The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1921-08-09
Secrecy In
.TreatyDeal
Lawrence Sees Possibility
Press May Be Barred
From the Disarmament
Conference = Congress
Is Growing Impatient
by DAVID LAWRENCE
,,,,,yry-h. lnrl BY The latclligenceV'
ay DAVID LAWRENCE
ri - t.,,I'ipanEerl

washlurtcn, Aug. S.-Nore tLan "
month han passed since congress w
,o;rt resolution. tried 20 declare So
% peace with Germany. but Tor reason
wbt.b have thus far been cI0uueo Il"
-. rss,rer a nror Ia nation or peace
n,s hcsn issued nor has the American
nubnc heen tod officially BY me ue
partment OF state or the "hlte fho-o
wha, tho american commissioners "
Berlin and the German government '40
.al&:ng about.
The senate foreign relations eo',.'s't'
tee has rot been given uF"te VI 49,
memorandum noS IN the hhhus "a nv
German government. though IL 4"
that the German reichStas
has sc- weeks had the same unner So"-
sideratioa. 49, u-,so,
,d-,,,istr ION met its Waterloo oy
T,,I,nr I, consult that body In the
,r,L,nr rr peace. aad Republican set'A
,ors hay, been wont 10 say thHI 'mo
,o,l,. of S,-.rct Diplomacy was repuut
arsd M the po-,lS last November. Ih1'
Nhy there - a growing Impa ie"|e we
.hn extreme secrecy OF the present ne
gVt:at!on-.
Hughes Is StlenE
Ss.r.,a-v HuEhrS. wno us Tally as
cusses foreign policy frankly "Hu
much more detail lhom any OK MS ~
,essors, has declined 'cpeaied!E " 'H'
ar,thinS about tn" nNces9So"s
nerocia lions going "a "'tn i"e He' -
governments The state department" NN'
on the ,her hand. insisted thal ti'oS>
the published reports are seriously
Cura;c. s.1 to
Ths WlISvu administration uSea "
srg,lc ,Nat iuterTA;ionAl custom a
tnteruat idnal policies made II
-, s"o,,aIc privately. but the Harding
adrninis,ra,ion is keeping the neso'i"
-. xIthin the realm o. secret dipio-
go. h,r,use OF domestic poHt:SS
80 ~ certain elements in tho Ch'teu
<,.,,e senate wn!ch might attempt u
eri,lcize the proposals X MADE puoi4C.
t,de.d the department or state sI'es
.,o,.. evidence of intending 10 loiio"
toc Wilson footsteps by neSot'"''"s
,-..,,, with Germany and then Senu'"e
=, ;, -, senate which will DO urged "
accep; i: without quaiihcation'
charr.S are the senate Will haFe 20
, ~. .ha treaty without the crossos ot
-. ~ ,he Gat:ing OF an ! NV
n,.norr,.s aren't particularly dlst,'Foeo
over that prospect for theS
under the Wilson admin'sEati0"
toe elements in the serate ""iGn
rounccd the Wilson methods as un1us.'
fca are showing signs OF seSf''e"S 20,
oy,r the fact that open dip!on'ae'
again gone by the boards. nc
,ba, Secretary Hughes - estaopshins
- ,d.,t Cor the Harding administra-
~. ,,,,,rh will be Used to keep 1ne
Ass on, OF the disarmament corfeFenc'
"a rIyn out formal statements sii''i's'
~ rolorless announcements haHe
I,u, :, Paris while the real sGFec-
-,.,is and aegotiations were kept seetee
ana sre sr,l, being handed 70 the puo''o
~ ,,ecemeal fashion IN books oy 'noso
he;erates who participated N Ine pe"Se
conference.
congress Expected Peace
~, :, the mystery over the conouS'
q, ,hc negotiations with Germany - u
axolalned I, - II" less Oh con- cru W "
Cao,tol hill than the reason way pe"Ge
p-ociamatlcn isn't issued. Cohs'ees
nec.ed that peace would DC esla
nv toin, resolution. The state oopot
rnen, didn't seem TO think procI1it'a
ton was necessary but some suse =
- r,.da thar wartime legislation
could be abrogated only by proc41 M
,op {, that matter was referred "
,hc department Of justice where IL mas
rsno.sd for several weeks. The spoce1
crs 80 Sacretary OF State Hughes WIN
.Yrer,encs on the supreme beach OF the
United States, being required 10 AVA
an ooirion from a few lawyers al inc
denartment OF justice, Is one that mas
z,yen rise 20 all sorts OF rumofs ana
gossip. Mr. Hughes, II IS contenoeo'
knows whether a proclamation OF peace
Is necessary. He knows all about ths
law in the case The question was TO
ferred 70 the department OF justice as
4 way QUIT was hop>d the reSpoh-
sibility Tor the issuance OF no procA
nation could be placed on the depart
rnent OF justice and make Il domestic
legal affair and no. an infringement on
the handling OF foreign policy by the
secretary OF state.
something MAS Happened
But something has happened. Even
~. denartnent OF justice has taken IT'S
tim. and tho general Inference Is thar
IN. president has told the department
I, needn't hurry tho decision. Mean
while tho department OF state Is hope
rul % an carly conclusion OF It's neSo-
t.ations with Germany. and once an
agreement with the Berlin soVernnont
Is reached Il will be easier 10 taHe ths
position that the peace pr proc'ematton
nigh, az we'll be held UP. until after the
ssparate peace treaty with Gerrnan my Is
signed by both parties.