The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-09-02
OUT OF QUESTION
TO SUBMIT TEXTS
SENATE COMMITTEE
is FRANKLY TOLD
Copy of Rhine Agreement Is
Also Refused, President
Declaring That Publica-
ton Would Embarrass
Other Governments
sy As.ceiatsd pres.

Washington, September /.
/, The request of the foreign re-
lations committee for latest
drafts of the proposed treaties
with Germany's allies has been
refused by President Wilson on
the ground that compliance
would set precedent encour-
aging senatorial encroachment
on the presidential power of
treaty negotiating.
In an exchange of letters made pub
was out of the question" to aeeede
to the committees suggestion. and
Chairman Lodge replied that. although
the treaties we're closely connected
with the treaty with Germany. the
President undoubtedly lad authority
to keep information about them from
the Senate if chose
The co~resronderce apparently
brought another discussion between
the much debated subject Of what
information the senators should have
in their consideration of The treaty
with Germany Mr. Lodge and others
have declared the committee could not
act intelligently until all of the Ver-
satllea treaties were brought before II.
but al the White House conference Mr..
Wilson told the committee tnat the
| form TO be taken by the four treaties
under negotiations depended largely
on the senate's action regarding the
instrument now before il.
RHINE AGREEMENT WITHHELD
A copy of the agreement OF June IL
relative TO the Rhine district also MAS
4 denied fhe committee the President
I writing that II would only oeneinA
| pertinent after the treaty was ratifiei
| nd that its publication now might be
| embarrassing to other countries. SEN
ator Lodge replied that 1t already mad
been published in British White
| Book and from that was copied into
| the Congressional Record
! The correspondence was made public
| by Mr. Lodge who indicated that no
| further effort would be made by tho
| committee in the matter. The com
mittee did not meet today, but tomor-
| row it will, resume it's hearings and
/
session to work on proposed amends
ments and reservations to the treaty
with Germany.
+, The only amendment pending be
fore the committee is the appeal by
Senator FAN. republican, New Mexico.
i to strike out the provision for an in
Z! ternational labor organization. When
the question of amendments has been
disposed Of drafting OF the ratifica
! ton resolution will be. taken up. II
IL expected that the committee draft
! will include several reservations to
| the league of nations covenant.
| AT it's open hearing tomorrow the
committee will question Eugene Piv-
any of the hungarian American fed-
| GRAFTON, who asked to be heard re-
| garoing the claims of Hungary at the
Versailles conference
Senator Hitchcock Of Nebraska, the
democratic leader, has given notice ~
| his intention to speak on the treaty
at tomcrrow's session of the Senate.
! but it was said ut his office tonight
that he might postpone his address
until Wednesday.
PRESIDENTS LETTER
The President wrote to Senator
! Lodge:
ALLOW me to acknowledge the re- i
ceipt Of your letter OF August % AMI
to say that I shall take pleasure in
ldNiLS Deipie the otNdttf Inc tTSdls 4
with Poland. signed at Versailles onI
the 2Sth OF June: and the agreement
between the United States Belgium
the British empire and France of the
one part and Germany Of the other
part with regard to the military ce
equation of the territories Of tfe
Rhine, also signed at Versailles on the
2Sth of June
"The declaration Of the 18TH OF June
to which you refc6 was inersS dee
laratlon of policy and does nos become
in any way pertinent until the treaty
is ratified. My impression is that AZ
certain degree OF embarrassnea
would be caused. not to the United
States. but to the ce::ntgisa with w:.i1s
we must necessarily co. operate IN
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