The Washington times., 1922-11-26
Hitchcock Digs Into Congress
sionaI Record for TRADE on
Him by German Speakers
PLANS SPEECH TOMORROW
Friends Claim Solid 'Teuton
Vote in Nebraska Caused His
Defeat in Recent Elections
BY :. BART CAMPBELL,
International News Service.


70 the singing accusation by
Georges Clemenceau that Ger
man propaganda" inspired the
bitter denunciation by Senator
Hitchcock of Nebraska of the use
of "black troops" by the French
on the Rhine, a number of Sem
ators were prepared last night
to make caustic response in the
Senate tomorrow.
ACCUSATION AMUSES.
Senator Hitchcock's friends laugh
ed at the idea that he could be
rated pro-German. as they recalled
that the solid German.American
vote of Nebraska was cast against
him at the recent election. and was
largely responsible for his defeat
for reelection.
Hitchcock was digging deep into
official records for additional data
regarding the alleged outrages com
mitted on the German people OF
the Rhineland by French BLACK
troops" and he promised to
make some sensational disclosures
when he again replied to the fiery
former French premier on the Sen
ste floor.
From his files, Hitchcock dus
q letter written in German by Dr
Edmund Won Mach, Il former Har
ward professor, and a notable spokes'
oil
this country, in which he was bit
successful fight for ratification Of
the Versailles treaty by the Sen.
ate.
Van Mach ridiculed Hitchcock 5
action in first condemning the
black shame" of France in the
Senate August 81. and demanding
then the Withdrawal of uncivilized
soldiers from the French area OF
occupation on the Rhine lie
wrote:
FLAYS HITCHCOCK.
Hitchcock has been negative
tn this campaign against the hor-
ror on the Rhine up to the ap-
proach of his election. He had
hhoWh thc uCllhilC ldCtS AoI Il
long time, even when Woodrow
Wilson was still president.
Personally l have no reason to
call Hitchcock among our friends
:. when Hitchcock became
'behinder" of the Wilson ad.
ministration, he surrendered the
right to be respected as a free
man. He hung up on a nail his
ns.t
did the dirty work for Wilson.
This letter entitled THE Crimes
OF Hitchcock" the Nebraska SEN
ator's own friends pointed to as
evidence that the German and
the German American have no
love for him, and that his mo-
tives in criticising the French use
Of black troops among the Ger.
man people were not inspired by
German propaganda" as Glenn
enceau charged.
Hitchcock, instead Of relying
upon German propaganda" was
declared to be ready to present
documentary evidence from the
archives of the State Departmnt
70, support his charges that negro
soldiers were quartered by the
French government on the Ger
man people.
But from the Congressional Rec
ord several Democratic Senators
stiIl closely associated with Forme,
President Wilson, dug a statemen,
inserted In it by Hitchcock or
August 81 last. to support con
tention which they are prepared
TO make in the Senate that he die
get some of his "information'
from German sources.
"HORROR OF RHINE"
The statement read in part. a.
follows:
Something more than q year
ago ] received q cory Of q printed
circular which hold In my hand.
describing In some detail what
was called the Horror on the
Rhine. 1t purpOrted to be the
complaint Of German people liv.
ing I'm the German territory occu.
pied by French troops. These
German people protested against
the conduct Of France In keeping
thousands Of black soldiers from
her African provinces quartered
among the people. IL charged
that the black African troops Of
France, whether negroes or Sene-
Ealese. were committing .unspeak-
able crimes against German WON.
en- and children.
The statement was signed by q
number of German association.
and societies located in other parts
of Germany. They appealed to tho
civilized world to bring influence
to bear to induce France to with
draw her black troops and sub