The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-07-23
THREE REPUBLICANS
CALLED YESTERDAY
Straightforward Effort Being
Made to Lay Facts Before
Congress

can members whom he purposes to
take. into his confidence.
Afterward one of his callers. Sena-
tor Colt of Rhode Island, said Mr..
Wilson had been able to place the
S71antung settlement in new light
and had clarified other disputed points
insthe. treaty. Senator McCumber OF
North Dakota and Senator Nelson of
Minnesota, the other senator's who
saw the. president, were reticent as TO
the subjects discussed but said the
president had given much interesting
information.
Senator Colt who announced his
general approval of the league in a
senate speech delivered shortly before
he went to the White House indicat-
ed after the conference that his
doubt over certain portions Of the
league covenant had not been remov-
ed. He said he was not ready to ex-
press an opinion regarding Shantung
and intimated that the president
might make a, public statement soon
on the subject.
!. Senator McCumber is the only Re-
publican member Of the foreign rela-
tons committee who has favored
the league and it is understood Mr..
Wilson talked over with him commit
tee action on the treaty and the gen
efakesituation on the Republican side
ef.tlae senate. Senator Nelson never
has made a public declaration for or
against the treaty. 70 all of his call
era the president is said to have reit-
Grated his opposition to reservations
ef:any character in senate ratification
o. fthe treaty.
3 The president tomorrow will con-
tinue. his talks with senators inclined
to be friendly toward the treaty pro-
Visions. though it is expected that Ia
ter he will seek a. conference with
ssetually every Republican senator in
clndiag those who have most bitterly
opposed Publications. Senator's Kel-
loggs Minnesota, and Kenyon. Iowa,
bah pf whom have kept open minds
pnFsfhe treaty have been invited to
call. On. the president tomorrow
al0raing and Senator McNary, Ore
gon, a league supporter, and Capper,
Kansas. who has taken no definite
Staad, IN the afternoon.
= .Ehe position of the foreign rela-
tiens. committee with regard to meet
ing the president as a body was eS-
planned in. a statement tonight by
chairman Lodge. who said no con
geessiona1 committee has any right or
should have any right to summon q
president before it and that Mr.. WI
SCH had not asked to appear. Ee
made no prediction whether the com
mittee would accept later the pres
dents offer to receive iteatt~tke White
House, bat sssoi!ted osat-16 far commit
tee consideration Of the treaty is in
its preliminary stages.
While the president was holding his
White House conference the senate
debated the Shantung settlement and
tie league and adopted without a
record vote, resolution by Senator
Rorah, asking for information rela
tive to the Shantung negotiations.
Specifically, the measure which was
not debated, asks the president for
any information as to whether the
Chinese delegates were "in-timida.ed"
by: the. japanese and requests q copy
OF letter said d>have been written on
behalf of General Bliss, Secretary
Lansing and Henry White protesting
against the Shantung settlement.
In; his address announcing accept
ance of the league principles Senator
Ctot declared the covenant would not
ton nor create a, super government as
asserted that 'if it is unthinkable for
US to- desert England, France and
Italy when the world is in chaos. then
we must become member of the
league as providing the only machin-
cry for the restoration Of peace and
order"
. He withheld judgment. however. as
to the Monroe doctrine and other fea-
lures.
Senator Sherman, Republican. Il!i-
nois. attacking the Shantung provis-
ion asr step towards the "dismemher-
nsent of China and the environment
-of an. asiafc kaiser" at Tokyo de-
ciared Japan never intended to give
UP the peninsula passing to her con-
troll under the peace treaty. He char
,dcterlZed the ieasue OIL nationS as tne
colossal confidnce game OF the
ages.
= a referendum to determine the state
of popular sentiment on the league
was proposed by Senator Borah, who
charged that information Of public
opinion abroad had been distorted. He
read editorials from four European
publications to support his claims
that the people of Europe were gen
orally opposed to the league. adding
that "the purveyors Of news do not
carry on this information Senator
Borah called on supporters of the
leAgue today to aid in obtaining al
referendum.
During the day it developed that
some administration senator's were
ufging steps to ascertain whether GER
tain reservations proposed by the op-
position might be acceptable to the
other, governments signatory to the
stsaty. It was suggested that much
discussion might be saved in the SEN
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