New-York tribune., 1919-06-04
Senator Tells the Senate
He Was Offered Copies
nNew York, Given Out
by Presidents Agents
Are Withheld From
Congress, However
Prediction Made Some
Sections Will Turn
Nation Upside Down
By Carter Field

WASHINGTON. June Especial in
.erests in New York have had complet,
copies of the peace treaty with Ger
many, while the text has been deniet
70 the American public and to tn,
Senate which must ratify the treaty
ard while the Administration has re
sisted every effort to force publicity.
This charge was made on the floor OF
the Senate to-day by Senator Henry
Cabot Lodge, Republican leader of the
Senate, and chairman of the Foreign
Relations Committee, and by Senate,
William E. Borah. The two Senators
went on the floor prepared to make
the charge, each without knowing the
other was in possession of the infor-
nation.
Contains 20S Pages
Some of the Developments of the
situation are:
!. The language Of an aGdendum,
almost as long as the covenant of
the league Of nations, setting up an
international labor council is de-
clared to be most sweeping This
council has the right 20 investigate
TABOR conditions IN any country in
the world. /. could investigate
negro labor in the South, for in
stance, II is declared, or child labor,
or any other labor situation. Each
signatory Of the treaty would be
entitled to four delegates to this
international conference, two to rep
"a =
one the public.
2-Some Of the New Workers are
said to have declared that the coun-
Try Will be turned upside down"
when some of the sections of the
peace treaty are made public. They
are said to declare that the treaty
could never obtain the approval of
the country.
5-The full text Of the treaty takes
up 2o8 printed pages. Senator Lodge
said he read it in New York Office
the other day.
Six Copies in New York
4-The New York interests have at
least six copies of the treaty, Mr.
Lodge says, one Of which he read
and another OF which he saw. He
was offered permission to bring one
70 Washington to show his COL
leagues, but was denied permission
10 make 1T public.
5-While admitting that copies Of
tne treaty were selling on the streets
IN Germany for Is cents each, Mr..
Lodge denied the New York copies
nad come from Germany, saying they
had been given out by the Presidents
agents in France, if not by the Pres
dents own order.
6-Senator Borah declared the New
FORK copies he knew about, which
mad been passed around the table
o. a board of directors meeting at
wall Street ingtitution," also had
come from the American peace mis-
son headquarters and not from
Germany.
Is Denied by Polk
Z. Acting Secretary of State Polk
ADMITTED that parts Of the treaty
Dearing on financial questions" might
We IN the possession Of New York
'hNreHt@, but denied that the full
WY was in New York On hearing
,n's senator Lodge at once called
NJ f"lk up and informed him that
ne had personally gecn and exam
aso complete copies Of the treaty
sn''e IN New York attending the
Bacon.
senator Lodge consulted With scvcra
NE As colleagues before going on th'
r'' 'I the Senate to-day, but Senate
~h s.h was not among those congultct
e as nad no idea that the Massachusctt
"s,of either mad the information o
-, e>nsiderinx giving such soIid cup
~. VI the Johngon resolution.
.s ,hs discussion on the floor was pro
nc When Senator johnson, who's
,ss'a'i>n demanding the text Of tn,
80 was before the Senate, agket
- Dc temporarily laid aside i,
asf that the spfrage amcndnen
s's be taken up.
- 40 not desire ~ object" aait
s,1A"f Eorah, "bpt ! wish u say thu
~. ~ non an established fact that thi,
eey, Which this resolution ig cailint
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