Arizona republican., 1919-08-23
TREATY REPORT BEFORE SENATE
 WITHIN \ WEEK
Committee Pushes Work To Get Pact Into Body Soon -Is Told Of Shantung Affair-More Treaty De- bate Features s ena t C Session
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WASHINGTON, Aug. 22-In de- termined effort to report the peace treaty before the end of next week, the senate foreign relations committee sud- dently interrupted it's public hearings today and arranged to go to work to- morrow on proposed amendments and reservations.
 Although one witness will be heard Monday, members thought that might be the last hearing before the treaty was reported.
 Senator Hitchcock of Nebraska, the democratic leader, declared his belief that the report would be laid before the senate during the coming week and asserted that he had been assured the republicans would cooperate to that end. Some republican members agreed with his prediction, but Chairman Lodge declined to say when he thought the committee would act.
 Late today plans to expedite the con- sideration of amendments were dis cussed at a conference of republican members of the committee. It is likely that among the first amendments voted on will be one proposing to strike out or modify the articles giving Japan control in Shantung province, China.
 Hear Of Shantung Affair
 The story of the negotiations result ing i'll the Shantung provision was told to the committee today by Prof. B. T. Williams, who was technical adviser to the American peace delegation. He said he had strongly objected" to the settlement reached and thought the American delegates should not have assented to it.
 During the day there was more de- bate on the treaty in the senate, Sem ator Thomas, democrat, Colorado, crit icising the provision for an interna- tional labor organization and Senator Fall, republican, New Mexico, taking exception to information given the committee by President Wilson regard ing the resumption of trade with Ger many.
 Although he refrained from saying whether he would vote for the treaty Senator Thomas expressed grave doubt as to the wisdom of the labor proyi- sions and said there were articles in the labor section which seemed to violate the American constitution by delegating legislative and judicial func- tions to international bodies.
 Disagrees With President
 Senator Fall, referring to a state ment by the president that so far as he knew the United States was not trading with Germany, declared there had been a suspension of trading with the enemy act which could be effected only by presidential authority and that merchant vessels were sailing direct between American and German ports The export trade to Germany in June he said. amounted to sS,000, 900.
 Developments today pointed with in- creasing certainty to the complete col lapse of the effort to pass com promise resolution along the lines of President Wilson's suggestion for res ervations apart from the ratification itself. Republican leaders declared presentation of the resolution only had cleared the air so far as they were con cerned and had revealed beyond doubt that the group of republican reserva- tion advocates would insist on having the qualification part of the ratifica- ton.
 On the democratic side it was as- serted the move had Accomplished it's purpose of showing that the democrats and large number of republicans stood for ratification with reservations of the same sort, differing only in the methods to be pursued, and that tex tual amendment of the treaty was out of the question. The democratic lead CTS indicated, however, they had no in- tention of bringing the resolution to a vote.