The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1919-07-12
PRESIDENT MAY
ATTEND HEARING
Knox, However, Sees No Me-
cessity of Committee Con-
suIting Wilson.
B0RAH FAvoRs IDEA
Proponent Members outnuna-
'bsr Opponents and Invita-
ton viii Be Extended.
Nv n Bart CampbeIl.)

BY j. bdfL SdufppchJ
washington, July al. N. SILT
was regarded as highly probable by
both republican and democratic
members of the senate foreign fela-
tions committee today that President
Wilson would be invited to appear
before the committee after 1t began
consideration of the treaty OF Yer
Iailies on Monday, next.
The opinion of Senator Lodge, OIL
sHhchusetts. chairman OF the COM
mittee, and Senator Knox. of Penn
sylvania, that the president, having
ceased to function as part or tne
|, treaty making power of the United
/ States government" there was nc
necessity for the committee consult
ing him with respect to the treaty
was not shared by Senator'S boran
Of Idaho: Moses, OF New Hampshire
and others of the republicans on 1t
Il was predicted that a motion in
viting the president to attend some
OF the committee sessions. as he vol
unteered to do in opening his address
to the senate on Thursday, last-a
motion which Senator Moses stated
he would probably offer at Mondays
meeting of the committee-would be
carried despite any opposition Sena.
tors Lodge and Knox might offer.
Senator Fall, of New Mexico, was
among the republicans on the COM
nittee who said that he would sup
port such motion.
President May Appear.
"The appearance Of the president
before the committee would be most
satisfactory to me-" Fall said. while
a majority of the committee woult
more likely be swayed by its owr
views rather than by any suggestions
or explanation the president might
make, 1t would be interesting to heal
what the president might have to say
about the Shantung provision OF thu
treaty, for as how much foundation
there was for the information thai
reached the senate while he was still
participating the peace conference
that after Orlando and his associate;
quit over Fiume the Japanese agreed
In go along with the big three or
F1ohdition that Shantung be handed
over to them"
Berah insistent.
Senator Borah was equally in.
sistent with Senator Moses that the
committee avail itself of the presi.
dents offer to place at the dispose
~ the committee, informally OF
otherwise, his services, as well as al
the information he possessed regard
ing the treaty and the events leading
ND to the making and signing of 1t
AS the seven democratic members
OF the committee, all administration
supporters, with Senator McCumber
of North Dakota, It's one republican
prepayment of the league of nations
were also in favor Of the president
being asked to appear before thu
committee, II was predicted tina
Senators Lodge and Knox would finC
themselves in a minority IL they per
sisted in backing up Senator Lodge!
declaration that the president will
not be invited.
ast Four Lined Up.
1t was pointed out that II Senators
Lodge and Knox were outvoted thei
position would be the reverse o
what it was when they voted recent!
with the democrats on the committed
TO defer action on the Fall resolu'
ton declaring the state of war be.
tween the United States and Ger
many at an end. On that occasion
Senators Borah, Fall, Johnson. o
California, and Moses were the only
members Of the committee who voted
to report the resolution to the senate
A vote on the proposed Moses mo-
ton, it was stated, might find thu
same four senators lined up in oppo.
sition again to Senators Lodge and
Knox. although those republican sen
ators In favor OF the president be-
ing invited to appear before the com
mittee expressed the hope that Sen
|-ators Lodge and Knox would agree
with them by Monday next, and an.
other split in the republican major.
ity controlling the committee woulc
thereby be avoided.