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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.
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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.
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ALL MUST SUPPORT '
LEAGUE OF NATIONS!
COMMAND HAVE POWER.
Washington. Mllltnry commanders
must have the power to bring sum
mary Justice to men who show a ten
dency to quit their commands on tna
eve of battle. Major General John V,
O'Ryan, commanding the New York
national guard, declared before a son-
ate military sub-committee considering
the Chnmberlatn bill proposing a gen
eral revision of the system of military
Justice. 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!
Nations will create a situation which'
will ateast greatly restrict and los-i
en -the chances of war between na-'
tloas. Disputes between Individuals!
are settled by our court and we
Manse as a matter of course that;
o ana shall turn to physical force.)
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maaklad; mora vividly than anythlngi
elaa in history, the folly and waste
and crime of war. We see lta terrible
devastation; we see lta terrible
sufferings. All clvlllied mankind will
straggle for .years to come under the!
burdens of this war. With our ad
ranee in education, witn our meanai
of disseminating information, we cer
tainly have reached the point whore
public Judgment should support an
understanding botween nations that)
tends to throw up banters in the!
path of forces gathering for war. ',
That the covenant of the League i
of Nations itself presents a renl con-i
stractlve method which undoubtedly!
will greatly tend to restrict war must
be aomltted by all.' As such, all
should give It help and support. '
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