Evening journal., 1919-09-10
TREATY CHAAGEo
IULHIl UIInlluLU
BEFORE senate
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gagged In the war. The third element
in the agitation for haste was fur
nished by the unthnkng oulcry OF
many excellent people who desired
carly action and who for the most part
mad never read the treaty or never g0t
beyond the words League OF Ma
TONS which they believed 10 mean
the establishment Of eternal peace. To
yield helplessly TO this clamor was
impossible 10 those TO whom was en-
trusted the performance Of solemn
public duty.
"lhe responsibility OF the Senate I'm
regard TO this treaty Is equal TO that of
the executive who, although aided by
a force OF thirteen hundred assistants.
expert and otherwise, consumed six
months IN making It and the senate and
its committee on foreign relations can
not dispose Of this mOmeniOus docu-
lment with the light-hearlcd Indifference
desired by those who were pressing for
hasty and ihoughtlcss action upon H..
! The committee were also hampercd by
tho impossbiity Of securing the full
I information iO which they were entitled
] from those who had conducted the ne
goiialions
I "fhc committee were compelled 90 get
such imperfect information as they sc-
cured from press reports by summon
ing before them some OF The accessible
experts who had helped 10 frame ihe
complicated financial clauses and GER
{ tain outside Witnesses As an illustra-
{ iion in small Way of tho difficulties
confronted, 10 may be stated that no.
provisions had been made to supply
the senate with the maps accompanying
The treaty and 10 was necessary TO send
10 Paris 10 procure them. Tho only
documents OF the many asked FOR by ilic
committee which were furnished by
The executive were ihc American plan
for The league of nations submitted 10
the commission on the league cOvcn-
ami and thc composite draft made by
experts OF that commission
"Thc treaties with pol5nd and with
France as Well as ihc Rhine protocol, /
an integral parts of the treaty with |
Germany. ,wcre obtained by The senate, |
prior 10 their Transmission by the /
President from the documents laid be- /
fore the House of Commons and the /
Chamber Of Deputies by The Prime Min
listers OF England and France The
records Of The peace conferences ANA of
The conferences of The representatives,
of The five great powers were asked for
by the committee and refused by The
executive.
The committee had before them the
Secretary of state. Who was one Of the
American delegates and signer ~ the
treaty and they also had The privilege
Of a meeting with ihc President at The
White House. which they had them
selves requested The testimony 0f the
Secretary Of State and The conversation
NJ the committee with the President
published in the record of The commit
tee hearings have been laid before the
country by the press. and u is not nee
cssary to say anything further in re-
gard To them. because the people them
selves know how much information in
regard TO the treaty, was received by
the committee upon those two occa-
sions.
eThe character Of the clamor for
speedy action Is we'll illustrated by
the fact that it was directed solely
against tile senate OF the United States
and iis committee on foreign relations
The treaty provides that II shall go
into force when ratified by Germany
and by three OF The principal Allied
and Associated Powers which are the
United states. France, Great Britain.
Italy and Japan.
Great Britain very naturally rali-
led at once. but no one Of the other
four has yet acted Persons afflicted
with inourug minds have wondered
not a little that the distressed mourn
,rs over DELAYS in the senate have not q
,lso aimed their criticism at the like
on the part OF France.
tally and Japan. an act of cyen-handed {
Justice in fault finding which they have !
hitherto failed TO perform.
perhaps H. is well also 10 note and \
10 consider for a moment one OF the
'easons given for the demand for hasty S
,ction which was 90 the effect that II
Vas necessary 10 have prompt raiiiica- !
lion in order 10 renew our trade with {
Germany. for even the most ardent adj q
socate OF unconsidercd action was un v
able to urge that The ch8nnels Of trade T
10 the Allied countries were not open. n
The emptiness Of This particular plea a
'or haste. now rather faded. is shown Z
ly the fact that we have been trading 4
With Germany ever since the armisticc. [
Between that event and the end OF ,
July we have exported 10 Germany G.
goods valued at sil270,62i. In the g
month Of June we exported more 10 [
Germany than we did 10 spain. In A
July, by orders OF the war trade board, {
The provisions Of the trading with the
enemy act were set aside and exports q
10 Germany for the month Of July =
anounfnd N 50 ARG Ti9 yVhffa fhoee of .
Austria and Hungary wore - 0i6.5is n
1T is as an interesting fact that the s
exports in June to Germany before the a
relaxation OF the trading with the 4
enemy act were much larger than after o
hat relaxation, brought about by al \
owing licenses, an indication Of the un- h
doubted truth that our trade with for h
,lgn countries is not affected by the
reaty, but is governed by the neces- s
,arily reduced purchasing power Of all I,
countries IN Europe engaged In the q
var. As a matter OF fact. therefore we O
ire trading with Germany and 10 is n
mere deluslon 10 say that we can not @
rade with Germany until the ratlnca- a
ion Of the treaty, because In order 20
10 so We require a new treaty Of amlly s.
md commerce and the re-establshmenl q
" our consular system I'm that country. Is
rhe United States, following the usual
ustom, was represented In Germany by b.
pain both IN the consular and IN the n
Iiplomatic service after the outbreak n
Il the war and we can transact ell the l.
business we may desire through the h.
'ood Offices Of Spanish consults until o.
new consular treaty with Germany o