The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-05-25
LEAGUE OPPONENTS
RULE COMMITTEE
Majority Of Foreign Relations
Members Are Against
Pact as It Stands.
MAY APPEAL TO PARIS
Possibility They Will Ask
That Covenant Be Separated
From Peace Treaty.
Special D.sse,eI 10 TEE sus.

WASHINGTON. May 24.-when the
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
takes UP the peace treaty and the cove
nant OF the League OF Nations the Repub.
lean majority on the committee almost
without exception Will be made Of Sena-
tors who II not opposed to any league OF
nations. Will insist at least that It must
be amended The party Committee on
Committees assigned to-day Senator
Johnson tCal), to Ill the one vacancy
In the slate It had prepared for the
Foreign Relations Committee As now
proposed the Republican side of the
COMMITTEES viii consist of Messrs.
Lodge (Mass.). chairman; Borah
lidaho), Knox (Penn), McCum-
Der IN. d.. Brandegse tConn.), FAN
IN. Nj. old members, and Harding
tOhio), New Ind.). Moses New
bers.
No doubt is felt on the part of Leaders
IN the hight on the League of Nations
mat this majority will stick together
IN most every move that 10 made in the
committee with respect to the covenant.
senator AcCumber may prove doubt
ful on some phases OF the fight, but Il
Is not believed that he viii oppose
amending the pact or possibly asking
that 1t be separated from the peace
treaty.
Another Round Robin Discussed.
Some OF the Senators opposing the
league are discussing among themselves
| suggestion that another round robin
be prepared in the Senate to be directed
to the Peace Commission and setting
forth the desire of tho signers that the
covenant and treaty be separated by the
mi Of f ~
been talked about widely enough to
predict what success It may have II Il
Is actually reduced to writing, but some
OF the opponents Of the league are con-
| hdent that II would meet a welcome
| reception.
Senators who have talked about IL 80
Tar feel that large number of MEM
oers are anxious to have the pact, IL
vorced from the treaty and that this
work should be undertaken by the men
who put them together and not in wasl,-
ington. They think that a round robin
OF this character would show the world
the temper Of SUFFICIENT number Of
Senators to secure the results desired.
Penrose Heads Finance Committee
The Republican Committee on Com
mittees finished its labors to-day and
viii report the membership Of the ac-
tual working committee of the Senate
to a party conference Monday morning.
As has been indicated there were no
surprises in the chairrnanships Of the
Important committees. Finance going to
Senator Penrose (Pa-) and Appropria-
lions to Senator Warren (wyo.). In
view Of that fnct Senator johnson
was put on the Foreign Relations Com
mitsee. Senator Watson (Ind) was
made head of the Suffrage Committee,
! which otherwise would have gone to the
California Senator.
WARRINGTON. May Ex-senator Hitch
cock tNeb.), ranking Democrat Of the
Foreign Relations Committee, one of the
chief supporters OF President Wilson's
fight for ratification of the peace treaty.
has accepted an invitation from William
H. Taft to accompany him on a three
day speaking trip next week in the mid
de West. They will make addresses ut
Springfield. ILL.,, on Thursday, at Kansas
City on Friday and at Omaha on Sat
urday, in each case at State conven-
ton OF peace societies
Mr.. Taft is understood to have ex-
pressed an earnest desire to confer on