed by President
Wilson, Dr. Altendorf says. He also
teils of an alleged plot to assassinate
James W. Gerard while he was in
Cuba, and insists that while Germany,
by the peace treaty, is forbi?den to
make mere than a certain amount of
monitions of war, great munition fac?
tories backed by German capital will
be started in ?.lexico.
Trusted by Germans
In all he was concerned, he says, as
a trusted agent of the German Ambas?
sador, von Eckhardt, who made him a
German army captain, and by Car?
ranca, who commissioned him a colonel.
Many Mexican orticials are still on
the German payroll, he asserted, and
the still active German purpose to con?
trol Latin America is behind the deter?
mined efforts of Carranza to take oil
properties from their present American
and British owners.
Dr. Altendorf's story was made pub?
lic through the National Association
for the 1'rotection of American Rights
in Mexico, with the statement that his
claims had been investigated and that
he had been highly commended for
trustworthiness by General Marlbor
ough Churchill, chief of the Army In?
telligence Service.
Other acc3 for which Dr. Altendorf
claims credit include: Discovery of two
German wireless stations in Mexico
capable of receiving messages from
Germany; reporting the plan for the
German submarine raid along the
American coast in April, 1918, one
month before it actually took place; re?
porting agents sent by Germans in
Mexico to poison cattle in the United
States, and tho revelation of a plot by
four Germans to blow up the hydro?
electric plant at Niagara Falls.
Big Cement Plant Proposed
Calling attention to German com?
mercial plans in Mexico, Dr. Altendorf
?eport3 that "the first attempt to carry
out an ambitious German schome for
the economic conquest and ultimate
military domination of Mexico was a
plan originated by the German Consul,
Rademacher, at Guaymas, with the
active aid of Governor Calles, to build
a cement plant, with a capacity of
?0,000 bags a month, at Hermosillo,
Sonora.
"The foundations were completed,"
he add?, "and materials for the super
Structure were on the ground in July,
?817, when 1 reported the scheme in
time to stop it, and the factory had
j? be abandoned until after the peace
treatj had bovn signed. This factory
was to furnish the cement for re?
building piers and other structures
and building new ones on the west
coast."
Dr. Altendorf states that he, per?
sonally, late in November, 1917, car
fled a request from Governor Calles of
sonora to Rademacher for $150,000, saw
th m?"1'" Pu* ln :l bag and carried
the bag, accompanied by Rademacher,
to Callo:,.
German Capital Promised
,'.)!-'-' mil i , the statement says:
-'' w?s able to discover that Von
?shard had guaranteed to Carranza
un lance of capital to turn
Mexico mto nn industrial country.
n fact, Von Eckhardt went to Ger
many last April for the express pur
: financing German corporations
and erfecting other arrangements for
: -: great chemical plants, textile
jactories, tanneries and all the other
"austries necessarj make Mexico
independent of the Urn led States and
Europe.
. The full significance of all this
becomes apparent when I tell you
lurther that part of the German
?enetne provides for great munition
Planta at Mexico City, which will make
'* unnecessary for Mexico to Import
*** materials in tho future. The
weaty of peace restricts the manu
?acture of munitions of war in Ger?
many, but it doesn't say anything
?out Germans manufacturing as
yr?? quantities as they please in
?'ixico. Thus there is no practical dif
culty in the way of Germany's plans
l01' the next war.
Germans to Go to Mexico
A.s soon as the treatv of peace is
?titled," said Dr. Altendorf, "there will
?e a hegua of a quarter -of a million
?ermans from the United States who
^j Continued on page three
Cargo From Hamburg,
First Since War, in Port
'X'HE first cargo to reach this port
?*? from Hamburg, Germany, since
the entry of the United States into
the world war, arrived to-day on tho
steamship Kercsan, which brought
181 packages of glassware.
Pershing Arrives
Here Sept. 5 or 6
War Department Says
He Will Leave Brest
Sept, 1 on Leviathan
New York Tribun?
Washington Bureau
WASHINGTON, Aug. 23.?The ar?
rival of General Pershing in New York
was advanced somewhat to-day when
the War Department was advised that
the overseas commander-in-chief will
sail on the Leviathan, leaving Brest
September 1. This monster troop
transport, the fastest in the army ser?
vice, is expected to roach New York by
September 5 or September 6 at the
latest.
General Pershing changed to the Le?
viathan from tho Mount Vcrnon be?
cause of the delayed arrival of the lat?
ter vessel at Brest.
The advanced date of General Per
shing'a arrival was welcomed by War
Department officials, who believe it will
be more convenient for President Wil?
son to be in the welcoming party on
Soptember 6 than any later date, in
view of the President'3 contemplated
swing around the circle.
Cavell Informer Cites
Kaiser as His Witness
Man Accused of Betraying'
Nurse to Enemy Seeks Post
ponment of Trial
PARIS, Aug. 23.?Georges Gaston
Quien, charged with having intelli?
gence with the enemy, and alleged in?
formant against Edith Cavell, will ap?
pear before the sixth court-martial of
Paris Monday. The prosecution claims
that it will prove that, after obtain?
ing funds and help from the English
nurse, Quien went to Holland and re- |
turned to Brussels as a German agent j
and betrayed her to tho German com- i
mandant.
Fifty-eight witnesses are listed by
the prosecution, among them Brand
Whitlock, the former American Min?
ister to Belgium. M. D'Armon, attor?
ney for the defence, will ask for an
indefinite postponement until such
timo "as the Kaiser and other parties
primarily responsible for the death of
Miss Cavell are brought before an in?
ternational tribunal."
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Boston Is Organizing
Non-Union Police Force
To Be Called to Service Only
in Case of Strike of Regu?
lar Patrolmen
BOSTON, Aug. 23.- Organization of
a volunteer police force for service in
the event of a strike by the policemen
of this city, in connection with the re?
fusal of Commissioner Curtis to recog?
nize their union, was announced by the
commissioner to-day.
The emergency police will be re?
cruited from former members of the
force, applicants for regular positions
and from citizens generally. Former
Superintendent William H. Pierce will
be in charge of tho organization.
Patrolman Mclnnis, president of the
union, who returned to his beat re?
cently after service as an army cap?
tain, conferred with counsel to-day.
He declined any talk of a strike at this
time was unwarranted and said any
action that might be taken would be on
udvice of counsel.
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High Prices Lessen Tips
And Waiters Strike
Men in Medium Priced Restau?
rants of Harlem, East Side
and Bronx Want 820 Week
Waiters in 000 medium-price restau?
rants on the East Side and in Harlem
and The Bronx went on strike at 5
p. m. yesterday, demanding $20 a week
instead of $15. They have a ten-hour
day and wollt six clays a week. Sev?
eral employers settled at once, it was
said by union men; others assumed the
r?le of waiters themselves Five or six
waiters aro employed at each restau?
rant.
Members of the New York Restau?
rant Keepers' Association refused to
grant the demands, saying that the
union was party to a wage agreement
which did not expire until January 1
and, in some cases, until June, 1920.
The waiters said that the raising of
food prices by the restaurant proprie?
tors since the agreement was entereel
into changed eonditionas so as virtual?
ly to nullify the bargain. The higher
food prices, they said, resulted in
smaller tips and made a waiter's ex?
istence precarious.
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British Troops Arrested ;
Refused to Go to France
LONDON, Aug. 23.?Three hundred
soldiers belonging to Warwick, Berk?
shire and Gloucester regiments were
arrested to-day at Southampton for re?
fusing to obey orders to embark fojr
France. The ringleaders were driven
away in motor lorries.
The soldiers, who had been on leave,
are for the most part veterans. They
objected to embarking because they
had heard they would he sent to the
B'a-;k Sea after their arrival in France,
whereas they had received promises
that no one would be sent to Russia
unless ho volunteered.
The men are quartered in a public
park. Perfect order prevailed.
A War Office statement says that
i the men were being sent to Turkey,
not to Russia.
Stage Strike
Closes Two
More Houses
Lights Go Out in Liberty
and Casino When the
Mechanicians Quit;
Only Five Left Open
Cohan Is Head of
New Actors' League
Announces Withdrawal
From Producers; Offer
of $100,000 Refused
The actors' strike closed two more
theatres in the city last night, and left
the Croat White Way with only a glim?
mer of its former brightness. The Lib?
erty, where "The Scandals of 1919"
was playing, and the Casino, housing
Lew Fields's "A Lonely Romeo," went
dark when the stagehands walked out
and joined their bretnren who are on
a sympathetic strike.
Only five of the big playhouses re?
main open. These are the Fulton,
where "John Ferguson" is being given
by actors with Equity contracts; the
Winter Garden, where the chorus of
"Monte Cristo, Jr.," is alternating with
vaudeville; the Greenwich Village, with
"Greenwich Village Follies"; the
Playhouse, with "At 9:45," and the
Hippodrome, "Happy Days."
This last opened last night. Al?
though its manager, Charles Dilling
h?m, is a member of the Producing
Managers' Association, the production,
which plays twelve times a week, # re?
garded as a vaudeville show and its
actors were not called out.
Cohan Heads New League
George M. Cohan was unanimously
elected president yesterday of the new?
ly formed Actors' Fidelity League,
which is intended to rival the Actors'
Equity Association and as far as pos?
sible draw from its membership.
No less than seven actors endeavored
to out-yell one another for the distinc?
tion of nominating Mr. Cohan at the
meeting held at the Hotel Biltmore.
It had been previously announced that
tho executive committee had declined
Mr. Cohan's offer to iinance the new
organization with $100,000. At the
conclusion of the meeting it vtas an?
nounced that in two days 733 actors
had applied for membership. When
Mr. Cohan, who did not attende the
meeting, learned that he had been
elected, he said he would not accept
until he had reigned from the Produc?
ing Managers' Association.
Withholds His Acceptance
"I'm not going to try to carry water
on both shoulders," he said. "I can't
accept this until I have resigned from
the managers' organization and 1 can't
do that until there is a full meeting.
I believe there will be a quorum at the
meeting of managers to be held Mon?
day afternoon. I'll offer my resigna?
tion then. If the Actors' Fidelity
League thinks I ought to withdraw
from the firm of Cohan & Harris I'll
do that. If they think I ought to I'll
never act again; never produce a show
or shake a foot.''
The esrlier part of the Biltmore
meeting was not so unanimous as the
finish. When there was some indica?
tion that members of the Actors'
Equity Association were in the room,
Louis Mann, who presided, requested
that all who were not in sympathy
with the new knovement leave the
room. About a dozen men started
toward the door. One of them
shouted ;
"Three cheers for the Equity."
The cheers were given by the dozen,
but from other parts of tho room came
hisses. This caused the departing
actors to halt in their tracks. One of
them turned and shouted:
"Yes, we're Equity actors and Equity
wants actors, but it doesn't want scabs.
Good night."
Veteran Speaks His Mind
Richard O'Brien, one of those depart?
ing from the meeting, stopped long
enough to say:
'1 served in the A. E. F. and now
I'm serving in the A. E. A. I'm proud
of both. I'll tell you this much,
though: When Mr. Sothern came to
the Equity meetings he was given
courteous treatment."
Here Louis Mann broke in with a
plea to the gathering for respectful
treatment for those who were leaving
at his suggestion. This served to si?
lence them, until Marguerite St. John
broke in with :
"My son served in the A. E. F., too,
but 1 see no reason why military ser?
vice should be used for personal adver?
tisement."
This started Mr. O'Brien anew, but a
companion soothed him with a pat on
the back, and the Equity delegation, or
most of it, departed.
Then one or two others, men and
women, asked Mr. Mann if they might
stay. They said they were members
.of the Equity, but wished to hear the
issues discussed so that they might
decide whether they wished to affiliate
with the Actors' Fidelity League.
These were told to remain.
Jit was announced that headquarters
or the new organization had been es?
tablished next to the Henry Miller
Theatre in 122 West Forty-third Street.
Want Contracts Upheld
Then Howard Kyle, who helped found
the Actors' Equity Association more
than six years ago and resigned re?
cently because he was opposed to the
strike, road the constitution of the
Actors' Fidelity League. One of the
Continued on&age seven
All McAdoo
Family Rode
On Passes
Hines Shows Former Di?
rector General of Rail?
roads Had Free Rides
on All Roads in Country
1,590 Relatives
On All Roads List
808 of These Are Wives
and 4 Are Mothers-in
Law, the Report Shows
New York Trtftwn?
Washington Bureau
WASHINGTON, Aug. 23.?-Among the
interesting disclosures in the report to
; the Senate on railroad passes by Di
| rector General of Railroads Hines is
! that William Gibbs McAdoo, who an
! nounced when he took over the rail
1 roads that he intended to reduce ma
; terially the number of passes, not only
j had a pass himself but that three
members of his family also had them.
Perhaps even more interesting, he
still retains a Pullman pass and so do
the members of his family. Mr. Mc?
Adoo ?k described in the report as ex?
plaining that he has a pass as "special
! counsel for the State of New York."
i The members of his family who have
i passes are Mrs. McAdoo, President
; Wilson's daughter; Robert II. McAdoo,
J Mr. Me.Adoo's son, and Miss S. McAdoo,
i a daughter.
Inquiry into the number of passes
j was made by Senator Trueman II. New
berry, of Michigan ? who defeated
Henry Ford?after he noticed ft travel
I ing companion the other day with a
pass good over all railroads in the
states. He found it numbered higher
than 10.000, so on his return to Wash
j ington he cut in a resolution, which
the Senate adopted, calling for the
number of passes granted to officials
and their families. The figures do not
include passes to workers other than
officials, and do not include trip passes.
Senators Are Astonished
Senators were astonished to-day at
the result, it having been thought that
the government control would have the
effect, as promised by Mr. McAdoo, of
greatly curtailing the number of
passes, especially to members of fami?
lies of officials.
There were 1,590 wives, daughters,
sons, other relatives and near relatives
of railroad officials travelling on all-line
annual railroad passes during the last
year of government operation of the
roads. And there were 1,096 wives,
daughters, sons, other relatives and near
relatives of these officials who enjoyed
the added privilege of all-line annual
Pullman passes.
How this record compares with condi?
tions under private, operation of the
roads cannot be stated, for the reason
that the record has never before been
public.
Attached to the main report, which is
brief, is a complete list of the names,
addresses and tatu of relationship to
officials of all holding passes, in addi?
tion to the names, addresses and posi?
tions of officials themselves enjoying
the privilege.
The Family Pass List
It was from this list that the follow?
ing classification of the passholdiug
relatives, etc., was obtained:
Uni I roa ft Pullman
passe?, passes,
Relationship. all lines, airlines.
Wives. SOS <!52
I>aui?l?ters. 371 -Jt>')
Sons . o40 112
Widows. 24 38
Mothers. 16 11
lothers-in-law . t 2
Aumsl. i o
Slaters . 10 ?i
Sisters-in-law . ) 3
Granddaughters . 2 2
Grandsons . ? o
Stepdaughters. 2 o
Stepsons . 1 0
Adopted daughters. 2 1
Nieces . 2 li
Cousins. t 1
Totals.1,530 1,036
"No passes are issued for free din?
ing car service," Mr. Hines said. "As
previously reported, 2,418 all-line
Pullman passes have been issued by
the railroad administration during
Federal control, as of July 1, 1919, of
which 515 have been cancelled, leav?
ing 1,903 outstanding on July 1, 1919.
As corrected, 4,200 all-line railroad
passes have been issued by the rail
j road administration during the period
of Federal control up to July 1, 1919,
? of which 119 have been cancelled, leav
! ing 4,081 outstanding on July 1, 1919."
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Police Arrest Three;
Find $41,000 in Bonds
Only 84,000 of Total Stolen
From Simpson and Slade
Are Still Missing
Detectives Meyer and Brown yester?
day wired the Police Department that
they were in Saranac Lake, N. Y., with
three prisoners charged with the theft
of $45,000 worth of Liberty bonds from
Simpson & Slade, of 5 Nassau Street.
The detectives said they had recovered
$41,000 worth of the bonds, which were
stolen on August 12.
The names of the persons arrested
were refused at Headquarters yester?
day, but dispatches from Saranac Lake
say that Harry J. Millham, formerly
| messenger for Simpson & Slade, was ar
1 rested and his companion, Arthur Kller,
taken into custody as a witness.
Jazzing the Professor's Grand Opera Composition
(Copyright, 1019, \ew York Tribuno Inc.)
Text of the Shantung Section us Amended
rpHE text of Section VIII of the treaty of peace
with Germany, dealing with the Shantung
province of China, which tvas amended by the
Senate Foreign Relations Committee yesterday by
the substitution of "China" wherever "Japan" ap?
peared in the document, follows in full, with the
substituted name in black letters:
SHANTUNG
Article 156
Germany renounces in favor of CHINA all her
rights, title and privileges?particularly those con?
cerning the territory of Kiao-chau, railways, mines
and submarine cables?which she acquired in vir?
tue of the treaty concluded by her with China on
March G, 1898, and of all other arrangements
relative; to the province of Shantung.
All German rights in the Tsingtao-Tsinanfu
Railway, including its branch lines, together with
its subsidiary property of all kinds, stations, shops,
fixed and rolling stock, mines, plant and material,
for the exploitation of the mines, are and remain
acquired by CHINA, together with all rights and
privileges attaching thereto.
The German state submarine cables from Tsing
tau to Shanghai and from Tsingtao to Chefoo, with
all the rights, privileges and properties attached
thereto, are similarly acquired by CHINA, free
and clear of all charges and incumbrances.
Article 157
The movable and immovable property owned
by the German state in all territory of Kiao-chau,
as well as all the rights which Germany might
claim in consequence of the works or improve?
ments made, or of the expenses incurred by her,
directly or indirectly, in connection with this ter?
ritory, are and remain acquired by CHINA, free
and clear of all charges and incumbrances.
Article 158
Germany shall hand over to CHINA within
three months from the coming into force of the
present treaty the archives, registers, plans, title
deeds and documents of every kind, wherever they
may be, relating to the administration, whether
civil, military, financial, judicial or other, of the
teritory of Kiao-chau.
Within the same period Germany shall give
particulars to CHINA of all treaties, arrange?
ments or agreements relating to the right, title or
privileges referred to in fhe two preceding
articles.
Plumb Plan on
2-Man Ticket Nominated
With Curtis for Head
of Aldermanic Board and
Delahunty for Sheriff
The New York branch of the Ameri?
can Labor party, at its convention in
i Yorkville Casino, Eighty-sixth Sfreet
and Third Avenue, yesterday, entered
! actively the political arena of the state
j and city by nominating candidates for
J President of the Board of Aldermen
and Sheriff. Nearly 300 delegates, rep
I resenting 350.000 organized workers in
this city and vicinity, attended the
convention. The convention also
adopted a resolution urging the appli?
cation of the Plumb plan, advocated
by four railway brotherhoods, as a
solution of the nation's railway prob?
lem, to the transportation problem of
the City of New York.
The convention was marked by great
enthusiasm. Members repc-atedlj
cheered the speeches of leaders who
urged that organized labor get together
into a party of its own and "cut loose
from the two old political parties.'
The decision to enter the present cam?
paign, however, was taken after long
debate, in which a number of speakers
representing a minority advised the
Continued on page six
I German Towns Menaced
By Spartacan Revolts
BERLIN, Aug. 23.?Spartacan out?
breaks have occurred in several
large towns, according to reports
received here. The government pur?
poses to take vigorous steps against
the malcontents.
Germany Reported
Planning League
I ~-~
Organization of Central
Poivers, Russia, Italy
anil Japan Its Aim
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GENEVA, Aug. 23 (By The Asso?
ciated Press.)?The Munich corre-'
I spondent of the "Journa^j de Geneve"'
says that Germany intends to found
; a league of nations, hoping for the ad
| heronce of Russia, A.ustria and Hun
? gary, and later of Italy, Japan and
the "smailer nations dissatisfied with
I the Paris conference."
New Comet Discovered
CAMBRIDGE. Mass., Aug. 23.?Dis?
covery of a new comet by the Rev. :
Joel II. Metcalf, of Winchester, while
on a vacation at South Hero, Vt., !
was announced to-day by the Harvard
Observatory. It was the first new :
comet to be discovered this year, ob- ?
servatory officials said, and the fifth j
which Mr. Metcalf has to his credit. !
The new comet is visible through a
| small telescope in the eastern sky |
during the early evening, and is mov?
ing rapidly '-orthward, indicating that
it is fairly r\/>se to th? earth.
Italian Peace
Claims Said
To Be Settled
Finnic Will Be Free City;
Jugo - Slavs to Receive
Contiguous Territory;
Dalmatia Is Given Up
LONDON', Aug. 23.?The seulement
of the Italian peace claims has prac?
tically been reached, according to in?
formation obtained here to-day. Fiume
is to be a free city and the contiguous
country will be given to '.he Jugo
Slavs. The Italian claim to Dalmatia
is aiso abandoned, but the Dalmatian
towns o? Zara and Sebenico bee ?mo
free port?, and, it emphasized,
Italian ambitions in lhat region : ave
not been crushed.
; .. ugh the : ilia i - am ''. : from
satisfied with the se! I ment, they con?
sider it useless to pn ? i >nger for the
demands which Pw.-. ent Wilson op?
posed and which fore:-.; the retirement
of Premier Orlando and Bi.ron Sor.nino
from th? government. The bitterr.es?
toward America, and especially toward
Mr. WiiFon, is slowly disappearing, as
the Italians are convinced that their
future is in a large measure dependent
upon the United States.
Italy is turning away from Great
Britain and looking more and more
toward Germany. the possibility of
getting American coal now that the
British are unable to supply the de?
mand is bein? carefully investigated.
General Pershing's visit bad a decided?
ly good moral effect.
Would Give
Ceded Area
To Peking
Change, Adopted by Vote
of 9 to 8, Looked Upon
as Means of Keeping
U. S. Out of League
_
Senator Knox Asks
For Other Pacts
Textual Revision Likely
to "Call Japan's Bluff,"
Some Statesmen Thint?
Kew York Tribun*
W<vk'npton Bureau
WASHINGTON, Aug. 23.?The Sen?
ate Foreign Relations Committee to?
day, by a vote of 9 to 8 defied Presi?
dent Wilson's often repeated insistence
that the peace treaty be ratified with?
out reservation or amendment, and by
a direct textual change proposed that
the German concessions in Shantung
should be restored to China instead of
being given to Japan.
In amending the treaty the commitr
tee, on motion of Senator Lodge,
moved to strike out the word "Japan"
wherever it occurred in the. section
relating to Shantung and to insert in
stead the word "China." The effect of
the action would be to refuse recogni?
tion of Japan's claims to German
rights in Kiao-chau and vicinity, as
established by secret agreements with
( h:na and the Entente.
Later the committee voted to call on
the President for more information
about the several treaties, in order
that it might proceed intelligently with
its work.
Senators voting for the amendment
were Ledge, Borah, Brandegee, Fall,
Knox, Harding, Hiram Johnson, New
and Moses.
Those voting against were MeCum
ber, Hitchcock, Williams, Swanson.
Pomerene, Mark Smith, Pittman and
Shields.
Opening of War on Treaty
The Shantung vote "was a declara?
tion of war on the treaty," declared
Senator Swanson.
Although deprecating the possibility
of the Senate approving the commit?
tee's action, Senator Swanson said that
if it did the result, would be to send the
treaty back for approval to the four
principal powers, Great Britain, France,
Italy and Japan. As the first three are
bound to Japan by secret treaties, he
declared, all four will reject thit
amendment, and the result will be that
the United States will not only be left
out of the treaty, but out of the league
of nations.
"We will be put in the same position
as Germany," he declared, "with regard
to admission to the league."
This view that the amendment to the
treaty must he submitted to the four
principal powers, but need not require
the consideration of the peace confer?
ence, is shared not only by other Demo?
cratic Senators on the committee, but
by many of the Republican Senators, in?
cluding George H, Moses, of New
Hampshire, who has had considerable
diplomatic experience, as Minister to
Greece.
Knox Asks for Other Treaties
Senator Knox moved that the com?
mittee suspend further consideration
of the treaty until the treaties which
President Wiison- signed while abroad
are laid before the committee, so that
an idea of the international obliga
?: ns to be assumed by the Unite?
? .tes could be had by the Senate h??
foi? being asked to commit this coun?
try to anything. This motion pro?
voked bitter debate, in which Senator
Lodge called attention to the fact
that so far the President has not sub?
mitted to the Senate the treaty with
Poland or two protocols with Germany
which he .signed in Paris on June 28,
although these documents have been
laid before the House of Commons by
Lloyd George and English prints have
reached the Senate tnrujgh unofficial
channels.
Senator Williams objected to this
further delay, whereupon Senator
Knox declared vigorously that if the
Senators wished to act as ruboer
stamps, imprinting themselves where
the President told th?>m to make m
pressions, of course there was no n?-ed
for the information, but if they wished
to exercise their constitutional tunc
tions, which they lad taken oath ta
perform, they must have the informa
lion to act intelligently.
Lodge to Write to President
In the hope of removing this possi?
bility of delay, Senator Williams, tQe
strongest personal friend of the Presi?
dent in t.:t Senate, then moved that
the chaiimau (Senator Lodge i write
the President asking him to send in
what information he could and such
copies of the treaties as he could. Thia
motion was adopted by the committee,
but the Knox motion to suspend con?
sideration until the treaties are re?
ceived was left pending when the com?
mittee adjourned.
Several Senators who are not op
posed to the langue cf nations but who
are vigorously opposed to Shantung
??nd otner sections of the treaty, sues
as the PoUsh corridor, Thrace, tfcj
Sarre Valley and other?, were not tn^
pleased with Senator S.vanson's logt#
in believing tho result of the commit?
tee's action would be to leave the
United States ,out of the league.
"Then we opuld join the league of
nations afterward," said one of the?.