New-York tribune., 1920-03-04
Shantung Vote
Is Delayed by
Bitter Enders
Borall, Knox and Reed At
tack Treaty in Effort to
Check Democratic Defec-
tions to Reservations

From, The Tribune's Washington Bureau
WASHINGTON, March 3.-The cir
reconcilable" opponents of the peace
treaty spent the entire day in the SEN
ate in an effort to prevent further
crumbling Of the Democratic forces.
Senators Borah, Reed and Knox threat
ened the Democrats with political de-
feat next November if they supported
ratification. Senator Borah. leader Of
the "irreconcilables," who launched the
drive to prevent further Democratic
defections, declared "there will be re-
turns after the ides of November that
will cause reorganizations on both sides
of this chamber" if the treaty is rati-
fed
Senator Lodge had expected to reach
vote on the Shantung reservation, but
the "irreconcilables" occupied the en-
may not be reached until Friday be-
cause of the absence of several Sena-
tors who accompanied the body of the
late Senator Bankhead to Alabama.
Senator Knox during discussion of
the Shantung reservation charged
that complete record of the YER
sailes negotiations, which had been
denied the Senate by President Wilson,
is in the Office of firm of lawyers
in New York City. He declined to
name the law firm.
Insist on Harbord Report
Senator Wadsworth. of New York.
called attention to the fact that his
resolution adopted by the Senate seven
weeks ago, calling upon the State De-
partment to transmit to the Senate
the report of Major General Harbord
advising against the United States ac-
cepting a mandate for Armenia, had
been ignored.
81 fail to see why. anybody is mys-
tilted, or even surprised, that we are
unable to get the information sought
by the resolution of the Senator from
New York." said Senator Knox. at
is q part Of the policy this Administra-
~tion has maintained since 1913 to keep
from the Senate information bearing
upon our international relations, which
it is not only our right but our duty
to have, to read, to digest, to under
stand and to apply.
"The files of the Committee on For
e1gn ReIaClOnS to-day are naked so
far as information bearing upon our in
ternational affairs is concerned. We
ought not to be driven to the expedient
Of passing resolutions requesting in
formation The practice of our govern
ment from the foundation down to 1913
has been that when great matters af-
fecting the interests of the United
States and it's relations to foreign gov
ernment have arisen, information has
been volunteered, not only that the
Senate through it's Committee on For
eign Relations, might be advised, but
that Senators might be put in posi-
tion where they could study and con-
slider what advice they might possibly
be called upon to give in respect to
such matters.
Saw Full Record in New York
! "What is there in the files of the
Committee on Foreign Relations that
lbears upon the negotiation of this
peace treaty? Practically nothing. We
never got the treaty itself until the
enterprise of the Senator from Idaho,
Mr.. Borah, dragged it out of a news
paper Office and it was put upon the
records of the Senate against the pro-
test of the Administration.
II was told within the last week by
one of the most responsible gentlemen