Evening star., 1921-08-24
Foreign Relations
Committeeman
Called In.
PACT. PROVISIONS
MEET APPROVAL
Secretary Hughes to
Explain Terms in
Full Detail.

Details of the peace treaty between
the United States and Germany were
laid before republican members of the
Senate foreign relations committee by
President Harding and Secretary
at the White House.
Senator Lodge of Massachusetts,,
chairman of the foreign relations
committee. announced after the con-
ference that he would call meeting
of the committee for o'clock this
afternoon. at which time Secretary
Hughes would give more detailed in
formation as to the treaty.
Terms of the treaty were said 10
have met with no opposition by any
Of the members OF the foreign rela-
tons committee and it was declared
that all gave TO il their cordial ap-
proval.
Treaty Comparatively Short.
Republican members of the Senate
committee attending the conference
refused TO discuss the terms OF the
treaty, but il was learned that it is
a comparatively short document.
The President, It was stated. hopes
date. 1t WAS explained. however, that
for ratification of the pact at an early
he would not ask the Senate to forego
its thirty-day recess, set TO begin to-
night. inasmuch as il was desired that
the German reichstag and the Senate
consider the treaty at the same time,
and the German legislative body does
not convene until September 20
Primarily Pence Treaty.
The official statement with respect
to the conference as made at the White
House emphasized that the treaty was
mr. ip1S Sr-;l l1- fr,s2f nd IVA
ratification would be followed by d
treaty of commerce and amity.
An agreement, il was stated, has
been entered into with the German
government not to make the text Of
the peace treaty public until the sig
natures Of Ellis Loring Dresel. the
American commissioner in Berlin, and
DIR. Friedrich Roseu, the German for
eign minister, have been affixed. This.
according to press dispatches from
Berlin. will take place today. The
text Of the treaty, 1t was said, then
would be made public simultaneously
in Berlin and Washington.
President Criticised.
The conference later was referred
Connally, democrat Texas, who
criticised the President for not in
viting democratic members of the
Senate foreign relations committee
to participate in the conference.
why didn't he talk things over
with both democrats and republicans,
as President Wilson did when he
came back from Paris?" asked Mr..
Connally.
Conference Lasts Hour.
The conference between the Presi-
dent. Secretary Hughes and the re-
publican members of the Senate for
eign relations committee ended at
1880 O'Clock, about an hour having
been spent in discussion.
The object of the conference was not
announced prior to the assembling.
Senator Lodge of Massachusetts,. chair
man of the foreign relations commit
tee, was the first to arrive at the
White House. reaching there at 9:15
o'clock, the time set for the confer
Brandegee. Connecticut, and Kellogg,
Minnesota Secretary Hughes was the
next to make his appearance. and
Senators Moses, New Hampshire; Nc
Cormick. Illinois, and Knox, Pennsyl-
vania, follow
Senator Borah of Idaho. one of the
republican committee members. did
not attend the conference. He eX-
planned to newspaper men that he had
not declined the Presidents invita-
tion. but was unable to attend on
account of other matters
Senator johnson of California, who.
like Senator Borah, was an irrecon-
ciIable in the fight over the treaty OF
conference. The California senator
has not been in Washington for sew
eral days.