The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1919-06-10

Washington, June 10.--Q. N. ST.
Their first examination of the copy OF
the peace treaty, which Senator Bo-
rah, of Idaho, succeeded in having the
senate make public, was described Oy
republican senators today as highly
profitable and enlightening."
While not yet able to- muster slfh-
/ cent time to thoroughly digest tho
| bulky document, Borah said he had
already made two important discov-
cries.
First that all German rights and
| interests in Chinese -Shantung have
| been absolutely and Internationally
surrendered to the Japanese and to
far greater degree than the Amen-
can people had been led to believe.
Saar Valley.
| Second, that the valuable and ex-
| tensive Saar valley mines had been
handed over to the French under con-
ditions which virtually deprived the
Germans of any voice in the matter
or regardless of the principle of self
| determination.
| Borah added that he hoped to be
able to further inform himself as to
the text of the treaty before the end
of the day. especially with regard to
| the addendum affecting the interna-
|
stress was laid by Senator Lodge, OF
Massachusetts, after his declaration in
the senate that he had held a copy of
| the treaty in his hands in New York
City.
immigration Phase. ~
That phase of the treaty involving
| immigration, Senator Johnson, of Cal
| ifornia, said he was naturally partic-
| ularly interested in because of the
Japanese Chinese situation on the Pa
cific coast Other republican sena-
tors stated they were studying the
many worded document with all the
expedition possible in view of its
staggering bulk. @ag
The league OF nations covenant, as
embodied in the treaty, Rqrah and
) other republican senators Il aid they
u found to be virtually the asasl@s, AS that
!, previously made public separately.
There was nothing therefore to alter
their opposition to the United States
becoming a party to the covenant, they
said. On the oth-r hand. they not only
expected to renew their opposition in
the senate, but they expected to be
aided by their possession of the treaty,
even though it's form was only that
originally submitted to Germany in
their avowed demand that the covenant
| be stripped from the rest of the treaty
by the senate.
A resolution providing that the SEN
ate separate the two. which Senator
Sherman. of Illinois, sponsored. was
still pending before the senate. Sher-
man may move to have the resolution
called up for action before the week
end, thereby adding fresh anti-league
fuel to the fires OF senate debate re-
volvng around the peace treaty which
republican senators predicted would
last all summer at least"
Not Bit Alarmed.
Administration senators declared to-
day that they were of the opinion that
the republicans had not accomplished
much in forcing the publication of the
original text of the peace treaty as
that text was expected to differ in sew
| eral material respects when the doCu-
ment was submitted to the senate in
its final official form for ratification or
| rejection.
Senator Hitchcock, OF Nebraska, who
has been the chief spokesman for the
! administration in the bitter controversy
raging in the senate, declared that the
republican mountain labored and
| brought forth a mouse" He added that
of the treaty had availed them sLtle.' y
To the democtatic declarations, the
| republicans replied they were salts
fed If only because they had succeeded
in furnishing the American people with
n CODY of the peace treaty which had
fallen into the hands of certain tinan-
cial and other private interests and
which was public property in Germany
and the scandinavian countries
The senate foreign relations COM
mttee was expected to resume the in
vestigation Of treaty leaks" within the
as j. p. Morgan. F. A. Nanderiip, Jacob
Schff Thomas Lamont, Harry ?. Davi-
son and Paul Warhurg could appear
before the committee.