Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1919-08-23
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Vote Strictly Along Party
Lines With Exception OF
I Senator Mctumber.
By L. G. Martin

Nv aSnlngtOn, Aug. 25.--The senate FOR.
eign relations committee today voted
nine to eight to strike the word ssJa-
pan y from the provisions of the peace
treaty relating to the disposition of Ger.
many's rights in shantung and insert
the word "China.
The effect of the amendment is TO
provide for the return of the territory
to China.
Senator Lodge made the motion. SEN
stor McCumber, republican, voted with
the democrats against it., Otherwise
the vote was on party lines.
This is the first amendment to the
treaty made by the committee. After
making it, the committee proceeded to
consider other amendments, in executive
session.
Leaving the committee room after the
roll call, Senator Brandegee made the
following statement:
1.-The committee has just voted ON q
roll call by a vote of to 8, Senatorf
McCumber voting with the democrats to
strike out the word Japan wherever it
appears in Articles l56, 157 and 15S of
the treaty Of Versailles, and insert in
lieu thereof the word China. +. The eff
feet of this Is that the committee on for
eign relations favors the return Of Ger
man concessions. in Shantung to China
instead of to Japan.
s'Senators Shields, Hitchcock and
Pittman, democrats, were not present,
but by agreement their votes were re-
corded in the negative. Senator Lodge
made the motion to strike out japan and
insert China
The foreign relations committee also
instructed Senator Lodge, its chairman,
to ask President Wilson to transmit of
ficialiy the Polish treaty, signed on the
same day as the treaty with Germany;
declaration in regard to the amour.
of Germany's payment for the support
of allied forces of occupation, signed
June l6 and protocol of thirteen arti.
cles, signed by the United States, Great
Britain, France, Belgium and Germany
regarding the occupation of the Rhine
provinces.
In addition, Lodge was instructed to
ask the president to give all the ,infor
nation possible on the treaties with
Austria, Bulgaria, Turkey and Hungary
which the president told the committee
have been completed but not submitted
to the enemy.
This action was taken on motion oil
Senator Williams, democrat, members
of the committee after discussion as tG
what means the committee should take
to obtain the four treaties mentioned
On this no action was taken, beyond tht
request for information concerning thcii
contents.
That the withholding of the doeu
ments and information asked foi may
upset plans to report the German treaty
within a short time to the senate was
intimated by Senator Lodge, who aftel
the meeting said the committee hal
worked as hard and steadily as any com
mittee / ever saw, but has been ham
pered at every stage by lack Of informa
tioa.''
'.Time has been consumed in trying
to get information here and thereT whicl
should have been in our hands week
ago.
SIT is of the utmost importance tina
we get the other treaties, or at leas
some knowledge of their contents, to as
-sist us in intelligent consideration o.
the German treaty. They are all inter
.twined, we know, but we do not know
the provisions IS to territory and xher
things may be with them