Mansfield mirror., 1919-09-25
A SHOCK TO.
:. the COUNTRY
Senator Hitchcock So Charac.
terizcs Senator Knox's At.
tack on Peace Treaty.
An INSANE FOREIGN POLICY
Amendment or Defeat OF the Treaty
Would Be Commercial and Finan-
cial Disaster for America. Says
Nebraska Senator.

Westminster. Especially. - Declaring
lat any aacndmeut TO the Treaty oil
Peace. good or bad, reasonable or un-
reasonable, means the defeat OF the
treaty with all It's disastrous conse-
CueA,cs. Senator Hitchcock or Ne
hrashl, mace a powerful speech in the
Senate today urging that the treaty be
ratified without delay and without
amendment,
Referring TO the recent speech or
Senator McCUnber. Republican OF
North Dakota, who voted against the
| Sharung amendment in the foreign
relations cCmnittee. Senator Hitch
cock said: He has shown that the
proposed amendment instead OF help
Ing China deiliyes her Of the benefit
Of the promises and concessions the
United states has expected from Jap
an. He has shown that Japan Is al
ready in possession of the German
rights. privileges. and lease holds. He
has also shown that Great Britain anu
France ale under pledge to Japan 10
stand by her in her claim. and he mas
challenged the supporters OF the pro-
posed amendment to show how emma
can possibly be benefited unless when
We reject Japan's promise we propose
10 go to war with her and drive her
out Of Shantung for the benefit OF
China
81 think the Senator from North Da-
kota ConcluSively demonstrated the
folly of the proposed amendment as
far as it concerns China and the dan
ger that it involves to the United
States"
Senator Hitchcock then explained
the inevitable results II the Senate
should vote in favor of the Shantung
amendment or any other. He said that
one Of two things would happen
either the President would refuse to
90 further with the treaty, or he would
have to submit the amendment to the
nations associated with the united
! States in the war.
Does anyone believe" asked the
| senator. that the other nations would
accept the Shantung amendment He
| pointed out that Great Britain has al
/ ready ratified the treaty and is un'
der plejce to Japan with reference 10
Shantung; that France is soon to rati'
| ~ the treaty and is under the same
| pledge to Japan.
| Does any one suppose that japan
herself. would submit to such humlil.
alton before the eyes Of the world!
asked Hitchcock. The answer Is sim
nile" he asserted I'VE would find our
! selves out in the cold isolated from the
| rest of the world.
What then, will the United States
do? What will those American states
man propose who stand for this meth
cd Of killing the treaty? Some OF
them will say that Congress can pass
a irint resolution declaring state
of peace with Germany. Others say
/ the United States can negotiate sep
arate and independent Treaty OF Peace
with Germany. Those who talk TINS
wav evidently have no conception OF
tie enormous benefits and advantages
which the United States derives from
this treaty, which we wrung from Ger
manv at the cannon's mouth. Neither
have they any conception OF the diff
clFt'es involved in negotiating new
treaty with Germany to establish the
+arns of neace and settle the contro
versies of the war.
ITO nv mind, it would be suicidal
for the United States to throw away
the advantages and benefits provided
In this treaty. 1t would be disas
trous commercially and financially. II
would put us at an enormous disadvan
tagc in our international relations not
only with Germany but with those ma
tions which We would thus desert.
"They would remain bound together
by ties Of mutual interest. They would
enjoy the benefits Of the treaty and
would not he slow to take every ad
vantage OF them. They would resent
our desertion.
"Up to this point, I have discussed
the possible defeat Of the treaty by
means OF proposed amendments to 1t
That Is the real program and hope Of
the majority Of the committee on for
eign relations. 1t Is for that purpose
that the treaty has been locked up ir
cold storage for SO many weeks. The
enemies Of the League OF Nations II
pnmDaT9C
to its friends, but they control the
committee. They have felt justified II
retaining the treaty in the committee
holding useless hearings and making
killing amendments with the ful
knowledge that amendments woult
beat the treaty just as effectively a
a refusal to ratify.
"A few, a very few, senators hav'
declared that they would vote againc
the treaty because Of the League o
Nations, but 1t has remained for tn
Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Knox
to declare boldly against our participa
tion in the treaty settlement.
"To say that he has amazed tn
country is TO put 1t mildly--he ha
shocked the country.
strangely enough after months o
time and number Of speeches II
which his attack on the treaty hn
been On account Of Article l, whicl
! contains the League Of Nations. he nov
takes new position. he formerly. fav
ored taking the League OF Nations Oh
Of the treaty and ratifying the peac'
settlement with Germany. Now he sud
denly changes front, declares In favo
If de3erting the nations associated will
ua in the war and advocates an uhcoI
d lional peace or negotiated peac'
, with Germany, 10