Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-07-25
WILSON ASKED To
LAY French PACT
before SENATE TOO
President Taft Addresses.
Letters to Democratic as.
Well as Republican Sena-
tors on ResEatlons

WASHINGTON, July "a. -Fresl-
dent Wilson is respectfully re-
questedyMif not incompatible with
Franco-American treaty before the
senate, in a resolution offered today
by Senator Lodge, Massachusetts,.
Objection by Senator Robinson,
Democrat, prevented immediate con-
sidera ton.
The Lodge resolution pointed out
that the treaty, has been, laid be-
fore the French chamber of depu-
ties, been printed in newspapers in
the United. States and that article
four provided that it should be pre-
scented to the senate along with the
German treaty.
Republican senators today at
tackled President Wilson on the floor
of the senate with the charge that
he is Withholding information from
the senate and is at the same time.
through conferences with individual
the jury"
The outbreak was started by SEN
ator Brandegee, Connecticut, who
read an article pointing out that
senate the special treaty of defense
with France at the same time he
presented the peace treaty is a vio-
lation of article four of the French
treaty. Article four specifically pro-
vides that the special treaty shall
be submitted to the American sem
ate at the same time as the treaty
! of Versailles. ''5, -
1--WE who are bound by the treaty,
| have not been given its terms vet
| though we are to be the pack horse
| that will carry the, burden" he
| said.
I'VE have passed several resolu-
tons asking for information regard
| ing the peace treaty. Not one of
these requests has been answered..
Yet the president says he is willing
| to give us information and. at the
same time, he calls individual SEN
ators and tries to influence them. If
| he has anything more to say, he
ought to come before the senate,
or at least before the foreign rela-
Tried to Get Copy
1--WE, have tried to get copy of
| the American plan for a League
| of Nations. We haven't been able
to get that. No attention whatever
has been paid to any request of the
| senate for information"
Senator Lodge. reading from the
| Paris Figaro, said he had not been
able to believe that article four was
| in the French treaty until he saw
It in the French paper. He read
sena e must get both treaties at the
| same time. p
There may be some good reason
for not complying with article
four" said he, "but If. so. we have
not been informed Of it,
Senator Hitchcock, replying to
Senators Brandegee and Lodge, re-
| sented what he called "a settled pur-
pose to criticize and discredit the
| president on every possible occa-
! sion"
Former President Taft, who has
| written several Republican senators
| and leaders suggesting reservations. to
| the peace treaty which might be
acceptable. to both sides. has opened
correspondence on the subject with
prominent Democratic senators. Sen.
| ator Hitchcock, of Nebraska, one of
| the leading spokesman for the all
ministration In the senate fight. re-
ceived q letter today from Mr.. Taft.
The former presidents commune
cation to the Nebraska senator was
It made public, but 1t was under
stood to be of the same general
| tenor as those sent to the Republi-
cans--suggestions for agreement
| upon treaty reservations of interpre-
| tations to facilitate ratifica ton.
| Insist on Mo Changes
Senator Hitchcock and other adj
ninistration senators declared today,
| however, that for. the present at
least, they would continue their eff
forts for ratification without reser-
vations. Expressing confidence that
| there was no question but that the
| treaty would be ratified, they said
/ the fight now centers on the reso-t
! luton accompanying ratificatio in
which would be embodied any reser-
| Xations or interpretatiOnS.