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provided for either by our treaty
with Germany or by the treaty OF
| Versailles. In taking part in this
conference there was no violation OF
the reservation attached by the Sen
ate to the treaty Of Berlin.
20. The agreement reached al
Paris was simply for the ALLEGATION
of the payments made under the
Dawes plan. It does not provide
for sanctions or deal with any
questions that might arise IL the
contemplated payments should not
be made With respect to any
such contingencies, the agreement
at Paris puts the United States
under no obligation legally or moral
Iy, and the United States will be
as free as It ever was to take any
course OF action it may think ad-
visable.
az. The agreement at Paris
neither surrenders nor modifies any
treaty rights Of the United States. /"
Senate Charges Denied.
The second paragraph Of the state.
ment..was in reference to the charges
that in designating American dele
gates to attend the Paris conference,
the State Department had violated
the mandate Of the Senate of two
years ago, when 1t was stipulated
that the Executive should not send
official American representatives to
any European conferences having
to do with the Versailles treaty
without the express consent of the
Senate.
It was also denied at the State
Department today that the Paris
agreement is document that re-
quires Senate, ratification. Every
President since Jefferson, it was
stated, has exercised the preroga-
tive Of settling American dana re
claims without reference to the
Senate, and that it was contended,
was what Mr.. Coolidge did in this
instance.
The reparations agreement nego-
tiated at Paris by his Secretary Of
State-to be, Frank B. Kellogg. under
which the United States becomes an
official partner in the Dawes plan
in embargo for 2 per cent of the
moneys derived from Germany has
brought into opposition to Mr.. Cool
idge for the first time some of those
who heretofore have been his warm
est supporters and closest advisers,
among them Senator William E.
Borah of Ida chairman of the
powerful ForeigI4 Relations Commit
tee. sand Colonel George Harvey, ex-
ambassador to Great Britain.
''Duped," Says Harvey.
In a signed editorial under the
NaA NTyt1i Gn
shocked official circles and caused
Harvey denounced the Kellogg
Churchill pact in unneasured terms.
and concluded by stating:
$50 here we are, pledged to In
tervention in the cockpit Of Europe,
at the instance of others, during
the next half century, stalled II you
please, in a corral horse high and
hog tight.
1T is inconceivable' that a staunch
American like President Coolidge
could approve an arrangement SO
utterly opposed to all of our coun-
try's- traditions, principles and
practices"
Colonel Harvey is frequent guest
at the White House and a frequent
guest on the weekend Mayflower
trips which have been 4 feature Of
the Coolidge Administration.
The seeming break between the
President and Colonel Harvey
added fuel to the irreconcilable re-
volt in the Senate against the
Kellogg agreement, and led to specu-
lation today as to whether it does
not presage considerable opposition
TO the confirmation Of Kellogg as
Secretary of State.
The Senate will pass this week
resolution fathered by Senator
Harm Johnson Rep) OF California,
calling upon the State Department
for a copy OF the Pairs agreement.
The resolution will be reported out
OF the Foreign Relations Commit
tee Wednesday with an amendment
by Senator Borah calling for fun
information" concerning the pact,
including a statement of now far
the United States is committed in
the collection of reparations from
Germany.
The Senate "irreconcilables" want
information specifically on these
points:
Pointed Questions Asked.
us the United States committed
to the extent of joining in punitive
measures against Germany should
she fall down i'm payments under
the Dawes plan?
Were Ambassadors kellogg and
Herrick and Colonel James A. 10
gan, the American representatives
who signed the agreement. official
or unofficial delegates.
Did they propose an amendment
10 the agreement stipuIating that
America reserved liberty of action
and did they sign the agreement
after the allied powers had reject
ed the amendment
Under the German-American
peace treaty, the Senate forbade
the Executive designating official
American delegates TO any Euro.
pean conference having to do with
the Treaty of Versailles.
If Kellogg, Herrick and Logan
were Official delegates, then the
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