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SENATE ASKS FOR
. TREATY Text
Pass Resolution Calling on State
/ Department For Treaty.
VOTES FOR PROBE OF LEAK
Also Requests Hearing For Irish Sim
! Fein Delegates by Peace Commits
! sion at Paris.

Washington, June THE senate,
with barely quorum present, adopt
| ed Senator Johnson's resolution re-
Questing the state department TO fur
nish the senate with a copy Of the
German peace treaty.
Without a record vote, after sharp
debate, the senate also adopted a
! resolution by Senator Hitchcock, Dem
| ocrat, Nebraska, providing for an in
quiry into charges made on the floor
by Senators Lodge. Republican,. Mas
sachusetts, and Borah. Republican,
Idaho. They said copies nf the treaty
text were in the hands of various per-
sons in New York.
\ resolution by Mr. Borah asking
the American delegates at Paris to
ference for the Irish delegates head
ed by Edward De Valera. was also
Gdopted
The resolution expressed the sympa-
thy of the senate in the aspirations
of the Irish people for "a government
of rs own choice"
Whether the state department will
accede TO the senate Request Tor the
treaty has not been announced. and it
generally is assumed that the question
will he referred to the president and
Secretary Lansing at Paris.
Action on the Hitchcock resolution
came after a substitute resolution by
Senator Kekllogg, Republican, OF Min
neso-a. had been Withdrawn at the re-
quest of Senator Lodge. Senator
Hitchcock charged the substitute
would not authorize the investigation
he proposed in his resolution.
Tn the substitute prepared b.; S"Ta-
tor Kellogg there was no mention by
name of Senators Lodge and Borah,
Republicans, in connection with their
statements regarding copies of the
treaty in New York, and Senator
Hitchcock suggested that Mr.. Lodge
now wanted to investigate somebody
else instead of taking responsibility
for his own statements.
After Il sharp reply in which Mr..
vesti@aied and had no intention of
eva,iing it. he withdrew the suggestion
of a substitute The chair immediate
ly put the question and on adoption
of the resolution there were only a
few scattering noes"
Under the Hitchcock measure, intro
duced at the request Of the White
House. it is expected that an exhaus-
tive investigation, possibly involving
the. Summoning of members of the
peace commission, will result.
Senator Lodge said he expected to
have the foreign relations committee
meet next Monday to consider prOce-
dure Of the leak investigation. 1t is
expected that a subcommittee will be
appointed to take testimony.
Senator Lodge said he personally
could give the committee no informa-
ton in addition to that disclosed in
senate debate. He added he had CIV
Ell complete information except the
name Of the person who showed him
the treaty, and that he could not give
nor be required to disclose.
Reiterating his statement that he
had seen copy of the treaty in New
York. Senator Lodge said:
IF any one cares to deny that, he
will have his opportunity"
Mr.. Lodge added that he had had
the copy one hour and half.
81 heard Of three other copies. They
had nothing to do with any financial
interests" the Massachusetts member
declared. "And if there has been any
bribery or corruption the senator (Mr.
Hitchcock) talks about, who was brib-
AZ but agents of the government"