Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-06-05
LEAK
AGAIN SUBJECT
OF BIG DEBATE

VAAs OO4AS Os|1A 4uIS10E
discussion of the leak in diplomatic
channels through which it has been
charged copies Of the unpublished
peace treaty with Germany, Senator
Hitchcock said:
"If he held the treaty in his hands,"
shouted Senator Hitchcock, referring
to Senator Lodges statement as made
In the senate, The held stolen goods;
goods probably secured by bribery;
goods which the American repre-
sentatives In Paris promised not to
ment for q senator of the United
States to make-that the president is
withholding copies of the treaty and
allowing it to 30 somewhere else"
Senator Williams, Democrat of
Mississippi. referred to the refusal of
George Washington furnish the house
of representatives with a copy Of q
treaty, to which Senator Borah, Re-
publican Of Idaho said:
"Why quote George Washington.
You have repudiated all Of his doc
trines."
Il say the time has come for an in
vestisatton," said Senator Hitchcock
restlning, IT want to know what in
~terests the Massachusetts, senator has
been talking to and how those inter-
ests 80 into the possession of the
treaty" 5:
Senator Lodge said the senate was
only asking for a public document
andAhat he would be ."delighted' to
have the Hitchcock resolution passed.
THE senator finds fault that we
didn't carry on an investigation in
New York." Senator Lodge continued.
II am not aware that We had any4au-
therity to conduct ssa such an invessti-
NE. Lodge aid 5ssha 1.axamAsads.th
treaty copy and found dtiaoUntained
eos small folio pages. in English.
foundations in other languages to-
part he became at all familiar with,
he said, was an addenda establish
ing "a great and permanent or6ani-
sation for Observation-Disclosures Of la
bor." -
II was told by. another gentle
man." Mr.. Lodge continued, who is
not connected with business or finan-
cial interests that he, had a copy he
fused nH 8 because aean M I f 81 s 4 Wonid be my
duty to make public any copy that
should come into my hands: THIS
gentleman told he knew, Of four other
copies in New York. I saw nobody
New York" =
senator d said that the. state
department, in commenting on his
charges, explained that he probably
saw copies of financial sections Of the
treaty which were in the hands Of
New York financial interests.
That statementl has not been con-
tradicted." said Mr.. Lodge III you
want an investigation I suggest that
you investigate your own state de-
partment."
Senator Frelinghuysen. Republican,
OF New Jersey opened the debate on
the Johnson resolution, declaring
there is, an insistent demand through
out the country that the treaty text
be made public. Business, he said,
is %anxio4sly, awaiting its publication
SO that plans for the future can be
made.l
Senator Hitchcock said he had not
seen the text and that to ask to see it
would be a breach of propriety in
view Of the fact II had not yet been
negotiated.
Senator Thomas, Democrat, ac-
cused the Republicans Of playing poll
tics with the treaty. He declared that
since the death of Theodore Rooee-
welt, whose demise was publicly
mourned, but privately rejoiced at"
by, some Of his party, many 'Republi-
can senator's had been ploughing the
Aeld Of International politics, each
hoping that his particular plowshare
would turn UP the presidential
After two hours debate the Hitch
cock resolution without reaching q
vote. was displaced automatically by
the resolution Of Senator johnson,
asking the stAts department. for the
treaty text. In callinK up his meas
pre. the California senator said he