New-York tribune., 1919-06-05
New York Financiers Nav
Be Called to Answer
Charges by Lodge They
Have Text of Terms
Hitchcock Asks
An Investigation
Lodge and Borah Promise
to Make Terms Public
With Next Few Days
Ncac York Tribune
TdShiu0tou Purco,

NcW York Tribune
Washington Bureau
WASHINGTON, June 4.-Prominent
New York financiers and lawyers NAV
be put on the stand and asked hoy,
they got possession of copies of the
peace treaty at time when it is do.
med the public and press, and when
United States Senators are clamorino
i'll vain for it.
An investigation, providing for the
summonlng of witnesses, was proposed
III resolution introduced late TO-DAY
by Senator Hitchcock, ranking Demo
cratic member of the Committee on
Foreign Relations, after the Nebras ks
senator had consulted with Actine
Secretary Of State Polk, and after .
day Of conferences by Democratic
leaders as to the best course to be
pursued. 8
This resolution rehearses the charges
madc by Senators Lodge and Borah in
the Senate yesterday, that the New
York financial interests have copies of
the treaty, and provides for an inouirv
as to how these interests obtained the
copies.
Days Developments
Some of the developments in the
situation to-day were:
1-Senator Lodge declared that the
treaty would be made public in the
Senate within few days"
2-Senator Borah said he expected
copy Of the treaty, which he had
been promised over the long distance
telephone. within forty-eight hours,
and that he would read it to the SEN
ate Immediately on it's receipt.
3-Republican leaders said they
would not oppose the Hitchcock
resolution of inquiry. "It's not a
crime to have a copy of the treaty."
Mr. Lodge smiled
4-Pres ident Wilson is understood
to have been cabled for advice as to
how to meet the Lodge and Borah
charges, some Democratic Senators
and officials being ovlousy very much
perturbed over the charge that "Wall
Street interests" had been given the
treaty by the Presidents own agents.
SCOPES of the treaty obtained
IN Germany, are on their way TO
some of the Republican leaders, via
Scandinavia. These are in addition
to those which have been mentioned
by Senators Lodge and Borah.
"a man just back from Paris
told Senator Mccormick, "Any one in
Paris could obtain copies of the
treaty" and if he had known there
was so much interest he would have
brought copy back with him.
Rumor Names New Workers
7-Rumors in the Senate cloakrooms
named as among those in New York
who have copies of the treaty ex-
Senator Elihu Root, the National City
Bank, j. P. Morgan & Co and Kuhn,
Loeb & Co.
8-No instructions have been re-
ceived at the tSate Department
from the President about making the
treaty public, since the original copy
which this department has was re-
ceived about ten days ago with a POS
itive injunction against giving it to
the Senate Foreign Relations Com
mittee.
9-Senator Hitchcock and Demo-
cratic leaders will oppose the adop-
tion tomorrow in the eSnate of the
johnson resolution, which demands
the full text of the treaty.
All day long what might be called the
peace treaty situation" was uppermost
in the minds of Senators. All the dis
cussion on the floor was about woman
suffrage, but all the talk in the cloak
rooms and lobbies and in the Offices of
the leaders where conferences were
held was on the next move
Senator Hitchcock. who. is virtually.
acting as Administration leader in the
Senate, rushed up for conference with
Acting Secretary Polk On his return,
after Il consultation with some of the
Democratic leaders, he drafted his res
olution for an investigation of how the
New York interests obtained their
copies of the treaty.
Johnson Resolution Postponed
The Republicans had no knowledge
advance of this move So. when
Continual, or, fuoe fvA ..