The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-09-16
ACTUAL WORK ON
!. PEACE PACT NOT
TO BEGIN UNTIL
FIRST NEXT WEEK
While Treaty Was Put Be-
fore Senate Yesterday,
There Appears to Be No
Hurry to Speed
1t Along

Washington, September Is.
The German peace treaty, with
it's league of nations covenant,
was called up today in the
Senate but plans of the Senate
and individual senators were
considered as precluding any
actual work on the pact until
next week.
While the treaty was put before the
Senate to be considered in open ses-
sion continuously until ratified or re-
jected, there apparently was no DISPOSE
tion to speed it along until after the in
| terruption of business by the Pershing
ceremonies Wednesday and Thursday.
Senator Sherman. republican, Illinois,
will take up most of the time of the ses-
sion tomorrow with an attack on the
league covenant and Senator Reed. DEM
ocrat, Missouri, who has been speaking
F! in the west against It,, VIII speak Fri
! day
The reading of the treaty, section by
! section, hardly is expected therefore, to
| begin until Monday. The league cove
, rant comes first, and right at the be-
ginning almost is the amendment by Sem
| ator Johnson, republican, California,
which would give the United States the
same voting power as Great Britain.
| How much time the Senate would take
in considering this amendment members
! today declined to say. although the gen
{ eral view was that nearly every one on
. the republican side might want TO eX.
press opinions regarding it. 1t was sug-
gested that Senator Johnson, who Is on
! a speaking tour, might return in time to
! take personal charge of the fight to equal
ize the voting clause.
PRESENTS AUSTRIAN TREATY
After Chairman Lodge had formally
called up the treaty today he presented
o printed text Of the treaty with Aus
| trta. supplied him by Chicago news
, PAPER, and obtained unanimous consent
! 10 have it read word Ter MOI aesla soi'
, Hitchcock of Nebraska, who as ranking
democratic member OF the committee
will conduct the administration light for
i ratification made visarous objection 70
| this procedure, declaring u mere
| scuandering of time.
J ITO have that treaty read, WIN
| dozen senators listening. would be tying
! IN the face Of public demand for speed,
\ senator Hitchcock said in attempting TO
| Senator Lodge to have the documens
! printed and let ii so at that. This sem
latOf Lodge agreed 10 uO soy iii6 ~ ''e~~
prepared to ask leave to print the treaty
| before Senator Hitchcock had spoken,
| realizing that ii would require more
| than a day to finish the reading
! There were two speeches today for rat
| ification. by Senator Jones', New Me1-
ico and Senator Overman, North Caro-
lima. both democrats. Senator McCum-
! ber. North Dakota. republican mempea
az the foreign relations committee, VINO
refused to sign the majority report
against the treaty. filed an Individual
report opposing all amendments ana urs-
! ing modification of drastic reservations
NO ATTEMPT AT DELAY
When the Senate begins real worn
an the treaty it will be taken up cv-
/ erv day at . o'clock. Its consideration
cannot be set aside to take up other
/ Legislation. except by majority vote.
Senator's, however, were agreed TO-DAY
that no attempt would be made TO
de1av H. because of the general desire to
DISPOSE of It finally without any waste
81 time. How soon this may be was
! n question OF wide divergence or opln-
Lions. some members expressing belief
| that the treaty would be daily topic
, Of discussion until some time in No.
lvember
| THE galleries were crowded when
| Senator Lodge called up the German
! treaty today, but the proceeding was
SO lacking in ceremony that few cf the
F., spectators doubtless realized what was
happening.
treaty with it's league of nations cove
nant was ratified there can be no
peace but unrest. revolution. starvation
and anarchy will stalk up and down
| the world, bringing in It's wake de-
struction of nations. social disorder.
wretchedness and finally the extermina-
ton of the races of men"
The North Carolina senator said