The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-05-18
JOHNSON DEMANDS
FULL PEACE TREATY
Suspicious Of Synopsis or of
Any Document Coming
From Administration.
HE SHOWS DISCREPANCIES
VIII Introduce Senate Resolu-
ton Asking Lansing for
Complete Text.
special DespatcA to TIE Sun.

WARRINGTON, May 17.--Senator John
BON (Cal.) announced to-day that he
would Introduce In the Senate resolu
tion calling on the Secretary OF State to
transnit forthwith to the Senate the full
Text Of the peace treaty as prepared at
Paris and delivered to the German dele
yates. In announcing his purpose Sena-
tor johnson said:
( II am very suspicious of the synopsis
pf the treaty that has been given out
Ter publication or OF any document ema-
hating from the Administration. l want
the full document and desire to know
the terms of the treaty.
Information has been given to us in
hicating that every detail even to the
skull Of Okwawa has been communicated
TO the American people, but small des-
patches here and there are constantly
limiting at other and important details
of which the American people have been
told nothing. In this, as in everything
of late. only the American people are
seft ignorant
That Americans may know to what
engagements they have been committed.
ask the immediate transmission Of the
FULL and complete text OF the treaty to
The Senate. It has been published that
the full treaty has been transmitted to
this side by cable to the State Depart
etiSut, anu II THIS De true IneT6 Is no
excuse for Withholding parts of It. II
II has not been transmitted to the State
Department II ought to be and the Amer
lean people are entitled to it.
Wants to BE American Again.
I'VE are constantly reading of trans
ports with American troops going to ST.
IBERIA. of American troops to be landed
in Schleswig of naval demonstrations
IN which Americans will participate in
Asia Minor; and II is time Americans
know, as we'll as one American in Paris
bnows something OF the disposition Of
their blood. I want to get out of Europe's
controversies want to get American
soldiers back on American soil want
Do be American again"
In justification of his lack of faith in
documents or statements emanating from
the Administration, Senator johnson
cited two instances. In one case there
had been persistent rumors that some
sort OF military engagement had been
entered into among the United States.
France and England by which the
United States was to unite with England
In defending France in case she should
again be attacked by Germany. These
stories persistently came from Paris.
Finally on April "a a statement was
Presidents authority that any such en-
gagement had been entered into. That
seemed to settle the matter, but later
on May 10 the cables brought the state
y,1ent in which the President was quoted
directly.
Happily" he said there was no mys-
terry" about the thing that had been
done, and then he proceeded to say that
he had agreed with the Premiers OF
France and Great Britain that he would
propose to the United States Congress
an agreement whereby the United States
and England would consent to cooperate
IN measures to protect France in case
OF her being attacked by Germany again
In the other case the Senator pointed
out the War Department had given it:
promise that American troops would bt
withdrawn from Russia by June /. YET
later with those troops still there hRt
come announcements of others being
sent into Siberia
Point in Treaty Not Reported.
Senator johnson had taken note of tbs
report from Paris that a provision had
been inserted in the treaty-not men
toned in the synopsis officially issued
whereby peace Is to take effect upor
ratification by any three OF the majol
beIligerents on the Entente-allied sid
and Germany; thereafter to be effective
as between these three countries anC
Germany This It was pointed out woul'
leave a nominal state OF war prevailing
between non-ratfying powers and Ger
many Commercial and economic rela
lions would be resumed between tn
ratifying powers and Germany Will
they would be impossible between tn
non-ratifying states and Germany,
proyiStOn WAS denOunced h
Senator johnson as an obvious effor
70 enlist American business in favo
of immediate ratification lest 1t los
trade opportunities that would be seize'