The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1919-09-19
GERMAN PEACE TREATY CALLED
UP IN SENATE.

German peace treaty, with its
League of Nations covenant, was
called up Monday in the Senate, but
there apparently was no disposition
to speed it along until after the in
terruption of business by the cere-
monies in honor of General John j.
Pershing, Wednesday and Thursday.
Senator Lawrence Y. Sherman, Re-
publican, of Illinois, took up most of
the time of the session to-day with
an attack on the league covenant,
and Senator James Reed, Democrat,
of Missouri, who has been speaking
in the West against it, will speak
Friday.
The reading of the treaty, section
by section, hardly is expected, there
fore, to begin until Monday.
The league covenant comes first,
and right at the beginning, almost,
is the amendment by Senator Hiram
w. Johnson, Republican, of Califor-
mia, which would give to the United
States the same voting power as
Great Britain.
How much time the Senate would
take in considering this amendment
members declined to say, although
the general view was that nearly
every one on the Republican side
might desire to express opinions re-
garding it. 1t was suggested that
Senator Johnson, who is on a speak
ing tour, might return in time to
take personal charge of the fight to
equalize the voting clause.
After Cono for uonrv rohnf od,o
Republican, of Massachusetts,, for
mally had called up the treaty Mon
day he presented a printed text of
the treaty with Austria, supplied to
him by Chicago newspaper, and OBJ
tanned unanimous consent to have it
| read word for word.
Senator Gilbert M. Hitchcock, of
| Nebraska, who, as ranking Demo
| cratic member of the committee, will
conduct the administration fight fol
ratification, made vigorous objection
to this procedure, declaring it ga
| mere squandering of time"
| To have that treaty read, with a
dozen Senators listening" would be
flying in the face of public demand
for speed, Senator Hitchcock said
|
have the document printed and let
the matter go at that. This Senator
Lodge agreed to do, saying he was
prepared to ask leave to print the
treaty before Senator Hitchcock had
spoken, having realized that it would
require more than a day to finish the
reading.
Ratification of the treaty and its
League of Nations covenant was urg.
ed by Senator Lee S. Overton, Demo
crat, of North Carolina, one of the
administration spokesman.
Until this is DONE" he told the
Senate, there can be no peace, but
unrest, revolution, starvation, and
anarchy will stalk up and down the
world, bringing in their wake de-
struction of nations, social disorder
wretchedness and finally the exter
mination of the races of men,"
Senator Overman said he hac
read the treaty, heard it discussed
studied it, and thought it over and
determined it is my duty to support
it's ratification.
Il do not believe the Senate will
refuse to ratify it," he added. '"The
American public is behind it, and af.
ter all our promises and pledges and
the prayers of our public for fifty
years for peace, we cannot afford
from the standpoint Of honor, to de-
feat it,
Denouncing Senators whose "insid
ious defamation poison the public
mind" against the German peace
1 ofxy
Senator Address A. Jones, Democrat
of New Mexico, speaking in the Sen.
ate, Monday, said if the reservation:
recommended by the Foreign Rela-
tions Committee majority were
adopted the treaty, as we'll as the
league covenant, would fail"
IF we ever have a treaty with
Germany" he declared, "it will be q
negotiated and not victorious
treaty. The United States will no,
participate in the restoring and pre-.
serving peace and bringing order out
of the worlds chaos.
1.-THE unselfish, the ideal, the al
truistic motives which have inspired
this league are sufficient induce
ments for all the sacrifices and efforts
] W7iiNh VIC Will OC CdllOQ uUOH IO
make in carrying out it's provisions. "
Senator Jones said, in his opinion,
reservations as proposed by the COM
mittee were unnecessary, as ample
protection was afforded by the terms
of the treaty.
Article x" he continued, sis q
declaration to the world that war for
conquest shall end and that this dec
laration will be supported by the
combined power of all other members
of the league"
Rejection of all proposed amend
ments to the German peace treaty
and modification of the recommended
strong" reservations, was urged in
an individual minority report filed
with the Senate by Senator Porter I.
McCumber, Republican, of North Da.
kota. next in rank on the Foreign
Relations Committee to Chairman
Lodge. Senator McCumber did not
join in the recent Republican ma
Jority report, and voted with the
Democrats on amendments and sew
eral reservations.