The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1919-06-12
SENATE CALLS
\, Y BANKERS
IN LEAK PROBE
Morgan, vanderlip and Others
Summoned President Cables
Request For Thorough To-
quiry.
ex United Press.

senate foreign relations today sub
poenaed ]. P. Morgan, Frank A. Van
derlip and other big New York bankers
as witnesses in the investigation of the
treaty leak"
The entire list of those su%bpoenaed
follows:
Jacob schtff, Henry P. Dawson.
Thomas Lamont. Paul Warburg, Nor
gan and Nanderlip. The committee in
structed Vanderlip to bring with him
all correspondence between Morgan &
Co., and it's Paris and London agents.
with relation to the Paris peace treaty
n the League of Nations, particularly
the letters written to Dawson while he
was abroad as head of the American
Red Cross.
The committees action closely fol-
lowed presentation by Senate Hitch
cock of a cablegram to him from Presi-
dent Wilson in which h president
seconded Hitchcock's demand for in
ye%stigation of the charges of Senators
Borah and Lodge that the text of the
treaty is in the hands of New York
persons.
Hitchcock presented the c~ablegrau1
as soon as the committee met in pub
lie session to lay plans for the leak"
investigation authorized by the Senate
last week under the Hitchcock resolu-.
ton.
Urges Thorough Probe.
The text. of the presidents message
J. follows:
'"Tumulty, White House. Washington.
d. C.
please convey the following 20 Sen
ator Hitchcock:
Il am heartily glad h a you nave
demanded an investigation with regard
to possession of the text OF the treaty
by unauthorized persons
Il have felt that it was highly I'M
desirable 20 communicate the text Of
the document whichis stillinne%gotiation
n subject to changes. Any II who
has possession of the official English
text, has what he IS clearly not entitled
to have or communicate.
II have felt in honor bound to act in
the same spirit and IN the same way
as the representatives of the other
great powers in thisN matter and am
confident that my fellow countrymen
will not expect me to break faith with
them.
II hope the investigation vii. be
most thoroughly prosecuted.
Woodrow Wilson"
Following presentatio OF the presi-
| dents cablegram Senator Eorall was
/ asked to state to the committee what
information he could give that would
be helpful in learning who has the
treaty and how they got it.
ION March G." said Borah, 81 began
an investigation TO find out what inter
est in or connection with the league of
nations the great International bank
ers CT New York had 1 learned that
all were deeply interested in the
league We're working for its adop-
ton in this country. They were assist
ing, !! found iii -l,ious ways, by con-
tiibutions. publ, speeches, interviews
ard Other methods. l became con-
v.nccd they were supporting the league,
not through any u~ltra-patriotic mo-
tives, but for private reasons.
7 do not intend TO give the source of
my Information, which carnc to me in
various ways. hut l will give the COM
mittes the results OF it. l now ask
tina: the committee subpoena the FOL
lowing men"
Borah then submitted the list later
~subpoenaed by thu Senate, excepting
Varier.ip.
would you mini adding the name
of Frank Il. VanderllO: asked senator
williams, Mississippi.
Tho COMMITTEES acquiesced IL tals
suggestion.
Continuing his statement Borah
said:
II think by questioning these gentle
men the committee will earn first that
then Interest III tho league has been
constant and active. and second that
thes.have had capiss OF the treaty Tor
tie uas: ten days.
"Thorc 81 be no difficulty about
estat,;snl.as the facts concerning their
possession CT the treaty. Ife GILL
Guilty will come in showing their inter-
est in il. But l want to lay a founda
ton for developing that
Lodge States Position.
Senator Lodge, who made the first
eiarges that The treaty was in the
hard. OF Now Torke-s, was one OF the
star witnesses at the opening session
We declined OH the ground of his sena-
,orial immunity to give names of per-
snns who has the treaty, but he salo
he would ask permission to disclose
their names.
Acting Secretary Polk, of the state
dapart1ncnta testified that he had re-
ce.yeI copies from the American peace
mission in Taris and had them locked
in the state department vault. he
could not believe that any OF those
copies were the ones referred to as
be:r:; in New York.
Senator johnson. California, tried tic
establish why, when a synopsis OF 'hs
treaty was given out. the text was
w::ta,held, but Polk said he could sfVe
INSTRUMENTATION except that an agree
men: with France ana linslahd pre-
vented publication of the .eAt. Foih
a.so was unable to say whether the
sv1.onsis represented a true 5ummar!
If .le treaty terms. He said he Toul-
ccynpare them and inform the com
tnsttee.
soon afterx.he Senate~today Senator
E.rah pot into the record n copy o!