Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-06-10
PAPER PURPORT|NC
|. TO Be PACT GIVEN
TO BODY BY BORAH.
Document Brought to Amer
lea by Chicago News
paper Men.
INTRODUCTION LEADS TO
EXTREMELY HOT DEBATE.
Senator Hitchcock Declares Pub
lication Is Helpful to In
terests of Germany.
FtNANCIERs ARE SUMMONED
Foreign Relations Committee Calls
Many Leading Bankers to Tes-
tify In Investigation.
INTRODUCTION LEADS TO
EXTREMELY HOT DEBATE
FINANCIERs ARE SUMMONED
Foreign Relations Committee Calls
Many Leading Bankers to Tes-
tify In Investigation.

w ASHlNGTON, June Out of
whirlwind of developments, the Senate
today got copy of the peace treaty
and, after ive-hour fight. ordered i,
printed as public document and mt
in the Congressional Record
Al the same time it got under wav
the investigation OF how copies have
reached private hands in New York
by summoning to testify n half-dozen
oi the country's leading fnanciers.
The copy which Went into the Recor,
was brought to this country bv a news.
paper man. and was presented by Sena
tor Borah. Republican, of Idaho lust
after the reading of a cablegram from,
freSldent wilson saying he could not
%,unout breaking faith. send to the
senate the text Of the treaty.
The effect OF the davis bis,orv
making Developments was to clear the
ar on the much debated subject OF
publicitS Tor the treaty text: to widen
the breach between the President and
the Senate majority. and to forecast a
sen sensational turn for the inquiry into
the manner by which copies I, Of 8 the:
document have become avaiia Bic Ia n It;s,
authorized persons
Calls Leading FInnnciers.
Starting its Investigation with. nm nm
expected visor, th~ Foreign Relations.
committee within half hour after it
convened. voted to call before it /. p.
Morgan, FL p. Dawson and Thomas F.
Lamont. all OF the Morgan bankine
no Gouse; Jacob nel', Sshin. Of Kuhn, Loeb /
nected with the same concern ,and
Frank 4. Vandcrlip former president
OF the National city Bank II then
eNamined ,S Erank L. Polk. Acting secre7
tary or State. about the official copies
in the State Department vaults.
statements also were made to the
committee cor, ut by Senator Lodge: Repubii-
Borah. similar to their declaration to
the Senate that they knew Of copies
IN New York. but could not divulge the
names of their informants.
Forecasts Presidents Refusal
When the Senate met it listened in
silence to President Wilson's cable
gram. which was taken as forecasting
retusai TO comply with tho request
Tor the treaty embodied in resolu-
this message concluded Senator Borah
Immediately presented his copy of the
treaty. which was ordered printed byTa
vote of ~ TO "a.
TO reconsider. and parliamentary
tangle developed which endangered
publication of the treaty
70 cIrcumvent such possibility. the
Idaho Senator in the late afternoon be-
gan reading the 100000 word docu-
ment.
heh 'he cHort 20 prevent Dubica-
ton collapsed. the motion TO reconsider
was voted down, and the fish, which
had developed many bitter charges Of
broken faith and in some respects had
written new chapter i'm Senate his
tory, was over.
Text Of Borah's Remarks.
In laying the copy Of the treaty be-
fore the Senate. Senator Borah said:
IL seems to he beyond controversy
mat this treaty is now being pub
as.tif
abroad Certainly copies are being
circulated throughout Germany. Nor
way: Sweden. Holland. Belgium. Dem
mark; France and probably England I
entertain no doubt that there are a
number OF copies In this country which.
! think. the investigation which tn.
President properly indorsed and asked
TO be made thorough will undoubtediy
establish.
-,n NY Ny : desire has been from. the be-
ginning to have copy of this treaty
been confined to making peace wiz
Germany., ! should not be so deeply
Interested in that part OF it. but am
tons which is interviewer with tho
treaty. treat. Ind and therefore. have made
eVery ergy eT9rt 10 tn within my power to secure
Produces Copy of Document.
II have In my possession this morn
ing copy OF the treaty which | am
gong & to ask permission of the Senate
permitted TO make this treaty publ,
by the consent OF those who gave :,
to me. This particular copy OF the
treaty, which am Offering was brought
to this country by the staff corre-
spondent. Mr. Frazier Hunt. OF fhs
Chicago Tribune. 1t was taken TO the
Chicago Tribune office and retained
there for some time. just how long /
do not know. The treaty was broueht
to Washington yesterday afternoon
ana delivered TO me as member az
the Committee on Foreign Relations
entertain no doubt that it Is a tr,I.
and correct copy. and ask unanimous
consent that the same be printed as =
Senate document"
Objection to Senator Borah's reuue.t
was made by Senator Thomas. OF Colo.
RADIO. who had been refused permissIon
earlier in the day to insert n documeni
whieh he desired to have printed,
Senator Borah thereupon made 4
formal motion for the printing OF tho
treaty: which was carried on rolf
Motion to Print Adopted.
The motion was adopted by the votes
Or thirty-eight Republicans and nins
Democrats. opposed to one Republican
and twenty-three Democrats the poii
being as follows:
To print the treaty--Ashurst. Beck
ham, Chamberlain. Culberson. Kendrtck
Myers. Reed. Pomerene, and Walsh OF
Massachusetts. Democrats; Rorah,
Rrandegce. Camper. Cummns Curti..
Dillingham;. ElSns. Fall Ferna.d,
France Frelinghuysen, Gronna. Hale.
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