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i ttfe Tne New AVEATHEfl ' Fall Tweeds? and Wtdaea day. Ml BMa shaitf It tea aratara, j .WATCH U2i;' J' M fM MM'- 'ft fwmral I r Mara plmta ta4 avJ InlBfl etaai as?, erver , VOL CX. NO. 29. -SIXTEEN PACES TODAY. RALEIGH, N. C, TUESDAY MOllNlNG, JULY 29, 1919. SIXTEEN PAGES TODAY. PRlCEi FIVE CHil cBSSffi ITS HEAD Archeologist Gates Who" Has 1 Studied Conditions Appears Before Committee of Congress ENEMY TO ITSOWN AND -TO PEOPLE OF AMERICA DECLARED THE .WITNESS Hovie Committet On Bulei '-Hearing; Proposition To In stitute Congressional In quiry Into Mexican Affairs, Hears Highly Interesting Testimony of One Armed t With Tirst-Hand Informa tion; His "Bandits" Definition of (By the Associated PrcM.) Washington, ' July 28. Carranta's nil of Mexico it "not a government, but a,' band of outlaws, both technically aad practically, and today it ia utterly impossible an enemy of ita own peo ple first and America second' William Gates, of Baltimore,, an trchaeolpgiit, told the House Bales Committee today is ita hearings on the Gould resolution 1 proposing a congressional inquiry into Mexican affairs. t Although asserting that. President Wilson was misled in making his de cision to recognise Carranza, believing the Meiican to be a "people'e cham pion," Gatea declared in favor of leav lug the solution of the Mexican prob- lem with the President. The President, he aaid, had len not fully informed ' of conditions in the southern republic Gates said bis opinions were based on a first-hand atudy of Mexican condi tions for about a year, beginning in July, 1917, during which time he visited parte of the country usually not aeen hy traveler, including the states of Yucatan. r Vera. . vrnt,, Kuebio, Morales . and Oaxcca. For twenty yeara ha had beea' building uri a library of Metlesu tatiqaltiea and literature, tad his trip was, to obtain more material and to "find out what was going on behind the veil of our censor ship and the Carranza - censorship " ' " "When Nobody Else Raa Gaae Carraaxa'e control includes the main porta and the railroads, with adjoining territory for mile on either aide the transportation lines, Gatea asserted. This control, he said, was that "of a body of soldiers who are ready to shoot at a moment's notice in a country where nobody else hit any guns Maintaining that a genuine political revolution ia on in Mexico,. Gatea -1e-rlared the so-called bandits are the "country people, who when the Car- ranzistas como into make a raid, take up their cunt and become bandits in the eyes of the government la answering to an Inquiry whether the United States government now ia ' fully and fairly advised of Mexican- eon ditions, Gatea answered: t WHosa "Betrayed By Carraaaa." V "I am satisfied that President Wilson was betrayed by Carranza just as Car- franaa betrayed the Mexican people, Imagine that President Wilson like many another faithful man, will try to stick to his friends for a long time. ' We hsve been running along that diplomatic track thatahero was to Mexico but Carranza except mere bandits without any politi cal purpose and tha Carrnnia ought to Bare our help to suppress inose nanar There muat have been some private in forests being served in the background. There always are in all parties. That the real facta under such circumstances, auM Hwk mm n PrRlf1Aht WillOn would take a good deal, and I doubt very much It they did." Obregoa Bitter Hater of Aaaerlea. V General Obregoa, who haa been men tioned as a Presidential candidate to succeed Carranza was declared by Gatea ' to be most bitter in hla ant (-America a feeling. . Gatas also asserted that he ; aaw "a letter written from the seeretary of the Socialist party in this country to I Obrecon. asking him what he thought r... this was a"put last April what would be a propitious time to take unified action ' between the rada-al element of Mexico, Canada. Cuba and the United States, ' Gates told the committee that during 1 the war the Germans ope -ated a wireless '' aUtioa near Mexico City connecting with a station in Spain, whl.-h relayed mes- -' .'. ssurea to Nsuen. ' lie also asserted a see' , sad station vats maintained by the Ger ' - nans in one of the States South of Mei- ice City. Secretary Baker was informed by Gate at these stations in "the mid' - die of the war" in IMS, Gate aaid. Declaring- that he had a close friend ship with Secretary Baker, Gates said be had written several letters to him, ex plaining. Mexican affairs but be asked -c not to be requested to place theso In the " record because he did "not wnat to play Bolities" with statement such m one -would make only to a dose friend. ' 1UTII MAT JUNK, THIS . ! R. R. IF HE BO DESIRES. l$avaaaaa,' Ga., July t8. Judge BeV trly 0. Evans ia the federal court today tlgnoa new aeorsc pranging jor n .U af the Georgia Ballroad wsteadiag froaa Bruarwiek, Oa te Ladowist. The road waa sold at wnbllt aterr Jtir l. but the bidden later withdraw their bid. The decree to day pre video that the receivers may nil the roa4 aaoer several eonauioas. The satire property ea be tvld as a operatieg Use at a whole the jmr ehsser being allowed to junk It it da j aired. , v.- A MAN DENOUNCED BY GATES BEFORE " HOUSE COMMITTEE VCARRAHXA- CATHOLIC AnACK Georgia Senator Defends Bill To Create Department of Education FREE EDUCATION TO ALL ' CHILDREN WHO APPLY Only Those, Said Thtr Senator, Who Oppose Psblio Iduoa tion By The State or tocal Authorities Would Charge ThJt The:Mesure "Banishes Ood From Schoolroom" - Waahingtoa, July to. (By Tk Mh elated Press.) Senator Bra 1th, Demo crat, Georgia, declared ia the Senate to day that the criticism byBomaa Cath olio clergy and organizations that the Smith-Towner bill proposing establish meat of a department of oducatioa would result in government control of education, was unfounded. The claim that the bill takes away the right of parenta to educate their children is false," said Senator Smith, "The charge that this bill would baa- ish God from every school ia without the alightest foundation. The bill eaa only be considered aa assault upon re ligion by those who oppose publie schools and by those who believe igno rance onthe part of the masses ia eroases religious faith. The charge ia really in attack upon publie oducatioa and shall not be permitted to hide bo- hind aa expressed attack on mis duu Doesn't Believe Real Leadera Oppesa. "I cannot believe thai the real leadora of the Catholic church or the rank and file of its members la the United tstatee are oDDoaed to public schools or to aa onuortunitv boinn" aivea to every child of obtaining an education at the publie expense.' i ' The bill, Senator Smith explained, would not prevent parents from placing their children in private or denomina tional schools and is designed to aid the States la riving free education to all children who apply. Only Br Opponent of Ed cation. "The charge that it baniahed God from the schoolroom and that it is ah assault upon relight," said .Senator Smith, "will bo tolerated only by one who opposes public education conducted by State or local authorities and who opposes all schools, except deaomina tional lad parochial schools." Attacks made oa the bill recited by Senator Smith were resolutions reported adopted by May 30 at the Federatioa of Catholic societies eoareatioa at New ur loaas and of the Benedictine Educaj tional national Association at Fern, ill. j July 1. He also state that Rev. E. D. I McDoaaell, 8. Jn of Loyala CoHege, Baltimore, had made baseless charges agaiast the bill In- on addrcsc Juno 19 and aaid "it ia difficult to understand how a preacher of the gospel of Jesus Christ could hare been the author. Colo Bleaaa For Congress. Columbia, 8. C, July 28. Former Governor Cola L. Bleasa today an nouneed he will be a candidate for Con frees at the general election but that ha would . not be a candidate la the primary. Bleaaa It preparing the plat form an which- ha will enter the race and will announce It ia a few days. Dock Workers' Strike Settled- Liverpool, July 29. (By the Asso ciated Press.) The striks of dock workers haa been settled. . Work will bo resumed - today (Tuesday). The strikers regard the settlement at fTtaUy .liJflWrJiwrXi.-- - -fx Orgaaliatloa af Telephone Workers. Atlanta, Ga., July !. Employer of the Southern Boll aad Cumberland Tele phone mi Telegraph Companies today completed organliatioa of aa assoeiatioa which tho companies have agreed to raeogaite at aa agency for collective bargaining and for generally serving at aa intermediary betweea the. officials and 18,000 oaployeaw v fix m !dhx lMj-vjP;;il' fa ' ;.t 75 SMITH ANSWERS FATAL RACE RIOTS I - -- Seven Killed and Many Injured in Chicago Black Belt Last Night r GOVERNOR RESPONDS TO MAYOR'S CALL FOR TROOPS for More Than rife - Honrs Kace 'Biots Were Eenewed Last Night Orer 5 -Mile Area On Sonthside ; Fighting Was Largely Between Po licemen and Negroes Chicago, mn July 28.-(By the As sociated Press.) Seven persona were killed and more than two score wound ed, many of them seriously, in a renewal of race riot ia the Chicago "black belt" tonight. For more thaa five boura the rjve mile area oa the Southaide waa a battle ground of scattered fights between whites and blacks and between police men and negroes who fired from house ops, from dark alleys and other points of vantage. Four Regiments Arrive. The call for troops to quell the out breaks resulted ia four regiments of na tional guardsmen being mobilized, but at a lata hour tonight they had not been dispatched to the disturbed district and Chief of Police Garrity expressed the be lief that the worst of the disorder haa passed. Five af the dead are negroes and two are whites. The wounded ia most eases were hur ried to hospital after which they were removed to their homes when conditions permitted. There was no concerted battle by tne blacks, the outbreaks dotting a large area. Chief of Police Garrity, at a late hour, said that it waa impossible to make an exact estimate of the casualties be cause of the contradictory reports. Blots Started Sunday. The riots which started yesterday oa the South Side beaches were renewed when negro laborers began leaving the big industrial planta and by dusk more than a score of separate outbreaks had occurred. Whites began dragging ne groes from street cars, the negrres re taliated with stones and knives. Street ears ia the heart of the "black belt" were tied up and the windows amaahed. A nying squadron" of blacks mount ed on a touring ear and riding at full speed through the section seat a volley of shots at a group of white. One wajta woman waa injured but not 'a tally. The negroes were overtaken af ter a long chase and placed under ar- Negroea Attack Police. fiki. .it...j. . k hundred blacks formed at Thirty ..dr.j hio.ka . r.i..P(.K atreet and began atoning a policeman. uua lire was opened aad four of the negroes fell all mortally wounded. A white man in the same neighborhood waa dragged from a truck and stabbed to death. A negro chauffeur wka killed by whites a few minutes later ia the same block. Scores of arrests were made, but where the rioters were found to be unarmed they were released. Negroes Loot Stores. Negroes began looting stores of whites in one district shortly after the firing of revolvers by a squsd of policemen in an effort to break up a light over a small purchase of groceries. The police sooa emptied their guns. The looting continued until a support guard of police armed with rifles, arrived. They fired low, felling half a dozen blacks. A tshite woman was pulled from a street 'ear by a negro. He was soon lying unconscious agaiast the curb. The angry whites left him for dead. "Charged With Kasore and CUba." Groups of blacks formed in foot ball fashioa and charged against whites with razors and clubs. Oa one corner tho (Continued oa Pago Throe.) Demanded In "Address To The Nation" Signed By Taft and Others (By The Associated Press.) New York, July 28.-tangresiona1 Investigation of the wave of mob vio lence aad lynching throughout the United Btaiea was demanded in an "Ad dress to thh, Nation," signed by .Former President Taft, officials of several southern states snd other nationally p'omirrnt citiaeit, made publie here today by the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. "Pstriotie eitisens throughout the country feel the thamo which lynch ing have cast upon the nation, hut they have assumed partial responsibility for this shame by their silence and their acquiescence, aaid the address.' . The time has now come whea eitisens of tho United States eaa no longer con template without protest the setting at naught of the fundamental 'principle upoa which their ciaeaahip is based." . The "address" mounts that ia 1018 no lest than 07 persons "were done to death without trial or any process of law," and declare that it ia well known that the innocent, with tho guilty; "suf-fer-th-eirusl-iiillktifins of mob vie leaee." A congressional itivestigafloa It urged to that "mesas way bo found to and the scourge." - ' - Prominent aignera included t United States Attorney -General Palmer, for mer Attorney-General Chariot 1. Bona- Krte, of Baltimore Eliha Hoot, Cbar i E. Hughes, Judge Ben BUndeey, aad Governors and former Governor of screa states. ;;.;j',,-.' inquiry into the vaVe of violence GAVE HIS LIFE TO - -SAVE LITTLE CHILD i - 1 : W LIEUTIMANT D. M. PRINCE, JR. Lieut. Prince, who was a eon of Mr. David M. Prince, of Goldsboro, lost his life Saturday at Goldsboro ia aa effort to rescue from drowning .a little boy who had gotten over hia depth in the overflow of Little River. While li hia own life Lieut. Prince auceeeded ia saving the boy, willing handa grasping the struggling lad but being unable to effect the reseueof Lieut. Prince whoso body waa not recovered for two Lours afterward. He was a member of the Goldsboro company of the 119th In fantry aad members of that regiment and qf the Masons and JOwlor Order participated in the funeral exercises yesterday. The young man woa his rank by heroic daring oa the field of battle and was brevetted by General Pershing himself. Kenyon Bill To Regulate and Restrain The Packers Causes . Discussion v t RETAIL GROCERS JOIN THE PACKERS IN FIGHT Wholesalers Join Together TO Promote Its Passage; lir. Consumer Not Worrying About Fate of Measure, But Contending Interests Flood Mails and Telegraphs ,,, jr The News and Observer Bureau,'' 603 District National Bank Bldg. By FRANK W. LEWIS (By Special Leased Wire) , Washington, July 28 The North Carolina congressional delegation have been hearing from their constituents oa the matter of the Kenyon bill, which ia designed to "stimulate the production, sale and distribution of livestock and livcatock products, and for other pur poses." The object of tho bill ia to reg ulate and restrain the packers. Both Senators and ten representatives from North Carolina are all but over whelmed with letters either protesting agaiast the passage of this bill or en dorsing it, and an almost remarkable thing in connection with tho matter is that both protests and approvals come from dealers aad consumers. It seems that the rackera and the re tall grocers have combined to defeat the bill, while the wholesale grocers have joined together to promote its passage. The packers, it is aaid, have made a vig orous campaign of the country to con vince the retail grocers that the Krayon bill would be to their detriment, and a great flood of protests similar in con struction haa flowed into the capitol. Feeling that the combined influence of the packers and the retail grocers was i about to defeat a meaauro that would ' benefit the wholesale grocers, the latter also have engaged in a vigorous campaign to influence the action of their congress men and senators. The fight has become so general among the wholesale and re tail grocers of North Carolina that their letter have attained such proportions that they have been hard to .answer. In fact the seeretaries of tho senators and representatives have little time to do anything else except answer letters in spired hywhoae who are behind the pro paganda for and against the Kenyon bill. Those of each faction in this fight seem to have lost sight of the fact thlt the ultimate consumer ia not being eon nidrred, the opposing elements being the packers and the retail grocers on tho ont aide and the wholesale grocers urn the other. ITundredt of thoussnds of letters and telegrams hare coma plead ing; for oae tide or the other, but nearly all of these have bea from the deal ers or th packers the consumer has not yet been heard from. Improvesaeata fa Insurance. Mr. Daniel W. Terry, of Raleigh, N. C recently made so ins important suggestions bearing oa plana for se curing addresses of soldiers, sailors aad marinee to the end that they might 1 communicated- wiULfry Xhogovcrgmcat la making whatever settlement that may be due. r- vV-"-T "- "-'- Senator Simmont took the natter up with Col. BG. Chofmeley-Jones, direc tor of th Bureau of War Bisk Inrur aaee, and after considering- tho sug gestions made by Mr. Terry, the director MANY LEHERS TO THE CONGRESSMEN I (Coattaaed Prassi Tag On " ' N FIX MEAT PIES So Declares Federal Trade Commissioner's Report On The Industry EVIDENCE WHEREON THE ASSERTION. IS BASED The "Big Five" Have Interest In 28 of 50 Stock Yards and Majority of Voting Stock in 22 of The Others; "Remark able Device," That Bearer Warrant; What It Can Do (By the, Associated Press.) Washington, July 28. Ability of the "big five", packers Swift, Armour, Mor ris, Cudahy and Wilson to determine from day to day the general level of livestock prices was declared "incon- Itfovertihle of the third section of tho Federal Trade Commission a report on the industry made publie tonight. Information - contained in 4h- com. mission's Investigation waa cited te ahow that the "big five" have an in terest in 28 of the GO principal market yarda of the country and a majority of voting iluck in 22 utheis. It-wa said they buy most of the livestock sold at these markets. Dlscrlmlaatloa. They discriminate against and put at great disadvantage independeqt buy era who are their competitors," the re port said. They manipulate on occa sions the livestock market in such a way as to cause extreme aad unwar ranted fluctuations ia the daily prices paid for livestock. They have elimi nated many competitors and prevented new ones from coming in. They have restricted the meat aupply of tho na tion by manipulating , the daily lire- stock price and thus discouraging the producers of livestock. "Of the meat trade ia the- hands of interstate slaughterers in the Vnited States, the five big packing companies have more thaa 73 per cent of the total. They have tho prices of dressed meat aad packing house product so well la psad that, Within rertainf limitations, meat pries are made to respond to their wlihes." v Notwithstanding special advantages aaid to be eajoyed by the big packers, the commission declared it waa not tno commission daciarei demunntrablo'that they are more effl eicni man ino -inacpennenis. Concealed Ownership. In tracing the ownership of the vsr ioua stockyards, the commission in its report devoted much attention to the "remarkable financial device" known as the bearer warrant, which it wassaid might be peed not only to hide com pletely true ownership, but also was equally effective in making possibls th evasion of income, corporation and sur taxes if it came into more general use. fiich a warrnnt is a receipt for a stock certificate, the . latter being made out to the treasurer ,of the corporation who delivers the warrant to the person who actually owns tho stock. Unidentified Stockholders. Ia this nay it would be possible for a stockholder to receive dividends and vote without his identity being known, J. Ojden Armour was said by the com mission to own 19.4 per cent of the Chicago stockyards company, but the use of bearer warrsnts was asserted to have prevented the commission from discovering who owned the other stock. Much of the commission's report dealt with mattura already made puhlic in the hearings eondueted by Francis J. Hcney as special investigator for the commis sion. STRIKE SETTLED Agreement On Wages Reached With Marine Engineers; Final Details New York. July 28. (By tlu so ciated Press.) The strike v.hic:i for almut three weeks haa tied up shipping along the Atlantic and G ilf vnl fard was fina l; settled tonight w!h-h an agreement, on- wages wn fe u-'i:.! wi'h the Marine -Engineers. Willi i n H. Brown, national president of the Engi neers' Union, immediately sent out orders to move ships without delay. Tho agreement was reached after 'a six-hour meeting here todny of official of the United States shipping Irani. American Htenmship Assoeintioi and EnginoFrs' Union. Tho 'tngiiieers pre sented their demands Saturday n.gU following settlement of the. str kj of seamen, stewards, oilers and vater- tenders, issuing orders thnt no vessel be taken out pending settlement of their issues. - ' The only other class of ship workers whose demands hare not been leV.'eJ are wireless operators... They hajeuot gone oa atrik and .a conference W tween them aad the ship owners for consideration of wat;o incrjjjkd la arheriuled for this weiekV 4 " Under the agreement reached tonight Chief engineers win their demands in -wage increases ranging from 192.50 to 1100 a month, according to tb nuts or ahlpt, which gives them not lest thaa 123 a month lest taaa masters. . Assistant (Caatlaaed ra Page Tt) PACKERS CAN AND DO HE WORKERS FRENCH-AID BE LAID BEFORE TODAY. :E; Former Candidate For Presi dent Offers Them For Adop tion By Senate COVENANT OF LEAGUE SHOULD BE IN TREATY But He Insists Upon Certain Reservations ; Particularly Stresses Liability of U. S. To Provide Armed Forces To Protect Other Members of The League; Summary (By The Associated Press.) Waahington, July gg.wTisrlca. Hughes, Republican candidate in the laat presidential election, has drawa up a resolution which he offers for adop tion by the United States Senate, con senting to inclusion of the League of Nations covenant in the. peace treaty, but suggesting four reservations to pre vent "sacriflclug the essential interests of the United Bute's." Revealed la Correspondence. This became known today when cor respondence between Mr. Hughea and Senator Frederick Hale, Republican, of Maine, dealing with ratification of the treaty, was made puhlic. While finding ambiguities in articles I and XV, dealing respectively with withdrawal from the league and ques tions of purely a 'domestic nature, Mr, Hughes takes chief exception to articles XXXI and X, which concern the Monroe doctrine and the liability of the United States to provide armed forces to pro tect other members ft the league. Calla Article Tea Trouble Breeder. Tho "deserlptivo phrsse" employed ia connection with the Monroe doctrine la aaid by Mr. Hughes to bo "Inaccu rate," while article A u branded by him at a "trouble breeder," whirs, if sot eliminated, should be thoroughly Inter nreted. Any "reservationt, Mr. Hughes added,, should be incorporated in "the instrument of ratification" to make it valid, but the fact that such reservations arc made should not lead I to the assumption that the treaty would fail or tho peace conference would have to resume operations Summary of the Reservations. Summarized, Mr. Hughea' four reser vations are: First, That na giving notice of its intontion to withdraw from the league, a piivvcr shall eeaso to be a member or subject to obligations of the covennht at the time specified in tho notice, but thnt such withdrawal shall not 're lease that power from debt or liability theretofore incurred. Second, That questiousauch as im migration or import duties, which are solely within domestic jurisdiction, shall not be submitted for consideration or action by the league. Third, That the United States shall ..ot relinquish 1U traditional nttitude toward purely American questions, which shall not be subject -to jurisdic tion of the league, leaving this country free to oppose acquisition by any non American country or territory in the Western hemisphere. Fourth. Thnt tinder Article X the 'United States shall assume no obliga tion to undertake any military expedi tion or employ its armed ferees on lund or sea unless such action is authorized by Congress. The resolution suggested by Mr. Hughes is embodied in a letter reply ing to ona from ficnator Hale request ing Mr. Hugh 's' opinion on the valid ity of reservations to the proposed covenant and also asking Mr. nughes what reservations in yodr judgment shouM be made to safeguard .the in terests of our country. In hjs letter, Senator nnle asserts he "wants to see some plan devised where by the United States may eafely enter the league of nations." Plain Need For League. In his reply, Mr. Hughes states "there is a plain need for a league of nations.' He added that "There ia also the imme diate exigency to be considered" and that "it is manifest that every reason able effort should be made to establish peace as promptly and to bring about a condition in which Europe can resume its normal industrial activity." "I see no reason why these objects cannot be attained without sacrificing the essential interests of the I'nited States." Mr. Hughes continues, "There is a middle ground between aloftness and injurious commitments.'' With "Usfeguards." WLllo regretting that. "suitable". stept have- not been taken to formulate in ternational legal principles, and settlor nie-nt of disputes by imperial tribunals.' Mr. Hughea declares "there is merit enough ia the proposed plan to make it desirable to secure it, if "proper safe guards can ha obtained.' He adds that "it it just as futile tb exaggerate its value as it is to sec nothing but ita defects."; In his opin ion the proposed covenant should be viewed "at a mere beginning, but it ia I impuitaafr that a falar start should not be mad. . f, ', -' , The question as to the validity of reervatiae baa two aspeets, tayt Mr. Hngheti . ' ;. - ..." ' "First, with respect to action oa our part which it essential to making of (Coatlaaed oa rag 4 RESERVATIONS BY IAS HUGHES TREATY HAY SENATE President Visits Capitoh and Talks With Group of Demo 1 cratic Senators On -Subject . . HE DOES NOT VOLUNTEER EXPLANATION OF. COURSE Republican Leaders Said To Have Beached No Definite) Decision But - It : Became Known That If Trench Doc ument Is Mot Laid Beforo Senate Prior To President's Departure On Speaking Tour, Senate Would Consid- er Adjournment, Alio (By the Associated Press.) Washington, July 28. The special dfru fensive treaty with France, which Bo publican Senatort have declared Presi dent Wilson it withholding from the Benateln"'vto1ttoa of ita uwa teima, probably will bo submitted for ratifica tion within a few days. To a group of Democratic Be na tors . with whom he talked at tha Capitol to -day the President indicated that tha treaty, which promisee American aid to France in case of aa unprovoked attack from Germany, would be laid before tha Senate possibly tomorrow Srnd certainly before Mr. Wilson begins his country wide speaking tour. It 'waa said he probably would not present it ia person but would tend with it a written met- -sage urging its ratification. Renewal of Criticism. The development followed a renewal of Senate criticism of the Presideat'a -delay and headed off a plan discussed among Republican lendera to drop eon 1 tideration of the treaty of Versalllea until the French treaty had been sub mitted. A provision of the latter as , made publie stipulated that it mult bo , laid before the Senate "at tho tame - , time" aa tha Versailles treaty which waa ' tubmitted more thaa two weeks ago, Planning Beaato Recent? ' -Although It was aaid tho Republleaa loaders Jtad reached aa final deciaiaa it . became knowa that tentative plant were under way to impend commit tee contid- eratloa of tho Versailles treaty 'and fore a Senate reeest if the roiident left Washington oa hit speaking tour, at White House officials said last week ha . would, without sending ia tha treaty with France. Senator! who talked with the Presi dent today aaid he volunteered bo ex planation of hit course ia tho matter. Whea he presented the Versailles treaty, oa July 10 he made only a brief refer . enet to the special treaty, saying that . "its terms link it with this tridty" and thst it would be- reserved "for tycehl explication on another occasion.'' - Brsndet Resume. . - Ia renewing in tho Senate today hia . charge that the President had violated the trcaty'a express provisions by with holding it, Heuutor Iirandcgee, of Con necticut, a ltepubliran member vt. tha Foreign Relations committes, aid Mr, -Wilson arw had treated the K'lia'.l ua- -fairly if the treatiet reuli wtro "linked" together. ' " "I do not rare to take one link,1 aaid Senator Brandegee, "and let tomo other gentleman keep tho other link ia hia pocket, if I am expected to judge ho the two are to fit togother." Msy Delay Swing Around Coaatry. Mr. Wilson also discussed other fc ' tures of tho truaty situatha durirg his visit to the capitol and intimated thnt his i)i 'aking trip might rot beg! a as soon as had been expected, although it hud been indicated he would Hart from Washington about August 6, Ho ' is said to have told Senators today that his plans were in abeyance, particular ' ly in view of tho intense heat aad -various important matters calling for'1 his attention here. . , It was said, hnsvPVer, that Mr. WU -so1, apparently hnd no intention of abandoning his trip entirely.' Hia friends have declared he would make a series of public speeches on the treaty regardless of Senate dorelopnieati bo causo he desires to account directly t the people for his work at VsrsaiUea. As To Reservations. The question of reservationt if) tha peace treaty is said to .have been touched on briefly at the Presideat'a" conference, and he was quoted aa CX presxing aversion to any qualifkatioaa in Senate acceptance of the treaty, bo- . ccLse be believed it would be awkward " to k Germany now to accept modifica tions of any sort. It it understood ho gave mo evidence of having received further information to clear up' the', treaty's Hbnntun'. provision. Cause of Anxiety. - i Reasserting his desire for early rati 1 f nation Mr. Wilson it said to hava ex-, , pressed the greatest concern "over tha sit.mtion in Europe, especially with r- , gard to the immediate future of tha new States like Poland and ' Caeeho- , Slovakia if nme agency were aot act v up loon to guarantee their, integrity. Hie is said to have mentioned at aaotbar cause for anxiety the" coal ihortagt ia the rcw free eitr of Danzig. , ' - ,, " I The President reached the eaoltot aA anaourccu just as tne oeontv wat ia journiug and, going to bit private room adjoining-the haulr, seat -a-.'aoa ' senger ia search of Senator Hitchcock,' -Democrat, of -Nebraska, who hat acted ' ttr ?mtnmratloTrl('df Ta tho treaty' fight.' ' .. ' . Tanked With Commlttecmea. V Mr. Hitchcock waa out of f,onji, but the P-esideot remained at the eopitol ' for more than an hour and taw a doxsa -. Democratic Senatora including Bcaatort . (Coatlaaed oa Pago TweJ ".(; V -Ik . -r ' l
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