The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-06-12
Members of ]. P. Morgan
Banking House Got Cop
les Through Red Cross
Heads in Paris.
SENATE COMMITTEE
MAY END PROBE NOW
Indications in House Are
That Standing Army Will
) Be Cut to Three Hundred
, Thousand Men.

Washington, June 11.-How the
peace treaty reached private hands in
New York was established today at
two hearings before the senate for
eign relations committee. Senator
Lodge revealed that copy he saw was
shown him by Elihu Root: Root tes-
titled he got the copy from Henry p
Davidson, member of the Morgan
banking house and head of the Red
Cross. Davidson testified it was Civ
en- him in F'aris by Thomas w. La
mont, another Morgan partner attach
ed to the American peace mission.
Davidson said he obtained the copy
in connection with the status of the
Red Cross under the League of Ma
tions and never used it in a financial
way.
y. r. Morgan and Frank A. Wander
lip also appeared before the commit
tee and said they never had seen the
copy of the treaty. The committee
adjourned without setting a date to
continue the hearing. with members
on both sides of the treaty controversy
saying privately that the investigation
apparently was over.
Washington, June 11.-Further re-
duction in size of the army for the
next fiscal year was tentatively agreed
upon by the house today in deciding
to base appropriations for pay and
maintenance on an army of three hun
dred thousand instead of four hundred
thousand recommended by the house
military committee. The war depart
ment recommended five hundred and
nine thousand.
Washington, June 11.-After short
period of comparative quiet, the SEN
ate fight over the League of Nations
appears certain to be resumed tomor-
row or Friday with a fury that may
eclipse all previous struggles in the
controversy. The fight will be around
Senator Kno1's resolution proposing to
put the senate definitely on record re-
garding the revised league covenant,
supporters o. which hope to gather
enough strength to warn the Paris
conference that the treaty cannot be
ratified here in its present form.
Paris. June 11.-Distinct progress
was reported tonight on the reply of
the allied and associated governments
to the German counter proposals and
indications are the reply vii be ready
for delivery Friday. The Germans will
be given five days limit for final ac-
ton, which therefore would come on or
before June is.
The main feature of progress in the
reply was the agreement regarding
reparation terms which has been a sub
ject of sharp controversy during the
pam5t ten days. A settlement Of the ST.
lesian question was also reached but
the question of Germany's admission
to the League of Nations is still un-
der discussion but it is reported with
a tendency to accord
Paris, June 11.-President Wilson to-
day told the representatives of the
Irish societies in America that he
would unofficially bring the Irish
question to the attention of the other
commissioners.
Announcement Of the presidents s
promise was made by Frank Walsh
and Edward F. Dunno. representing
Irish Americans, after they had a so
minute conference with Wilson. Dunno
and Walsh said they went over the
situation in Ireland generally with the
president.