Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-08-28
WILSON TO PUT
TREATY FIGHT
UP TO COUNTRY
Decision to Lay Fight Be
fore People Made On
Senate Delay.
BY DAVID LAWRENCE.
Copyright, 1919, The Argus.D

Washington, d. c., Aug Is
President Wilson goes to the cOun-
! try as court of last resort t.
appeal to the American people III
the hope that they who elected tn e
Republican senate will infiuenc e
the latter to ratify the peace treA "
at once
The presidents dicisiOn came as
a climax to his efforts of the L st
| month; first, by personal perS ia
sion in private and then by o pen
| Interrogation by the senate foE ign
| relations committee, to con a. nee
! the senate that Americas patb Tay
in the future lies in a partner; ship
| with foreign nations on the i asis
outlined at Versailles.
Efforts Prove Fruitless.
| But Mr.. Wilson's efforts have
/ proved fruitless. Instead of Il ced-
| ing his warning that amendn ents
/ to the treaty meant a resubmi ssiOn
| OF the pact tC the powers nd a
reopening of the many d sIicate
/ questions which for seven months
had been threshed out an finally
compromised at Paris, tn senate
foreign relations cOmmi Il ae has
formally opened one of the most
delicate ,,-cstiOns of all-Eae Shan
tung settlement. Also it D as voted
to take Americas name from all
connection with or membe -ship on
the numerous cOmmissiG IS which
are to endeayor to recon Sfruct Eu-
rope and rehabiIitate h 4r finances
and economics so that the rest of
the world can resume t e le conf
IDENTIFY and with some e EDeCtatiOn
of safe return on none " already
invested. Also the sena: ie foreign
relations committee, inSt ,ad of re-
porting the treaty to the whole
senate for cOnsideratiOI : has de-
cided to hold hearings at which
Egyptians, Lithuaniansi Esthon-
ians, Greeks and negro hs all nav
have an opportunity to- present the
same claims and argITf 1ents. which
were heard at f'afis..A z INNS vhTch
in some cases involve the taking
of an attitude on the part of the
United States in direc opposition
to the internal policy-.V1f several of
the larger powers with whom
America is now on fri iendlv terms.
Waits in Vain FOR Action.
Mr.. Wilson has WI, tied in vain
for the senate to 10 Z. He feels
now that he must hvise the cOun-
try of the critical consequences of
delay and the damf lg g already done
by the senate CON ~ ittea. He has
been, planning a u .ip across the
continent, but did NJ It feel he could
leave Washington u It'll he had put
at the disposal of f he senators all
the information the y sought. He
has exhausted every resource here
and has been met with a fat and
determined refusal to accept anv
Of the opinions hes gave as conclu- +
siye. The SENATOR think they can
amend the treatyss and bring about
an agreement by, diplomatic inter !
changes in a shOg1 time. Mr.. Will
son, who knows ' hat happened at
Paris, thinks Othe rwise. To reopen
one question M cans to reopen /
them all
Shantung Cham !e Means Warl /
AS for Shantu ag, the question !
being asked nos radays is this:
Suppose the Ans Tican senate does
give China what, Japan was award !
ed at the peace conference? Japan /
today has the t erritory and Great .
Britain, France and Italy have
agreed before i ge meeting at Paris |
that Japan sha | have it. Will the /
United States undertake by force /
to oust Japan from China? viii /
that bring Pc ace or more war;!
Some of the senators from the /
middle west who are committed 4
to vote for clause that would ,
leave congress : free to declare war
in the future and who are COM
mitted to peace policy are be-
wildered by developments. They
would like 10 show their disap-
proval of tA e ShantUng settlement
but they do not dare to vote for
the senate committees amend
ment. The ] resident would not OBJ
ject to a j oint resolution adopted
separately expressing the sense of
the Ame11 can senate with refer
ance to ST antung and pointing out
the need for correction but an
amendmeI It involving a resubmis-
sion OF { lie treaty itself to diplo-
matte ne gotiations is strongly on
posed by him.
Ii pdge Loses Control. .
1t IS conceded that the senate
re amendments cannot 4
pass. Senator Lodge has really
-oSL CO ltrOI OF his own commit
Zee or ne would not have permit
ed thE3 foreign relations commit
zee to sponsor amendments that
are cF rtain to be defeated on the
ioor of the senate, a defeat that
would carry with it imputations
II IN unsuccessful leadership.
The Democrats are no longer
1oWalcast. They think the senate
Imittee has helped them out of
| hole. For the conGnittee has nut
is elf on record as faaSoring amend /
n ants to the treaty. The issue be-
20 mes one of immR date or post #,
y med ratification. Mr.. Wilson
1lilns to tell the ountry what is
revolved for them in that issue I
lse cost to them, of delay IN l
A)ubtedly the senators will fol-