The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1919-09-19
LANSING. OPPOSED
TO PEACE TREATY
Senate Committee Informed
That Lansing And Others
Condemned Pact


. ciated Press dispatch from Water
town, ~ Y, tonight said Secretary
Lansing absolutely declined to
: make any statement on the asser-
tions of william G. Bullitt, form
er member of the American peace
4. commission, before the foreign re-
Stations committee today, that Ian
sing, Henry White and General
Bliss. members of the commission,
told him they disapproved of the
peace treaty and league covenant.
The witness quoted Lansing as
opposed TO the award of Shantung
to Japan and considered the league
thoroughly bad and that the league
would pay little attention to small
nations of the world, arranged ac-
cording to the desires OF the big
nations at the peace conference.
The witness alleged he got his
information from Lansing in Paris,
who told him ''if the American senate
and people knew what the treaty
mount ~ NOuib Dt u'lthN'bs
Experts Testimony.
Washington. Sept. 12.-William c.
Bullitt, OF Philadelphia, formerly at
tached to the American Peace Mis-
sion, testified before the senate
foreign relations committee today
that Secretary Lansing told him in
Paris last May that II the senate and
the American people knew what the
treaty meant il would be defeated"
II was near the close of an ex-
tended examination during which
Bullitt explained that he had been
sent to Russia to investigate condi-
tions but had later resigned
the mission because he was out of
sympathy with the treaty and the
league covenant, that he was asked by
Senator Lodge how the American
delegates stood.
Secretary Lansing. Henry White
and Gen. Bliss all expressed vigor-
Gus opinions regarding the treaty,
he said. Senator Lodge asked If the
delegates were enthusiastic.
81 regret to say they were not, ="
said Bullitt
1t was no secret in Paris, he de-
clared. that Lansing, White and Bliss
objected vigorously to numerous pro-
visions of the treaty.
When Senator Lodge said he
,hnught tho cacratarv'S onininn On
Shantung was known Bullitt added:
II think Secretary Lansing was not
at all enthusiastic about the League
of Nations"
"Mr. Lansing told me the day /
resigned" the witness said. that
he was opposed to that part of the
league covenant relating to man
date Tor Armenia. He said he con-
sidered the. Shantung award and
the League of Nations bad-that tho
league would be entirely useless; that
the nations had arranged the world
TO suit themselves, and that England
and France got what. they wanted.
After saying he believed the sem
\ ate would defeat the treaty If IL re-
allied its meaning, Mr.. Lansing ex-
pressed the opinion that Senator
Knox really would understand the
treaty, that Mr.. Lodge would, but
that Mr.. Lodges position would be-
come purely political"
The committee senators burst into
a round of laughter and Bullitt said
he begged to be excused from reading
any more from the memorandum OF
his conversations.
Presidents Proposal.
Washington, Sept. 12.-President
Wilson's original proposition on the
League of Nations. written by his
own typewriter, was filed with the
senate foreign relations committee to-
day by William C. Bullitt. of Philadel-
phia, formerly attached TO the Ameri-
can peace mission at Paris. The copy
was presented to Bullitt by Col. f. NJ.
House and bore the inscription by the
letter. "In appreciation of your help
in the hour of need"
In. answer to question by Sen
ator Knox, Mr.. Bullitt said, that in
its final form the only proposal by the
president that remained intact was
!. Article 10.
Senator Knox wanted TO know II
there was not a feeling of dissatis-
faction at Paris at the way In which
the American delegations work was
handled.
There was little contact between
ene top of the delegation and the
experts" Bullitt replied.
Dullitt said he was sent to Rus