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cho,oe President Declined to
Use Influence to Obtain
Hearing.
COMMITTEE STILL
nERATES RESERVATIONS
neclare He Represented That Treaties
Now in Existence Barred Way
TO SeIf-DeterminatiOn
Plan.

Washington, Sept. 6.-While pri-
waite negotiations proceeded today be-
tween senator's favoring strong or
"mild" reservations to the German
naaee treaty. the foreign relations
committee received a report of a
snirited discussion of the Irish ques-
tion at Paris last June between Presi-
dent Wilson and Frank P. Walsh,
and former Governor Dunno of Hi
nois, who sought to secure a hearing
before the peace conference for the
Irish nationalists.
The report was transmitted by the
Irish National bureau, supplementing
recent committee hearings. 1t said
Mr.. Wilson declined to use his in
fluence to get hearing for the Irish
representatives, declaring that
Messfs Walsh and Ounce, by intem-
perate speeches in Ireland, had made
it impossible.
Treaties in existence, the president
also was represented as having de-
clared, impeded his efforts to produce
self-determination for subject peo-
Piles.
No meeting of the committee was
held today, the memorandum made
by Walsh and Dunno, after their
conference being submitted informal
w. and there was little discussion of
the treaty in the senate, Senator
Norris, republican of Nebraska, MAX
ing the only address. He called at
tention to the statement of the
president in his st. Louis speech that
Japan's secret treaties with the al
lies were made to induce her to enter
the war. The Nebraska senator said
the treaty provisions were made two
years later.
A group Of republican senator's ad-
vocated making mild" reservations
conferred during the day and were
sad to have agreed to oppose the
committee reservations, particularly
tthat relating to article 10 of the
league OF nations covenant.
Wilson's Threats.
The Irish memorial, described as
notes ,No on the conference between Mr..
wilson and Walsh and Dunno, made
oy the latter afterwards, teemed
with sharp exchanges regarding the
attitude of the president and others
VI the American peace commission
on the Irish question.
mr.. Walsh, the memorandum re-
cited, suggested that the president
visit Ireland, and the president was
SAD to have replied:
!. Now, Walsh, if it is your inten-
.on 10 go back to America and try
" put me in bad, I am going to
say say When | go back that we were
WEI WEI on the way Of getting Mr.. De
valera and his associates over here:
m M were = well o. on the way, when YOU
;,aqe 1t SO difficult by your speeches
t 4, ireland IL that we could not do it;
l Ltid. IL was you gentlemen who
A% NE over the apple cart"
Nv Mr' Walsh, in reply. referred to
ma in the British Parlia-
, o"3 OF the efforts to secure safe
V l1"aucts to Paris for Eamonn De
va. satera; and other Irish nationalist
as'u inc president was represented
as responding:
d;so mow' Walsh, I am not going to
tho ~ anything that was said in
Ho e Brush House of Commons OF
I'v wae OF Lords, except this: that
Ho was making an effort and colonel
th otse was making an effort. and
ws WOO. we thought we were we'll on the
so Me-; VI getting De Valera and his as.
Of ', wo's over here, but the speeches
thu toa gentlemen gave such offense
do ne 1n y whole thing had to be aban.
side a ending ,sl the conference, the pre-
m;s sa. was quoted as saying of his
'"' as y, to Paris: 'S
came u as. not succeed in getting all ]
was "i u | should say that there
this wa gteat deal-no, I will put il
honed s.tnere We're lot of things
'0peo Tor but did not get"