Evening star., 1919-12-31


Germans the Italian delegates were
present, having returned to Paris II
response to an invitation EXTENDED D!
President Wilson and Premier Lloye
| George and Ciemenceau.
| Several communications requesting
| changes in the treaty were submfttec
by the German delegates. AS a result
| some parts of the treaty were made
more lenient toward Germany. De-
| spite the storm of protest that still
ragged in Germany, the German ma
! tionaI assembly, on June 22. by vote
of 237 to 13S, authorized the govern
! ment to sign the treaty. On June ~
| the treaty was signed at Versailles by
! representatives of Germany and oi
! the allied and associated powers. The
| Chinese delegates alone refused to
/ sign because of the Shantung settle
ment
| On June 3 the Austrians were hand
| ed part of the treaty of peace and
were given fifteen days in which to
make reply. The council of four on
June II announced it's intention to
assist Admiral Kolchak, head of the
| all Russian government at Omsk
with ammunitions. supplies and food
On June %. the day following the
| signing of the peace treaty by the
Germans, President Wilson sailed
from France and returned to the
United States. after an absence of
, more than six months. On July 10
President Wilson presented the treaty
t" the Senate. On June 81 the Senate
republicans who were opposing the
covenant of the league of nations as
framed in Paris were advised by Eli
hu Root, former Secretary of State to
express their objections by resolu-
tions embodying reservations to the
treaty.
Senator Lodge. republican leader of
the Senate. in speech on the league
Lodge in Senate GUST ei na'7onS proposed on aei
Scores League. enaation shaa fne frst aaopssd pes
should require acceptance by at least
four ether nations of such other
reservations as might be adopted. On
August IL Mr.. Lodge delivered an eX-
tended address. in which he termed
the proposed league of nations a de
formed experiment" On August 10
the Senate committee on foreign re-
lations conferred with the President
at the White House.
On September 10 Senator Lodge
submitted the majority report of the
committee on foreign relations, pro-
posing many amendments and four
reservations to the peace treaty.
In the meantime President Wilson
had continued to combat every sug-
gestion of a change in the treaty or
the covenant of the league of ma
tions. and in an effort to force it's
ratification had undertaken an extern
sive tour of the country. beginning
delivering more than forty speeches
throughout the west, broke down un-
der the strain before he had COM
pleted his tour. and was forced to
return to the White House
November 10 the democratic minor
ity. aided by a number of repub-
licans, opposed to the league in any
form, defeated the majority resolu-
tion of. the republicans. which would
have carried with it the reservations
adopted by the Senate. Senator Hitch
cock thereupon offered a resolution
providing for ratification. of the treaty
without reservations. and this in turn
was defeated. a number of demo-
cratic senators voting with the re-
publicans. With compromise be-
tween the opposing groups apparent
ly impossible. the Senate adjourned
In the meantime the peace treaty
had been ratified by the other great
allied nations and by many of the
smaller nations that had been en-
gagged in the war against Germany
When Congress reconvened on De-
cember 1'yarious attempts were made
to effect compromise which would
make possible the ratification of the
treaty with reservations that would
be satisfactory to both sides. Failing
in this. republican leaders planned tC
troduced by Senator Lodge before the
adjournment of Congress on Novem-
ber 10. declaring the existence of q
state of peace between the United
States and Germany. A similar reso-
luton was presented in the House OF
Representatives.
On December 13 Senator Knox intro
duced resolution for ratification Of
c.,.+., Y, the treaty "in-
oeAdto AnoA sofar as it pro.
Peace Resolution. s1afs. yiass of FOR neacs ?
with Germany" On December II q
statement was issued from the White
House declaring that President Wilson
had no compromise or suggestion to
make relative to the peace treaty and
placing the blame for delay in ratif1.
cation upon the republican majority
in the Senate.
In the meantime. the supreme council
of the peace conference in Paris ha6
continued it's work preliminary to the
gnal ratification of the peace treaty
On November 81 a treaty with Bull.
garia was signed in Paris. Bulgaria
under this treaty will pay an indem.
nifty of $445,000.000 and will be de-
prived of Thrace and Strumitsa. The
Bulgarian army is limited to 10000
men.
On December 1S Premier LloyG
George announced that the allies
would make peace with Turkey a
once without waiting longer for the
United States to participate in the
negotiations.