Evening star., 1933-02-12
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Harding and New. The witness was
questioned for about three hours. His
disclosures were sensational in the
extreme. From q brief case he pro-
duced, one after another. o series of
papers relating to the Peace Conference
and international relations in general
papers which the Senate had been
trying to secure TOR weeks and which,
In their eject, were absolutely de-
vastating to the Wilson program for
the liquidation Of the war. Among
other things, he gave the committee q
copy Of the first draft of the League
Of Nations covenant, the very existence
Of which bad been denied. At the
climax Of his testimony he told the
Senators that Mr.. Lansing had said to
him: IT believe that II the Senate could
really understand what this treaty
means and If the American people could
really understand, 1t would ufquestion-
ably be defeated; but wonder II they
will ever understand what 1t lets them
in for" He declared that Mr.. White,
Col. House and Gen. Bliss also had ex-
pressed disapproval of the treaty. BY
implication, he suggested that Of the
five commissioners, only the President
himself had been satisfied.
Tore Lid Of Pandora's Box.
At the very moment when Bullitt
thus was tearing the lid from the Pan
dora's box Of the Paris Conference, MIR.
Wilson was on the Pacific Coast plead
ing for the treaty from the public plat
form. He collapsed. Joseph P. Tumulty
tells the story in his book, woodrow
Wilson as 1 Know Him" Mr.. Tumulty
writes: THE press representatives
aboard the train called Mr.. Bullitts
testimony to the Presidents atten-
ton. He made no comment, but
It was plain from his attitude that
he was incensed and distressed be-
yond measure. About 4 o'clock
in the morning of September Is,
DR.. Grayson knocked at the door OF
my sleeping compartment and told me
to dress quickly, that the President was
seriously H." The Bullitt disclosures.
indicating what seemed "disloyalty' on
the part of Mr.. Lansing, was the final
blow. Mr. Wilson returned to Wash
ington an invalid He fingered on. pain
afflicted and crippled, until February 3,
1924. when he died. By that time the
treaty had been defeated, the League
of Nations rejected, his party expelled
from power, and new arrangements for
a formal peace completed by men who
did not trouble to consult him in the
matter Thus, in effect, the hand Of
Lenin reached across the world to in
fluence American policy.
AS for Mr.. Lansing, Mr.. Tumulty
tells how the illness Of his chief saved
him from immediate dismissal, and Mr.
Lansing himself, in his book, THE
Peace Negotiations relates how at last,
on February u. 1920, he was forced to
resign. The Secretary says: While Mr..
Bullitt had given an incomplete report
Df our conversation, there was sufhcient
truth in 1t to make anything but nat
Eenial seem Of little value to the Presl-
dent: and. as I could not make such a
denial, his point Of view seemed to be
that the damage was done and could
not be undone. am inclined to think
that he was right"
Created Furore Abroad.
In England and France, Bullitt'!
evidence raised a furore. Mr.. Lloyo
George was called upon In the Com
mons to explain. He said: Il never
heard Of Bullitt until he returned from
Russia. I never knew Of his existence
until one day President Wilson said tt
me: There is young fellow returned
from Russia who might be able to give
you interesting views about Russia.
But, he added, that was not to attacf
too much importance to him. saw
him, and that was all I have to sa.
about him" Sir Philip Kerr, the prime
minister's secretary, came to his CHER
assistance with the statement that hit
did not know Mr.. Bullitt." But 1t wa
Of no avail. Bullitt,s story hung to-
gether, and was confirmed, IN larg'
part. by later revelations. Both
Socialists and Conservatives made th'
most Of their opportunity, and MI
Lloyd George was continually unde
fire until his government fell II
October, 1922.
Bullitt, meanwhile, made no attemp
to capitalize his negative celebrity.
He wrote for the Freeman and othe
satirioal novel, TITS not Done" For
while ohe was on the editorial stan o