Bisbee daily review., 1919-07-10
WILSON WILL APPEAR BEFORE
 CON GRESS TO
 EXPLAIN TREATY

WASHINGTON. July 9-President Will son will present the peace treaty and the League of Nations covenant to the sen 1 ate tomorrow
 The president will deliver a lengthy ad- dress in which he is expected to outline the details of the negotiations recently concluded in Paris and tell why he feels | that the United States should endorse l the League of Nations covenant. His ad- dress promises to mark the opening of I one Of the bitterest fights ever waged in the senate over ratification of a treaty. It was announced at the White House today that the president would place himself unreservedly at the disposal of the senate in it's consideration of the treaty. He was represented as being "anxious'' to appear before any commit | tee of the senate or of the house. or both, in open or executive session to answer any questions that members might desire to ask with regard to the treaty and the league covenant.
 There is little likelihood that the com mittee will begin work on the treaty be- fore Monday, although it will receive the document as soon as 1t is submitted by the president. There are many maps att tached. and it is not expected that copies for the committee members can be made at the government printing office before the end of the week.
 The senate plans to adjourn until Mon day as soon as it has heard the presi- dents address and has referred the treaty to committee and ordered it print ed Several senators will be ready to speak on the subject the first of the week, however and the debate is expect ed to be virtually continuous until the ratification vote is taken. perhaps many weeks hence.
 Although there has been little discus sion regarding the new treaty with France, by which the nation would be promised American aid in case of an un- provoked attack by Germany. the general expectation is that it also will be pre- sented by the president tomorrow and will take the same course as the treaty with Germany.
 The president will not leave for the capitol before noon. He is to speak Is minutes later.
 The house will not be in session while the president is speaking, having agreed today to meet at p. m., so members can be in the senate to hear the chief executive.
 While members of the senate foreign 1 relations committee declined to predict whether the president would be invited before the committee. there was gen. eral feeling that should he make known directly desire to appear. he would be given the opportunity. The usual pro- cedure would be for the committee to ask for the diplomatic correspondence leading up to the treaty. and since most of the Versailles negotiations were conducted orally some senators believe the alter | nate course would be to question the principal delegates.
 Opposing this view. however. If the l feeling of some committee members that 1t would be too wide a departure from precedent to invite a president before any committee of congress. It has been point ! ed out that the chief executive consti- | tutes in himself a coordinate branch of the government and as such never has dealt directly with such subordinate | body as a senate committee.
 Should the president go before the com nittee, there are indications the sessionS | will be open. Some members are known to be determinedly opposed to any sec recy in senate consideration of the | treaty, and in this stand they expect the l cooperation of the president and his supporters on the committee. The effect may be to throw into the open the entire | committee consideration of the treaty as we'll as the debate in the senate chamber. It is considered more than likely. how l ever, that at least some of the committee discussions will be in executive ses- sions.
 A vigorous questioning undoubtedly will await the president should he ap- pear before the committee. Among the members sare some of the most bitter | critics of the League of Nations. includ- ing Chairman Lodge and Senators Borah | of Idaho Johnson of California, and Fall of New Mexico. all Republicans.
 The presidents first day at the White | House since he returned from France | was long and busy one. After sleep | ing late he went to his desk soon after o'clock and remained almost uninterrupt- | edly at work Bills carrying with them appropriations of more than two billion | dollars were before him. but he appar- ently was unable to find time to consider | them.
 The president still was working in his study late tonight and was said to be | literally elbow deep in papers.
 So busy was the president that not a single caller was received. A number of | senators visited the White House and talked with Secretary Tumulty So far | as could be ascertained the president did | not communicate in any way with mem- bers of the foreign relations committee.