The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-07-12
Senator Moses Asks Foreign
Relations Committee to
Accept
SEVERAL MEMBERS
FAVOR PROPOSITION

coed Senator Hitchcock as Represent
alive of President In Fight On the
League of Nations.
WASHINGTON, July 12.-Both
Democratic and Republican members OF
the senate foreign relations committee
yesterday expressed the opinion that
President Wilson will be invited to APP
pear before the committee, while it is
considering the peace treaty.
Senator Moses of New Hampshire,
Republican member of the committee,
announced he is preparing to call the
matter to the committee s attention
Monday by introducing resolution in
viting President Wilson to attend daily
at 10 a. m.
Senator Borah, another Republican
on the committee, said he favors having
Mr.. Wilson meet with committee mem
bers. Senator Swanson, Democrat, of
Virginia, also came out in favor of it.
He thinks it very likely that the Presi-
dent S offer to inform the committee IN
person will be taken advantage of
when questions are reported over which
there is controversy or concerning which
informal ion from other sources is lack
ing
81 do not see how any one can refuse
to invite the President after he has so
clearly expressed his wish to be of
Mr. Moses admitted that his resolu-
ton, if offered, will be an attempt to
prevent President Wilson from making
his contemplated speaking tour.
In my opinion said Senator Moses,
The President can be of greater serv-
ice here than if he makes stumping
tour through the country in behalf of
the league of nations
Much interest was aroused at the cap
itol by report, widely circulated, that
Senator Hitchcock, Nebraska. has been
deposed as the President 5 spokesman
in the senate on the league of nations
and that Senator Swanson of Virginia
will henceforth lead the fight.
The report was based chiefly upon the
fact that President Wilson has not
seen fit to call Senator Hitchcock into
conference at the White House Sena-
tor Hitchcock, his friends said. fully
expected that Mr. Wilson would lose
no time in getting in touch with the
man who for months has borne the
brunt of the attack upon the league in
the senate and who made a vigorous and
enthusiastic leader of the league forces
In fact, his friends made no secret of
their keen disappointment. Senator
Hitchcock himself was en- route to his
summer home in New England and
could not be reached for comment on
the situation.
While Mr.. Hitchcock was being ig
nored, his friends pointed out, Senator
Swanson had a longer conference with
President Wilson at the Capitol Thurs
day than any other Democratic sena
tor They discussed in considerable de-
tail various phases of the peace treaty
and the league covenant. During the
President 5 stay at the Capitol Mr..
Swanson was either with him or nearby
practically all the time. In addition
Senator Swanson is to deliver speech
on the league to the senate Monday, the
first speech on it since President Will
son s address. Some of his colleagues
When the report was carried to Sen
ator Swanson that President Wilson,
unable TO forget his differences with Mr.
Hitchcock in the early days of the war,
had decided on change in Democratic
leadership, the Virginia senator prompt
~ denied it by saying:
Nothing in the world to it, The re-
| lations between President Wilson and
Senator Hitchcock are most cordial
Mr.. Hitchcock was in close touch with
! the President while he was in Paris.
| He has always been ready to meet
| attacks on the league and has met them
| in fine shape. As ranking minority
member of the foreign relations COM
mittee he is minority leader in the alb
| sence of Senator Martin.
Senator Swanson disclosed the ar
! gument administration forces will use
in defending the Shantung settlement in
! the peace treaty against attacks which
/ will be made against it by several sena-
/ tors.
He said that Japan is simply being al
lowed to get back what it cost her to
drive the Germans out of China, which
being too weak or being cowardly, had
failed to do
"It's like. rewarding a person who
has driven away burglar said Mr..
Swanson "Japan did just that, and
now is entitled to recover the cost of
that expensive operation. The docks
with harbors and railroads, which Ger
many put in after getting control of the
territory from China, properly 90 to
! Japan as q reward -