Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1919-10-15
M'CUMbER AND REED IN BITTER
 VERBAL CLASH
Former Charges Senators More SOlicitOus for German Than
 U. s. Allies.

Washington, Oct. 13-Bitter feel ing engendered by the peace treaty's Shantung provision got close to the boiling point again today in the sen- ate.
 Repeatedly during a five hour de- bate on the subject the gavel sounded to bring order out of confusing cross-fire or oratorical projectiles, and once it was ruled that language used had violated the senate's rules by imputing to senators conduct un- worthy and unbecoming.
 The declaration to which formal | objection was taken was made by Senator McCumber. republican, of North Dakota, in the course of heated exchange with Senator Reed, democrat, of Missouri, and had to do with charges that Japan was acting in bad faith in the promise of her statesmen to return Shantung pro- vince to China.
 Japan was our associate in the war;" said the North Dakota senator. "but l know that now the war prac- tically has ended. many senators pre- fer to consider her as our enemy Germany seems to be more of an ob- ject of solicitude than our friends who helped us defeat Germany"
 "If the senator means that" shout ed Reed, q want him to name the senators to whom he refers.
 Senator McCumber retorted that he would let recent utterances in the senate chamber speak for themselves, and when he declined to yield to fur ther questioning by Reed. the latter appealed to the chair. declaring loud ly while Senator McCumber continued his speech, that the language used had been unparliamentary.
 McCumber Is Firm.
 When he had quieted the disput- ants. Senator Ball, republican, Della ware, temporarily presiding. thumb ed through senate rule book while a half dozen members all at once tried to get in a word of advice. Senator Reed then withdrew his objection whereupon Senator McCumber de- clared he had no intention of taking back what he had said and insisted that the clerk read the passage of his speech which had been questioned. That brought renewal of the Mis- souri senator's protest, Senator Ball ruled the language out of order, and McCumber resumed with the remark that he hadn't in the least changed his mind about the truth of what he had said.
 Senator McCumber, republican member of the foreign relations committee was speaking in reply to Chairman Lodge of the committee. who had just concluded prepared address supporting the Shantung amendment and declaring Japan was building in China an empire menacing to the United States. Japan relent- lessly had broken her pledges and would continue to do so, in further ance of her scheme for China's ex- ploitation. Mir. Lodge asserted.
 In replying Senator McCumber argued that the proposed amendment would be of no avail because Shan tung already was in Japan's possess ion and altering the treaty would not change that possession. On the other hand. he said. the league of na- tionse would put "the civilibed world with grip upon Japan's throat" to compel her to make good her promises to restore the province to China.
 Later Senator Reed, made an ex- tended argument against the league asserting that if it had the power to force Japan to give back Shantunp 1t certainly would have the power to compel the United States to do what ever it desired. He argued that the league council and assembly would not be judicial bodies, because every member would be an internationa party in any big world question. |