The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-09-10
PEACE TREATY
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clauses and certain outside VII
nesses. AS an Illustration in a small
way of the difficulties in securing In
formation, 1t may be stated that nc
provision had been made to supply
| the senate with the maps accompany
| ing the treaty, and it was necessary
to send to Paris for them. The only
documents or the many asked LOT ny
the committee which were furnlsned
by the executives were the Americas
plan for the league of nations, SUP
United to the commission on tne
league covenant and the composite
draft made by experts of that com
mission.
| The treaties with Poland and Win
France, as well as the Rhine proto-
col, all integral parts OF the treaty
with Germany were obtained by tne
senate. prior to their TRANSMISSION py
the president, from the documents
laid before the house or commons
and the chamber Of deputies carry III
July by the prime ministers OF Eng
lland and France. The RECORDS Oh
| the peace conference and OF the coh-
iferences of representatives OF inc
| five great powers were asked iof, W
the committee and refused py the
executive The committee hao pc
fore them the secretary OF state' WIZ
was one Of the American delegates
and signer Of the treaty ana tney
also had the privilege OF a mee.ihs
with the president at the White
house, which they had themselves re-
quested. The testimony OF the sec
Rotary OF state and the conversions
of the committee with the presiuen'
published in the record OF the COM
mittee hearings have been lalo De,
fore the country by the press anu
it is not necessary to say nythahs
further in regard to them because
the people themselves know now
much information in regard 10 Tue
treaty was received by the commit
tee upon those two occasions.
The character of the clamor LOT
speedy action is well Illustrated by
the fact that it was directed soieiy
against the senate OF the united
States and its committee on Foreign
relations The treaty provides tnat
lit shall go into force when ratihed by
Germany and by three OF the prln-
/! cipal allied and associated powers
which are the United States, France,
lGreat Britain, Italy and Japan Great
britain very naturally ratlned at
once, but not one of the other four
has yet acted. Persons afflicted with
iinquiring minds have wondered not
little that the distressed mourners
over delays in the senate nave not
also aimed their criticism at the like
shortcomings on the part OF France,
Italy and Japan, an act OF even
handed justice in faul. finding which
they have hitherto failed to perform.
Perhaps it is well also to note and
to consider for a moment OF the
reasons given for the demand for
Ihasty action which was to the effect
that 1t was necessary to have prompt
ratification in order to renew our
trade with Germany FOR even the
lmost ardent advocate of unconsider-
ed action was unable TO urge tnae
the channels Of trade 20 the allied
countries were not open. The emptf
mess of this particular plea for haste,
now rather faded. is shown by the
fact that we have been trading with
IGermany ever since the armistice.
Between that event and the end Of
July we have exported to Germany
goods valued at 81, 270,624. In the
month of June we exported more to
Germany than we did 70 Spain. In
July by orders Of the war trade
board the provisions OF the trading.
iwith-the-enemy act were set aside by
the authorization of the licenses to
trade, and exports to Germany for
the month of July amounted to 81
i436,742, while those to Austria and
Hungary were s1,016,51S.
1t is an interesting fact that ex-
| ports in June to Germany before the
relaxation of the trading with-the-
enemy act, were much larger than
after that relaxation brought about
by allowing licenses was ordered an
Indication Of the undoubted truth
that our trade with foreign countries
] is not affected by the treaty. but is
governed by the necessarily reduced
purchasing power of all countries IN
Europe engaged in the war.
/ AS a matter of fact, therefore, we
are trading with Germany, and 1t is
mere delusion to say rnaC we can
not trade with Germany until the
ratification of the treaty.
| And we can transact all the bust
ness we may desire through the good
| Offices of Spanish consuYs until new
consular treaty with Germany has
| been made.
Before leaving this subject It may
not be amiss to remark that Mr.
iLloyd-George has recently made two
| important speeches expressing grave
apprehensions as to the social and
political unrest and the economic
troubles now prevalent in England.
He seems to have failed to point out.
however, that the ratification of the
covenant of the league of nations by
Great Britain had relieved the stu
alton which he had described He
was apparently equally remiss in omit
ting TO suggest that prompt action by
the senate Of the United States IN
adopting the covenant of the league
/ of nations would Immediately lower
| the price Of beef.
In reporting the treaty TO the SEN
ate for action the committee pro-
poses certain amendments to the
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