Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-09-11
Senator Hitchcock Presents
Views of Democrats
of Committee.
SAYS AMENDMENTS
EQUAL REJECTION
Minority Report Points Out Alleged
Sacrifices America Would Mako in
Changes in Treaty or Covenant-Re-
port Signed by Six Democrat Mem
bers-One Democrat Refuses to Sign,
Because -Favorins Reservations.

Washington. Sept. 11.-Rejection Of
the peace treaty with its league coven-
ant or adoption Of amendment would
mean sacrifices by the United States
Of all concessions obtained from Ger
many under a dictated peace, says
the minor report Of the foreign rela-
tions committee, submitted today to
the senate.
The report. prepared by Senator
Hitchcock. urged speedy ratification Of
the treaty without reservations. 1t
deplo4d the long and unnecessary
delay to which the treaty has been
subjected while locked up in the COM
mittee, whose recommendations were
in the start foregone conclusion and
asserted these recommendations could
have been made in July"
Senator Shields, democrat. Tennes-
see. did not sign the report, having an
nounced that he favored the league COW
enant reservations prepared by Chair
z fft.tf-I<OuS0s ~ was Sldleu tIlSdI AiO
<d not present a separate report.
signing in addition to Senator
.,cock. were Senators williams.
Mississippi: Swanson, Virginia; POM
creme. Ohio: Smith. Arizona. and Pitt
man, Nevada, al democrats.
Denies Claims Of Lodge.
The report denied the claim made In
Chairman Lodges report that the
peace conference still was in session
and has power "to bring German rep
resentativess to Paris" saying such
Cwssso4 compulsion had been exhaust
a that Germany 'had closed the
schnpter by signing and by ratifying."
n m amended treaty is not signed
by Germany" the report added, then
II is in none of its parts bindipg on
her"
The report mentioned twelve conces-
sions the United States would lose by
failure to ratify the treaty these in
Guiding industrial and economic adj
vantages and agreements.
Majority Report Attacked.
Reservations proposed by the major
ity, the report said, were for the pur-
pose OF destroying the league. (which
had stood the test of worldwide crit
icism and unlimited attack"
The minority urged that the work of
the peace conference be>conf1rmed and
the peace Of the world advanced by
ratification of the treaty. described as
the best hope Of the world, "even If
like all instrumentalities, it be not di-
Einely perfect in every detail"
IaA %h4 {p-
dnstrial world was ''in ferment, the f.
nancial world in doubt, and commerce
halted whilo delay of the treaty had
been caused by "the majority Of a COM
mittee known to be out of harmony
with the majority Of the senate and
the majority Of the people"
This was declared to be government
by obstruction as well as by majority.
Says Export Trade Suffers
3 Export trade, the report said, had
suffered because of delay in ratifca-
ton: that private credit waited for
peace, and that this government,
Which has been advancing to Eurpean
Gbvernments, has about reached the
md OF its authority given 1t by con-
i4ress.
n Private enterprise from now on must
Keep up American commerce with
d Europe. Answering the majority. 1t is
h said exports to Germany since the
worth OF American products for each
person in Germany. or Q cents per per-
son per month.
referring to the action Of the ma
jority Of the committee" said the re-
port I'VE unite in opposing and con-
demning the recommendations both as
to textual amendments and as to pro-
( posed reservations. As far as the pro,
posed textual amendments are con-
cerned, We see no reason to discuss
their character at length. In our opin-
Ion they have no merit, but whether
they be good, bad or Indifferent, their
Iadoption BY the senate can have no
| possible effect except to defeat the
participation Of the United States in
the treaty. None Of them could by any
possibility be accepted by even the
great nations associated with the
United States In the war, and none OF
them could, by any possibility. be die
tated to Germany. To adopt any of
them, therefore. Is equivalent to re-
N1ecting the treaty.
~ Cant AfTfeot Germany, Report Says.
'sThe suggestion Of the majority re-
port that the peace conference still Is
IN session in Paris. and could consider
any textual amendments to the treaty
made by the senate, and that German
representatives could be brought to
Paris for that purpose indicates a
total misconception Of the situation.
( The peace conference has acted finally
upon the treaty. Great Britain has
ratified IL, France is about to do so.
ana with the action Of one other power
III will, In oil human probability, be In
actual op1ration even before the sen-
\ ata 81 the United States reaches a de-
I cisiof,.s Moreover the peace conference
{ posScssess no further power to bring
4 osrrsan representatives to PartA The y.