The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1919-06-21
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The United States senate : 49,
week. II put one over on fresaeeat
Wilson by obtaining q copy o. :
peace treaty for which II q ve'ns
asked the chief ~executfves II mvesur
sated a socalled leak Of the treaty.
to the avowed satisfaction Of the or
ferent factions; and Il started pro
ceedings designed to force the sepsrs-
tion Of thel league Of nations covenant
from the peace pact So q lovely time
was had by ALL
When a correspondent o. q Chicago
paper handed his copy Of the treaty
which he had Just brought IRON ka-
rope. to the foreign relations commit
tee. Senator Borah promptly present.
ed II to the senate with the statement
that copies were In general circula'
ton In European countries n the
u that Il be printed In the Con-
gressional Record ss a senate doce'
Q Unanimous consent being re
fused, the printing was ordered oy n
vote of a to "a. There ensues' a live
ly debate in which Senator Hitchccck'
minority leader. accused h majority
of playing Germany's game by making
the treaty public. since up to h
the German government was the only
one that had taken such action and
that Il did II for the purpose of get.
ting better terms. Norris. Smith
B~randegee, Ashurst, Poindexter and
others made Indignant rejoinder. II
was q pretty scrap while II lasted,
but the administration supporters
were beaten to a 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 II stood
when 1t was handed to the Germans
The satisfaction Of the majority
may have been lessened by the adj
mitted fact that they learned little
from the full copy which the official
summary had not already told them.
Tn view of this. and Of the undenied
fact that copies Of the treaty have
been plentiful in Europe for some
weeks. IL is hard to see In what why
the possession Of the document by
congress will hamper the work ~ the
a conference or why President
Wilson was so lnsistent on keeping
Il from America. The London press,
commenting on the AFFAIR. lamented
that parliament also had not Insisted
on having the full text OF the treaty
The foreign relations committees
investigation Of the alleged "lenk" of
the treaty text into the hands OF finnn.
ciers of New York was interesting
but brief. Ellhu Root appeared vol.
unfairly and said he showed to sera.
tor Lodge the copy the latter had OK.
amined. 1t was given him by Henry
p. Dawson Of Morgan q Co. Mr..
Dawson testified that II was given to
him by Thomas w. Lamont. also n
Morgan partner now representing the
treasury in Paris, and that he OBJ
tanned Il because he. as chairman OF
the International Red Cross league,
was especially Interested In the finan.
cial terms, and also because. as nm
international banker, he a deeply
concerned In probable plans to m0bll'
lie the financial and Industrial inter
ests of this country to put Europe on
Its feet again. J. r. Morgan and
Frank vanderlip said they never had
seer copies of the document.
Mr.. Root was questioned ut length
concerning the ethics Of the affair,
from his point Of view. He resented
the idea that he was In possession Of
"stolen property" and said he thought
Mr.. Dawson was entitled TO hive the
treaty and was actuated by no III
terror motives. He asserted that the
American people were entitled to
what the German people and certain
individuals In New York had already
obtained. and he mildly criticized the
presidents lack of tact and manage
ment" In keeping the treaty from the
senate.
There did not seem to be much more
that the committee could learn. SEN
ator Borah said the inquiry had vim
dicated his charge that Wall street
had the treaty and had shown that
Wall street IL interested In the league
Of nations because IL IL to be chiefly
a great international and financial com
bine. Senator Hitchcock claimed 10
be equally satisfied because. he said.
II, had been demonstrated that there
was no basis for the insinuation of
improperly on the part Of the pres
ident and the American peace dele.
gator
Into the midst of all this ruetfos