New-York tribune., 1919-08-15
Accepts Foreign Relations
Committees Invitation
to Furnish Data Which
May Be Made Public
Prefers Publicity.
He Assures Lodge
Experts of u. S. Peace
Mission and Colonel
House TO Be Called
Ne1U York Tribune
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Neac York Tribune
Washington Bureau
WASHINGTON, Aug. 14.-President
Wilson will meet the Senate Foreign
Relations Committee at 10 o'clock Tues
day morning at the White House to
give it information about the making
Of the peace treaty as embodied in the
league Of nations covenant.
In accepting the request of the COM
mittee made to-day for such a confer
ence the President authorized the state
ment that he accepted its one stipula-
tion--that there should be nothing con-
fidential about the meeting, as this
suggestion conformed to his own ideas.
The White House statement, which
was made by Secretary Tumulty, fol-
lows:
"The President received Senator
Lodges request for an appointment
to meet the Foreign Relations Com
mittee to discuss the treaty of peace
OF course, the President welcomes
this opportunity to meet the Foreign
Relations Committee, and has fixed
Tuesday morning at 10 o'clock as the
time for the meeting at the White
House. The unprecedented condition
Of the conference set by Senator
Lodge in his letter to the President
it's in with the Presidents own pref
renee as to publicity, so that the peo-
pie of the country may be put in
possession of all the information he
has about the treaty of peace"
After deciding to request the Presi-
dent to meet the committee the
committee voted down a motion to call
General Bliss, Colonel House and
Henry White, who, with President
Wilson and Secretary Lansing, COM
prised the American peace mission.
The vote on this was nine to eight.
senator
McCumber voted with the Democrats
against summoning the peace commits
sioners, said later he would change his
vote as to calling Colonel House if the
motion to call him were made separate
from that calling the other two COM
Republican leaders said to-
night the motion would soon be put in
this form, as the change of Mr.. Hard
ing's vote would result in calling
Colonel House.
Experts To Be Witnesses
The committee voted to summon as
witnesses Captain S. X. Hornbeck,
Professor E. T. Williams, Thomas F..
Millard, John c. Ferguson and William
c. Built. These were connected with
the American peace commission as ex-
perts and resigned because of objec-
tions to the treaty or to particular
phases of the negotiations. Captain
Hornbeck, it was said, is still in Eu-
rope, but the others are in this coun-
try Professor Young, of Cornell, will
be called later, it was said. He is now
at Ithaca.
Chairman Lodge wrote the letter
asking the President to meet the COM
mittee Immediately after the meeting,
and it was delivered to the President
early in the afternoon. The letter
did not mention the White House, but
left the time and place of the meet
ing entirely at the Presidents con-
venience.
May Go to White House
An invitation to come to the White
House was given to the committee
by Administration Leader Hitchcock
within few days after the Presidents
address to the Senate. At that time,
however, Mr.. Hitchcock made it clear
that the President did not desire to
come before the committee at the
Capitol as a witness.
The decision to invite the President
and the summoning of the group of wit
nesses who may be able to point out
their objections to the treaty are re-
suits of yesterdays row in committee,
in which Administration Leader Hitch
cock bitterly attacked the Republicans
for delay.