Albuquerque morning journal., 1919-05-24

tue fepubucan leader, declared there
could be no impropriety in asking for
| the text of the treaty which, he said,
was now being read by every Ger
man storekoeper"
Published in Germany.
Senator Johnson declared it should
be obvious and automatic" that the
American senate and people were en-
titled to full Information about so inn
portant matter. He pointed out
that portions of the treaty had been
published in Germany.
Senator Hitchcock of Nebraska. in.
terrupted to ask If there were not an
agreement against publication among
ali the peace delegates.
Senator Johnson replied:
Il do not know and do not care"
adding that such an agreement would
have been unfair to the American
public.
Senator Hitchcock declared it
would be absolutely indecent for
the senate to pass such a resolution
at this time.
mo good can come Of it," he de-
cIared. 1T would be regarded as an
indication that the senate wants to
render more difficult the settlement
Of peace.
Cnaracteriaing Senator Hitchcocks
argument as the veriest tommy rot"
Senator Johnson declared:
1t would be the very essense OF
coWardice to be afraid to ask for that
to which we are entitled"
Senator Thomas, democrat of Colo
rado, another member of the foreign
relations committee, moved to amend
the resolution so that it would call
for the treaty text only If publication
were compatible with the public in
terest.' He said it never had been
the practice to send to the senate or
make public such international doca-
ments until they had been accepted
6y all the nations Interested
President Would Not Obey.
Senator Lodge, the republ can lea
er, said there was no impropriety in
the senate resolution, but added that
even If the senate pass it the presi-
dent would not give out the text.
Then were wasting time,' Sena-
tor Thomas interjected.
No. the republican leader replied,
smiling, were calling attention to
the new method of open covenants of
peace openly arrived at
IF I have anything to do with the
treaty" Mr.. Lodge added Il shall not
adopt the policy of open covenants of
peace openly arrived at, because it
has presented the most secret one, al
most that history can recall | shall
ask the senate to treat it with plain
even tiless--publicity.
What impropriety is there in our
having the whole of it," Mr. Lodge
asked, declaring the league of nations
draft had been made public, then
amended and made worse than it was,
and then again made public
Now they say he concluded.
that we should. not have the text of
the treaty that every German store
keeper is reading today"
"'rhe senator is mistaken" Senator
Hitchcock interjected.
81 don't believe It, that I'm mistak-
en-" Senator Lodge replied. by what
authority does the senator make the
Best the best authority now in
Washington" Senator Hitchcock re-
piled.
"That authority is worth no more
than we have here" Senator Lodge
responded. Spectators in the gallery
laughed
A charge by Senator Robinson,
democrat, of Arkansas. that the re-
publcans had attempted to make a
nartisan issue of the league drew
denial from several republican sena-
tors. The subject never was discussed
at any conference of senate republic
cans, declared Senator Lodge in re-
plying to a request for information
about his telegram asking republican
senator's not to discuss the treaty un-
Ill there had been a meeting.
Senator Robinson said Mr. Lodges
elegrgm had been accented by the
press of the entire nation as an rt-
empt to make the league a party
question" adding:
And | think that was logical con-
fusion"