The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-03-01
Colleagues Force Nebras-
kan to Concede "Sun'
Reports Truth.
DEFENCE A BOOMERANG
Tumulty's Denial of "False-
hood" Exploded as Soon
as Made.
DINERS UPHOLD STORY
New, Cummins and Others to
Vouch i'm Senate for It's
Accuracy.
DINERS UPHOLD STORY
By Stor Correspondent OF THE scN.

By stag Correspondent OF THE SuN.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 2S.-THE SUS's
account of the extraordinary admis-
sions made at the Foreign Relations
dinner by the President concerning
the dangers and defects of the Brit.
ish-Wilson League Of Nations plan
aroused such fury among his princi.
pal spokesmen to-day as led them into
misstatements swiftly exposed upon
the floor of the Senate.
Although THE Suns account was
constructed from talks had by THE
SUN's correspondent with Senators
whose veracity and intelligence can
scarcely be attacked with success
even by Mr.. Wilson-Senators Borah
(Idaho), Brandegee Comm, New
(1nd.), Lodge (Mass.), Knox (PaD
and Cummins Ia.) among them
Senator Hitchcock (Ncb) hastened
to attack THE Sun on the floor of the
Senate for publishing a "scandaious
story" and especially for uttering an
absolute "falsehood" in stating that
the President had said that the Irish
question was not to be dealt with by
the League Of Nations but was to bs
left to England. He added that the
question was not under consideration.
Senator Hitchcock was instantly
corrected by Senator of his gown
party, John Sharp Williams fAiissD
who reminded him that the President
had stated that the league had
nothing TO do with domestic and
! internal questions The reminder
plainly flustered Senator Hitchcock.
since it completely disproved his
! original statement, but It was left for
Senator Borah to complete the dis.
comfiture of Mr.. Wilson's apologist.
With a rapid fire of questions
Borah drove Hitchcock into such a
| corner that he was forced TO admit
that the President had said that the
Irish question was one with which
the league had nothing to do
| Pins Hitchcock Down.
! And which," said Senator Borsh.
! "must necessarily be settled by Ireland
and England?"
! The Senator" replied Hitchcock,
can draw his own conclusions. II
1.-THE Irish question: evidently and OBJ
viously is not an international uues-
| az hi sr,,a 1, 1T.
| has TO do"
Then il the league has nothing 10
do with it. OF course it must be LEFT
where 1t was before" persisted Borah
between Ireland and England"
| "The Senator can draw his own con
clusions," was all that Hitchcock had
! for reply
Just previously Senator Hitchcock
made the hair rise upon the heads ot
his Democratic colleagues by saying,
concerning the fate Of Ireland, that 1t
was not d serious question presented
It was not presented in a serious way"
Senators with large and active Irish
constituencies looked as IL they had
swallowed something which had Vio-
lently disagreed with them.
The analysis of this colloquy, which
Is published by THE Sun from the Of
ficial stenogrsphic notaax -eveals thas~
Senator Hitchcock, after denouncing
TIE Sun for stating falsely that the
question had been asked the President
whether the League OF Nations would
take Ireland into consideration, and
that the President had replied Uo
Representative Ragsdale rs. c. and
others that Ireland was to be left 10
England, was forced by the honesty OF
John Sharp Williams and the certain
knowledge OF Borah to admit that The
Sun had published the absolute truth.
Tumulty Is Discomnted.
Just about the time that Senator
Hitchcock was attempting TO abolish a
fact disagreeable to Mr. Wilson, Joseph
p, Tumulty. the Presidents secretary.
was at the same impossible task Nj.
Tumulty, after quoting paragraph from
THE Sun, which stated that the Pres-
dent told the committees that the irish
question was matter between Ireland
and Ensland domestic matter. made
this statement on the authority OF tho
President himself
The President wishes me 10 say
that this statement has 10 founda
tiou in fact and is a deliberate
falsehood'
But Nj. Tumulty had scarcely got this
reputation upon the wires before tho
colioquy upon the senate floor estsb-
cratic Senator's Hitchcock aud Williams.
| thCmSrlyCg. that the statement Ms