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-,. 1lV BocA ,":.. . . au' ,otc HU.D OLOUD, NEBRASKA, CHIEF i ir ' US A M vC--1 . 1? J 10 THE COUNTRY SENATOR HITCHCOCK SO CHAR ACTERIZED SENATOR KNOX'S ATTACK ON PEACE TREATY. INSANE FOREIGN POLICY Amendment or Defeat of the Treaty .Would Be Commercial and Fl l nanolal Disaster for America, - Saya Nebraska Senator. Washington (Special) Declaring tmt any amendment to the treaty of peace, good or bad, reasonable or unreason able, means the dofent of the treaty with all Its disastrous consequences, Senator Hitchcock of Nebraska made a powerful speech In the senate today Urging that the treaty bo ratlllcd with out delay and without amendment. Referring to the recent speech of Senator McCumber, republican of North Dakota, who voted against the Shantung amendment In tho foreign relations committee, Senator Hitch cock said: "He has shown that the proposed amendment, Instead of helping China, deprives her of tho bcnctlt of tho promises and concessions tho United States hnj exacted from Japan. Ho has shown that Japan Is already In possession of the German rights, privi leges, and leaseholds. Ho hns also Shown that Great Britain and France are under pledge to Japan to stand by her In her clnlra, and ho has chal lenged the supporters of tho proposed amendment to show how China can possibly be hencuted unless when we reject Japan's promises we proposo to go to war with her and drive her out of Shantung for the benefit of China. pSBSBSBSBSBSBSBSBSBSBSBJMajSBSM SENATOR HITCHCOCK "I think tho senntor from North Dakota conclusively demonstrated the folly of the proposed amendment as far as It concerns China nnd the danger thnt It Involves to the United States." Senator Hitchcock then explained tho Inevitable results if tho senate should vote In favor of the Shantung amendment or nny other. Ho said that 'one of two things would happen lther the president would refuse to go further with tho treaty or he would have to Kubmit the amendment to the nations Associated with the United States In the war. , "Does nny one bellove," asked the senator, ".that tho other nations would accept the Shantung amendmontr He pointed out that Groat Britain has al ready ratified the treaty and Is under pledge to Japan with reference to Shantung; that France Is soon to ratify the treaty nnd Is under the seme pledgo to Japan. "Does any one supposo that Japan herself would submit to such a hu miliation before the eyes of the world?" sked Hitchcock. "The answer Is slraplo," he asserted. "We would find ourselves out In tho cold, Isotated from the rest of the world. "What, then, wilt the United State do? What will those American states men propose who stand for this method of killing the treaty? Some Qf them will any that congress can pass a Joint resolution declaring a state of peaco with Germany. Others say tho United States can nogotlato a separate and independent treaty of peace with Germany. Those who tnlk this way evidently have no conception of tho enormous ucnents nna ad vantages which the United States de rives from this trenty, which wo wrung from Germany at tho cannon's mouth. Neither have they any conception of tho difficulties Involved In negotiating a now treaty with Germany to estab lish the terms of peaco and settle the controversies of tho war. "To my mind, It would bo suicidal for tho United States to throw nwny tho advantages nnd benefits provided In this treaty. It would bo disastrous commercially nnd financially. It would put us nt un enormous disadvantage In our International relations, not only with Germany but with thoso nntlons which we would thus desert. They would remain bound together by ties of mutual Interest, they would enjoy tho bencIHs of tho treaty and would not bo slow to tnko every advnntnge of them. They would res-ent our de sertion. ., , "Up to this polut, I have discussed the possible defeat of tho treaty W mentis of proposed amendments to It. That Is tho real program and hope of tho majority of tho committee on for eign relations. It Is for that puipo-so that the Monty has been locked up In cold storage for .so many weeks. The enemies of the league of nations Ii the senate aro not many romp-ii" l 10 Its friends, but they control the com nil too. They have felt Justified In retain ing the treaty In their committee, hold ing useless hearings and making kill ing amendments with tho full knowl edge thnt amendments would beat the treaty Just ns effectively as a refusal to ratify. "A few, n very few, senators luive declared that they would vote against .tho treaty because of tho league of na tions, but It has remained for tho sen ator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Knox) to dcclaro boldly against our participa tion In the treaty settlement. "To say that he has amazed tho country Is to put It mildly ho has shocked the country. "Strnngoly enough, after months of tlmo nnd a number of speeches In which his attack on me trenty has been on nccount of Article I, which contntns tho league of natlons,Jio now tnkes a new position. Ho formerly favored taking tho league of nations out of the treaty and ratifying tho peaco settle ment with Germany. Now he suddenly changes front, declares In favor of de serting tho nations associated with us In the war nnd advocates an uncondi tional peaco or a negotiated peaco with Gel many. "Was there ever n more Insane In ternational policy proposed? In the mixture of poltroonery nnd folly It Is difficult to see whlfli predominates Senator Knox goes tho limit. Ho not only proposes thnt wo desert our friends and abandon our obligations, but lie suggests that wo release Ger many from nil promises of Indemnities and reparations. "Why not go further nnd propose that wo compensate Germany? That would be n still stronger appeal to German Sentiment. Senator Hitchcock said thnt he, had full faith that tho treaty would re ceive different treatment In the senate thnn It has In the foreign relations committee. "In the senate," ho said, "there are few men who favor desert ing the cause of civilization until the victory In the field has been rendered pormnnent by n peaco settlement with ample guarantees, in tlic sennte aro few sonntors who favor releasing Ger many from all responsibility of the war, few sonntors willing to snrrlflco the material Interests of tho United Stntcs which this treaty nlono can protect." In concluding what was without doubt ono of the nblest speeches that has been mndo In the sennte for rati fication of tho trenty without amend ment, Senator nitehcock said : ""I cannot close without a few words on the lengue of nntlons fenture of the treaty, which has been so persistently and unreasonably nttacked In this charnbor. To most of these attacks I hnve listened. They have varied some what, but they all have one charac teristic In common a tremendous ex aggeration of possible disadvantages to this' country. "Those who conjure upon these pos sible disadvantages seem to Ignore al together the enormous advantages of organizing the world for peace. They appear to have lost sight of the hor rors, evils and dangers of war while In the contemplation of possible dis advantages under tho lengue of na tions. They make mountnlns out of mole hills In reviewing difficulties In the league plan. They are suspicious that while It may benefit evory other nntlon on earth, It Is so devised as to bring disaster to tho United 3tates. They crawl upon the ground with a microscope, scorching for pitfalls and are unable to look forward to the promised land of peace and order and Justice to which the now movement leads." An Absurd and Futile Proposal If the Senate as n whole does not lopiullttto the actioii of its Fore'gn Relations Committee on the Shan tung issnie, it will not only exceed its constitutional powers, but will ttnml committed to a decision which it cannot possibly enforce. The delib erate insult to Japan, whoso good faith tho Committea itnr.tuchps is, perhaps, tho least important phase of tho situation ns it now impend". Tho Japanese government, w'dch h"8 pledged itself to restore Chinese sov ereignty in Shantung, may well at tribute n hostile attitudo on tho part of the Senate to t political motives, nnd therefore ignore it entirely. Tho European governments which assent ed to the Shantung arrangement, would doubtless take a similar course. Japan would remain in pos session of Shantung, and the Senate would have on its hands a rewritten treaty not worth the paper and ink used in its construction. If the Senate Republicans do not like the Shantung settlement they can say so in a resolution withhold ing assent. Thnt policy might bo of no value to China, but at least it would not put the United States in the position of attempting to reverse tho terms of a treaty provision adopted by tho Peace Conference. What tho majority of the Foreign Relations Committee proposes to do is to write an entirely now section in to tho treaty, regardless of tho fact that the purpose therein embodied cannot be made effective short of a declaration of war against Japan. Was there ever a more absurd or futile proposal than this? The very suggestion of it reveals the depths of folly and obstinacy to which the Republican partisans are willing to descend in their effort to destroy the work of the Peace Conference, to hamstring the Administration and to create issues for the next Presiden tial campaign. Brooklyn Eagle. . HOLDING BONDS 7 THRIFT. Tfl0 Hamilton -Cathar Clothing Co. 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Hone of reward, pride and patriotism, he said, are among the things that stlmulato soldiers to cour age In bnttle, but under them will fol low any shirking of tho fight. General O'Ryan was a member of the bourd headed by Major General Kernan of the regular service which has submitted a report endorsed by the wnr department proposing modifi cations of the articles of war and tho court martial system, but disapprov ing the rndlcal changes outlined In tha Chamberlain bill. Under Interrogation by Senntor Chamberlain, author of tho bill, Gen eral O'Ryan snld he agreed that tha "meat of this thing" lay In tho cren tlon of nn appelate power somewhere which could relieve soldier? of the stlcma of conviction If that appeared for the fair thing to do, Instead of leaving It nt present, a question for executive clemency, which could take away the punishment but not the conviction. The Covenant of the Leaguo of! 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