The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-06-11
DAWSON BROUGHT
 TREATY. WITH HIM
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CContinued from Page One) T should be inclined to resent any suggestion from anybody that I am not entitled to 1t and to use it as I see fit, which I propose to do. Mir. Davison's publication was no matter of idle curiosity but official on the part of one who is abandoning his great business and giving his great powers to organization and explana- ton of the great Red Cross activities Then I gather" Senator Knox in- terjeCted. that you do not consider yourself in possession of stolen goods. obtained by bribery, has been charged on the senate foor?" T feel a sense of strong resentment to repeI such a. suggestion from any source," Mr. Root answered. Moth ing could be more baseless than such a suggestion"
 NIr Root thought the United States had 1,4O0 men on the payroll at Paris and of those probably 200 or 900 had copies of the treaty.
 We have contended that the senate is entitled to Q copy" said Senator Borah. Do you regard that as a. cor rect position?"
 q do. I think every American citi- zen was entitled to see a copy of the paper made public by the German government
 There was nothing material in the copy I had not seen in the papers," Mir. Root added.
 Hc said he believed secrecy was not imposed until after MT. Davison left Paris.
 T think you will find that the men who left Paris before May Is all brought their copies with them." he said.
 Probably two or three thousand men, he added, were engaged in drawing the complete terms.
 MT. Root said he was obliged to Mir. Davison because he was deeply interested in a topic it was more convenient to study from the printed copy.
 Senator Harding remarked that some Newspapers were saying the treaty text did not correspond in some respects with the summary.
 T didn't notice anything which though especially important which was not in the summary" replied MT Root.
 The copy he saw was dated April 90 and bore the imprint of home labor organization
 DO you think" asked Senator Brandegee, "any damage was done to the negotiations of the treaty by it's publication in the Congressional Record ?''
 T think no damage could have been done," replied MT. Root, unless it was through withdrawing the at tention of the Senate from the var ious other important matters await ing action.
 When Mir. Root was asked if he thought President Wilson has acted properly in not consulting the Senate more closely, he said:
 The President exercised his con- stitutional power and I do not want to criticize him. It would have fla cilitated public business and made progress toward a solution of treaty sufficiently to the American"
 But it was not his duty?'' asked Senator Williams.
 No"
 Henry P. Davison testified:
 T brought to this country one copy of the proposed treaty, but that copy has never been read by any man ex- cept myself and MT. Root, so far as know"
 The International Red Cross organ ization of which he is head was incor- porated in the league of nations, he said.
 It was in connection with the Red Cross. Mir. Davison said. that he asked his partner. Thomas w Lamont. for a copy of the treaty.
 ''1 didn't feel" he continued. that was doing anything more than if | were asking for a copy of the 14 | points. The summary had been printed. It never occurred to me that the treaty was not public prop erty."