Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1919-09-16
WORK ON PEACE
PACT DELAYED
FOR ONE WEEK
Prospects Are for First Attacks
from Reed and
Sherman.
JONES AND OVERMAN
URGE RATIFICATION
McCumber Files an Individual Re-
port on Treaty and League
Galleries Disappointed as
Attacks Are Delayed.

Washington, Sept 15.-The Ger
man peace treaty with its league of
| nations covenant, was called up today
i in the senate, but plans of the senate
and individual senators were consid-
cred as precluding any actual work
on the pact until next week.
While the treaty was put before
the senate to be considered in open
session continually until ratified or
rejected, there apparently was no
disposition to speed it along until
after the interruption of business by
the Pershing ceremonies Wednesday
and Thursday. Senator Sherman,
republican of Illinois, will take up
most of the time of the session to-
morrow, with an attack on the league
covenant, and Senator Reed, demo-
crat of Missouri, who has been speak
ing in the west against it, will speak
Friday.
How much time the senate would
take in considering this amendment,
members today declined to say. 1t
was suggested that Senator johnson
who is on speaking tour, might
return in time to take personal charge
of the fight to equalize the voting
clause.
After Chairman Lodge had formal
ly called up the treaty today he pre-
scented a printed text of the treaty
with Austria, supplied him by a
Chicago newspaper, and obtained un-
animous consent to have it read, word
e. I%oI of
Nebraska, who, as ranking democrat
ic member of the committee, will
conduct the administration fight for
ratification, made vigorous objection
to this procedure, declaring it "a
mere squandering Of time
To have that treaty read, with a
dozen senators listening would be fly
ing in the face of public demand for
speed, Senator Hitchcock said, in APP
pealing to Senator Lodge to have the
document printed and let it go at
that. This Senator Lodge agreed to
do, saying he was prepared to ask
leave to print the treaty before Sena-
tor Hitchcock had spoken, realizing
that it would require more than day
to finish the reading.
There were two speeches today for
ratification, by Senator Jones of New
Mexico, and Senator Overman of
North Carolina, both democrats.
Senator McCumber of North
Dakota, republican member of the
foreign relations committee, who re-
fused to sign the majority report
against the treaty, filed an individual
report, opposing all amendments and
urging modification of drastic reser-
vations.
When the senate begins real work
on the treaty, it will be taken up ev-
cry day at 2 o'clock. Its considera-
ton cannot be set aside to take up
other legislatio nexcept by majority
vote. Senator's, however, were
agreed today that no attempt would
be made to delay it, because Of the
general desire to dispose of it finally
without any waste of time. How soon
this may be is question of wide
divergence of opinion, some members
expressing belief that the treaty
would be daily topic of discussion
until some time in November.
The galleries were crowded when
Senator Lodge called up the German
treaty but the proceeding was so
lacking in ceremony that few of the
spectators doubtless realized what
was happening.
Rejection of all proposed amend
p1ents to the German peace treaty
and modification of the recommend
ed "strong" reservations was urged
in an individual minority report
filed with the senate today by Sena-
tor McCumber, republican, North
Dakota, next in rank on the foreign
relations committee to Senator
Lodge. Senator McCumber did not
join in the recent republican ma
jority report and voted with the
democrats on amendments and sew
eral reservations.
Attacking the majority report of
Chairman Lodge, Senator McCum-
Der denounced most of the majority
amendments as selfish, immoral
and dishonorable" and charged that
they seek to isolate the United
States from the rest Of the world
and abandon our allies"
ITO the substance of some of the
proposed reservations" Senator Nc
Cumber's report declared, "there can
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