Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1919-08-12
RUSSIA GETS PART
OF WAR INDEMNITY.
Only Condition Is Restoration of
Stable Government.
SAYS PAPERS HELD BACK
Senator Lodge In Another Attack on
President Says Demand Made on
White House for Document
After Document

Washington, Aug. 6.-Norman Davis,
one of the financial advisers to the
American peace delegation, told the
senate foreign relations committee that
he regarded it is likely that Russia
would participate in the indemnity to
be paid by Germany in the event that
it organized a stable government.
Russia made a tremendous contribu-
tior toward winning the war;" Mr.. Da-
Wis said, land it was the general feel
ing that the door should not be closed
completely to her in the event a stable
government was organized"
Mr.. Davis testified that the real rea-
sons why the peace conference set no
definite reparation total for Germany
to pay were largely political"
Victors Are overexpectant.
Asked what he meant by political
reasons, Mr.. Davis said:
1.-THE people of Europe are still suf-
fering from shell shock. They have
been carrying tremendous burdens.
They have been led to believe that they
will receive more than Germany's bill
would amount to-"
The witness thought it would take
about two years to reach a final agree
ment as to Germany's total bill.
at was largely question" he
said, "of how much the powers could
afford to have Germany pay. To i'm
crease her resources she must curtail
imports and enlarge her exports. Great
Britain and France would become a
dumping ground for her exported prod
ucts.
eff it was decided Germany should
pay $4,000, 100000 I think by the time
she had paid $10,000000,000 or $751;
O00O00,OO0 those governments would
be squealing to have her quit"
Mr.. Davis said the American dele
gates had fixed definite amount they
thought Germany should pay, but he
doubted the ACCESSIBILITY of saying pub
licly what that total was, as the mat
ter must be a subject of future negoti-
atoms. He agreed to tell the commit
tee later in confidence.
In it's hearings on economic sections
of the Versailles treaty, the senate for
eign relations committee got into
sharp argument over the League of Ma
tons, during which Chairman Lodge
declared repeated attempts to secure
information on the league from Presi-
dent Wilson had been unavailing.
Lodge Attacks the President.
1.-THE president said Senator Lodge,
''has never offered to come before this
committee. He only sent a telephone
message saying he would be glad to
have the committee to come to the
White House We have called for pa
per after paper and he has not sent
one"
Senator Fall (Rep) of New Mexi-
co remarked that the committee did
see the president at the White House
on his first return from France, but
had failed to secure from him any i'm
portant information. Democratic men,
bers of the committee replied and the
argument became so sharp that the
chairman had to rap for order.
The clash interrupted the testimony
of Norman Davis, an economic adviser
to the Versailles conference, regarding
the reparation clauses of the treaty
and was accepted by some senators as
forecast of what is to be expected
when Secretary Lansing appears be-
fore the committee.
Asserting the history of Germany
and Japan in Shantung had been lone
wrong heaped upon another" Senator
Watson (Rep.) Of Indiana asked the
senate to reject that provision OF the
Versailles treaty.