The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1919-06-11


cicrs to Discover How They Came In
Cleared for Debate on Publicity OF
Treaty.
whirlwind of Developments, the senate
today got copy Of the peace treaty
and after iivc-hour fight ordered it
printed in the public record.
At the same time it got under way
the investigation OF how copies have
reached private hands in New York by
summoning to testify n half-doZen Of
the country's leading flnanciers.
The copy which went into the record
was brought to this country by news
paper man and was presented by Sen
ator Borah. republican Of Idaho, just
after the reading Of a cablegram from
President Wilson saying he could not
without breaking faith send to the SEN
ate the text Of the treaty.
The effect Of the days history-mak-
ing developments was Ia clear the air
on the much-debated subject Of pub
licity for the treaty text, to widen the
breach between the president and the
senate majority and to forecast SEN
sational turn for the inquiry into the
manner by which copies Of the docu-
ment have become available to unau-
thorized persons.
Starting its investigation with an
unexpected vigor, the foreign relations
committee within half hour after 1t
convened voted to call before it J. P.
Morgan, II. P. Dawson and Thomas w.
Lamont, all Of the Morgan banking
house; Jacob Schiff, of Kuhn, Loeb &
Co., and Paul Warburg, formerly con
nected with the same concern and
Frank A. Nanderlip, former president
Of the National City Bank 1t then ex-
amncd Frank l.. Polk. acting secrc-
tary Of state, about the official copies
in the state department vaults.
Statements also were made to the
committee by Scnaor Lodge, republi-
can Of Massachusetts, and Senator
BOrah, similar to their declarations in
the senate that they knew or copies in
New York, hut could not divulgc the
names Of their informants
When the senate met it listened in
silence TO President Wilson'S cable
gram which was taken as forccasting
refusal to comply with the request
for the treaty embodied in a resolution
adopted Friday. The reading Of this
MASSAGE concluded Senator Borah i'm
mcdiatcly presented his copy OF the
treaty which was ordered printed by a
vote OF A 10 "a.
Later, however. there was a motion
to reconsider, and a. parliamentary
tanglc developed which endangered
publication Of the treaty. To circum-
vent such possibility the Idaho sena-
tor in the late afternoon began reading
the hundred thousand word document
and continued for an hour despite
many protests from the presidents
supporters.
Then the effort to prevent publica-
ton collapsed the motion to reconsid-
er was voted down and the fight which
had dcveoped many hitter charges OF
lWokcn faith and in some respects had
written a new chapter in senate his
tory, was over.
The first Of the days series OF
speeches came when the foreign rcla-
tions committee, whose meetings in
years past hav been surrounded by
the closest secrery, threw open It's
doors to tho public, it developed then
that instead Of pursuing the usual
method OF appointing o sub committee
to make the inquiry. the full body pro-
posed to participate and to begin
forthwith.
Senator Borah was called on first to
amplify his statement In the senate
about treaty copies in New York. lie
said that early in March he became
convinced the international bankers OF
New York were particularly interested
in the creation OF the league OF nations
and that he quietly began an investiga-
tion.
III ascertained," he told tho commit
tee, that practically all the interna-
tiOnal bankers were deeply interested
in the league. and were assisting In
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