Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1919-06-20
NEWS REVIEW OF
CURRENT EVENTS
Senate Has a Joyous Week With
Peace Treaty, Getting Best
of Mr.. Wilson.
OBTAINS COPY OF THE. PACT
Knox Starts Fight to Divorce Il From
League Of Nations Covenant
Huns Given Five Days 70 Sign
Austria Going eolshevik.
BY EDWARD W. PIckARp.

~ eOWAHO w. PICkAHO.
The United States senate had gala
week. 1t put one over ON President
Wilson by obtaining a copy of the
peace treaty for which 1t had vainly
asked the chief executive; 1t investi-
gated q sO-called leak of the treaty,
to the avowed satisfaction Of the diff
ferent factions; and 1t started pro-
ceedings designed to force the separa-
ton Of the league Of nations covenant
from the peace pact. So a lovely time
was had by all.
When q correspondent Of Chicago
paper handed his copy Of the treaty,
which he had just brought from Eu-
rope, to the foreign relations commit
tee, Senator Borah promptly present
ed 1t to the senate with the statement
that copies, were in general circula-
ton In European countries and the
request that 1t be printed in the Con-
gressional Record as a senate dOcu-
ment. Unanimous consent being re-
fused, the printing was ordered by a
vote Of ~ to "a. There ensued a live
~ debate In which Senator Hitchcock.
minority leader. accused the majority
Of playing Germany's game By making
the treaty public, since up to then
the German government was the only
one that had taken such action and
that 1t did It for the purpose Of get
ting better terms. Norris, Smith.
Brandegee. Ashurst, Poindexter and
others made indignant rejoinder. 1t
was pretty scrap while It lasted.
but the administrator supporters
were beaten to standstill and the
government printers were put to work
on the Job. BY the next morning
every congressman was In possession
of a copy Of the treaty az 1t stood
when 1t was handed to the Germans.
The satisfaction. Of the majority
may have been lessened by the ad-
mitted fact that they learned little
from the fun copy which the olicial
summary had not already told them.
In view of this, and Of the undenied
fact that copies Of the treaty have
been plentiful in Europe for some
weeks. 1t is hard to see in what way
the possession Of the document BY
congress will hamper the work Of the
peace conference or why President
Wilson was 30 insistent on keeping
It from America. The London press
commenting ON the affair. lamented
that parliament also had not insisted
on having the full text Of the treaty
The foreign relations c0mmitteet
investigation Of the alleged leak" Of
the treaty text into the hands Of finan'
ciers of New York was interesting
but brief. Elihu Root appeared vol
unfairly and said he showed to Sena'
tor Lodge the copy the latter had ex'
amined. It was given him by Henry
p. Dawson Of Morgan 4 Co. Mr.
Dawson testified that 1t was given to
him BY Thomas w. Lamont. also q
Morgan partner now representing the
treasury In Paris. and that he OBJ
tanned It because he. as chairman Of
the International Red Cross league
was especially interested In the finan.
cial terms. and also because, as an
international banker, he was deeply
concerned in probable plans to mobil
lie the financial and industrial inter
ests of this country to put Europe or
its feet again. ]. p. Morgan and
Frank VANDERBILT said they never had
seen copies Of the document.
Mr.. Root was questioned at length
concerning the ethics Of the affair
from his point Of view. He resented
the idea that he was In possession Of
"stolen property" and said he thought
Mr.. Dawson was entitled to have the