The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1919-06-19
NEWS REVIEW OF
CURRENT EVENTS
Senate Has a Joyous Week With
Peace Treaty, Getting Best
of Mr.. Wilson.
OBTAINS COPY OF Thu. PACT
Knox Starts Fight to Divorce II From
League OF Nations Covenant
Huns Given Five Days to Sign
Austria Going BoIsheVik.
BY EDWARD w. PIcKARD.


The United States senate had gala
week. 1t put one over" on President
Wilson by obtaining a copy of the
peace treaty for which 1t had vainly
asked the chief executive it investi-
gated a so-caled leak of the treaty
to the uyowed satisfaction of the diff
ferent factions; and 1t started pro-
Ceedings designed to force the separa-
ton Of the league of nations covenant
from the peace pact So u lovely time
was had by all.
When u correspondent Of Chicago
paper handed his copy of the treaty,
which he had just brought from Eu-
rope, to the foreign relations commit
tee Senator Borah promptly present
ed 1t TO the senate with the statement
that copies were In general circula-
ton in European countries and the
request that 1t be printed In the Con
.gressional Record as a senate docu-
ment Unanimous consent being re
fused, the printing was ordered by a
NOtt VI - ~ ~ illIlt flloufbl Il llNf-
ly debate in which Senator Hitchcock,
minority leader, accused the majority
of playing Cermany's game by making
the treaty public since up TO then
the German government was the only
one that had taken such action and
that It did 1t for the purpose Of get
ting better terms. Norris, Smith
Brandegee, Ashurst, PoindeXter and
Others made indignant rejoinder. 1t
was a pretty scrap while 1t lasted,
but the administration supporters
were beaten to standstill and the
government printers were put to work
on the Job. by the next morning
every congressman was in possession
of copy of the treaty MS It stood
when II was handed to the Germans,
The satisfaction Of the majority
may have been lessencd by the adj
mltted fact that they learned little
from the full copy which the official
summary had not already told them.
in view Of this and of the undenied
IufL llluA fOIlltN vi AAif AlFuNJ AAaA -
been plentiful in Europe for some
weeks, II Is hard TO see in what way
the possession Of the document by
congress viii hamper the work Of the
peace conference or why President
Wilson was so insistent on keeping
81 from America. The London press,
commenting or the affair, lamented
that parliament also had not Insisted
on having the full text Of the treaty.
The foreign relat ons committee
investigation Of the alleged leak" OF
the treaty text into the hands Of finan-
ciers OF New York was interesting
but brief Elhu Root appeared vol
UNFAIRLY and said he showed 10 Sena-
tor Lodge the copy the latter had eX-
amined. IL was given him by Henry
p Dawson Of Morgan & Co. Mr.
Dawson testified that It was given to
him by Thomas W. Lamont, also q
Morgan partner now representing the
treasury in Paris, and that he OBJ
tained 1t because he, as chairman OF
the International Red Cross league
was especially interested In the finan
cial terms, and also because, as M
international banker, he was deepl!
concerned In probable plans to mobll
lie the financial and Industrial inter
ests Of this country to put Europe OF
its feet again. ]. Y. Morgan ant
Frank yanderlip said they never hat
seen copies OF the document.
Mr.. Root was questioned at lengtl
concerning the ethics Of the affair
from his point Of view. lie resente'
the idea that he was IN possession o
"stolen property" and said he though
Mr.. Dawson was entitled TO have tn