The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-11
IRRECONCIL|ABLES BRING PACT BACK
 ID SENATE FLOOR
Borah and Knox Sigh at "MurderOus" Effect the Treaty Will Have on
 Suffering Germany
By Associated Pres.

BY Hssociateo FFesa
 Washington, February 10.-De-
 bate on the peace treaty was re-
 vived today in the Senate, although
 pact aside for another week. Ire
 conciIabfe opponents of ratification
 who yesterday voted against re-
 suminE consideration of the treaty
 today brought the subject to the
 Senate floor.
 Senators Borah of Idaho and Knox of Pennsylvania, both republicans. de- nounced the treaty's economic clauses as "crueT and "murderous" in its eff feet on the conquered world.
 The debate was preceded by comple- tion of the parliamentary steps neces- ssry to restore he treaty to a status making formal consideration possible, the foreign relations committee report ing the pact back to the Senate with the republican reservations framed at the last session of Congress The com mittees action. taken under instruc- tions voted by the the Senate yester- day. wa sentirely perfunctory ana without discussion or a record vote
 LODGE SERVES NOTICE
 Notice that formal consideration in the Senate would be requested Monday was served by Senator Lodge of Massa- chusetts, the republican leader, who said the delay had been agreed on be- cause of the absence of many senators on both si1es of the chamber.
 The announcement of the republican nd if was in the midst of legislative business that the treaty later was brought to the fore by Senator Borah Both he and Senator Knox declared it would 'impoverish" Germany, Austria and Hungary, and that the result would be to destroy commercial corner stones on which rested the financial stability of Europe.
 senators Hitchcock of Nebraska, the democratic leader, and Sterling, repub- lican. of South Dakota, replied brief ly. declaring the only way the United States now could throw it's influence for stability was by becoming party to the treaty.
 GRUB LAND MURDEROUS Tt is one thing" declared Senator Borah, Ito punish Germany, but it is an entirely different thing to reduce q an unjust thing to put upon debtor a debt which he cannot pay, but it is a cruel and murderous thing to put on a debt which involves indirectly. as this one does. the distress of others. Yet we are asked here to agree to this treaty which will impoverish mill Ions. and then we are asked to ap- propriate to feed the many people we have impoverished"
 1,o lab declared had held out against some of the proposed exactions from Germany but had been ovefruled by Premiers Clemenceau and Lloyd George. After l ward the European statesmen, MT. I Borah asserted. were reported to have realized that they had gone too far, but to have been unable to convince . President Wilson the conference should recede.
 HOOVER'S STAND
 Mfr, Hooyer's statement Sunday night { that he was for the treaty with any reservations necessary to safeguard the E constitution and the nations traditions, z was declared by Senator Borah to put I MT. Hoover apparently in the same at titude as the irreconcilabies. Suggesting that Lloyd George had been led to make impossible exac- tons of Germany by promises given fin the heat of a political campangn, II Senator Hitchcock declared the United states could best exert it's influence for Halleviation of the peace terms by rati- fying the treaty and accepting mem : bership on the powerful reparations commission. Without such representa- . II ton, he argued. this country would be N tpowerless to intercede.
 TO this Senator Borah replied that since the European nations had over 4luIed the United States once on that z proposal they could be expected to do II so again. while Senator Knox declared that while the German repaartions bill could be increased under the treaty $ 4 provision by a simple majority of the ' Preparations commission 1t would take m a nj m ni1s com se nt fn radlce