Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1922-03-29
SENATOR CHARGES
j. s. BRITISH PLOT
BOrah Credits Such Admission TO
Morgan Attorney.
vITRlOLIc DEBATE IN SENATE
idaho Scion Declares Speech 81 PAIL
o. cravsth Disclosed Secret Un-
derstandins" 20 Hold Whip
Hard Deer Japan in Jaeifie.

Is Paul ~. Cruvath. attorney for J.
r.. Morgan and other international
bausluE Interests. was introduced ~
the senate as evidence IL a secret un-
derstaudIuz- between the United
States and Great Britain Tor control
~ tle Pacific Gee connection with the
four-rUwer treaty.
senator Burah ~ Idaho produced a
steuu-rarhIc transcript VI the Cravath
speech. De abe opinion Ut the senate
autluritIss the -Secret agreement
mentioned by the Morgan attorney
constituted uut only an uct ~ trclch-
ery to the other powers Ca tbe treaty.
lur would b. uuleuiubly prOvocauon
IL war.
Tie Cravath speech was delivered
ut "a private gathering Of the Council
uf Furpl-u Relations. an association u
New York bankers. held in New York
city February ~. Although the meet
iuE Was nos open Co the public. Sena-
tor Burah obtained the reporters
transcript uf what CuVath said m as
surfing his fellow bankers that the
secret understanding had been formu-
lated at the arms conference.
May Defeat Ratification.
Opponents OF the treaty saw IL rs
an effective weapon by which TO de-
feat ratification.
Lodge and Underwood. members Of
the American delegation. denied that
such an agreement existed Borah
came back with the statement that
although the knew nothing about IL.
be refused O. believe the story untrue.
Later in the day BOrah was shown
q statement issued by Cravath In his
New YORK Office denying the exist
ence ~ such an agreement, 70 which
Boguh replied:
Il have the record. I am satisfied
with it,
The most important development Of
the publication ~ Cravaths remarks
was the Inauguration az "A movement
e. have the treaty sent hack 90 the
foreign relations committee and have
Secretary Hughes, Elihu Root and
Cravath summoned as witnesses 20
tell what they know about IL.
A motion O. recummit the treaty
viii o. made by senator Shields Of
Tennessee. This viii put Lodge and
the rest uf the Republican majority on
record as % whether they want all
the facts disclosed or viii insist upon
vote Co. utify without amy more i'm
formation than the senate now has.
IuH-a visited the White House and
discussed the treaty situation with
al q
desire lu have &c ratified without the
-BuuItepe reservation now be-
Zone the senate. Lod-e told che Presl-
Feuf this could ual bee dome; that un-
Is->> the reservation is attached the
treaty WEI ie rejeetcd.
Eorah prnrueeI the Cuvuth dOcu-
uent at the Very beginning nf the SEN
utr session. AZ uuee Go plunged the
senate into the most vitrioIIe and eX-
CITING debate which has been Witnessed
since the strife over the treaty started
Senators Lose Tempers.
T.ud1e aud Underwood lost their
temrers iu most righteous fashion In
DENYING they ever discussed sle treaty
with Cuyath ur with any other repre-
sentative uf tae International hanking
Interests. Both admitted Go a vague
ana hary notion ~ Who Cnvath Is.
but declared they did not talk with
him
I'm bringing the Cravath statement
before the senate senator Bornh said
the Interpretation given by Cravath
Constituted am alliance. adding:
without regard 20 what the four
power treaty does in the matter ~
furuIu. an alliance. there is no ques-
ton that the secret understanding
does form AN alliance. Coming as Il
does FROM a man who Processes 10
know. the statement by Mr.. Cravath
bensmes ~ considerable importance.
II Simply dlscluses that once We enter
into the business ~ making political
alliance there u no limit 60 which We
may not 90 I'm arriving at secret I'M
derstandlngs that bind Us 20 our fu-
ture course u action"
Taking the fioor 20 deny having
talked with Cravath. Underwood said /:
4 never made such n statement 20
Mr.. Cruvath. or 20 any one else. So
far as know there Is no truth In IT.
Then Lodge got up and said:
-Mr. Cuvath had no authority from
me O. make such a statement. as I
have had no conversation az all with
him. and. 50 Tar as know. there Is not
q word ~ truth In H. thought I
knew something about the treaty. but
L never heard - any such understand
tns having been made"