The sun., 1919-09-01
TREATY READY I
|. FOR SENATOR'S
. !. BY NEXT WEEK
Knox Amendment 20 .Di-
yorce League May Await
Report to Chamber.
'LEADERS CONFIDENT
Friends of Ireland Expect
ed to Add Weight to OPP
-. position to Covenant.
ARGUMENTS IN THE MAILS
so.S.. - r
Tour Of President Not Expect
ed to Change the Sentiment
Against ENHANCEMENT.
ARGUMENTS IN THE MAILS
spec,al Despatch 10 TIE sux.

Special Despatch 10 THE Sun.
/ WASHINGTON. Aug. 31.--One legisla-
tive week, probably less, and the Sem
ate Foreign Relations Committee will
have finished. consideration Of the
peace treaty and League OF Nations
ana be ready to report the, amended
documents to the Senate. At present
there is pending only a single amend
ment in addition to those already
adopted by the to vote of the COM
mittee. It is the one framed by Sem
ator Fall IN. M striking out the en-
tire group Of labor clauses. 1t has
not vet been determined whether Sem
ator Knox (Pa0 will seek, in the COM
miHee, the adoption of his amendment
to divorce the league covenant from
the treaty or wait until the subject is
actually before the Senate.
Opportunity will be afforded, hov--
ever. for the Senate to express itself
in this respect in the course of the
consideration of the treaty. either
through the presentation of the Knox
amendment on the floor or the incor :
poration in the resolution of ratifica-
ton of eniasculatory reservations
which will effect the same purpose and
nullify the dangers in which the cove
nant as framed abounds.
Phrasing the Resolution.
The ratification resolution will be
drawn by the committee during the
current week. Already there are nu-
merous drafts prepared, but none OF
them is officially or unofficialIy before
the eonnmittee. Several OF the San
! ators- have individual f+T1sss < ~ !.
how the sdsmmciation OF the = aioxious
portions OF the covenant shall be
phrased. There is genuine unanimity
as to- the purposes of. the resolution
and the ends to be achieved by It. but
on the question of the language every
reservationist Senator has views OF
his own and the ultimate product of
the committee will have to be a CO.
ordination of taste in expression and
form.
| ,Anti-covenant Senator's are jubilant
over the successful presentation OF the
argument of the leading American citi-
zens' of Irish extraction who appeared
yesterday before the committee to plead
for the rejection of the League of Ma
tons plan. Hour after hour the flood OF
criticism. denunciation and dissection
continued without the desertion from
the great hearing room of single audi
tor. The big crowd sat spellbound
I throughout the dissertations of Bourke
Cochran. Frank P. Walsh. Edward F.
Dunno. Daniel F. Cohalan, Archdeacor
Murphy and Michael J. Ryan.
The printed record-every word of the
arguments and all collateral documents
was sent broadcast over the land to.
day to the workers in the League fol-
Irish Independence. with a view to their
| use In the campaign waged by the
| Friends of Ireland generally against the
| league. 1t Is believed by the League fol
Irish Independence officials that the rec.
ord OF yesterdays hearing furnishes a
complete brief for the case. not only o;
Ireland. but Of America, against the
league.
| Phelan In Awkward Situation.
The Irish advocates gave Senator
| Phelan (Gal) an uncomfortable after.
noon of II yesterday. Despite his Ad
ministration affiliations, which are Of
the most intimate character, he is al
feart warm toward ireland and the Irisf
1 and vastly dependent back home upoT
] the support in politics of the organized
and unorganized persons OF Irish birtf
]. or descent. Wherefore the suggestion
| OF the Irish leaders that he attend tn,
I session of the committee and hear tn,
1 arguments was one which Senate,
Phelan would have found II exceedingly
difficult to ignore, and he did not try
But throughout the Interrogation O
PRESIDENT Wilson and the condemnation
OF his pet projects Senator Phelan wa
compelled to sit in fidgety discomfor
while he listened 10 the exuberant ans
enthusiastic plaudits OF the crowd.
! 1t was not SO with Senator walsl
(Mass). another Democrat, who ha
managed thus far to steer a course quit
in line with the views of the Irish ad
! vocates generally and who intends to ac
with the Republicans on reservation
which will remove the various menace
to- American Independence from tn
pending compacts.
The trend OF public opinion in tn
United States, II ~ apparent in Wash
tngton. is setting steadily stronger an,
stronger against ratification withou
amendment. as the President. in hi
journeyings throughout the country
will urge The Executive excursion int
the remote areas. lodging the centre
Of metropolitan understanding and seek
ing out the citizens who througl
isolation and distance from the seen
:, are less IN touch with rst!onsi an
world AFFAIRS. is causing no apprehen
sion among the opponents of the Leagu
OF Nations. They are quite serene 4
the assurance that the tide OF opinio
once set against the treaty cannot b
turned back by single citizen, eve
Though of the high official distinctio
, OF the White House campaigner.
Campaign Won. Says Pepper.
/, Just In advance Of the President
dena rture for his fnonth of Rnea kin