Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1921-09-15
TREATY MAY HURT
j. s. At FARLEY
German Pact Considered Trip
ping Block by Many.
INVOLVES PACIFIC QUESTION
Some Senators Say Separate Settle
ment Should Have Ignored Yer
sailles ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Arises Over Several Sections.

Washington, Sept. 10. - Senators
fear the separate treaty with Ger
many may prove a stumbling block at
the coming disarmament congress.
Their apprehension arises over in
corporation Of sections of the treaty
o. versailles referring to American
rights in the document. They fear
this will lead to complications when
the settlement of the Pacific and Far
East problems is approached.
Members of the so-called irreconcil-
able group. responsible for the de-
feat of the Versailles treaty and the
League of Nations covenant, are par
ticularly of this frame Of mind. How
ever welcome the separate treaty has
been to them, they would have pre-
ferred to have seen it drafted with:
out reference to the Paris pact and
they do not conceal this fact.
Fear U. s. Is Bound.
AS the irrecOnciliables, represented
by Senators Johnson and BOrah, look
at 1t, the incorporation of the sec
tons Of the Versailles treaty virtually
makes this country party to the
document. While they realize Ameri-
can rights in the Paris treaty must be
protected, they believe that it could
have been accomplished more effec-
lively had the sections dealing with
them been lifted bodily from it and
written into the German treaty as
separate provisions without mention
ing the Versailles treaty.
Working on the hypothesis that in
reaching their settlement Japan will
be asked to evacuate Shantung, the
irreconcilables point out that the
treaty will give the Japanese a good
argument for remaining in the rich
Chinese province
For example, they explain, should
this country protest Japanese Occupa-
ton of Shantung, Japan in justifica-
ton Of her position could reply that
she was in the province the same as
the United States is in other posses
sions allocated under the Versailles
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from it in the German treaty.
According to the irrecOnciliables,
Japan, if she elects, can successfully
advance this claim and compel the
United States to withdraw gracefully,
as technically she would be in the
right. Such a possibility, they be-
lieve, would have been avoided had
the separate treaty been drawn with
out recognizing the existence of the
Versailles pact.
Although the irreconciliables are ap-
prehensive on the point, they do not
intend to oppose the ratification of
the treaty. Whatever the conse-
quences, they feel treaty with Ger
many before the disarmament con-
gress is essential and that principally
1t will expedite the withdrawal Of
American participation in European
affairs, which they are anxious to see
accomplished Immediately
Four on U. S. Delegation.
By agreement between the five
great powers to participate in the in
ternational conference on ornaments,
the individual delegations will be linn
tied to a membership of four and the
American delegates will be Secretary
Of State Hughes, Senator Lodge, Elihu
Root and Senator Underwood, it was
announced at the White House.
Advisory delegations probably will
be limited to - Among the Ameri-
can advisers will be Representatives Of
the army, the navy. women and labor.
The limitation to four will not be
applied to China nor to Holland and
Belgium in event their partial admis-
sion is agreed to by the five great
powers. 1t was explained the repre-
sentatives Of the other powers will be
admitted merely on occasions when
their particular interests are involved
and that the regular body of delegates
will consist nf %