The Adair County news., 1919-11-12
Senator Hitchcock So Charae-
terizes Senator Knox's At
tack On the Peace
Treaty
FOREIGN POLICY
Amendment or Defeat of ihe
Treaty Would Be CONNER
cial and Financial Disaster
For America, Says Nebraska
Senator

Washington tSpeciaIJ. = pecIsz1sssz-
that any amendment to the treaty NJ
peace, good or bad, reasonable or M
reasonable, means the defeat oE sta-
treaty with all it's disastrous eszse--
quences, Senator Hitchcock of NeBsaa--
ka made powerful speech in -sks--
Senate today urging that the treaty at=-
ratified without delay and wfthssEz
amendment.
Referring to the recent speeeiz -
Senator McCumber, Republican &s
North Dakota, who voted against Ibe -
Shantung amendment in the foreig,.
relations committee, Senator Hitz5k-
cock said:
"He has shown that the DTopse7g, g
amendment, instead of helping Cha
deprives her of the benefit of sE-Gr
promises and concessions the UB ga
States has exacted from Japan HS
has shown that Japan is ~aIrea9v r.
possession of the German rights, priv
ileges and leasehOlds. He has ais
shown that Great Britain and FrzlEgH
are under pledge to Japan. TO stand ~
her in her claim, and he has Challenges
the supporters of the proposed anaEszx-
ment to show how China cdH POsSisSy
be benefited unless, when we reject sEI-
paniS promises, we proposed to GO u o.
war with her and drive her 0US. -
Shantung for the benefit Of China
Il think the Senator from NoEZE7-
Dakota cOnclusively demonstrated -
folly of the proposed amendaez5J szs=
far as it concerns China and the Ga,aH
ger that it involves to the Units@E
States"
Senator Hitchcock then expIaTpes5e
the inevitable results if the SeDaEs
should vote in favor Of the ShanEHpg.-
amendment OF any other. He saiG Gssslz-
one of two things would happsz--
either the President would refuse Ess-
go further with the treaty or he wsSsld
have to submit the amendment to The
nations associated with the GXi1ss
States in the war.
Does anyone believe asked tfis
Senator, that the other nations wOCstsL
accept the Shantung ameHdmenT2' lat
pointed out that Great Britain has zf -
ready ratified the treaty and IS uHl6sE~'
pledge to Japan with reference r.
Shantung; that France is soon tG ELt--
ify the treaty and is under the SZsE3E
pledge to Japan.
Does anyone suppose that ,i<sgEz<
herself would submit TO such a htrHi8i-
alton before the eyes of the worIEs$
asked Hitchcock. The answer Esss6ss -
ple,' he asserted. We would hhd zzU-
selves out in the cold, Isolated ErIEE 2.
the rest of the world
"What, then, will the United SfEEFs
dOi What will those American STATES
men propose who stand for this meth0aE :
of killing the treaty? Some Of khssl .
will say that Congress can pass a 5oiHS .
resolution declaring a>state Of psact.~
with Germany. Others say the UufteSE
States can negotiate separate ansz izF-
dependent treaty of peace with GEse
many. Those who talk this way exs-
IDENTIFY have no conception Of the sKsST
nous benefits and advantages whirEl :
the United States derives from slaS
treaty which we wrung from Germs1x>
at the cannOn's mouth, Neither h1EEs-
they any conception of the difficuEiSs
involved in negotiating new treztS
with Germany TO establish the te5zas
of peace and settle the controversies
of the war.
"TO my mind it would be sufeislS
for the United States to throw szEg
1 ~ ffe
in this treaty. 1t would be dfsaSTrr1aS
commercially and financially. 1t wou5a
put~us at an enormous disadvsnfzEe
in our international relations not 0EIeg
with Germany but with those naf5oss=
which we would thus desert TzlEz-
would remain bound together bx tRe~
of mutual interest. They WOULD en5HS-
the benefits of the treaty and E01kz
not be slow to take every ADVANTAGES *
them They would resent our dsszx-
tion
up to this point, have -discuSzES
the possible defeat of the treaty. aaEr
means of proposed amendments to q
That is the real program and -hoFSe aG
the majority Of the committee ON Ek-r-
eim relations. It is for tlat purpess
that 1he treaty has been loeked-np fa
cold storage Tor so manx weeks TAe
enemies of the League Of Nations n
the Senate are not many eompaEetx y
its friends. but they control the con- :
mittee. They have felt JUSTIFIED II ~ .
tanning the treaty in the eemmissse.
holding useless hearings and nakils
killing amendments with the fois
knowledge that amendments uo0sp I
beat the treaty Just as effeeively ~
refusal to ratify.
"a few, 4 very few, Senator's hHzs
declared that they would vote agaf,na