The Washington herald., 1920-10-08
WILSON'S ROW
WITHSPENCER
FLARES AGAIN
St. Louisan Named as Wit
ness Against President by
Republican Committee.
CLAIMS TO HAVE COPY
Promise of Military Aid to
Serbia and Rumania Sup
ported and Denied.
Public Ledger Service

AANNltl W AAcOH NAN VI
did not promise the Rumanians ana
the Serbs at Paris to send the
American army and navy to Europe
to rescue them from another war
continues to be the topic of the
hour in political Washington. The
White House says the incident is
CLOSED. The President wants Mis-
souri, to show the country whether
he or Senator Spencer is entitled to
honorary membership in the Ana
Mas Club.
The Republican National Commit
tee intruded the Public Ledger into
the feud yesterday by cxcavating
the fact that DR.. L. J. Dillon, the
celebrated British journalist then
acting as a special correspondent,
of the Public Ledger, first pointed
out in the columns of this news
paper what Woodrow Wilson said.
Mr.. Dillon cabled the story, the Re
publican National Committee states
in 4 communiQUe issued last night.
under a Paris date on June /, 1919.
and it was printed in next morn
ing's Public Ledger. Tn" Dillon
narrative was then copyrighted by
the London Daily Telegraph ana
published in that journal on June
), 1919.
Simonds' Version Held Back.
The Frank II. Simonds' version O..
the Presidents assurances to the
Rumanians and Serbs, the Rcpub-
lican committee points out. mus-
have been deliberately held back
until December. 1919. when. follow
ling its publication. Senator Hiram
W. Johnson had it read into the
Congressional Record.
The Republican National Commit
tees cOmmuniquc adds
Lee Mcriwether. Democrat. Of St
Louis. a former representative of
the State Departmental at the Peace
Conference. is another witness with
a statement which he claims in a
senographic copy of the proceedings
and he sides with senator Spencer
and against the President.
HNcw co.nes Paul D. Crsyath. OF
New York. who spent the fall Of 1918
in Paris as advisory counsel to the
|. ;. Treasury mission a man who
was also on the ground at the con
ference. and he. 100. backs up Sena-
tor Spencer and says the President
Is wrong.
Again Up TO white House.
Tile next inning is up to Mcssrs
Tumulty and Wilson. Will they
come to but with another denial?"
\ spokesman OF thu President. who
was close to him throughout the
leace Conference. said yesterday:
Everybody with grain of sense
knows exactly what happened. What
the President said was of a purely
abstract character. 1t had no con-
crete reference to RUmania. Serbia
or any other special country. II was
to the general effect that if the
worlds liberties should once again
be menaced as the Central Powers
menaced them. the armed forces Of
the United States would once again
be at humanity's disposal
How could the President have
given the alleged assurances TO Ru-
mania and Serbia when he at the
same time was in process OF nego-
tiatinE hard-and-faSt treaty with
the French to guarantee them Gn
CO operation with Great Britain
ceertain protection in case France
Wer" again threatened by Germany"
Action Called Absurd.
If Woodrow Wilson knew that a
treaty was necessary to effCctuatc
future help for France; why. in the
next breath should he he Eaily Of
fcrin ga blank check. in the form
of promised aid, TO Rumania and
Serbia" Ii is absurd 80
The White House spok csmcn
claim to have no knowledge of the
alleged existence of a stenographic.
verbatim report of the eighth
plenary session" of the Peace Con-
ference. at which President Wilson
is alleged to have made use OF the
words attributed to him by Sena-
tor Spencer.
1t has been said in Washington
that nifty copies of that Sc ssion's
proceedings were struck off at tho
Government Printing Office.