Norwich bulletin., 1920-10-19
LEAGUE TO ENFORCE PEACE
 FIGURES IN FUND HEARING

St. Louis, Oct 18.-Scores of conf dential letters from the files of thet legaue to enforce peace, of which Will liam Howard Taft is president, were in | troduced into the record of the senate | co Nmittee investigating campaign eX- pei >itures here late today. Names of m nber of prominent New York ban kers were mentioned in the 'correspon- dence. Dom H. Hunt, attorney for the com mittee, who investigated the activities l of the league reported that fin my es- | tim2t tion'' officials of the league have violated the Logan act. passed January l 90, 1799, which prohibits American cit ! izens carrying on negotiations with for
 eign governments or their agents re- garding disputes or controversies with out the permission of the United States. 1 The act carries a penalty upon convic-
 tion, of fines of not more than 5000
 and imprisonment of from six months
 to three years.
 The senate committee met here today to complete it's investigation of the pre-
 convention campaign in Missouri and
 adjourned to meet again some time )af- ter the election. Before adjourning tel
 egrams were dispatched to the chairmen
 of the republican and democratic na
 tional, senatorial and congressional
 committees, directing them to file com
 plete statements of their receipts, ex-
 pendltures and pledges at Chicago on Thursday October 28. The reports will be made public at that time. The report of MT. Hunts investiga-
 tion of the league to enforce peace proved the sensation of the day. Doz- ems of confidential letters between MT. Taft, George w Wiciersham Theodore Marburg and others were given.
 1n his summary, MT. Hunt says that
 Herbert S. Houston testified before the committee that he had talked at : times with the German chancellor . Lord Robert Cecil and David Lloyd v George in regard to the United States z 1 entering the league of nations and that
 Edward A Filene, of Boston, who has T. been abroad 5on a similar mission, is 5 now lin Germany on mission to gel Germany into the league
 + The correspondence and data whicf T follow bear out the charge which I an
 about to make" MT Hunts report says l. that this organization, has through it O officials, by correspondence and confer e i ences talked with various officials 7 o $ foreign governments about getting thi | and other countries into the league o J. nations peace treaty all of which il 1T my estimation, is in violation of the Lo l. gan act" le Mir Hunt also charged that williar
 
 g from the files certain letters betweel y MT. Short and George W. -Wickershar SC in which MT Short proposed a cam
 paign in the interest of Governor Co7 ne and MT Wckersham agreed in part h. MT. Short refused to give up the letter le the report states, cn the ground tha ed they were personal.
 d A letter from MT. wiclzersham to M Id Short, dated July 30, 1920, says: Tl- fThanlS yo11 my Mir f. 'l- Arthur Sweetser's memo. It is very To. an ical and sound. How much better ws O. Governor Coolidge's speech of accep he ance than that of Senator Harding
 Other correspondence shows that Flo a., mer President Taft threatened to resie O. from the presidency of the league if -er took a partisan part in politics and r s. iterated his belief that Senator liar cir ing will be elected and that "the O tn. hope of securing the league with t CT, Lodge reservations is through the T th- publican candidate"
 lia The Hunt report says that the leag
 to enforce peace spent s2,500 to finan
 letter sent by Samuel Gompers
 50,O00 local unions asking the uni
 members to bring pressure to bear fE senators to have them vote for { :. league of nations.
 ms ms Other items of expenditure inclr VI tn bills for publication of advertsemel w in A cities throughout the country, a ms two bills, one of $24,5S3.25 and the 0 ,lg- CT $10,534.22 from the Western Ne1 'ue' ' paper Union
 ,se A letter from Theodore Marburg car Baltimore to Secretary Short, da no Aug. 12, 1920, says that the most dir ing oo-.1,ato 5afaat ot +ba ,,o1i+ic.I -s, S which has suffered the consciencel anu senate band to ride its neck.'' ,4 Another letter from MT. Marburg MT. Short. written at Baltimore " April 29, 1920, discussed an article e the league of nations, written by H; g gp ilton Holt and added:
 tp T strongly urge that the article question be reprinted in the type - style of newspaper clippings from the Times. preferably-and 'a.t to every delegate to the democratic 'SlS4 sH,. republican conventions before the m !. .N ing of the conventions"