New Britain herald., 1919-08-29
DEMANDS TOO MUCH
 FROM BEATEN FS
Wants America to RenouT All Claims For Indemn Against Germany and $ That Such Credit is Civ Enemy.

Washington. Aug. 29.-Doclar. that the peace treaty cannot be forced. but will lay the foundad flor centuries of blood-lettinG, Sc tor Knox of Pennsylvania, repu can member of the foreign relatl committee and former secretary state, told the senate today that United states should decline 10 come party to the settlem effected at Versailles and should gotiatc a separate peace with q many.
 In it's "hard and cruel" terms. asserted, the treaty imposed on c { many penalties which violate intN nationaI law and engender strife. ! declared there was no reasO
 the United States should project its into the dangers of such a situauoI Would Not Be Party to It.
 '"The more I consider this treatI he said. the more l am convinJ that the only safe way for us to dI with it is to decline to be a partyI it at all.
 "I think we should renounee favor of Germany any and all clall for indemnity because of the VI and see that she gets credit for " \ we renounce. We ought to renou all participation or member T commissions, committees. ooards otherwise provided for in the treaty aid of it's execution to which py terms we are parties. We ought I to accept sessions of German ter tolv. We ought to declare genel nolicv tO regard with concern q threat of disturbance of general Wol neace. but at the same time we shou reserve complete liberty of acti 1 either Independently or m cohJut ton with other powers in taking su stps as we determine wise Tor pr serving peace.
 Wants Peace Through Justice. we ought then to carry out < snirit of the act of 1916, whi authorized the president to conYe the nations of the world together establish d code of international "a reduce armaments to establish an ] ternationaI tribunal and go far nossible in the direction of securi peace through justice, through league to which all the world a parties in its formation.
 This would be a fitting, genero and dignified exit from d situation which primarily We had no dire concern.
 "H is indeed a hard and cru peace that this treaty stipulates al N1, n itG heinz but see no reason wny we, who not partake of it's spells should b come parties to it's harshness al cruelty.
 Calls Terms Too Harsh.
 "I see no reason why we should parties to imposing upon Germany treaty whose terms, our negotiate say, she will be not able to meet; treaty that robs our ancient frien China, in a way disapproVed by Q negotiators; d treaty that lays q foundation for centuries of bloc letting in which we should not ha been drawn. treaty that contra to our own judgment fails to fix ( amount of indemnity to be pal leaving that vast question to the whi of d majority of a commission reparati0ns, d treaty prediCated up the assertion that a stricken ana hei less world requires our counsel al support, but leaves to the bcneficiari the decision as to the measu and character Of the henefa tionS they are to receive: trea that with ominous words presa & our involvement in the eruptions suppressed volcanic world condition a treaty that would require lis underWritC all the regional undC standings between nations recogniz by the league. most of which a based upon oppression of weaker n tions, many of which are as yet seer and ndiScloSed and when disclos might drive us to acts = iujustic similar to that in which th> preside felt himself compelled to acquiesce the case of Shantung."
 |. S. should Make Own Peace.
 "A state Of peace" he said, "actut lN would be established in the wol
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