New Britain herald., 1919-08-27
WORDY BATTLE IN
 SENATE ON TREA
Galleries Applaud Senator
 for Stand on Shantung
REPLIES TO SEN. M'CUM
Says Those Who Have Not Treaty Fully Arc Ones Who That it Be Ratified in its Entir Scores President Wilson.


 Scores President Wilson.
 Washington, Aug. 27.-Senator republican, New Mexico, replyir} the senate today to an address ye day by Senator McCumber, republl North Dakota. criticizing the fo} relations committee for amending Shantung provision of the T| treaty, said senators who had read the treaty and did not knoj contents were the most insistent it be ratified immediately
 "Thcre is no use attempting to this treaty into mincemeat, decl Senator Nelson, republican,, Mind ta. "If that is the senator's old he will find that mincemeat will wiped aside by the senate"
 Later Interruptions of lSed Falls speech by Senator McCu1 led to one of the bitterest excha| since the treaty debate began. Fl each other at a distance of few the two senators raised their VI and pounded their desks. McCumbcr Gets Excited. When Senator Fall said that d tor McCumber had defended onl ground of justice the award to JI Of "goods stolen by Germany Chinese" Mir. MCCumber spranI his feet and shouted
 "I deny that statement in tot absolutely and unqualifiedly fals, have never taken the ground thai 1 act of Germany was fair and mo You defined the Shantung pI sion," retorted Senator Fall, claimed that Japan had the rigl take Shantung."
 And she derived that right u a solemn pledge to return it, but leave that out of your statement, i joined Senator McCumber.
 Galleries Applaud Fall.
 Referring to statements by Ser 1 McCumber that the committee ha ] tended to slap Japan in the f 1 and make trouble by the shan i amendment, Senator Fall said he ! "weary" or having his motives 1 pugned and of the efforts of som 1 make the nation take the treaty as it came from the White H : typewriter with no more considers from the American people than shown the Germans when they sii : at the point of the bayonet. If 1 err" he continued, II err cerely. I err through an exces patriotism. 1 err because l am American"
 The galleries applauded. Wilson's Reply Unsatisfactory Referring to President Will I recent reply to 70 questions subm to him, Senator Fall said it was conclusion from the presidents sponse that Mr. Wilson was so sessed with the idea of getting st 1 thing like the shell of a leagu nations" that he could not give al tion to details of the treaty or the details of the covenant, ad 1 that parts of the treaty were const l differently by both the president Secretary Lansing.
 Alluding to the presidents s ment that full trade relations c not be resumed until ratification oi treaty had permitted the returl American consular offices to Germ Senator Fall said the Spanish cons agents were looking out for Amer interests there, apparently just a fectivcly as if we had restored our COnsuls.
 DcCrces Presidents Policy. But that, the senator said, see to have been overlooked by the D dent in his plans to establish the que of nations. Under the presld policy. Senator Fall contir American soldiers now are spi their blood in Europe and the An can people did not even know it.
 How long arc outraged peopl be compelled to submit to a dict ship in this country?" he demand