New Britain herald., 1919-09-12
W. C. BuIIitt, Form
 ly With AmeriC Peace Mission, Ma
 this Admis sion to Foreign ReIati Committee
CONSIDERED PLAN
 FOR SHANTUNG
Secretary of State Also to Have Expressed E That Senate Would \ Ratify Treaty.

Washington, Sept. 12.-Willii Bullitt of Philadelphia, formerl tached to the Am erican peace m testified before the senate forei lations committee that Sec Lansing told him in Paris las that if the senate and the Am people knew what the treaty 1t would be defeated.
 Opposed Armenian Mandat
 MT. Lansing told me beforeI signed" the witness said, that ! opposed to that part of the covenant relating to a mandal Armenia, He said he consider' Shantung award and the leaguel tions bad-that the league woi entirely useless; that the natiol arranged the world to suit selves and that England and got what they wanted.
 Predicts Senate's Action.
 "After saying he believed tn ate would defeat the treaty if lized it's meaning, MT. Dansi1 pressed the opinion that Senatol really would understand the
 that MT. Lodge would, but thi Lodges position would become political"
 The committee senators burs laughter and Bullitt said he to be excused from reading any from the memorandum of his q sationS.
 Committee Gets Original. President Wilson's original sition on the league of nations ten by his own typewriter wa I with the foreign relations com
 by MT. Bullitt. The copy wa
 scented to Bullitt by Col. k. M. and bore an inscription by thR
 "In appreciation of your help
 hour Of need"
 In answer to a question by
 Knox, Bullitt said that in itl f. form the only proposal by the
 dent that remained intact was x.
 Senator Knox wanted to kI [ there was not a feeling of dissa tion at Paris at the way in whi 1 American delegation work 1 handled.
 "There was little contact bI 1 the top of the delegation an l experts" Bullitt replied Would Approve Armisticd
 Bullitt said he was sent to by Secretary Lansing in Febru obtain from the Soviet goye1 a statement of exact terms on it would agree to stop fighti all fronts. Before proceeding i lit said he asked Col. House a Der of questions bearing on tn erican position and House tol, he said, that if the Bolshevik ready to stop fighting and decl armistice the United States vol prove.
 Bullitt was in Russia one we' on his return to Paris sent a.l to President Wilson. There was serious discussion1 ditions in Russia and the que9 withdrawing troops, Bullitt il and it was because of this thatl directed to proceed to Petrogr' From Helsingfors Bullitt sen,
 dential telegrams to the pft Secretary Lansing and Col. Ho1
 blaming conditions as he founa and saying Lenine and others as ed with him realized the ne peace. They were ready, he $ pay their foreign debts. ASkf this information was received
 American mission, Bullitt E6pli1
 Telegram Was Not/sent, "Col. House wrote me 9 teleg congratulation, but because signed House and Mission 1t Y
 sent. The colonel gave it to m I got back to Paris. |"
 The advices state that the { ment was later able to represl disturbances contemplated and dered an investigation.
 Members of congress, cleo gently, have begun to arrive in
 acohding to the dispatches, an gross will be convened Septem Many decrees have been issued to secure a reduction in the living throughout. the republic, is reported that the general co of tho cpupfrx iss nprr1anl and rg