Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1922-01-04
BORAH PLANS To
BARE ALL SECRETS
Idaho Senator Seeks to Have
Committee Sessions Open.
BoGEY LINED UP FOR LODGE
Coordination Of ~Irreeoneiiabies" and
Wilson Senators Would Take Con-
trol Out % the Hands Of
Chairman ledge.

Washington. Dee. Changer Of
tie four-pywer Pacific treaty being
tied up indefinitely. rewritten or hav-
Ing reservations attached 60 Il la the
senate foreign relations committee Is
engaging the attention u Republican
leaders here.
A combination q "IrrecOncilables"
and Wilson senators would take con-
trol out Of the hands u Senator
Lodge. the committee chairman.
senator Borah. leader II the 'ir-
recuncIlables, is one u the most ac-
tive committee members. He and
Senator Lodge win meet face 10 face
acrUss the committee table and
Borah SAYS BE- viii question Lodge
closely. not only With regard 10 the
Iour-p0wer pact. but regarding every
thing that has transpired az the secret
tessious.
Wants Committee Open.
Il Is understood that Borah will also
seek 60 have the sessions ~ the for
eigu relations committee made public
when u i considering the f0ur-pOwer
and other treaties negotiated az the
armament conference.
When The Versailles treaty was be-
fore the committee, Il held a series Of
open sessions at which Secretary Of
State Lansing and other American
delegates al Versailles revealed much
that had taken place at secret ses-
sI0ns.
IL Is recalled that the full for
eIgn relations committee visited the
White House 90 interrogate President
Wilson regarding the Versailles pact
and that what took place between him
and the committee members was sub
sequently made public.
Secretary Hughes Is understood 10
have expressed a willingness 10 ap-
pear before the committee when IL
takes up the decisions OF the confer
ence and Il Is also expected that Pres
ident Harding viii receive the commit
tee az the White House after the four
power aud ether conference treaties
arr submitted O. the senate and for
mally referred % the committee.
Lineup Is Forecast.
The lineup Ga the committee Is ex-
pected 10 f0reshadow the lineup In the
senate on the decision Of the confer
snce. the committee being representa-
tive u the divergence Of opinion
which has developed among senators
~ both parties regarding the four
power and other treaties.
There are rs members 81 the CON-
mIttee through whose hands all Of
the treaties must pass before they can
D. ratified by the senate. II r. re-
called that the Versailles treaty
emerged from the committee In form
much altered from that In which Mr.
Wilson submitted IL O. the senate.
The Republican members number
el.ht besides Lodge and Borah-Alc-
Cumber. North Dakota; Brandegee.
Connecticut: johnson, California (;
New. Indiana: Moses New Hamp-
shire: KeIogE. Minnesota; McCor-
mick. Illinois. aud Wadsworth, New
York.
The six pCmocrutlc members are:
Hitchcocs. Nebraska: Williams. MIS-
sissippl: Swanson. Virginia: Pomer-
enc. Ohio: Pitman. Nevada. and
Shields Tennessee.
shields has said he viii vote
against the f0ur-power treaty. lie
WAS am ~irrec0ncilable~ Ia the League
OF Nations fight. lining up with
Rorah. johnson. Moss aud McCor-
mick.
McCumher and kellogg are mild
rcservntiouists." All % the Democratic
committee members are noncommit-
sal regarding the new treaty except
shields