Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-09-11
Sen. Hitchcock
Urges Quick
Ratification |.
Denies That Peace Confer
ence Can Call Germans
I to Paris.
ls CONCESSIONS L
WOULD BE LOST
Report Declares Export
Trade And Other Busi-
sa ness Suffers.

F~sa0 oaASOO Ok4SCS w ia OOASSSSAo4i
obtained from Germany under die
Stated peace. minority members of the
sforeign relations committee declared
in a report presented! today in the
senate.
The report, prepared by Senator
Hitchcock Of Nebraska, ranking DEM
ocratic member of the committee,
urged speedy ratification Of the treaty
without amendments or reservations
It deplored ''the long and unnecessary
delay to which the treaty, has been
subjected while lacked up in the COM
mtttee whose recomm endations were
from the start foregone conclusion"
and asserted these recommendations
could have been made in July.
Senator Shields, democrat, Tennes-
zee. did not sign the report, having
announced that he favored league
covenant reservations prepared by
Chairman announced that he favored
league covenant reservations prepared
by Chairman Lodge. 1t was stated
that he would not present a separate
report. Those signing in addition to
Senator Hitchcock. were Senators
Williams, Mississippi, swanson. vir-
ginia, Pomerene, Ohio, Smith, Ariz-
ora and Pittman. Nevada, all demo-
Gratis. M -,
Deny Claims.
The minority denied the claim put
forward in Chairman Lodges report
that the peace conference still was In
session and has power ito bring Ger
man representatives. to Paris.n say
ing such power Of compulsion had
bee been exhausted. sgd that Ge5@any Y
ana d ~ sses4ylns.s ye y slsn'hs
1T an amended treaty is not signed
hIv. ~ h.
..the,, it is IL none Of its parts bind.
ing on her" .. 5..
The report mentioned twelve con-
cessions the United States would lose
by failure to ratify the treaty, these
including industrial and economic. ad-
vantages and agreements. @
Z Reservations proposed by the ma
jority. the report said, were "for the
purpose iof destroying the league, =
which has stood ''the test of world
wide criticism and unlimited attack .
The minority urged that the work
of the peace conference be confirmed
and the peace of the world advanced
by ratification of the treaty described
as the best hope of the world "even
II like all instrumentalities 1t be not
divinely perfect in every DETAIL"
The report contended that the in
dustrial world was 'in ferment," the
financial world in doubt and COM
merce halted while delay on the
jority Of a committee 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 minority.
Export Trade Suffers.
Export trade, the report said, had
suffered because Of delay in rattica-
,ion; that private credit waited for
peace and that this government
which has been advancing to Euro
pean governments, has about reached
the end of its authority given it by
from now on must keep up American
commerce with Europe. Answering
the majority the report said, exports
to Germany since the armistfce
amounted to. nstly ia cents worth OF
AnericaI products for each person
in Germany, er4two cents per person
.nsfs1TinE to he action 81 the ma
luz un,te,tn onposinr a.a snd conc ono
demntng the Hpcommendatio4s both
~ to textual tmendmentssa ana Is to
proposed reservations, AZ far as the
proposed textual arnendments are
concerned. we see no oareayons to dis-
cuss tneir cnafacter5 at enSth. In
orr opinion they have MOI merit but
whether they De gooa bads q indiner-
ent thear Adop9o1 by snef senate can
have no poean1s snect except 70 de.
feat the paructpatapn oIstne United
States IN the treaty; None OF them
could ny any poesinanty pc accepted
with tho United Z States Sin the war
ana nons ol tnem. couids BY any pos
sibihty ne dictated 70 Germany. TO
adopt any one q stnem.s erefore. -
eqntvalsnt to re3ecsmE ne treaty.
ne 1sIs sutsesaon ~ 81 ~ znas9oEity Re; 81,
in session in Pari. and fould consider