South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-09-11


Tho proposed reservations. the re-
port said. have all the vices OF
amendments "and the additional
vice Of pretending 10 be what they
are neutrality-suspicious. OF the
covenant language.
The document which was signed
by Sens Hitchcock. Williams. Swan
son. Pomerene. Smith of Arizona and
Pittman. stated.
That delay in reporting the peace
treaty has resulted i'm government
by obstruction"
That American trade already
shows effects Of this delay.
That addition OF the majority's
amendments or reservations means
the United states viii lose an con-
cessions secured from Germany by
dictated peace.
Reservations VIII Kin.
That the reservations are tao work
of senators determined 20 destroy
the League and. if possible. defeat
the treaty.
That the League of Nations is the
worldc only hope Of preventing in
ternational chaos.
That those opposing il have moth
ing TO offer to do this.
I'VE deplore." said the report.
the long and unnecessary delay TO
which the treaty has been subjected
while locked up I'm the committee
whose majority decisions and rec
concentrations We're from the start
a foregone conclusion.
World In Fermcnt.
The industrial world i5 in fer
ment. the financial world In doubt
and commerce hsl,s while this
great delay i'm the peace settlement
has been caused by the majority OF
a committee known 20 be out Of
harmony with the majority OF the
senate and the majority Of the peo-
pie. This is government by Obstruc-
zion as well ss by a minority.
For the first seven months fol-
lowing the armis,ice. our exports
averaged almost seven hundred mill
lions per month, bit I'm July they
fell 10 S570.000.000 Europe un-
doubtedly wants our exports uut
can only trke them in fun quantity
/ IL our financial institutions provide
/ the credit TO bridge over the period
necessary 10 restore European in-
dusfry 10 prOductiveness This priv
ate credit cannot and viii not De-
/ furnished as long as the peace set
tlement is I'm doubt. Since the arm
/ istice was signed our government
/ has advanced 20 European govern
meuts nearly two and one-haI bill
/ lion dollars which was almost
enough 20 cover the balance OF trade
during the eight months period
/ our governments however. has about
reached the end 0f its authority
given by conExess auo viii advance
( but little more
Ridicule Majority Claim.
The minority ridicuIes the cla:m
OF the majority that trading with
Germany has been resumed and
while admitting over s11Ooo.o9O
worth OF goods had been exported 20
+ Germany since the armistee. point
cd out that this is about two cents
per month for each person in Ger-
many
Taking 1910 the majority amend
ments the report continued.
CAS- far as the proposed faE-.al
amendments are concerned
: they have no merit Noue r
( them could tv aur possibility .e ae-
cepted even by -ne great nations as-
sociated with The United States n
the ;var and none Of them would.
I - any possibility he dictated 20
/ Germany. To adopt any one of ,aem.
. therefore. is equivalent 90 relee-.uS
lhe treaty"
The suggestion that amendments
: would not necessitate reassemt-lng
the peace conference. because b. g
still in session. has no force the
I minority said. because the confer
i ence has acted fnally on the treaty.
-Nor could German delegates he re-
tcaued 10 Paris and forced 90 accept
the amendments. said the report.
The United States must sacrince
lam che benefits 90 De derived from
The treaty u DC is amended or re-
lected. the report declared