Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1919-06-20
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Senate Has a Joyous Week With
Peace Treaty, Getting Best
of Mr.. Wilson.
OBTAINS COPY OF THEIpAcT
Knox STARTS Fight to Divorce 1t From
League of Nations Covenant
Huns Given Five Days to Sign,
Austria Going Boishevik.
BY EDWARD w. PIckARD,

Inc united States senate had gala
week. 1t put one over" on President
Wilson by obtaining a copy of the
peace treaty for which it had vainly
asked the chief executive; it investi-
gated so-called leak of the treaty.
to the avowed satisfaction of the diff
ferent factions; and it started pro-
ceedings designed to force the separa-
ton of the league of nations covenant
from the peace pact. So a lovely time
was had by all.
When a 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 it to the senate with the statement
that copies were in general circula-
ton in European countries and the
request that it be printed in the Con-
gressional Record as a senate docu-
ment. Unanimous consent being re-
fused the printing was ordered by
vote of Al to a. There ensued live
ly debate in which Senator Hitchcock,
minority leader, accused the majority
of playing Germany'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 it for the purpose of get
ling better terms. Norris, Smith,
Brandegee, Ashurst, Poindexter and
others made indignant rejoinder. It
was a pretty scrap while it 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 a copy of the treaty as it stood
when it was handed to the Germans.
The satisfaction of the majority
may have been lesSened by the ad-
mitted fact that they learned little
from the full copy which the ,f1cial
summary had not already told them.
In view of this, and of the undenied
| fact that copies of the treaty have
| weeks, it is hard to see in what way
| the possession of the document by
| congress will hamper the work of the
| peace conference or why President
| Wilson was so insistent on keeping
| 1t from, America. The London press
commenting on the affair, lamented
that parliament also had not insisted
N having the full text of the treaty
The foreign relations committees
investigation of the alleged 'leak' OF
the treaty text into the hands of finan
ciers of New York was interesting
but brief. Elihu Root appeared vol
UNFAIRLY and said he showed to Sena
tor Lodge the copy the latter had ex
amined. 1t was given him by Henry
P. Dawson of Morgan & Co. Mr.
Dawson testified that it was given tC
him by Thomas w. Lamont, also /;
Morgan partner now representing thi
treasury in Paris, and that he ob
tanned it because he, as chairman O
the International Red Cross league
was especially interested in the fnan
cial terms, and also because, as al
international banker, he was deepl
concerned in probable plans to mobil
lie the financial and Industrial inter
ests of this country to put Europe ol
Its feet again. ]. P. Morgan ant
Frank Vanderlip said they never hA
seen copies of the document.
Mr.. Root was questioned at lengtl
| concerning the ethics of the aff1 ,
from his point Of view. He resent :.
the idea that he was in possession O
"stolen property" and said he though
Mr.. Dawson was entitled to have tn