New-York tribune., 1919-08-27
Democrats Charge Move
Is Open Drive ON
Treaty Itself, but Has
No Chance of Success
McCumber Defends
Shantung Section
Republicans Hope TO
Arouse the Public to
Danger of 'sMixing i'm
Old w OrId Affairs
Ne,D York Tribuns
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Washington bureau
WASHINGTON, Aug. 26.-The Sem
ate Foreign Relations Committee to-
day adopted fifty amendments to the
treaty Of peace with Germany, proposed
by Senator Fall, of New Mexico.
Two Of the amendments were adopted
by rollcall, and then on suggestion of
Senator Hitchcock the remaining forty
eight were covered by q blanket mo-
ton. On all the committee stood to
for adoption.
lhe effect of the amen ndments is to
deprive the United States Of represent
atives on the various international
commissions set up b. the peace
treaty, which the five principal powers
would control. The reparations COM
mission is one OF ;he lew not touched
/ by the Fail amendments.
The move was frankly recognized b.
both Republicans and Democrats in
the Senate as a drive On the treaty it.
self. The Democrats said the country
would be impatient OF such tactics and
would believe the Republicans were
merely trying to kill the treaty. The
Republicans on the committee declared
that the committee action would DEM
onstrate to the country the interna-
tional complications involved in the
treaty and would cause wakening Of
interest in this phase of the subject.
No Prospect of Approval
There is no present prospect of the
amendments being approved by the
Senate. Practically all of the mild
reservationists' are opposed TO them.
and large number of other Repub-
llcans, who are solidly behind the
Root reservations, and even behind
Shantung
Debate to-day centred entirely on
Shantung, Senator McCumber making
set speech defending every phase Of
the Snantung section, defending japan
tor her attitude, and even defending
Balfour and Vviani, the British and
French High Commissioners to this
country just after the United States
entered the war, for not telling the
President about their secret agree
ments with Japan as to Shantung
Sees Shantung Issue Beaten
Senator Hitchcock, leader Of the Ad-
ministraton forces, predicted. after a
conference with President Wilson late
this afternoon, that the treaty would
be ratified before the end of Scptem-
Der without amendments. He expressed
belief that the Shantung amendment,
as passed in committee, would be
beaten with the aid OF at least twelve
Republican votes. The Senate, ne said.
would not change the treaty as to
send it back to Paris Tor rencgotia-
ton.
I've are satisfied" Maid Senator
Hitchcock, that the Shantung amend
ment will be substantially beaten.
There will be at least dozen Repub.
l!can votes against il. Senator Nc
Cumber put the nail in its conn ~
MS speech to-hav."
Representatives. of the two sstc, -
the controversy over the Snantuur
"''N''o'"SHN maui oH@ pay toflltdotlVt',
! statements 10 day
Senator Hitchcock. speaking for the
Administration, said that adoption
would mean the rejection of the treaty
and the league so far as I've Lnisai
States was concerned, since britain,
France, Italy and Japan ali would re-
fuse to accept il. This would leave the
United S.a:es without treaty with
Germany and with Japan hostile
Japan Might Back Germany
-, say. Ten years Germany might
demand of the United States payment
eor the hundreds o. millions of Ger.
man property seized by this country,
pointing out that. she never declared
; war on the United States, but thix
country declared war on her. ShA
5 would be backed in that demand for
reparation by Japan, which would still
, be harboring a grudge because Of
I United States action on Shantuiar.
i. The present treaty validates all the
acts Of the Alien Property Custodian
; Therefore he holds up the Shantunr
!, amendment as virtually an ATTEMPT =,
nothing less than to khl the Greatly