The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1919-06-13
SENATE VOTES TO PRINT
THE PEACE TREATY.
President Cables He Could Not Send
Copy-Borah Presents Treaty
Brought Over by Newspa-
per Man.

Washington, June 9.-Out of
whirlwind of developments the Sen
ate today got copy Of the peace
treaty and after a fve-hour fight or
dered it printed in the public record.
At the same time it got under
way the investigation of how copies
have reached private hands in New
vcrrk by summoning to testify half
dozen of the country's leading tinan-
,ciers.
The copy which went into the re-
cord was brought to this country by
a newspaper man and was presented
by Senator Borah, Republican, Of
Idaho, just after the reading of a
.cablegram from President Wilson
saying he could not without breaking
faith send to the Senate the text OF
the treaty.
Sensational Developments.
The effect of the days history
making developments was to clear
the air on the much debated sub
jee- CT publicity for the treaty text,
to widen the breach between the
President and Senate majority and
to- forecast sensational turn for
the inquiry into the manner by which
copies of the document have become
available to unauthorized persons.
Starting it's investigation with an
unexpected vigor, the foreign rela-
tions committee within half hour
after it convened voted to call before
it ]. P. Morgan, H. P. Dawson and
Thomas W.. Lamont, all of the Nor
gan banking house; Jacob schif, OF
Kuhn, Loeb & Co., and Paul War
burg, formerly connected with the
same concern, and Frank A. Wander
lip, former president Of he National
City Bank. It then examined Frank
L. Polk, acting Secretary of State,
about the official copies in the State
Department vaults.
Statements also were made to the
committee by Senator Lodge, Re-
publican Of Massachusetts,, and
Senator Borah similar to their decla-
ration in the Senate that they knew
of copies in New York, bat could not
duulge the names of their inform
ants.
Ordered Printed.
When the Senate met it listened
IN silence to President Wilson's Ca
BIegram, which was taken as fore.
casting refusal to comply with the
request for the treaty text embodied
lin a resolution adopted Friday. The
reading Of this message concluded,
Senator Borah Immediately present.
eed his copy Of the treaty, which was
eordered printed by vote Of Al to
"a.
Later however, there was a motion
sto reconsider and parliamentary
s4angle developed which endangered
publication of the treaty. To circum-
vent such possibility the Idaho Sen
.ator in the late afternoon began
reading the hundred thousand-word
document and continued for an hour
despite many protests from 1.-The
presidents supporters.
The effort to prevent publication
collapsed, the motion to reconsider
was voted down and the fight which
had developed many bitter charges
sof broken faith and in some respects
had written a new chapter in Senate
history was over.
First Surprise.
The first of the days series of sur.
prises came when the foreign rela'
lions committee whose meeting II
years past have been sourrounded BY
y The closest secrecy, threw open it
- doors to the public. It developed
,s.then that instead of pursuing tn
usual method of appointing sub
: committee to make the inquiry, TN
full body proposed to participate an
to begin forthwith.
e. Senator Borah was called on mrs
TO amplify his statements in tn
Senate about treaty copies IN Ne
York. He said that early in Marc
he became convinced the internatlol
al bankers of New York were pa
sicularly interested in creation OF II
league of nations and thet~hh qulet
began an investigation.
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