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sofa Scandinavtans want to be sure that
their mother countries claims are not
overlooked by the Senate while 1t Is re-
vising the treaty.
Hearings OF various organisations
about-features of the settlement will be
held this week. On Tuesday the Hun
garians will describe the wrongs done
10 the country Of their extraction in the
adjustment OF boundaries and other
| terms. On Wednesday Alexander John
son OF Chicago will appear for the Scan
omavian organizations to explain all
ABOUT the Aland Islands. Thursday the
Juso-Slavs Will appear and state their
case Tor the assignment OF Fiume to
them, and on Friday the Italians will
appe1f to state the other side Of the
F1ume case. The American Mid Euro
pean Association, in behalf Of the Lithu-
anians. Ukrainians, Esthonians and Let
tonians. will be heard on Friday also,
and Ireland and Greece will have their
representatives on Saturday.
LeaEue's OmciaIs Announced. =
According to advices from Europe
lately received by Senators It Is now as
stunned In Europe that there Is no doubt
ABOUT the league being started, and Col
House is In London assisting. according
| p the reports. in organising the ma
ohinery. This list OF officials of the pro-
posed league was given out to-day:
Sir Eric Drummond appointed secre-
'ery-seneral OF the league By the terms
Of the covenant.
Sir Herbert Ames of Toronto. Canada,
recently reported in the newspapers az
having accepted the position of financial
director OF the permanent secretariat of
the league.
Sir David Henderson, director general
OF the Red Cross Societies League, or
ganized under Article XIV. of the cove
| nant.
w. A. Appleton, recently elected presi-
| uent or the International Federation of
Trade Unions. in preparation for the la
Dor conference to be held here in Oc-
toner under the auspices of the league.
1t Is said that this work of preliminary
| organization of the league Is in the hands
OF Col. House. c. C. b. Hurst, the Eng
lish publiclst who cooperated with David
hunter Miller. legal adviser to the Amer
lean peace commission in drafting the
covenant of the league, also Is interested
MIR. Hurst is described as an able and
skllful diplomat and negotiator.
| Meanwhile, however, the Senate COM
mittee's consideration Of the treaty goes
calmly and sedulously forward Mem
| bers OF the Foreign Relations Committee
said to-day that they would be satisfied
IL the treaty should be reported out by
September 10. and the earliest date ven
tured by anybody was the latter part OF
next week
Chairman Lodge, under instructions
| OF the committee. has written to the
President asking for all possible infor.
nation about the drafts of the Austro-
Hungarian. Turkish and Bulgarian
! treaties.
These are closely related in signifi.
canoe to the German treaty" said Sena.
tor Lodge to-day They dispose of far
more territory and greater populations
than are dealt with by the German
treaty. We are settling the fate oil
populations and territories without any
| information
! McCumber to Defend Japan.
Senator McCumber IN. d. announced
to-day that he would speak tomorrow
| on the injustice and individuality OF
the amendment adopted by the commit
tee to restore Shantung to China. II
was said that he will take the bull by
the horns and squarely argue that
China's chance of ever getting the prov.
ince back will be better II the amend
tinent is defeated and the matter left fol
settlement to the League of Nations un.
der the alleged promise of Japan to re-
storo 1t at some indefinite time in future
/ If a vote had to be taken on the Shan.
tung question In the Senate to-day Il
would admittedly be 30 close that tn,
outcome cannot be more than conjec
tured. But Republican leaders denied
che Democratic claims that the so-callet
reservation Republicans" are going t.
\ oppose this amendment when II reaches
the floor. On the contrary 1t was in
sisted that substantially a solid Repub
lican vote weu.d favor II.
The Foreign Relations COMMITTEE,
listened 10 day TO Joseph w. Folk
story of Egypt, which disclosed a strang.
apparent contradiction between two re
cent statements of President Wilson.
An August 10. at the committees con
ference with the President at the Whit,
House, Senator Moses IN. HI asked tn,
President about the disposal of the in
terest of the United States In the con
quered overseas possessions Of Germany
He observed that seemingly. this coun
| try has an undivided one fifth interes
In these, the other equal interests beinl
held by Great Britain. France, Ital,
I and Japan; and he wanted to know Il
there would be occasion for action BY
Congress with reference to the dispose
of our interest.
The President replied that he had no
: given thought to that matter as yet, and
could not until the treaty was out o.
I But two days later, in answering on.
of the questions by Senator Fall. tn,
President stated:
There has been a provisional agree
ment as TO the disposition of these over
seas possessions, while confirmation ant
execution is dependent upon the approva
of the League of Nations, and the United
States is a party to that provisional
agreement"
Aside from the discrepancy between
these two statements. the later state
ment Indicated that here is one NOR,
important item of information which thu
committee would like to have before 4
during its consideration of the treat!
with Germany.
Britain Faithless TO Egypt.
Mr. Folk recounted for the COMMITTEES
the long series of assurances by British
statesmen in responsible positions tina
Egypt was held only temporarily b!
England and finally would receive IL
freedom Nevertheless, and despite tn,
fact that the Egyptians fought Valiant!
with the allied Powers against Germany
Britain had announced a protectorat
and deposed the hereditary Khedlve