El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-06-10
TREATY LEAK IS
PROBABLY NIL
Possibly Translation Of the
Copy Given German Com
missioners Caused Stir.

Lamont. Of the firm Of j. p Morgan
& Co. on the committee on repara-
lions Of the American mission 10 ne
gotiate peace, made it possible tor
information about the peace treaty 70
reach financial interests in New YORK
including the Morgan firm That -
why. evidently, be wanted such CORE
spondence between lamont and Da-
wilson about the peace treaty as
should be gotten to be put into the
record
Oae thing is clear from seere-
farv Folks tcsfimony-fhe de-
partmeut Of state has guarded
well ifs copies Of the treaty, IL
prohahly will be found that Ger
man fransiations Of the copy Of
the neace treaty viii be those
presented to the German deieEafes
At Versailles that have reached
this country through neutral
sources.
Newspaper correspondents and 9TH
ers who abtained them Ia Germany
have been Sending them 20 the United
states. But AIT. wilson makes the
nofnt that if any official copies OBJ
tainable only from ire American ef
allied commissioners II PARIS are ll
New York. somebody has obtained
them through improper means Lpuse
and B0rah viii be required % name
the men whom they have In mind or
the Democrats plan % demonstrate ~
a series Of speeches IN congress tnaI
the charges we're made Tot polltleal
PURPOSES only and were without 1oun-
dation when made
II probably viii he discovered,
however. that the possession Of
German eanies IS At the bottom
OF the mixup- ana tnaF n tle enc
nobody will he found 90 have done
anything improper any more than
hnuuens when the senate closes It's
doors 10 executive session and
while senators are under oath not
TO disclose what occurs. AH4A
account or what happens Is al
ways printed next dag IN the
newspaper
As for the relationship between big
bankers and the Paris conference. l-
is an old turn which Things nave
taken. For three months the EepuD-
llcans have been heaping Goals OF
criticism on the head OF president
Wilson for falling 70 appoint c9lape-
tent men 10 manage IN. var R-Fll
he appointed House, Lansing. Bliss ana
White to the peace mission. the out
cry from Maine 10 California was
against The selection OF such mex
nerieucedn men Why, the European
statesmen, skilled in finance ana eco
nGmics, would make monkeys 9t e--
issiOners- 50. preslleAA n -tao-
called TO mis- side Bernard ST. BarueA
and Albert Strauss ana 4noE4s ~
Lamont The president needed wan
street brains because he was dealing
with international questions Of finance
with which only New York hankers
were Intimately familiar pc is signlIi-
cant 10 note that the American imam
cial experts have tended % apprpAl-
mate the Indemnity more along iAe
lines Of Germans ability 70 pay t-an
what she ought 10 pay ~ tnere PAS
been any improper use OF iniormatiln
Obtained at the peace conference uF
any Of the members Of tie American
mission or its experts. the lnNesli4 4-
tion Just begun should disclose 70. DIR
il is highly improbable that ANYTHING
like this has occurred
Impossible TO Satisfy Everybody.
All that the controversy proves is
that It Is impossible 20 s1tlsLf an
classes of opinion IN America. ~ aea-
demic persons. unframed in business
are seleetea by me piesl.sl..,
guilty Of the grieNous mlsLa &c OF ls-
noring business ability II he picks
the most successful business men, tAe
biggest financiers. TO DO a tinanci-t
task, then there Is something improper
in the relationship 70 private business
affairs while in the government sert-
ice. The charge was made fre1uentlL
AGAINST the dollar a year man Win
but only a few exceptions lnal tle
great majority Of the big business
patriotic and played fair with ne gov
eminent. The presumption IS tnaL lue
men who went 10 Paris 70 help make
peace we're equally patriotic and fair
But the senate committee having viz
tuaur indicted big business, must now
nroduce proof To is an ill WIND tAal
blows no good Possibly the desire 20
keen the financial interest out Of the
peace treaty may even extend 10 oiaer
problems coming before cougress. such
as taxation and revenue legislation
and nossihiv they NAV even get 50 un-
popular with fhe political factions on
the bill as to be kept from contribute
Ing 10 the 1890 campaign funds
1919 hy the New York Eve
ming Post. Inc