The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-05-21

today A number OF alleged conspira.
tors, including their leaders, were ar
frosted and stores Of ammunition were
seized. The conspirators, it was said,
| intended to organize white guard,
and occupy Budapest arresting Bella
Kun and other members of the soviet
government.
The leaders were mostly former
police officials including two chief
constables of Budapest. One mer-
chant and several wealthy land owners
also were arrested for completely
DisapProvai Of Treaty.
by Lowell Mellett, United Press
STAFF Correspondent
copyright 1919 by the United Press.
PARIS, May 21.-The action Of nine
members of the American peace com
mission in rendering their designations
as an expression of their disapproval
lof the German treaty. has brought to
light the fact that their sentiments
are shared by great portion of the
commission.
If inquiries made by the United
Press today are any indication, those
disappearing the terms form consid-
cradle majority of the commission, al
belt they ar eprincipally the LESSER
members. In fact, inquiries have not
yet. revealed any member giving UNI
qualified approval Of the treaty. The
nearest approach to approval is from
those who say the treaty is bad, but
that the league of nations redeems its
faults
Mingled with detailed objections to
the treaty are condemnations of
President Wilson for giving his as
sent though, on the other hand, many
defend his sincerity, saying that Gre
alton of the league was a bigger and
more difficult task than those outside
the peace conference appreciate, and
that he was compelled to sacrifice one
purpose after another in order to ac-
complish this one aim. They say the
tShantung settlement is bad, the Saar
settlement n bad, the Italian settle
ment is bad, and SO on; but if the
league works all these things will be
Strengthened out in the next genera
ton.
Others argue, however, that the
league as now constituted Is too feeble
an instrument to do the work intend
Jed as result Of which all of these
sacrifices have been made in vain.
The first class includes not only
numerous experts whose names are
ionly slightly known to the American
public but some members of the very
small inside group that participated
in fashioning the treaty, including
some of the best known men among
the members here. Among the less
prominent members number the men
who have engaged for the last two
years, under direction of Colonel House
lin gathering data for use by the peace
conference-recogniZ students OF
economics, foreign policies and terri
torial relationships. Their compliant
lis that the information so gathered
has not been used, or even referred to.
They came to Paris prepared to pre-
sent information supporting every idea
and principle for which America en-
tered the war. They say they found
at the end of six months negotiations
that their information was disregard
led and that the Representatives of no
other nation came to the conference
in the same spirit, coming instead to
barter or trade. One such member ex-
pressed his view of the situation In
this way:
1.-THE treaty is regular rivers and
harbor bill President Wilson found
himself involved in a trading game In
order to get the league of nations
through / hope the world will find he
hasn't paid too great a price"
Among these experts there Is talk
of a congressional inquiry into the
way the treaty was made, though none
saws that he himself will dema I'D
such an inquiry. They seem to take
1T for granted that congress will con-
duct such probe.
Senate Wants Inform alton.
.rBy Robert ]. Bender, United Press
Staff Correspondent
WASHINGTON, May 2t-Inquiry
into the procedure by which the peace
treaty with Germany was framed Is
PLANNED by members of the senate for.
eign relations committee, 1t was
learned today.
Republican leaders on this commit
tee. who said they have known for
some time of the dissatisfaction
among some OF the American mission
II. Paris with portions Of the treaty
said today they will:
Request complete transcript OF
all proceedings of the peace confer
ence, including conversations of the
"big four" If such a work is available.
ASK experts attached to the mis-
sion to appear and explain how the
Scar valley, Polish, Italian and other
settlements were reached, and on
what principles the president yielded
TO obtain allied sanction of the league
of nations; and
Ask members of the American
mission, including President Wilson,
himself to furnish details not procur-
able from the above sources.
The member who today outlined this