El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-06-10

n7rF oIficl material available for use IN the 1920 cam
y paign WI undoubtedly out Of the present senate
controversy the Withholding OF the text Of the peace
treaty. from American perusa and the added statement that
coueS Of the Official text Of the treaty have been in the
possession Of Wall street interests for some time only the
senate and few less than 100000 Americans having
been deprived Of the privilege of looking It over
The dignity Of the senate IS highly offended or SO 1t
would appear from the comments on the Repubhcan sue
and some Democrats take the view However sen
aor Hitchcocks resolution demanding Investigation OF
The report that big business supplied with copies OF
the treaty IS perhaps onetenh dignity and nRetenths
As for the administration forces at Washington they
are not so much concerned With the dignity Of the senate
as with the political effect Of the incident Il leak IS
found to have occurred.
Really there only one significant sentence IN the
resolution Of inquiry, namely that the committee OF N
tiqstou is charged ascertain in what manner and TO
what extent said interests particularly interested IN
said treaty" The should be that firms dealing II
International securities with international trade rea-
sons naturally would be interested in learning exactly
what Lind Of peace terms had been drafted and how the
various cOuntres would pe aIIecleo, geoslai-4ss -
cislly and otherwise
Of the peace treaty has been submitted 70 me senate Dy
senator Borah Republican, Of Idaho and oIoeIea Pnt5o
IN the Congressional Record L appears to have been
Brought this country By newspaper Correspondent
There statement whether the boIah copy hao oee
one Of these which found the- way to Wall street
The senator's acted like spoiled children n ordering tne
unofficial text printed in the Congressional Record The
eatv IS reported to be 10000 words IN length The
senaes copy possibly incorrect is worthless II OF ont OF
the Record and the printing Of it is needless waste OF
The president has shown his quick instinct for the ut
ness Of things politically by endorsing the senate invest
cation of how the COPY Of the peace treaty got INTO the
hands Of private interests saying that anyone who mad
possession Of the official English text as what he clearly
is not entitled TO have to communicate
Notice that M Wilson has made distinction tnIouen
the use OF the words aofcia English text An unofficial
uqsh text translated from the German, probably what
has come to this country The president has not mentioned
the official German text
What his proved CALLING TO the senate IS that every
prson IL Germany able 20 read has had chance 70 peuse
The nm text Of the peace treaty The German papers nave
published It in instruments The press Of the allied coua-
~ ID been denied that privilege and the whole public,
from TOP to bottom, has been deprived Of the Iu text
though q summary containing extracts has neen
rsde public This is the first time the allied coun-
tries have chosen keep their peoples IN the dark on nat
tiers concerning which there no conceaent II Ger
what Is the 1eason7 President Wilson enthusiastically,
doubtless reveals It in sentence preceding tnat aooFe
quoted BE SAYS he feels IT SIS highly undesirable to com
nicefe officially the text Of document winch IS sun II
negotiation and subject to change"
That IS his reply to the senate demand TO be snon me
ce treaty and it goes for the whole country ana Ior he
allied countries also
The people are left free guess that the full text IS
rsbshed IN Germany in order that they may sHoW tns
sf and II Is withheld in the allied countries because II
viii Is easier thus to make any needed notifications WITH
o rousng sentiment in opposition, II, indeed such mod
ftians are desirable in view OF representations 1y Ger
many. $50. = - -,
President Wilson considers that the senate IS not en-
titled to copy Of the treaty until the aosu1snl Is ss
and transmitted for approval rejection
The American people would have liked the privilege OF
reading the fun text have the same privilege as The