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SENATE CHANGES
SECTION GIVING
JAPAN SHANTUNC
Word China" Substituted in
Treaty Instead by 9 to 3
Vote.
ALL DEMOCRATS ARE
AGAINST ALTERATION
Pact Between United States and Po-
land is Requested of the
President on Lodges
Motion.

Washington, Aug. 23.-By a vote
of 9 to the senate foreign relations
committee to adopted an amendment
to the peace treaty by which German
rights In Shantung province. China,
would go to China instead of Japan.
All the democratic members and
Senator McCumber, republican of
North Dakota, voted against the
amendment.
Chairman Lodge offered the
amendment under which the word
Japan" would be stricken from the
Shantung sections of the treaty and
the word "China" substituted
The committee also instructed
Chairman Lodge to request President
Wilson to send the senate the treaty
between the United States and Poland
signed June % at Versailles and such
information as he has regarding the
treaties nov under negotiation with
Austria. Bulgaria and Turkey, with
out taking up any other proposed
amendments to the treaty with Ger
manv. The committee adjourned un-
til Monday
Senators Hitchcock. Nebraska
Shields, Tennessee and Pittmann,
Nevada democrats, were not present
but their votes were recorded in the
negative on the Shantung amend
ment
The action was taken without ex
tended debate shortly after the COM
mlttee bePa nits work on amendments
under plan to report the treaty to
the senate if possible within the newt
week
The Shantung amendment is ex-
pected by leaders on both sides to
develop greater strength than any
other on the senate floor. democratic
leaders say they have the votes to
defeat it. but the republicans predict
that it will be adopted.
To Hear Races.
After the meeting Chairman oLdge
said he did not know to what ex-
tent the request for more informa-
tion might interfere with the plans
OF leaders for quick action on the
Versailles treaty and declined to
predict when the committee would be
able to report to the senate. He
said that while there was move
ment in the committee for report
next week. he had never expressed
any opinion as to whether action
then would be possible.
The committee. the chairman said,
was making every effort to reach a
report as soon as practicable. but
had been hammered because it had
been compelled to get information
here and there which should have
been in it's hanrs officially weeks
ago. Besides the Polish treaty and
the information about the others
under negotiation. the committee
voted to ask for comics of the proto-
col regarding the Rhine occupation
signed by the big five powers and
GERMANY on June 16 These things
the chairman said. he considered
"absolutelv esential." to intelligent
discussion Of the treaty provisions.
The for the additional information
was made after the point had been
discussed at some length hv Sentor
Williams. democrat Of Mississippi.
ard is said to have been agreed to
without objection.
REQUESTS for hearing of repres-
entatives Of the Hunparian- American
and of the African race were grant
ed. but no dates set for them to
annear The committee took under
advisement request from British
subjects in Scotland that they be
permitted to nresent their claims for
elf-determination.