The St. Charles herald., 1919-10-18
President About to Start on HIS
Trip to Tell People About
the Peace Treaty.
LIVING COST IS, INVOLVED
Opponents Of Pact Propose Many
Amendments to Keep America
From "Foreign ENHANCEMENT
Montenegro Revolts
Against Serbian Rule
Palmer Predicts
Lower Prices.
Rv EDWARD w. PICkARD.

Being satisfied that economic condl-
tions the world over absolutely depend
on the ratification of the peace treaty
and decidedly disturbed by the violent
assaults on that r'a"t ~ e~Sse -, =
COMMITTEES on foreign relations, Presi-
dent Wilson determined that his speak
ing tour of the country could not be
much longer postponed. He announced
that he would start on Wednesday,
September 8, and would visit about 80
Of the principal cities, being absent
from Washington about 25 days. At
San Francisco he will review the Pa
cific fleet. 1t was said in Washington
that the president considered the trip
Of greater importance than any func-
ton arranged for the reception or
General Pershing, who is about to
come home.
The peace treaty is by no means the
only subject on which Mr.. Wilson Will
address the people. He is much exer-
cised by the labor situation, especially
as 1t applies to the railroads, and will
take the opportunity to try to impress
on the workers the wisdom of avoiding
strikes in order to allay unrest and
restore normal conditions and thus
help bring down the cost of living.
Some half dozen of the most stub
born opponents Of the peace treaty in
the senate also will leave Washington
during the week to appeal to the coun-
try to uphold them in the position they
have taken. Among them will be Sen
ators Johnson, Poindexter, Borah and
Reed. They are not going to trail the
president. but will expend their ef-
| forts mainly in states whose senators
| are classed among the mild reServa-
tionists. These senators, they hope
/ can be forced to join the group of eX'
| tremists. The latter are now openly
| irving to defeat not only the League
of Nations covenant but the main
body of the treaty. With this end in
| view the foreign relations committee
which they control. has adopted g
series of amendments to the treaty Of
fered by Senator Fall. These not only
would restore Shantung directly tf
China. but would exclude the Unitet
States from all the interallied com
missions set up by the pact excep
that on reparations. Lodge and hi'
| followers hold that the treaty, even II
drastically amended. would leave thu
United States liable to become EN-
broiled in the controversies of Europe
and Asia.
This action of the committee wal
bitterly assailed in the senate by Dem
ocrats and by Republicans Of the "mil'
reservation group. and it was pre-
dicted that the amendments would no
be accepted by the senate. Senate
McCumber especially attacked tn
Shantung amendment, declaring it wa
the greatest blow that could be struc
at the real interests Of China. Sena
tor Borah replied that the Shantun
settlement was indefensible from tn
standpoint Of international moral
and common decency.
In this connection the fact that d.
Paul Reinsch, our minister to Chins
has Just resigned Is significant. 1t
understood in Washington that n
} found his position in Peking untenabl
ON account Of the approval OF tn
Shantung settlement by the America
j peace delegates, since, according to tn
general belief, he had good deal
J do with persuading China to enter II
! war on promises of American supper
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