Arizona republican., 1919-09-12
REPORT IGNORES SALIENT PO|NTS .OF ANTI TREATY PROBE COUNCIL
Minority Report of Foreign Relations Committee Is Submitted to Senate by Hitchcock-Does Not At tempt to Answer Majority Charges

WASHINGTON, Sept 11.--With sub mission of the foreign relations com mittee minority report, the peace treaty, with it's covenant for a league of na- tions, was made. ready today for the ratification battle to be waged about it in the senate.
 By general agreement, this will not begin until Monday Meanwhile, how ever, republicans, claiming enough votes to prevent ratification without reservations were urged by Chairman Lodge of the foreign relations commit tee to stay on the job until final dispo- sition is made of the treaty, weeks hence perhaps
 With as little formality as that at tending the presentation yesterday of the majority report. Senator Hitchcock, leader of the administration forces. to- day submitted the minority report signed by all democratic members of the committee except Senator Shields of Tennessee, who stood out for res ervations.
 Without attempting specifically tc answer majority charges against cer- tain provisions of the convention as brought back from Paris by President Wilson, the minority urged speedy adoption without modification or in precisely the form laid before the sen ate two months ago. Rejection or change, the report declared, meant loss by this country of all concessions ob- tained from the enemy by a dictated peace including Germany's acknowl- edgement of responsibility for the war, Denial was made of Chairman Lodge statement that the peace conference was still in session for consideration of textual amendments. the report declar- ing that Germany, once having signed the treaty might not be disposed to sign it again.
 Disregard Salient Points
 The minority at the outset charged that the treaty could have been re- ported out long ago by the committee which was trying to destroy it by reser vations. No reference was made to re- publican attacks on the award of the Shantung province to Japan or the in- equality of the voting power in the league for the United States as com pared with Grat Britain The report set forth a defense and explanation of the league covenant, described as the best hope of the world "even if like al human instrumentalities 1t be not 0ifiutly pcIicIl HI tNCfy uCtdlt.
 Deploring delay to which the docu- ment had been subjected, the report asserted that the industrial world was in ferment, the financial world ir doubt, and that this was caused by the majority of a committee known to be out of sympathy with the ma jority of the senate and the majority oi the people"
 Formal reporting of majority and minority views was of secondary inter est however, to continuation of private conferences by republicans in efforts tc agree upon a compromise reservation program. Senators active in the nego- tiations said complete agreement was near .. one which would insure support of all 4s republicans and prob ably a number of democrats. This program does not contemplate fofIna' Or informal announcement of com promise in the near future and prob ably will not until the close of discus sion of the treaty, when reserve Lions will be in order.
 It was said new assurances had beer given by democrat senators today thai modification of the Lodge reservation. would make considerable deniocrsti, support virtually certain.