New-York tribune., 1919-08-06
Charges
Wilson Blocks
Treaty Inquiry
Continued from page l

but challenged the Administration Sem
ators, including Senator Hitchcock, who
had brought up the Hay episode, as to
whether they would justify the present
wrong because it had precedent
Senator Watson pointed out that the
new era" had since arrived.
Mr. Watson stirred up the Admins
tration retorts as to John Hay by re-
verting to the action or ,ne United
States in preventing .he partitioning
of China.
Real American President"
'In those days." he said, when
and speak with no disrespect of the
present Executive-we had a real
American for President, we told the
savage hordes to stop, and they did
stop"
Mr.. Watson declared later that it
would be better for Germany to re-
tain the Shantung concessions than for
Japan to have them, because Germany
at least would be isolated there.
Senators on the Foreign Relations
Committee commented that they had
never seen Senator Lodge so irritated
as when Mr.. Davis said the sident
had offered to appear before the COM
mittee.
"He has not" Senator Lodge warm
ly replied. THAT might as we'll be
President wanted US to do was to 90 to
the White House to see him. He never
offered to come here to see us, and our
position, of course, is that Congress
possesses no power or no authority to
summon the President to appear be-
fore 1T or before one of its committees
I'VE have requested the President to
send us highly important papers and
documents bearing on the peace treaty,
and SO far he has not sent US a single
one of them. The only document the
President could be credited with hav-
ing furnished us, aside from the treaty
of Versailles itself. was the Franco
American pact, and we virtually forced
him to send that.
Says Wilson Refused
eve have asked the President to
furnish us with the original plan for
the league of nations. which was set
aside at Versailles for the British one;
we have asked the President for the
written protest against Shantung
which we understand three of the
American peace commission signed;
we have asked him for other impor-
tant papers; so far we have received
none of them; we have been refused
some of them. If we are to pursue our
consideration of the treaty of Yer
sailles intelligently we should have
them now.
"lnstead of the President offering to
appear before the committee, we we're
informed by Senator Hitchcock that
nc had been told in a telephone CON
versation with the President that he
did not desire tc appear before the
committee, but would like the commit
tee to go to the White House 20 con-
fer with him. y is not of so much i'm
portance that we should consult with
the documents and rapers we have re-
quested. If we receive them there prob
ably will be 10 reason for us to see
the President"
isn't it fact asicd Senator John
son, Of California, "that the league IF
nations covenant NAs relctvcd with
laughter in the British Parliament ?"
~ do not NIor that replied Mr.
Davis.
quoting from press dispatches.
that the Rritish resard the ieasac Of Of
nations as a jose."
Assails Johnson's Staud
ut is not strange" put in Senator
Hitchcock, of Nebraska "that the Sena-
tor should describe the league of ma
tions a British pact in one breath
and declare that the British regard it
as joke in the next"
"Perhaps," suggested Senator Knox,
"thc British can regard the league as
a good joke on themselves"
eff we kept out of the league" asked
Senator Brandegee, of Connecticut,
"wouldn't Europe get along somehow
as she always has done?"
eyes, if you desire Europe to ~evcrt
to the conditions of the French revo-
luton" was the reply of the witness
Europe always has had wars,
argued Senator Brandegee. Hasn't she
been able to take care of her wars
without being dragged into entanglng
alliances?"
THAT was hardly the situation in
1917" suggested Senator Hitchcock.
Just because you save a drowning
man is no reason why you should
carry him through life said Senator
Brandegee.
But you do not have to shoot him
after you save him from drownng,'
Mr.. Davis put in.
Il object to the witness being cross
examined as if he were a criminal
Senato.. Jitchcocl ;rteriactoJ