Norwich bulletin., 1919-08-23
DISCUSSION OF TREATY
 CONTINUED IN SENATE

Washington, Aug. 22.-In a deter mined effort to report the peace treaty before the end of next week. the sen ate foreign relations committee sud- denly interrupted it's public hearings today and arranged to go to work tomorrow on proposed amendments and reservations.
 Although one witness will be heard Monday, members thought that might be the last hearing before the treaty was reported. It was indicated that the waiting list of others who are to appear later would not be permitted to sand in the way of early re- port
 Senator Hitchcock of Nebraska. the democratic leader, declared his belief that the report would be laid before the senate during the coming week, and asserted that he, had been as- tesdree the republicans would coop crate to that end. Some republican n members agreed. with his prediction but Chairman Lodge declined to say when he thought the committee would act.
 Later today plans to expedite the consideration of amendments were discussed at a conference of repub- lican members of the committee and they will go over the subject again tomorrow morning before the com mittee session begins. It is likely that on will be one proposing to strike out or modify the articles giving Japan delegates should not have assented to
 The story of the negotiations re- sulting in the Shantung provisia:I was told to the committee today by Pro- lessor E. T. Williams. who was technical advisor to the American peace delegation. He said he had strongly objected" to the settlement reached, and thought the American delegates should not have essented to it.
 During the day there was more de- bot rryI- democrat, Colorado. criticising the provision for an international labor organization. and Senator Fall re- publican. New Mexico. taking excep- tion to information given the com mittee by President Wilson regard ing the resumption of trade with Ger many.
 Although he refrained from saying whether he would vote for the treaty Senator Thomas expressed grave doubt to the wisdom of the labor provisions and said there were articles in the labor section which seemed to violate the American constitution by delegating legislative and judicial functions to international bodies.
 Senator Fall referring to a state ment by the president that so far as he knew the United States was not trading with Germany. declared there had been suspension of the trading with the enemy act which could be f and the merchant vessels were sailing direct between American and German ports, The expert trade to Germany in June. he said, amounted to $S,- 100000.
 No explanation was made of the decision to begin work on amendments at once in the committee but it is known to have been reached after their requests for early action and after some Of the republican senators not on the committee had expressed strong disapproval of delyaing q re- port to hear the additional witnesses summoned yesterday.
 Developments today pointed with increasing certainty to the complete collapse of the effort to pass a com- promise resolution along the lines of President Wilson's suggestion for re- servations apart from the ratification itself. Republican leaders declared presentation of the resolutions had cleared the air so far as they were concerned and had revealed beyond doubt that the group of republican reservation advocates would insist on having the qualifications a part of the ratification.
 On the democratic side it was as- serted the move had accomplished it's purpose of showing that the democrats and large number of republicans stood for ratification with reserva- tions of the same sort, differing only in the methods to be pursued and that textua1 amendment of the treaty was out of the question