Gunnison news-champion., 1919-09-12
1 SHOCK TO
The COUNTRY
Senator Hitchcock - Ohaz.csw.
tsss Senator Knex's Attack
On Peace Treaty.
INSANE FOREIGN POLICY
AweNdment Or Defeat Of the Treaty
Wewld De Commercial and Finan.
esal Disaster fer America, says
heorasha Senator.


washington.-(SpecIal) = Declaring
mat any amendment TO the treaty OF
peace. good or bad. reasonable or nm.
reasonable. means the defeat OF the
treaty with all its tlIxastruux rouss-
quences, Senator Hitchcock OF Nebrnx-
IA made powerful speech In the Sen.
ate today urging that the treaty be mt
'fied without delay and without amend.
ment. Referring to the recent speech
OF Scnntor McCumber, Republican OF
North Dakota. who voted against the
Shanfung amendment In the foreign
relations committee, S,pntor Hitc,,-
cock said. "He has shown that the pro-
posed amendment instead OF helping
China deprives her Of the benefit OF
promises and concessions the United
States has exacted from Japan. He
has shown that Japan is already in
possession Of the German rIghtr, rriyi-
leges and leascholds. He hns also
shown that Great Britain nntP France
are under pledge to Japan to stand by
her IN her cinim. and he has challenged
the supporters Of the proposed amend.
menf to show how China can possibly
he benefited unless when we reject
!apnn's promises we propose to. 60 to
war with her and drive her out of
Shantung for the benefit OF China.
think the senator from North Dakotn
conclusIvely demonstrated the folly of
the proposed amendment as fnr us IL
concerns China and the danger that Il
Involves to the United States.
Senator Hitchcock then explained
tho inevitable results II the Senate
should vote In favor OF the Shant,,ny
amendment or ahy other He said that
one OF two things would happcn-
either the President would refuse to go
further with the treaty. or he would
have to submit the amendment to the
nations associated with the United
States In the war Does anyone be-
lieve," asked the senator, that the 9th.
er nations would accept the Shantung
amendment He pointed out TINT
Great Britain has already ratified the
treaty and Is under pledge to japan
with reference to Shantung: that
France is soon to ratify the treaty and
Is under the same pledge to Japan.
Does nny one suppose that Japan
herself would submit to such u humili-
alton before the eyes OF the world?"
asked Hitchcock. "The answer is sim
ple," he asserted. ave would find our.
selves out In the cold, isolated from the
rest Of the world. What then Will the
United States do? What will those
American statesmen propose who
stand for this method of killing the
treaty? Some of them will say that
Congress can pass joint resolution
declaring u state Of peace with Ger
many. Others say the United States
can negotiate separate and independ-
ent treaty Of peace with Germany.
Those who talk this way evidently
have no conception Of the enormous
benefits and advantages which the
United States derives from this treaty,
which we wrung from Germany ut the
cagn0n's mouth. Neither have they
any conception OF the difficulties In.
volyed In negotiating new treaty with
Germany to establish the terms Of
peace and settle the controversies Of
the war.
ITO my mind 1t would be suicidal
for the United States to throw away
the advantages and benefits provided
In this treaty. 1t would be disastrous
commercially and financially. 1t would
put US nj an enormous disadvantage in
our International relations not only
with Germany but with those nations
which we would thus desert. They
would remaIn bound together by ties
of mutual interest. They would enjoy
the benefits of the treaty and would
not be slow to take every advantage OF
them. They would resent our deser-
tion.
Up TO this point, have discussed
the possible defent Of the treaty by
means Of proposed amendments to It.
That Is the real program and hope OF
the majority Of the committee on for,
eign relations. 1t is for that purpose
that the trenty has been locked up in
cold storage for 80 many weeks The
enemies Of the League Of Nations in
the Senate are not many compared to
its friends, but they control the com.
mittee. They have felt Justified In re-
tanning the treaty In the committee,
Holding useless hearings and making
killing amendments with the full
knowledge that amendments would
beat the treaty Just as effectively a.
refusal to ratify.
"a few, a very few. senators have
declared that they would vote against
the treaty because Of the League Of
Nations, but II has remained for the
senator from Pennsylvania (Air. Knox
- declare boldly against our participa-
'ohsin the treaty settlement.
TO say that he has amazed the
country q to put It mildly-he has
shocked the country.
sStrnngely enough, after months OF
time and q number Of speeches In
which his attack on the treaty has
beef, IN aecou1ft az Article 4. which