Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-06-12
MORGAN PARTNERS
HAD TREATY COPY
Henry P. Dawson Secured Docu-
ment in Paris to Ascertain
Status of Red Cross.
WAS GIVEN HIM BY LAMONT
Senate Probe at Standstill, Show
ing No Serious Leak in Diplo-
matte Channels.
WAS GIVEN HIM BY LAMONT
IRy As,ociat.d Pres,

NASHlNGTON. June l1.-How the
peace treaty reached private hands in
New York. and thus stirred up A SEN
Sation IN the senate. was established d
'odaE al two-hour hearing before
the Foreign Relations Committee
Senator Lodge revealed that the
copy he saw vas shown him BY Eiihu
noot a former Secretary of State. Mr..
100, toid the committee he got 1t from
Morgan banking firm, and head Of the
american Red Cross. and MIR DAWSON
naris by Thomas w. Lamont another
Morgan partner attached to the Amcri.
can peace commission
}. r. Morgan and Frank A. Nander-
iip' retiring preside mt OF the National
Ciiy Bank. also before the COMMITTEES.
ssIg Wi,h thneH never had seen copy
without setting date 10 continue ,be
niedSrinS: sidss n; and and With members on both
pri"ate!y that the investigation an
parcntly vas over.
Never Used In Financial Way.
Mr. Dawson said nc secured tho conv
20, 20 Saear up the status OF the Red cross
unIer the league OF nations. and never
thad used II In a financial way. lie
ma hhaa snown y TO no one. except Mr.. Root.
because he knew the former secretarw
Mas being consulted by the Americai, !,
mere was nothing improper in the
way the treaty reached him. and thar
RI w vas sonId ire to use it as he. chose
ne .oid the committee. because the
German nnr,Ia government had made it il
Under questioning. Mr.. Roo, who IN,
pcared IN the inquiry voluntarily. went
OF 70 say that while the Senate was
stter i,nin ,ba as lights IN asking, for a copy
man. PRESIDENT Wilson also was
within vi his rights in Withholding it II
,,,rs II me witnesses said they had heard
hn, hun9rS 5iS or other copies in New York.
put pIR did not know whether they existed.
grams TO the committee by Jaroh II
Snchin, OF Kuhn. Loeb & Co. ana PAN
w ar arours: ns formerly partner in the
Inquiry ut stand.tiu.
Tonight the inquiry. orderad by
senate senate last week. seemed to have
had any fnr,heT sihandssil SiIn. because no one
Senators Lodge and Borah. who 6si.
me me irevelations which started the in.
tSsirs sadion. II, said they considered all
oi @ ssaa'eu su,hdr hitcseofK af s.:
inquiry apparently had lapsed wf, hne eme
nmoWinE Tna,;,I any dangerous leak in dipioe
Senator Rorah ouestio5 ,,
son son a, length TO support his decjsrs ,Iav,
non IN the Senate that the treat, ,,rS Ira :, ,
,n III, ne hands OF certain jnteres,s:
wihich we're peculiarly interested" IS
n -; ni;ned nShed directly whether he had y
me me witness replied thai he inen,. certaini,:
knon.,ansn ne never had used his
way. !" any nnanclal
Secure Other Facts.
MT: Morsan and Mr. Vanderjin w.
not , examined at length regardippr "ebe ere
cen,iy put, eut from the latter. who re-.
sjhlo,ee ahnm, got considerable informatpi,no,n p,o,
tr;ou GGonaitlons in European com
sr'eS c.sS. Both were questioned a,so un an :
sationss saiin,ns the IN present status Of inter
n,as ms telegram Mr.. Warhure no
presSed he so1,;, Willingness to testify shouid
ably will be called If ths mo me; ne prob
cased Because Mr 8. sehinf II h.d hasked to *
syasr was Wiling TO send an affidavi1s ne ne
ing any question.
on;ni lamont still is abroad .,d
be'noo9 be- a,i, seemed to be that little wom1d @hd
tes,ifS' fS'ned by bringing him here i, 20