Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-08-14
TREATY WILL
Be Z DISCUSSED
With WILSON
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Former Advisers Of A1neri-
can Peace Commission
Will Be Called. .
Motion to Call Present Mem
bers to Testify is Voted
Down.

Washington. Aug. 14.-After two
hour discussion today the senate Tor
eign relations committee decided to
notify Presid dent Wilson that it would
call on him at the White House at his
convenience to discuss the peace
treaty.
The committee also decided to call
before it E. T. Williams, S. K. Horn
beck and William G. Bullitt, who re-
peace commission at Paris because, 1T
has been reported, they disagreed
with decisions of the conference.
Motion Voted Down. ~.
A motion to call also Colonel
White, American delegates to the
peace conference, was voted down
to 8, Senators McCumber, North Da-
kota, and Harding, Ohio, Republicans
voting with the Democrats.
In deciding to request a conference
with President Wilson, on which
there was no committee vote, it was
agreed that all information secured
from the president should be made
public.
There was no indication at the
White House when the president
would receive the committee. To in
Qu1TleS, SGCTeIdIy Sd1os 4 wv
have no comment to make.''
Speculation at the capitol as to the
purpose Of the committee in request
ing that the president receive it re-
volved around the subject of reserva-
tions to the treaty and the league
covenant. Before the committee act
ed it had been intimated at the White
House that the president had not
changed his attitude against reserva-
tons.
No Date Set.
No date was fixed for re-opening
the hearings with Messrs. Bullitt,
Williams and others as witnesses
Some of those are not in the country
but will be invited to attend as soon
as they are available. All the hear
ings will be open, chairman Lodge
announced.
Members Of the committee voting
to call Colonel House and other Amer
lean commissioners were Senators
Lodge, Borah, Brahdegee, Fall, Knox
johnson, New and Moses, all republi.
cans.
In agreeing to call on the presi'
dent, the committee accepted an In
formal invitation. transmitted by Sen
ator Hitchcock, the administration
leader, a few days after Mr.. Wilson
laid the treaty before the senate.
The suggestion that the commlttee
90 to the White House was under.
stood to have been made by Senator
johnson, Republican of California
Several members, Including Sena:
tor Borah. were understood. to have
objected If the talk with. the presi
dent was to be- confidential. Senator
Fall was said to have indicated tha
he would not go. because no record o.
the discussion would be kept and dis
puts would arise afterward as to wha
the president said.
A Peaceful Meeting.
Members afterward described thu
committee meeting as very peace
full"
Although the committee hae
planned to take up amendments tt
the treaty with a view to an early re
port to the senate, the proposal t
call further witnesses and to consul
the president occupied all of today
session. 1t was said proposed amend
ments would be taken up tomorrow.
Democratic members were under
stood to have opposed the calling o
all witnesses on the ground that vir
tually every senator had made up hi
mind how he would vote and tina
public sentiment demanded that I
vote in the senate should not be un
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