Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-07-21
WANTS j. s. MAN
ON PREPARATIONS
President Asks Senators to
Permit Appointment Pend
ing Treaty Action.
DEBATED WITH NO RESULT

, PreSldent w llSOn To-Day asked the
| Senate foreign relations committee to
approve the appointment of an Ameri-
! can member of the reparations COM
mission provided for under the peace
/ treaty, to act Professionally pending
Senate action on the Versailles docu-
/ ment. The committee debated the re-
| quest for more than an hour without
| acting.
| The President wrote that he made
the request because he considered it
! of SO much Importance to the bust
J ness interests of the country" tina. the
j United States be represented on the
; commission.
! Senator Williams. democrat. Missis-
! sippi offered a resolution declaring
| the committee willing to approve such
an appointment. but Chairman Lodge
| and other republican members OPP
posed it. while Senators Knox. repub-
lean, Pennsylvania. and Harding, re-
| publican. Ohio. offered substitutes
| that would declare the committee
without authority in the matter. None
of the proposals came to a vote.
Letter to Mr.. Lodge.
The Presidents letter to Chairman
| Lodge follows:
MY dear Sena tor:
There are some things in connec-
! ton with the execution of the treaty
OF peace which can hardly await the
action of the several governments
which must act with regard to the
| ratification of the treaty, and the chief
of these is the functioning of the
| reparation commission. 1t is of such
j Importance to the business interests of
the United States as well as to the ma
tons with which we are associated
| that the United States should be repre-
scented on that commission and repre-
sented now, while the work of the COM
mission is taking shape. that l am
taking the liberty of writing to ask
if you will not be kind enough to con-
suit the committee on foreign relations
/ with regard to the particular appoint
| ment and say to them that I would
very much appreciate their approval
of my appointing Professionally a rep
resentative of the United States to act
upon the Preparations commission.
Very sincerely yours,
WOODROW WILSON"
Wrangle in Senate.
Senate controversy over the treaty
was resumed today in wrangle. pre-
liminary to the scheduled address, be-
tween Senator Williams, democrat, of
Mississippi, and Senators Lodge of
Massachusetts, and Borah of Idaho, re-
puDllCanS. IT was CldlmeQ IndC the
last two, in recent addresses, had sub
mitted erroneous statistics regarding
Shantung, but both republicans sharp
~ denied the assertion. Mr.. Lodge
said that while Japan secured terri
torial control over only the Shantung
ports. the German railroad and other
concessions transferred give her prac-
teal control over the whole province
Referring to Senator Borah's recent
statement that financial interests IA
vor the treaty. Senator Williams con-
graduated fnanciers upon their po-
sitions.
Bankers favor peace, he said. be-
cause war prevents commercial, finan-
cial and other developments.
Sometimes the money power is
/ right" said Senator Williams, and
if their interest is selfish I thank God
they are contributing to the peace of
the world
The substitute resolution offered by
Senator Knox today would declare
that it is the judgment of the COM
mittee that until the treaty is rat
lfed no power exists, either in the
President or in Congress, to execute
any of the provisions proposed in the
treaty, either Professionally or other
wise"
Senator Borah asserted the practical
effect of the Shantung provision in
the treaty is to deliver both the DO
litical and economic sovereignty to
Japan. and that by the provisions
troll of the situation, enabling her to
dominate the entire province.
Demands for the regular order of
business by Senator Thomas, demo-
crat, OF Colorado, closed the discus
sion.