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extricably forged together as single
document, to be accepted or rejected as
an entirety. To this the Senator smiled
deprecatingly and shook his head.
THE treaty with France" he said, rs
a very simple instrument in itself The
question involved in II Is one of policy,
not OF complex details and conditions"
But the parliamentary situation Gre
ated by injecting third set of pro-
posals into the debate was admitted by
Mr.. Hitchcock TO be difficult one to
analyze. He had no information as to
when the treaty and the alliance en-
gagement would be laid before the
Senate.
However" he added. "there has been
some intimation that 1t was still hoped
in Paris that the Chinese would sign
the treaty. would not be surprised IL
the President should return without the
official copy OF the treaty. Whenever
It liz presented to us assume that the
treaty with France will come about the
same time, 30 that they will be before
the Foreign Relations Committee to-
gether."
1t seemed to be the distinct impress
sion of Mr. Hitchcock that the consid-
Grafton in that committee will require
a considerably more time in view of the
tendency of the French treaty than
would otherwise have been required. He
was not prepared to conjecture what
plan of procedure the Administrations
representatives would follow. though he
admitted 1t was possible they would
seek to reach the French alliance ahead
Of the peace treaty and perhaps also
to secure action by the Senate in the
same order. That the propositions will
| interact on each other in the Senates
lucubratiors on the whole subject he
| freely admitted, but with what effect he
was not prepared to guess.
Big Battle Il Predicted.
when the Foreign Relations Commit
| tee takes UP the whole matter" he sug-
gested. 'if Senator Knox insists on his
proposal to separate the league covenant
| from the treaty there will be a fight at
once. do not believe there is a chance
for that to carry. 1t seems there will
hardly be more than the votes of Sem
ators Knox. Brendegee, Borah and Moses
| for It.
NO, 1 don't assume that Mr.. Lodge
can support that plan. He has COM
nlitted himself to the Root plan of rati-
fication with destructive qualifications.
| If the treaty with France were once
ratified l can see how that might help
the case for the treaty of peace with
the league Incorporated in II: for there
would be disposition among the people
|
far we might as well have the league
and put its guarantees back of the I'M
dertaking for France"
| Senator Hitchcock was not disposed to
discuss the announcement that his fellow
Nebraskan, William J. Bryan. had de-
| clared against the alliance with France.
| That announcement In not viewed with
much satisfaction by Administration
| Democrats while It lie giving gratifica-
ton to opponents OF the league pro-
! gramme.
They point out that It is an early indi-
cation OF the inevitable disintegra ton
OF the Administrations Senatorial bloc
which they believe must follow when II
is realized that the league and the ALI
ance apparently give the lie direct to each
other One promises an end TO all wars
the other is a pledge Of support for q
renewal OF the last war.
| Mr. Hitchcock confesses that there Is
an apparent contradiction at this point
but he insists that It IL rather apparent
than real. and that under fail
analysis OF the world conditions that
make the alliance desirable this argu
ment will not be likely to injure the case
for the league.
Mr.. Hitchcock's Republican collea que
} Mr.. Norris, declared that he oppose,
the French alliance and added that /
would be Just as reasonable to entel
into an alliance also with China pledg
ing to protect her from Japan. WheI
/. this view was suggested to Mr.. Hitch