New-York tribune., 1919-07-27

tention Of giving the committee the
protest. against the Shantung settle
h1snt, reported to have been made by
Secretary lansing, Horny White and
General Blhss, thress OF the Ave Amer
loan pasaca commissioners.
Tho tull saxt Il the Presidents lettet
to Mr. Lodge fhIlows::
I'm response to your letter OF
July %, requesting mo, on behalf
Of the Committseo on Foreign Re-
latinns to send to TIE, committee the
agreement rcfeaasaa to in Article
237 OF the treaty with Germany, in
thu event that such an agreement
has been determined upon by the
Allied and associated governments,
! would say that so far as / know
snch an agreement has not yet been
reached. AS l recollcct the business,
an attempt was being made to reach
snch an agreement, but / have not
yet learned of an agreement having
been arrived NJ yet.
MAY ! add, with regard to the
other request which l have received
from the committee for papers and
information Of various sorts, that
! was not able to bring from Paris
with me only those which happened
France These alone constitute a
considerable mass of papers, and |
have been going over them as rapidly
as time and my engagements permit
ted, and must beg the committees
indulgence for the delay in inform
ing them which l can supply them
with"
How Article 237 Reads
Article 237 OF tn. treaty, to which
the President referred in his letter to
Mr.. Lodge, reads:
"The successive instalments, in
cluding the above sum l20o00,o ,o00,-
900 marks gold $4,000 900, ,ooO), paid
over by Germany in satisfaction of
the above claims VIII be divided by
the Allied and associated govern
ments in proportions which have
been determined upon by them in ad-
vance on basis OF general equity
and of the rights OF each
For the purposes o. this division
the value of property transferred
and services rendered under Articls
243 (credits to Germany, and under
Annexes III (shipping), " (restora-
tion of invaded areas, Y (coal), y!
(dyestufs) and VII (submarlne
cables, shall be reckoned in the
same manner as payments effected
in that year"
Senators to-day we're interested in
the ARTICLE X" of the American draft,
as printed in The Independent" this
week in an editorial by Hamilton Holt
The editorial follows:
"This article ARTICLE X) is purely
American in origin and is taken al
most word for word from the first
part OF Article III Of the original
American draft for league of na-
tions brought over by our delegation
to Paris. This article reads as fol-
lows
"'The contracting powers unite in
guaranteeing to each otner political
independence and territorial integ-
rity against external aggression; but
it is understood between them that
such territorial readjustme if
any, as may in the future become
necessary by reason of changes in
present racial conditions and aspira-
tions or presen. social and political
relationships, pursuant to the prin-
ciple of self-determination, and also
such territorial readjustments as
nav in the judgment OF three fourths
Of the delegates be demanded by the
welfare and manifest interest of the
people concerned, may be effected II
agreeable to those peoples and to the
states from which the territory is
scnarated or to which it is added,
and that territorial changes may in
equity involve material compensa-
tion. The contracting powers accept
without reservation tfe principle
that the peace of the world is su-
perior in importance to every Ques-
ton of political jurisdiction or
boundary"