The sun., 1919-06-12

There are probably from 1000 to 5000
men engaged in making this treaty, be.
tween 200 and 800 in the employ Of the
Government OF the United states. have
seen the statement that there are about
/ 400 people on our payroll In Paris to-
day and between 200 and 800 engaged
upon the treaty. Probably most of them
have copies, and those who came away
frbm Paris before the Injunction proba-
bly, brought copies away.
"This treaty deals with vastly impof.
tant and difficult financial questions.
Germany says she cannot live II the A.
naf,clal requirements are imposed ;
France says she cannot live unless they
are imposed, and the whole financial
movement of Europe, upon which de-
Ponds all Ateffcan foreign trade and
the markets for American productions,
IL involved. Nobody but a lunatic would
undertake to make d treaty without CALI
ing in experts familiar with the finances
Of the world and they have there as ex-
perts Mr.. Lamont, representing the
Treasury: Mr.. Baruch and Prof. Shot
we'll, the leading economist of this
country, with a big corps under him
solely upon these financial questions"
Ranking Advice Necessary.
Would you get farmer or a manu-
acturer to advise on such subject7 YOU
have to get banker who knows about
that particular business, and when this
is over he is going on with his banking
Now you may infer suspicious about such
men that they may have private ideas
In their minds, but what n misfortune II
would be TO be denied the experience and
ability Of the business world because
every time a man answers the call OF his
country he is to be subject to suspicion
without proof"
Senator New addressed Mr.. Root
''You say Mr.. Dawson had a copy of the
treaty, and It was perfectly Legitimate
for him to have It. I agree with that
entirely. Were not the interests OF the
United States involved as we'll as the
Red Cross? And would you regard It as
equally legitimate for the Foreign Re-
lations Committee Of the Senate to have
had n copy?"
81 should"
"T-hat is the precise question involved"
interjected Mr.. Borah. Nobody was OBJ
jecting to those gentlemen in New York
having copies OF this treaty. but the
Senate was equally entitled to them.
Does not Mr.. Root thing that correctT
II do" replied Senator Root.
Senator johnson: And broadening
the inquiry, II a few had this treaty
legitimately Of course. all of our people
were entitled to the treaty as well?' :.
Undoubtedly" replied Mr.. Root II
think every citizen OF the United states
was entitled to see the paper which had
been made public property by the Ger
man Government"
Only Nation Not Represented.
Mr. Root" asked Senator Fall IN.
NJ, is not Mr.. Lloyd George the rep
resentative of the British Parliament In
the Peace Conference7 And is not NJ
Clemenceau the representative OF the
French legislative body7 Signor Orlando
reported to the Italian Parliament, did
he not, when some difficulty occurred IN
the Peace Conference? Is 1t not a fact
that this Government is the only one Of
the big five which Is not represented by
the legislative branch of the Govern
ment at the Peace. Conference?"
THAT Is my impression" Mr.. Root re-
piled.
Il think Japan even Is represented
by Minister of the Japanese Parlia-
ment," went on Senator Fall.
Yes" replied Mr.. Root.
viii Mr.. Root tell me whether the
treaty has to be ratified by the French
Deputies or Senate or the British Par
Lament or whether Il goes into eSecu-
ton when 1t Is signed by their Prime
Ministers?" asked Senator Brandegee.
ut has 10 be ratified"
els tho ratification By the French and
the British comparable to the ratification
by our Senator"
mo" replied Mr.. Root. "Their Par
liaments generally ratify what their
Ministries do; not always. Sometimes
there Is a fight But, of course, the
British Ministry Is In effect a committee
OF the House OF Commons"
Mr.. Brandegee Explains.
Senator FAN has in mind that while
these men in Europe are making this
treaty openly and openly arriving at II
by the process OF pitiless publicity-be-
hind closed doors-while they are sitting
there in Paris within three hours OF
London by airship and are doing II
through the heads OF their Governments,
who have access to their legislative
bodies and appear every few days on the
floor and tell their legislative bodies
what they are doing and proposing to
90, we are sittlng 5000 miles away, with
our Prime Minister believe that is the
title he prefers now until he becomes the
President OF the world-sittlng over
there declining to give us any informa-
ton whatever; and under our Constitu.
ton he knows and you know aAd know,
and they know that what no proposes is
nero piffie until two-thirds of the United
States Senate ratif1es what he submits
That is a different situation from what
any other Government Is in
"Do you think the injunction against
distribution of this incomplete treaty
was advisable or not?" asked Senator
Pittman.
quite reasonable. yes" Mr.. Root re-
piled. Fl do not say that do not think
1t would have been wise and appropriate
to keep the Senate advised from time
to time about the negotiation, but !
think when there was a paper to be
distributed and It was discovered that
1t was to be changed II was quite
reasonable to say do not distribute this
until We get the changes.'"
The different relation Of the Prime
Minister OF Great Britain to this con.
ference 10 due to a different form OF