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dent for Information regarding these
treaties, and no response has been
made. The President when he ad-
dressed the SENATE, in laying before
1t the peace treaty with Germany,
said the special treaty between
France and America and the general
peace treaty were linked together.
when the President returned TO
this country in February he invited
the members of the Foreign Relations
Committee to dine with him at the
White House, and they enjoyed his
hospitality throughout pleasant eve
ming. He said then In response to
some questions that four plans for n
League Of Nations had been sub
mitted by France, Italy, he United
states and Great Britain. The ltal-
ian plan was rather an outline than
In detail.
g American Plan Laid Aside.
at asked the President what had
become of the draft Of the American
4 plan. He replied that 1t was laid
aside and the British plan adopted
an proposed by General SHUTS as the
basis for constructing the league.
do not assume that that was unde-
sirable: the SHUTS plan may have
been the best offered.
81 asked IL there were objections to
making the American plan pubic.
The President said he had none, and
hoped it could be done. But two or
three days later the President went
back to Europe, and so i wrote the
Assistant Secretary of state, MI
Polk, asking il he could send IL 10
me. Mr.. Polk was away from MS
ONCE, overworked but In about ten
days I received a letter saying that
the receipt of my request was
acknowledged and explaining that ne
had no copy in the State Department
He advised me that he had cabied TO
Paris for the desired document ana
was advised that the text would De
brought back when the Peace COM
mission returned from Paris.
.Since the return OF the peane COM
missioners the Senate has asked Tor the
text of the American plan, but no at
tention has been paid to it,
HAVING tTleu MS Cdbe pcASiN Ni'O
ate as the fury, the President now SENDS
for the Individual jurymen. He ought TO
come before the Senate or some COM
mittee of the Senate with the Informal
toin he desires to present Inc people
of the United States are entitled to some
Information. The Franco American
treaty has been given to the french
people, and 1t was part OF the agree
ment made by our President with the
French Premier that it should be given
TO US simultaneously with It's presenta-
ton to the French Parliament"
II was disclosed in the debate that
the text of the Franco American treaty
was given to the public in Paris on July
8 II having been signed June rs last
Article ~, which created the discussion
in the Senate to-day as to whether
President Wilson had complied with the
agreement to give the text to the United
States Senate together with the text OF
the treaty OF peace. reads as follows:
The present treaty will be sub
nitted to the Senate OF the United
States at the same time as the treaty
of Versailles is submitted to the Sem
ate for its advice and consent to rati-
Acation.
Taken From the "Figaro."
when the Senator from Connecti-
cut" said Senator Lodge, showed me
this article before the assembling OF the
Senate. It seemed to me inconceivable
that the fourth article should be there'I
supposed the editor, Col. Harvey, was
very accurate and careful. but 1t
seemed to me simply inconceivable. l
saw a copy of the London Times which
contains the fourth article from the
White Book which was laid before the
House of Commons. but could not get
a copy in private hands. However l
afterward found a copy Of the French
paper Figaro. II is a Paris paper, un-
der date Of July 3, and carried on its
front page this article, headed Guar
antee OF Peace"
At this point Senator Lodge read, first
in French then in English. Article Nv.
THE French language" said Senator
Lodge, ''is extremely exact and there ie
no question as to the terms of the treaty
as submitted to the French Chamber and
as submitted TO the House OF Commons.
There may be good reasons for pay
ing no attention to the provisions OF
Article ~. but 1t was evident that II
was put in by the French Prime Min
lister and NJ Pichon. Secretary OF State
for Foreign Affairs, with a very con-
siderate feeling for the Senate Of the
United States. ! cannot but regret that
il was not laid before us at the same
time that the treaty of Versailles was
given to US, as this signed statement
requires"
Part of the Contract.
IT am not very familiar" said Sen
ator Brandegee. with the diplomatic
methods or with treaty making, but II
seems to me to be rather an unusua.
provision for treaty. Ordinarily the
commissioners. l should say, who would
negotiate with each other would have a
personal understanding about such
things. But to imbed 1t in an article In
the treaty itself makes II a part OF the
consideration of the signing of the in
ternational contract. The only way they
can get II out Is to reassemble the Peace
Conference, reconsider their action and
make a new contract.
'But here Ia Article ". / do not
know whether II has been scratched out
by somebody in this country with a pen
That would not take II out OF the treaty
or get It out OF the contract You can
not get hook out Of your jaw in that
way
81 do not read French. but ] car
read English. Here Is the London Time,
and you will find the article exactly as
quoted by the Senator from Massachu-
sets
Here Is the Thunderer, the London
Times OF July 4, and the whole covenant
IL here; every Britisher knows about n