The sun., 1919-07-25
WILSON HARNESSED
BY CLEMENCEAU
"Tiger" Had Article ". In
serted as Protection, Says
"Harvey's Weekly"
HE WANTED FAIR PLAY
Presidents Action Is Declared
to Be Clear Violation of
Agreement.

Special Dsspdtch to tbs SUI.
WASHINGTON, July 24.-The Hdrcey's
Weekly story except the text Of the
treaty follows:
Does President Wilson regard the
Franco-Amerlcan treaty as mere scrap
Of paper? II not, why did he DELHI
erately violate one OF It's most important
provisions within fortnight after he as
President OF the United States and Mr..
Lansing as Secretary of State OF the
| United States attached their official sig
natures to the agreement?
That he did that very thing there
can be no question. Article ". of the
treaty reads:
"'The present treaty will be submitted
| to the Senate of the United States at the
same time as the treaty OF Versailles Is
submitted TO the Senate for its advice
and consent to ratification
submitted by whom? BY the Presi-
dent himself OF course, who alone is
empowered to submit treaties. who alone
with the Secretary OF State has n right
to sign them, and who with the Secretary
of State did sign this one. And 1t was
as President of the United States OF
America that he entered into this en-
gagement with the duly authorized rep
resentative of the French Republic and
gave II in writing, under the great seal Of
this honorable nation, that solemn
pledge.
what Wilson Said.
Did he keep it? He did not. This
il what he said, and all he said respect
ing the treaty on July 10. when he sub
mitted the treaty Of Versailles to the
Senate:
~ shall presently have occasion to
lay before you a special treaty with
France, whose object is the temporary
protection OF France from unprovoked
aggression by the Power with whom this
treaty OF peace has been negotiated. Its
| terms link 1t with this treaty. ] take
the liberty, however, OF reserving II for
special explication on another occasion.
"Eie did not submit the treaty ne did
not divulge its terms; he did not even
summarize n; he simply took the lib
| erty' OF violating II.
why? There must have been some
| Trason for the Incorporation of that par
| ticular provision in the Franco-Ameri-
| can treaty. There is none such In the
Franco British treaty, wherein Article
/
| treaty shall before ratification by his
Majesty. be submitted TO Parliament for
\ al prevail not coincidently with the sub
mission of the treaty OF Versailles nor
at any other specified time.
How can this marked difference be
| accounted for? We can only conjecture
Of course. but It Is surely fair pre-
sumption that the provision was not
inser ted at the instigation Of the Presi-
| no har In
of Lis way to bind himself unnecessarily
to do certain thing upon n certain day.
| Seemingly then the idea must have
originated in the French Government.
Ciemenceau's Object.
| But why should NJ. Clemenceau have
desired so particularly that the two
treaties should be placed before the
Senate simultaneously? Again We can
only guess, but is 1t not reasonable to
surmise that he, being aware OF the
| coequal treaty making powers OF the
Senate, felt that all interests. especially
those of France, would best be served
by presenting to that body both agree
ments as embodied In the two treaties
| at one and the same time, and thus
enable II to consider and act upon each
with full knowledge OF what the other
| contained?
| SuCn procedure WOuLn pOsseHS AT
least the merit OF frankness and open
dealing and could not fail to impress
the Senate favorably. II seems strange
| that the Premier should not have taken
for granted that the President would
take this natural course. but being old
and wise and prudent he apparently
preferred to take no chances SO he put
II in black ana white. and the Presi-
dent signed the commitment.
hA La lii
pledge Is a matter OF speculation Per-
heps ne feared that one OF the treaties
might run crosswise to the other, or
that the Senate might think that II one
were ratified the other need not be.
| Then there was the question OF the need
OF a special pact II the league were any
thing more than a shell Discussion in
volving close analysis and striking con-
trasts at any rate would better be
averted IL possible so all OF NJ. Clemen-
ceau's painstaking caution went for
ma ught and the presentation OF full in
formation TO the Senate. which he
thought was assured. was not made
after all
II "Or 1t may be that there were things
in tho separate treaty itself which the
President thought would better not be
revealed at the moment. In any case
to the best of our knowledge It has not
yet Deen puDnsneu III lHls country, WnlCn
seems strange, IL we are correctly in
formed that IL has appeared in England,
In view OF rheh enterprise of our great
newspapers in promptly presenting TO
their readers the texts OF documents OF
such obvious Importance. unless, OF
course, prevented by the censor
The Franco British treaty lie sub
stantially identical with tho exception
that instead OF being bound TO come i'm
mediately' TO the assistance OF France,
like the United States, she merely
agrees to come Immediately Great
Britain exempts all OF her domnions
from any obligation unless II is an.