Arizona republican., 1919-05-24
JOHNSON FILINGS CHARGE TREATY'S FRIENDS CONCEAL
Lineup Pro and Con on Gov enant Is Shown Begin ming of Long and Bitter Debate Predicted-Early Addresses In Number Scheduled
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 WASHINGTON. May 23.-The peacs treaty, with it's league of nations cove nant. was debated for three hours in the senate today and at adjournment the resolution which furnished the ve- hicle for the discussions went over as unfinished business to come up again when the senate reconvenes Monday.
 The resolution merely calls on the state department to furnish the senate with the complete text of the treaty, but as the debate progressed, discus sion shifted to the merits of the league and treaty themselves. A dozen sen- ators including the leaders on both sides. were drawn into the discussion and sharp exchanges presaged the bit terness of the fight that is to cunne when the treaty actually comes up for ratification.
 Opponents of the treaty in it's present form lined up generally for the reso- Iution and those supporting the treaty draft, led the opposition There wzA no attempt to reach a vote however, and some senators predicted it would
 be several days before the preliminary
 slirInish would come to a decision The i leaders both for and against apparently
 are feeling their way carefully.
 Senator Johnson of California re- publican, author of the resolution
 started the dssbate today with a short
 speech charging that the treaty sup
 porters had something to conceal
 This assertion drew an indignant re-
 ply from Senator Hitchcock of Ne
 braska ranking democrat of the for
 eign relations committee, who declared
 the president was following wel-es-
 tablished precedents in keeping the
 treaty text in confidence, and that for
 the senate to request him to do other
 wise would be a "gross breach of in
 ternational proprieties.'
 Lodge Uses Sarcasm
 Republican Leader Lodge, prospect
 i've chairman of the foreign relations
 committee, replied to MT. Hitchcock, declaring there was no impropriety in ] the resolution. unless it were improper , to "call attention to the new method of ! open covenants openly arrived at'.'
 Every shopkeeper in Germany, said
 the Massachusetts senator, was read f ing the treaty as made public at Berlin | yet the senate was provided only with 4 a worthless official abstract
 A charge that the republicans were
 attempting to make the treaty a partis- an question was made by Senator Rob- y inson of Arkansas, democrat, who cited
 as evidence the telegram sent by MT Lodge some weeks ago to republican : senators, asking them not to discuss :; the revised league of nations covenant v pending a party conference. The re j; publican leader retorted that the eau e tionary telegram had no such purpose e, and that mot word" of discussion o Q, the treaty had passed in any of tn l. conferences of the republican senators I; Bitterly Attacked Covenant Q, A bitter attack on the league cove e, nant and on President Wilson's cours l. in the peace conference. was made b l. Senator Sherman of Illinois. republi s- can. who earlier had presented reso s; lution declaring it the sense of tn y, senate that the treaty and the cove }; nant should be considered separatel D. when they come up for ratification. A
 Mir. Sherman's request his resolutio
 went over and will be called up fC a. debate probably next week.
 1T. How long the discussion is to cor oy tinue could not be predicted by eithe n- side tonight Senator Robinson gaN so notice that he expected to address tf of senate at greater length Monday, of support of the treaty, and Senate he Reed of Missouri, democrat, who
 understood to oppose 1t, also al gn nounced that he would speak on u en subject Monday. Many other senato ,e are known to be preparing addreSse
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