The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-06-07
Raises Hue and Cry in the
Senate Over Report About
the Peace Treaty
HEARS THAT COPY
Is IN NEW YORK
Story Used as Basis For Anoth-
er Partisan Attack on Presi-'
dent.

Washington, June 3.-Senator1'
Lodge, chairman of the senate foreign
relations committee, told the senate
today he had seen in the hands OF bus
mess interests in New York COPY
Of the treaty with Germany, given ont
by an American representative at Par
is, but withheld by the state de-
partment from the senate. ss.
The statement caused a. sharp de-
bate upon the course Of President Wil-ss.
son and the state department regard
ing publication of the treaty text.
1.-THE treaty is in New York said
Senator Lodge. 81 saw a copy Of sit
yesterday. /. was offered "a copy. 2ut
T refused to accept it, saying IT could
not come into my hands without be-
ing published &c
Senator Swanson of virgiHia
Democratic member of the foreign re-
lations committee, inquired whether
the Massachusetts, senator could say
where the copy he saw came from.
COPIES were given out in Raris,
replied Senator. Lodge. ~ IS - sss.sas; s.ss.s5s:
"They found that some Of them
WClS COinlifS ~ Ills SOsAAAst
was stopped" .s7ss.s: e
"By whom were they given out2"s
asked Senator Swanson. = i.;:ssss@s 3is.;:s::s.s
"By our: representatives there ~
What Representatives ?'' -
"I presume by some OF the presf7f
dents followers
The first suggestion that treaty text
was. available in New Torksss2Na
made by Senator .Borah OF Idahp,
mhen. a request was made by Setssr
tor johnson Of California that his Essy
olutien asking: the state depaEth1eAts
for the text. be allowed to go over
til the woman st1ffffasefnnaes,sliren
was disposed OF by the senate.
Senator Swanson asked the ant tofs
ity for: TINS statement and 1T was hen
that Senator Lodge announced he he'd
seen the treaty. Senator Swanson Ssafd
an Associated Press dispatch had
stated President Wilson had q agreed
not to make the treaty putiic Ft IL :ss
present and argued that the Johnson
resolution would amount to- a. rsauest
that the president break his word
Publication abroad, he said, was due
probably to the fact that senae one
else had broken faith.
Senator Swanson: urged that the
resolution be referred to the foreign
relations committee,
Senator Lodge said that would be-
a farce. People were given these
copies abroad" he continued, some
may have been mailed. Yet we are.
told that this is a delicate question.
Senator Swanson said neither the
British nor French parliaments had
been given official copies.
Because Germany broke faith is
no reason for the senate to ask the
president to break faith;'' said
Swanson, adding that the COMMITTEES
could meet tomorrow summon the
acting secretary of state, Id learn why
the text is not public.
Regardless Of any agreement as
sumo that when the president learns
that New York interests have It ia
their possession the president will no
longer be under any obligation to keep
faith
Senator Borah interrupted: 81 think
the copies did not come from the Ger
mans"
Senator Swanson suggested that the
committee investigate.
'I don't want any investigation.
said Senator Borah. Il want the
president to know that those people
in New York are using it in q SEMI
public way for their private infornfa-
tion.'' 80.
eff the president made an agree
ment not to give it out, there iss no
reason why the president should not
advise us of that fact, if it IS q fact.
If that is true, that copies have gone
into the hands of special patesess
think the president would feel l5reHevs
ed of his agreement and give up fhe
treaty"
Senator johnson interrupted to.urge
that the debate be closed and the wo7
man suffrage resolution be passed and
the incident was closed. s:sss$sssss s:s.ssss