The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-08-24
Shantung Is Giuen To
 China Under Treaty
 Amendrn enf Adopted
Foreign Relations Commit
 tee Strikes Out Japan's Title to German Rights in China and Asks President
 for Further Information
By Associated Press

Washington, August 23. After voting to amend the peace treaty by striking out Japan's title to the German rights in Shantung, the Senate foreign relations committee mo- tified President Wilson today that it could not intelligently proceed with it's work on amendments until he furnished additional information
 The action on the Shantung proN- sion was taken in short order. Chair man Lodge proposing the amendment and the committee adopting it virtually without debate. The vote was nine to eight with all the democratic members and Senator McCumber, republican, North Dakota, voting in the negative.
 Then the point of inadequate infor- nation was raised by republican mem bers. Chairman Lodge declaring there were in the Presidents hands import ant documents which were absolutely essential to the determination of ques- tions involved in the committees work. During its entire consideration of the treaty, the chairman said, the committee had been hampered by lack of information that should have been given 1t weeks ago.
 Democratic members understood to have expressed general opposition to any interruption of the committees plan for prompt action, but finally on motion of Senator Williams, democrat Mississippi. and without record vote, the chairman was instructed to ask the President for the treaty with Pol and signed on June 2S. two agreements regarding the Rhine section to which the United States was party, and such information as may be available about the treaties now under negotia- tion with Austria, Hungary, Bulgaria and Turkey.
 In amending tho Shan tnng provi- sion the committee took the most direct method. Chairman Lodge simply moved to strike out the word Japan" where ever it occurred in the section relating to the German Shantung rights and to insert instead the word China The effect would be to restore to China all the German holdings in Kiao Chow and vicinity
 With the committees action the fight over the Shantung settlement is trans ferred to the Senate floor Republican leaders say they have the votes to up- hold the committee amendment but administration leaders appear equally certain that 1t will be beaten.
 ADOPTED WITHOUT DISCUSSION
 Members said there virtually was no discussion of the proposal when 1t came before the committee today, those on both sides having made up their minds and the subject having been debated at length in the Senate. Senator Brande- gee, republican, Conpecticutt, asserted all of the American peace delegates mad gone on record as believing the award of the Shantung rights to Japan was wrong, and asked that the commit tee vote for what it believed was right. Senators Hitchcock, Nebraska, Pitt mann, Nevada and Shields, Tennessee. Democrats, were absent but their votes were recorded in the negative.
 All of the documents asked of the President, republican members declare, had direct bearing on the treaty now under consideration and should be be- fore the committee officially when it acted. The Polish treaty and the Rhine agreements had been submitted to the British House of Comons some time ago, it was asserted, and British prints had been received unoffi- cia1ly by committee members and put into the Senate record.
 What effect the request for informa- tion might have on the hopes of some members for committee report next week is a matter of wide spread specu- lation. Chairman Lodge declared con sideration of the treaty was progress ing as rapidly as possible and that any delay had been due to an inability tc get information. Some democratie members. on the other hand. openly
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