Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-10
Senate Receives
Report on Treaty


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TO mean the establishment Of eterna
peace"
ITO yield helplessly tn this clamor.
declares the report. was impossible Il
those to whom was intrusted the per
formance 10 a solemn public duty.
Sent TO Paris for Maps
Recalling the Senate's responsibility
as equal with the Presidents, the re =
mort recounts the difficulties the com -
mittec experienced in getting intorma e
tion, being Obliged TO send to Paris for
maps, being compelled TO get ''imper
feet information from press reports.
and having at its disposal few otficial
documents.
Collateral treaties having a bearing,
the report says. the committee was un-
able to get. OF the sum Of informa
tion received in conferences with Presi-
dent Wilson and Secretary Lansing, the
report remarks:
THE people themselves know how
much information in regard to the
treaty was received by the committee
upon those two occasions.
The report points out no action has
been taken by France, japan or Italy.
The argument that the treaty speedily
should be ratified that trading with
Germany might begin, the report dis
misses as rather faded and declares
the United States has been trading
with Germany
The report says
Thrust at Lloyd George
.'Beforp leaving this subject il may
not be amiss 10 remark that Mr.. Lloyd
George has recently made two important
speeches expressing grave apprehensions
as to the social and political unrest
and the economic troubles now prev
alent in England He seems to have
failed to point out that the ratification
of the covenant nf the league of ma
tions by Great Britain had relieved
the situation which he had described.
He was apparently equally remiss
IN omitting TO suggest that prompt ar-
tion by the Senate in" adopting the
covenant Of the league of nations would
Immediately lower the prices Of beef
THE first amendment offered by the
committee relates to the league. It IL
proposed so to amend the text as to
secure for the lnited States vote
In the assembly Of the league equal
to that of any other power
"If Great Britain has six votes in the
league assembly no reason has occurred
TO the committee and no argument had
been made to show why the Cuited
States should not have an equal num-
ber. The committee failed to see why
the United States should have but one
vote In the assembly OF the league when
the British empire has six.
Balk at Hhantung Deal
Amendments 80 to A. Inclusive
transfer to China the German lease
and rights, il they exist. in the Chinese
province Of Shantung. which are given
by the treaty 10 Japan. The majority
of the committee were not willing 10
have their votes recorded at any stage
in the proceedings in favor Of tho con
summation of what they consider
great wrong.
''They cannot assent 70 taking the
property Of faithful ally and handing
II over to another ally in fulfllment
Of bargain made by other powers in
secret treaty 1t is record which
they are not willing 10 present to their
fellow citizens or leave behind them for
the contemplation of their children
"Amcndment No. > is simply to pro
eide that where member of the league
has self governing dominions and col
onicS which are also members of the
league. the exclusion of the disputants
under the league rules shall cover the
aggregate vote Of the member of the
,irague and its self governing dominions
and parts Of empire combined if any
one Of them is involved in the contro-
versy.
Would Keep L. =. Hands on
The remaining amendments. with a
single exception. may be treated as one
for the purpose of all alike Is TO relieve
the United States from having repre-
sentatives on the commissions estab
lished by the league which deal with
questions in which the United States
has and can have no interest and in
which the nited States has evidently
been inserted by design.
THE exception is amendment No
45, which provides that the United
States shall have Il member of the
rcparatiOn commission. but that such
commissioner of the United States can
not. except in the case Of shipping
where the interests Of the United States
are directly involved. deal with or vote