, 1919-09-18

them could by any possibility De die
tated to Germany. To adopt any one
of them, therefore, is equivalent to re-
jecting the treaty"
The report sets forth some of the
concessions from Germany which, it
says, America would sacrifice. Most of
these are acceptances by Germany of
action already taken by the United
States and which the most ardent adj
vocafe of the treaty would not suggest
that the United States would recon-
slider even If Germany withheld its as
sent. The really important point
brought out in this connection was
that unless we are a party to the
treaty we will have no membership on
the PREPARATIONS commission, which for
years to come will have enormous con-
troll over the trade and commerce of
Germany with other nations.
President Wilson, moving steadily
toward the Pacific coast, is striking
telling blows in behalf of the treaty
and is meeting with enthusiastic re-
ttpllOuS every WHeTt. his dulull tIS,
however, cannot fail to regret that he
is descending to rather undignified
abuse of those who oppose his poll
cies, and that he resorts to specious
argument in appealing to special in
~terests, as when he told the farmers of
North Dakota that If the treaty were
not ratified Europe would not buy their
wheat.
Mr.. Wilson's harsh words againSt
his opponents called forth instant re-
Spouse from Senstor Kenyon in the
senate and from Senators Borah, John
son and Mccormick, who opened the
speaking tour of the reservationists in
Chicago. The president had called the
senators who demand reservations in
the treaty contemplate cutters" and
Kenyon heatedly declared the most
contemplate cutters in the history of
the world were those who assembled
with high ideals at the Paris confer
ence'and permitted Japan to take over
Shantung."
Johnson also took this as his ext
and to the noisy delight of a huge
Chicago audience undertook to show
that it was President Wilson who was
the gutter, in that he had gone across
the sea with high ideals of open cove
nants, freedom of the seas. removal of
economic barriers, reduction of arma-
ments and self-determination for all
peoples, and had come home with just
what was handed TO him.
CanotOr Nnr-ic ne Nnhra Slya tnn1 n
whack at the president in a speech in
the senate, bitterly attacking the ex-
penditures of the peace delegation. He
said Mr.. Wilson spent money in Paris
like a drunken sailor" called attention
to the payment of S150,0OO to Bernard
Baruch as a special adviser, and added {:
Besides engaging an expensive re-
tinue of 1900 people as advisers whose
advice he did not take, the president
had a glass roof put over the George
Washington and took musicians from
play for him while he was going over
to Europe"
DIR. Karl Renner, on behalf of Aus
tria. signed the peace treaty with that
now petty country, but the signatures
of Roumania and Czecho-Slovakia were
withheld for the present. Roumania
objects to the clauses guaranteeing
equal civil rights to Jews and other
religious and racial minorities, and the
Serbians were waiting for the forma-
ton of a new cabinet at Belgrade.
There was no indication of hard feel
ings between the allied representa-
tives and Doctor Renner at the cere-
mony, and the latter accepted the
treaty with the hope that before long
Austria would be given easier terms
and perhaps the right Of %self-deter-
mination and permission to unite with
the German republic.
Germany. in reply to the peace con-
ference's objection to the article in the
new German constitution providing for
Austrian representation in the reichs-
rath. said the article would remain in
effective. The conference answered
that this was not enough. that the
! article must be expunged: but this sec
ond warning was not expressed so
forclbly as had beer intended. owing
to the objection of Mr.. Polk. However,
Germany cannot but yield. The gov
eminent in Berlin evidently expects a
new Spartacist uprising in the near
future, for the Noske guards have been
making secret preparations, and guns
have been placed at bridges and other
strategic points. This revolution" had