The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-07-10

pies everywhere stand ready to give us
! any authority among them that will
assure them a friendly oversight and
direction"
The president announced he will
| later present the treaty of defense, un-
der which American aid is pledged to
France against unprovoked German
aggression.
The president finished his message
at 1884, the reading requiring SO
minutes.
Crowds Cheer Wilson.
When the president entered the SEN
ate chamber, escorted by a committee
of senators, the crowded galleries rose
and cheered for a minute in disregard
of the senate rules. The president,
mounting to the vice presidents seat.
spoke briefly with Vice President
Marshall as the cheering continued,
punctuated with "rebel' yells.
The president submitted only the
treaty containing the covenant of
the league of nations. The proposed
| supplementary treaty under which the
the aid of France in case of an un-
provoked assault on that country by
Germany will be presented separately
at a later date. Mr.. Wilson is prepar--
! ing a separate address to the senate
explaining this agreement
The far-reaching proposals of the
| league covenant, praised on the one
| hand as signalling new era of world
| brotherhood and condemned on the
/ other as marking the end of nation
| alism was submitted in appropriate
setting at a session annulling all prece-
dents of senate procedure. 1t was the
! first time a president has presented a
/ treaty in person. and the first time
a message of presentation has been re-
| ceived with the senate's doors open
| to the public.
! BY the common consent, the senate
! is expected again to violate its prac
| tees of more than century and order
the treaty printed Immediately for
public circulation.
| Whether it will go further and in
| vite the president to make a more de-
| tailed explanation before the foreign
| relations committee was a question
| warmly debated in conferences today.
| The White House announcement yes
! terday that Mr.. Wilson was eager to
make such an appearance was vari-
! Ously interpreted 1t was said a de-
cision might be reached soon after the
committee takes up the treaty next
week.
Adjourn Until Monday.
At today's session it was planned
only to hear the presidents address
! refer the treaty to the committee and
! was to be taken until Monday, when
the debate on ratification will begin.
! This debate, lasting perhaps for many
| weeks. also is expected to be held with
| open DOORS and in the opinion Of some
| senators. the committee is likely to
admit the public when It questions
Secretary Lansing and other members
of the peace delegation.
Must Receive 64 Votes.
The senate situation confronting the
| president was one of many possibili-
ties variously estimated by the lead
! ers for and against the league Of ma
! tons With every senator present or
paired when the final ratification roll
call is taken the treaty with its league
covenant must receive a two-thirds
majority-64 votes. This total. the
presidents supporters declare, is as
sured, while the opposition leaders as
sert il never will be attained without
the inclusion OF material reservations
in the ratification resolution.
The first test will come with the at
| tempt to write in the various resolu-
tions For this only a simple major
ity-49 votes will be required.
The Two Parties Claims.
The claim of administration leaders
is that 46 of the At Democratic sena-
tors and at least eight Republicans
will vote against any reservation that
would vitiate the principles of the
league or in any way menace it's exist
ence. Against this is an opposition
claim that every one of the 40 Repub-
| Iican senators and from two to 10
Democrats will support many of the
reservations they expect to propose
The Presidents Speech.
Washington, July 10. - President
! Wilson in presenting the peace treaty
and the lea que of nations to the senate
today spoke as follows:
Gentlemen of the senate: The
treaty of peace with Germany was
signed at Versailles on the twenty
eighth of June. 1 avail myself of the
earliest opportunity to lay the treaty
before you for ratification and to in
form you with regard to the work of
the conference by which that treaty
was formulated.
The treaty constitutes nothing less
than a world settlement. It would not
be possible for me either to summar-
ize or to construe its manifold pro-
Led.