Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1919-06-17
KNOX ACTS TO
BLOCK LEAGUE
Resolution Asks That 1t Be Sep
arate From Tre-.ty.
IS REFERRED TO COMMITTEE
New York Flnaneiers Deny They
Knew Contents of Peace Pact
Ordered Before Upper
House.

Washington, June 1.-THE treaty
broke out anew in the senate along
lines which promised speedily to head
up the issdes involved over the league
of nations.
Immediately at the opening of the
session, Senator Knox of Pennsylvania
(Rep.), a member of the foreign rela-
tions committee, and former secre-
tary of state, presented a resolution
of far-reaching proposals. 1t proposes
tc have the senate give official nouce
TO President Wilson and the American
peace mission at Paris that rattt1ca-
ton of the treaty is opposed In Its
present form, which has the league
covenant interviewer with the terms
OF settlement.
It proposes that the peace treaty
shall be so drawn that the question OF
a league of nations shall be reserved
for consideration by the people of any
nation without affecting Germanys
obligations in the actual settlement Of
peace terms.
Would Pledge Aid of U. S.
tt proposes to have the senate de-
clare it the policy of the United States
government that should the peace and
freedom of Europe be threatened by
any power or combination of powers,
the United States will regard such
situation as menace to itself ana
would pledge the United States, if nee
essary, to go to 1.-The defense of civil
izatiOn" again.
The Knox resolution was referred
without debate to the foreign relations
committee and the storm for the day
appeared TO have passed over.
A fresh outbreak was threatened,
however, when Senator Pitman (Dem.)
of Nebraska began reading a speech
in favor. of the league Of nations by
former President Taft, which previous
IL had been denied unanimous consent
for insertion In the Record on objection
of Senator Smoot (Rep.) of Utah.
Request Financiers to Attend.
kilograms requesting ]. P. Morgan,
Henry P. Dawson, Thomas w. La
mont, Jacob Schiff, Paul Warburg and
Frank Vanderlip, New York fnanciers,
to appear before the senate foreign re-
lations committee Wednesday and tes-
tify in the investigation of how cop
les of the peace treaty reached pri-
vate interests in New York were sent
out by direction of Chairman Lodge.
instructions were given by the COM
mittee that subpOenaes for the wit
nesses be issued, but Chairman Lodge
decided to summon them by telegraph,
regarding the formal delivery of sum-
monses by the senate sergeant at
arms as unnecessary.
j ?. Morgan and Henry p. Dawson
notified the senate sergeant at arms
they would come to Washington We'd
nesday.
Thomas W. Lamont is in France,
and probably cannot appear here in
the near future. Jacob Schiff is said
10 be in bad health.
Members Get Copies.
Meantime, members of congress had
copies of the treaty which were pub
lished in the Congressional Record.
Senator BOrah Rep.) of Idaho, who
forced printing of the treaty, was I'M
derstOOd to plan to have the senate
order the text printed as public doc
ument. which would make it available
for distribution as complete volume.
No word had come from President
Wilson in reply to the recently adopt
ed resolution of Senator Johnson, in
which the senate asked for the treaty
text, but a message from the president
was looked for at any hour.
Warburg Denies He Saw Treaty.
Detroit, Mich, June 11.-Paul NJ.
Warburg, here to address the Nation
al Association of Credit Men. said that
he was perfectly willing to testify be-
fore the senate foreign relations COM
mittee in the Investigation of how cop
les of the peace treaty reached pri-
waite interests in New York. He add
ed, however, that he had never seen a
copy of the treaty and did not know
there was one in the country.
Know Nothing of Leak.
New York, June III. P. Morgan
and Frank A. Vanderlip, two of the
six New York bankers subpoenaed to
appear before the senate foreign rela-
tons committee. declare that they
know nothing of the treaty leak" ia
cob II. Schiff refused 10 make any
statement. Paul Warburg and Thomas
W. Lamont are out of town. H. P. Da-
Cison recently declared that he had
no copy of the treaty and had seen
none.