The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-09-13
Says Secretary of State Pre-
dfcted Defeat if Really
Understood.
CLAUSES ARE UNJUST
France and Britain Seal
Gains Through Unanimous
Consent Feature.
BRINGS ORIGINAL DRAFTS
Presidents Copy and Also
That of Lord Robert Cecil
Put Into Record.
BRINGS ORIGINAL DRAFTS
Special Despdfch to TIE Sun.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 12.-The first
graphic view of the Paris treaty max
Ing proceedings by a man who saw
them from the inside was presented
to the Senate Foreign Relations Com
mlttee to-day.
During the three hour hearing,
which was replete with sensational In
side disclosures, William G. Bullitt
Of Philadelphia illuminated his tes-
tmony with a small avalanche Of
documents, many of them never be-
fore given the light of publicity.
There were confidential originals In
the handwriting of the President and
Of David Lloyd Georges secretary.
having to do with the most secret
dealings of the conference.
Among the revelations were2Aa1zA.-,5
The original drafts of the League
OF Nations by President Wilson and
Lord Robert Cecil.
The comments of Messrs. Miller
and Auchincloss, international law
yers, Of the American delegation, on
the Presidents draft, in which they
agreed that 1t destroyed the Mon
roe Doctrine, and that the Presi-
dents original of Article X. should
be rejected and a very mild one
substituted for 1t.
The fact that the Bullitt-Stenens
mission to Petrograd produced an
agreement with the Bolshevik lead
ers for settlement of the Russian
situation which was substantially
on the basis of terms proposed by
the British Premier's secretary.
That when these terms were
brought back to Paris, instead or
being accepted, President Wilson
would not even see Mr.. Bullitt and
discuss them, pleading that he was
entirely engaged on Germany and
had no time for consideration of
Russia; also that he had a head
sche.
That Secretary of State Lansing
Nbiu tiiaN iAO bSAAN 49,
that If the Senate only understood
what this treaty means and the
Americans would really understand
II 1t unquestionably would be de-
feated."
That Secretary Lansing declared
the treaty in many parts thor
oughly bad, the League Of Nations
at present entirely useless" and
stated that ''the great Powers have
simply gone ahead and arranged
the world to suit themselves. Eng
land and France have got every
thing they want and the league
can do nothing to alter the unjust
clauses except by unanimous con-
sent, and the great Powers will
never consent TO changes in the in
terests Of weaker peoples"
That the American mission gen.
orally was strongly opposed to the
treaty
That the management of every
thing was In the hands of Col
House, who issued instructions and
received reports.
That the entire Peace Conference
was long succession of the most
cynical bargains and deals wherein
the President yielded everything TO
the other nations because his sole
concern was to get the League Of
nations created as he wanted 1t.
Ar. Bullltt was a sort of point of con-
uct or clearing centre for information
among all the commissions, commit
'ees ana divisions working in Paris and
PROBABLY had better Information of all
.he multifold doings than any other man
mere After his mission TO Petrograd
nad produced no results he resigned in
reep disgust, writing a letter to the
PRESIDENT that expressed his feelings In
.ne most pointed fashion. He had
Ha'elled extensively in Europe before
we were In the war and later became a
oehrsl Europe expert In the State De-
ps1unent. He went to Paris for the
eee c Conference on the first trip OF the
george washington. n Feh--a-y he
was sent TO Russia. In Paris he was
.ahed chief of the current intelligence
section Of the mission. He had a daily
conference .inns with each of the Commits
Cecil Draft OF League.
Asked by Senator Knox (Pa.) about
pans Tor the League of Nations. Mr..
pulntt said he discussed them with Col.
mouse and the PrAaidant auA ..v~A...nS