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GOIIPERS DISCUSSES THE
LABOR SITUATION WITH
WILSON AT
President Asked To Intervene
In Dispute Between Steel
. Workers and U. S. Steel
Corporation
MEN URGEDNOTTO STRIKE
PENDING EFFORTS MAKING
FOR PEACEFUL RESULT
Committee of Steel Workers
The Council at Gary, Indi
ana, in Which They Charged
, The Steel Corporation With
Discharging Union Men in
Order To Force The Strike
Issue Before The President
Could Act; No Statement
Given Out As To What
Transpired at The Confer
' ence ,
Washington, Aug. 29. (By The Asso
ciated Press.) After two days of con
ferences with other official of the
American Federation of Labor Presi
dent Samuel Gompers, who returned
from Europe this week rather unexpect
edly, distasted the disturbed labor sit
uation over the country with President
Wilson today at the White House.
No announcement was made on behalf
of the President and Mr. Gompers and
the union officials who accompanied him,
including representatives of the steel
workers, steadfastly refused to discuss
wbnt had transpired.
It ia known, however, that th? Presi
dent was asked to intervene in the dis
pute between the steel worker and the
United 8t-tet Steel Corporation over
wages, hours, working condition and the
right of collective bargaining.
Before going to the White House the
Committee of steel worker made public
a telegram to the council at Gary, In
diana, in which they charged that the
- steel corporation was discharging union
.. ten st a number of it plant In an
- effort to force the strike issue before
the President eould act. The men were
rged ae to- strike until all -efforts at
a peaceful settlemtnt had beam m..d. .
; . federation CeaaUttea Session.
Ths fedtratlen't executive committee
acid twa sessions during the day. The"
ntmost secrecy was maintained, but it
was understood that a numfier of labor
disturbances over the country were dis
cussed, with particular attention given
to the situation aa it affect railway
and ateel workers.
Some' officials saw in the message
eat to the railroad shopmen yester
day and to the steel worker today a
disposition on the part of the labor
leader to follow the oaggestiom of
President Wilson that the matter of
wage, and working condition be held
ia abeyance until government agencies
bad had time to carry out their program
looking to a reduction of living coat
aad a general restoration of condition
to something approaching normal.
Dtscassed at The CapitoL
While the federation chiefs Srere
Meeting with the President the labor
altaation was. discussed at the eapitol.
Senator Polmlcxter, Republican, Wash
ington, urged speedy action on his reso
lution asking the President to call a
conference between representatives of
capital and labor. Chairman Kenyon,
f the Senate Labor committee aaid the
Rouse and Senate committee planned
joint action.
VIRGINIA LEGISLATORS
HEAR SUFFRAGE BILL READ
Bichmond, Vs., Aug. 29. Member
of the General Assembly today heard
rtad. the bill ratifying woman's suf
frage in the State of Virginia. The
bill was submitted the previous day by
. Governor Westmoreland Davis, follow
ing the receipt . of n telegram from
President Wilson asking thle be done.
FRANCE HASTENS TO
RATIFYPEACE TREATY
Paris, Aug. S9.-Knti0eation of the
peaee treaty with Germany by the
Chamber of Deputies apparently waa
' considerably hastened this afternoon
whea wore than twenty deputies sche
duled to speak on the treaty waived
their right to address the chamber.
U. I. REORGANIZING THE DE
FACTO GOVERNMENT OK PERU
' Washington, Aug. 29. Recognition of
the.de facto government of Peru was
announced today by the State Depart
ment. Secretary Lansing instructed the
American legation si Lima to advise the
minister of Foreign Afafir that the
United State reeognites President Le
guia a head of tb dt facto government
, of Peru. . . ; -
k Georgia Jadge Dead.
' Atlanta, Ga Aug. 29. Judge Pey
ton L. Wade, chief magistrate of the
Georgia. Court of Appeal, died at hi
borne her lata today from effect 'of
aa attack of. influence, which he con
traeted but spring. Ho wa bora in
0c reran county, Georgia, ia IMS, the
descendant of two distinguished Georgia
famUle. Judge Wsd left a widow
and on daughter.
Virginia Highway Bill Paesed.
Richmond, Vs, Aug. 29. Member of
the Bute Senate assembled la special
cession tonight passed tb high y legis
lation making It peesibl for the State
.kt.ia i-.nrai htiriiwav aid tid ere-
tided W0.OOO additional for improving
county roada aot a part of the 8tate
highway improvement plan., .
VMEHOUSE
HfOINEZBS OK PACITTO
COAST BETTON TO DUTY
,
Lo Angele. Aug. 29 Engineers
oa the Southern Pacific Santa Fe aad
Salt Lake Line began returning to
work late today and indication were
that other trainmen who have been
oa atrike her would retura before
tomorrow morning, whea the time
limit for their return by Director
General. of Railroad nine aspire.
M. E. Montgomery, vice-president
of the Brotherhood of Locomotive
Engineer, who h been ia confer
ence with the men, announced that
lie expected the striking member of
all craft would be back on the Job
and that trains would be running at
7 o'clock tomorrow morning.
The strike, which had paralysed
overland and regional transporta
tion for two day, reached it 'final
stages of collapse whea the yard
erewa returned to the passenger and
freight terminals in Ban Francisco,
Operations of trains on the South
ern Pacific Santa Fe and Salt Lake
Railroad will atari tomorrow morn
ing at 7 o'clock officials of these
roada announced.
Designed To Equalize
ish and American
Representation
Brit-
DECISION MADE BY CLOSE
VOTE OF NINE TO EIGHT
foes of Treaty In Senate As.
ail Measure, lifiOr
.tions Committee Approving
Three More Textual Amend
ments; Knox's Eemarkahle
Argument
Washington, Aug. 29. (By The As
sociated Proas.) The treaty of peace
was aggressively assailed by it Senate
foea again today, the Foreign Relation
Committee approving three more textual
amendment to its provision and Sen
ator Knoi, of Pennsylvania, a Repub
lican member of the committee and
former Secretary of ("ate, advisirg the
Senate that tho only tafe "wav to deal
with it waa to reject It altogether.
Acting by a vote of nine to eight
in each ease, the committee adopted
without extended debate amendments
designed to equalise British aad A meri
ts n representation in the League of
Nations, to prevent the British domia
ions from participating in a leagu.s de
cision affecting anyone of them, and
to curtail the power of the American
representatives on the reparations com
mission whieh is to collect Germany's
reparations bill.
Democrats Solidly Opposed.
Democratic committee members pre
sented a solid front sgainst all of the
proposals and were, Joined by Senator
MeCumber, Republican, of North Da
kota, who also had voted against the
two amendments adopted prior to to
day's session. Only on proposal
amendment now pending oa the com
mittee' calendar, though other may
be presented when consideration of the
subject Is returned early nest week.
K sex's Agreement.
Ia his Senate address Senator Kaox
declared that the full purpov of
American participation in the wsr haJ
been accomplished with tb rnwtiee,
ssd that there bad beta no reason for
projecting the nation into the European
settlements. He aaid a complete peace
baal eould be established by action
of Cos tress a soon ss three of the
other principal powers had ratified the
treaty, and that sueh a course would
free -the country from many ilnn-rous
possibilities of foreign entanglement.
The puace terms imposed upon Ger
many, said the Pennsylvania Senator,
went beyond the pale of international
law and would be Impossible of en
forcemeat. Be ehsrseteriied them as
constituting "aot tho treaty but the
truce of Versailles," aad a laying the
foundation 'for centuries of blood let
ting." -
Treaty With Poland.
Durjng the day another of the treaties
negotiated at Versailles was seat t the
Senate by President Wilson. It wss
the treaty made with Poland by the
principal powers and signed ' oa June
28. With it1 the President sent
agreement ,f or oeeupatioa of the Rhine
signed by the United State aad other
powers oa the same day. ,
Submission to tb Polish treaty, the
Rhine sgrcemeat aad other dsta wss re
quested ia a letter cent to the White
House several day ago by foreign
relation committee, but to thi request
the President mad no reference la hi
letter if transmittal. Attention wa
called to the subject, however, ia a
brief statement by Chalrmaa Ledge ia
the Senate and later Mr. Lodge made
publio the letter of request saying that
the dsta asked for waa a part ef the
treaty with Germany and was essential
(Continued Oa Page Two.) . '
AMENDMENTS TO
LEAGUE COVENANT
11 LEAVES COOPER RETURNS
CHARLOTTE AFTER FROM ABROAD WILL
MUCH PARLEYING RUN FOR LIEUT.-GOV.
Mayor Frank McNinch With
' draws Protest Against Re
call of Six Companies
GARDNER RELIEVED OF
MAKING ANY DECISION
Lieutenant-Gorernor Arrives in
Queen City But Does Not
Consider Emergency Under
Present Conditions Such As
To Call Por Action From
Him; City Is Quiet
By FRANK SMETHb'RST,
(Special Staff Representative.)
Charlotte, Aug. 29. With Mayor
Frank R. McNinch withdrawing his pro
test against the recall of six eompaniea
of reserve militia ordered here after
the riot of Tuesday moraing, Lieut.
Gov. O. Max Gardner, who arrived to
day, was relieved of deciding between
the military and civil authorities and
this afternoon the last of the militia
entrained. Mr. Gardner stated his
position ia the present emergency with
the explanation that "it waa clearly
not intended by Governor Bickett when
he left the State that his administra
tion should be interrupted unless emer
gency requiring instant sttention should
arise."
The day wss without untowsrd devel
opments, but waa accompanied by n re
turn of a true bill by the Mecklenburg
grand jury against John Wilson, a
atrike sympathiser, present in the riot
Tuesday morning, charging him with
inciting a riot. Patrol of the street
by the militia eeaaed this morning and
while the authorities are still appre
hensive, the four hundred civilian offi
cer are holding themselves in readfc
ness for sny emergency. The depart
ing troops, it was announced, can be
brought to Charlotte in sufficient num
ber to quell any disturbance within
two hours notice. Adjutant-General
Royster has ssaured Mayor McNinch
that npoa notification from him such
actios will be taken.
Aak Royster to Come.
General Royater waa informed this
afternoon by tho Mayor that, although
the sitnatiea ' here seem pencerai
enough at present, it is desirable for
com"" Chtrlotte immediately enl get
la perssaal touch. lieutenant-Cover-aer
Gsrdser Joined ia the request, tend
ing this telegram to General Rovater:
"After conference with Meyof McNinch
and board, I believe your presence here
desirable end deem it sdvisable for
)tu to come to Charlotte."
The aetioa of Mayor McNinch In
withdrawing his appeal from the de
terminate a of Adjutant General Roy
ater to demobilise the troops rs recom
mended by Captain Dermott Shemwell,
in command here, forestalled what might
have been an embarrassing predicament
for the Lieutenant Governor.
The militia was united in its desire
to return home and in the ronv'ctlon
that the danger of a recurrence of the
strike difficulties here was vory remote.
Mayor McNinch, who has been in con
stant touch with all quarters in the city,
felt otherwise. It wss then tost he
called npou Lieutenant Governor Gard
ner, who wee making's speech in Mor
gaatoa. Gardner Isaacs Order.
The Lieutenant Governor talked with
Captain Shemwell by long distance tele,
phone hut night and early this morn Id -,
aad sharp words passed. Captain Shem
well waa naeompromiaiag in his atti
tude, and when Mr. Gsrdner snnounced
that he would atand by the it quest of
the civil authorities, the militia officer
warned him of the feeling such action
would create among the soldiery. Mr.
Gardner nevertheless issued an order
raaeclling the troop movement. He nn
nnlled it shortly after when Mayor Mc
Ninch, sensing the tense situation and
the sasrl into whieh mntters were mov
ing, ststed thst he vould not insist
that the troops remain against the judg
ment of the military authorities.
Mr. Gardner, who had difficulty in se
curing an automobile in Morganton last
night, arrived here at 1 o'clock today
and weat into Immediate conference
with the Mayor, the other City Commis
sioners and Captain Shemwell. Follow
ing it, the lieutenant Governor ex
plained why he did not feel called upon
to take up the reins of authority in the
absence of the Governor and attempt a
settlement ef the difficulties la Char
lotte. Stale HI Peetttoa. -.Whea
. Governor Jtttllj. .left Jlie
8tate." said he, ''his secretary notified
me of his absence and stated if any oc
casion arose by whieh I would be called
ppoa to act for the Governor, be would
notify me.
"I take it, therefore, that it was
clearly aot intended by Governor Bic
kett whea he left the State that his ad
miaistrstioa should be interrupted by
my assumption ef snthority' of Gover
nor, unless some emergency requiring
instsnt aetioa should, arise. The street
car strike la Charlotte and the furnl
tare factory strike in High Point were
both existing at the time of the Gover
nor's departure for the West aad he
made previsions for his executive orders
to be carried ont in hie absence by ad
vance sutheritatioa of troop movements
ssd lodged authority with the Adjutaat
General.
"I bare received ne communication
whatever from the Governor or his office
requesting me to act in his stead and
tho press, has iadieated thst the Gover
nor has been ia constant touch with his
office during the trenble ia Charlotte. I
am ready aad willing to aadertake to
discharge the duties, of the Chief
Executive tad to meet any'' emergency,
bat the Governor i expecting to return
te the 8Ute within the' next week and
I have a reason, to belicvo that my at-
v - (Ceatlatjed oa Page Two.) j '
Wilmington Man Ready To
Make Race Against Col.
Harry Stubbs
IDLE POOR AS MENACE
TO HIGHER CIVILIZATION
Cotton Dealer Thurston, of
Burlinfton, Writes Simmons
On Subject; Movements of
Tar Heels at The National
Capital; Sector Who Lost
His Belongings
The Newt and Observer Bureau,"
603 District Nsfionsr Bank Bldg.
By S. R. WINTERS.
(By Specisl Lessed Wire.)
Washington, D. C, Aug. 29. Fresh
from, a three-months sojourn in foreign
countries W. B. Cooper, of Winmington,
oas returned to North Carolina with a
determination to actively prosecute his
campaign as a candidate for Lieutenant
Governor. He admits that he will be in
the race to the finish, and supplemen
tary to the spasmodie letter writing to
his friends previous to going to Europe
he will now conduct a systematic cam
paign, both by letter writing and per
sonal appeal.
His brother, Thos. E. Cooper, of Wil
mington, whoso name has been men
tioned in connection with the ehsir
manship of the 8 late Democratic Execu
tive Committee, will in all probability
refuse to allow his name to be consid
ered in this connection. With the posi
tive snnouneement of Mr. Cooper thst
he will be a candidate for the office of
Lieutenant Governor, the rsee at the
present writing resolves itself into a
contest between the Wilmington cotton
exporter end Harry Stubbs, of William
ston. Politicians in Washington are in
clined to think that the subject of pro
hibition will be injected into the race
between Mr. Cooper and Mr. Stubbs.
Tho Wililsmston csndidste is a pro
nor need anti-prohibitionist, while Mr.
Cooper is cu earnest foe of anything
that smacks of the liquor interest. Mr.
Stubbs, who i- an avowed caadidste for
the office, has seen nesrly a quarter of
a century of service in the Stat GesKral
Assembly and is recornlicd the Btaie
over lot hia frankness gad tBUUMaai
ability.
Mr. Cooper i oa of the most sue
cessful business mea ia Eastern North
Carolina. He ha a State-wide identity
a a leider of strong moral suasion, nnd
withal is popular with ths masses. Tho
suggestion that his brother, Vhos, E.
Cooper, i ill not permit the use if his
name in conectiou with the chairmen
ship of the Democratic Executive Com
mittee, gives substantial proof to the
claims of the former New Hani .er Sen
ator that he will bt ia the race for Lieu
tenant Uovernor' to the finish.
Mr. Cooper baa just returned from a
lengthy trip to England, Franco, Spain,
ItalyV Holland and Germany. He re
established cotton exchanges in those
countries for the handling of his export
business. Tslklng about conditions ia
Europe, he was of the . opinion that
things were demoralized, owing to an
under production of foodstuff and aa
over consumption of product. Senator
Cooper thlukt the European conditiona
is in striking contrast to Americsn con
ditions where the reserve situation ob
tains. The "Idle Poor' As s Menses.
Bristll.ig with fiery terms applied to
idlers, W. C. Thurston, a eottoa dealer
of Burlington, Alamance county, hat
written a letter to Senator Simmona
urging drastic legislation that would
force American and foreign born mea
and women to work. The Burlington
eititen evidently thinks that it ia not
the idle rich but the idle poor lii.t is a
menace to civilization.
"With labor unrest a fierce a it ia,
with railroad and expreaa companies
congested nail handicapped by ' the
quantity of merchandise to move and
the transportation meana being crip
pled as they are by the general cusscil-J
nest and infernal hoggish spirit as man
nfested by labor," Mr. Thurston thinks
it imperative that Congress enact reg
ulation forcing the strikers to go to
work. "It is swful all eve the coun
try whea you consider the number of
able-bodied men aad women, white aad
black, that have not visible way of a
livelihood," empbasizei the Burlington
citizen, observes families of five and
tlx person doing practically nothing
but consuming nil they can,
"We are not immune from Enropey-and
its results of waste, starvation snd idle
ness," soys Mr, Thurston. ''a need
nstionsl laws to put idlers to work,''.
Dr. Ranter Lest Bis Belongings,
iter, A. B. Hunt jr. of Raleigh, who
foT twenty-five years was principal of
St. Augustine School, loat all hia belong
ings at a traveller while oa a tramp in
Europe. He wst journeying . through
Austria, previous to stopping for a cou
ple of wek st a hotel in the , city of
Munich. The Raleigh citizen deposited
hi package of valuable with tb hotel
while picking hi wiy to a point on,
lake Constance. Borne months after
the beginning of the war, the Ameri
can clergyman called at the hotel for
the package but could aot ascertain its
whereabouts. ReprereaUUv E, W, Pou
has requested an opinion from tb alien
property custodian ss to tho feasibility
of, assessing and collecting a claim for
the valuable s. -...-..
Mere Aasell Military Criticisms.
Samoa! T. Ansel!, of Currituck eona
ty, formerly aetlng Judge tdvoeat gea
eral, in, his testimoey before tb Be)'
at Military Affair . sub-Committee,
tharscterized jnasy American generals
s "jokes to every ots but themselves.'
General Aasell wat, minimising their
(Coatlaaed Oa Psge Two.) '
WIFE AND YOUNGEST OF
CONGRESSMEN WHO WON
i RACE IN KENTUCKY
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Kentucky.-, Right, Representative King Swope of Kentucky,
returned war hero who is first Republican in 23 years to repre
sent the Eighth-Kentucky District in Congress is only 28
years old. ... ,
10,
TRAIL PRESIDENT
Opposition Speakers To Be
Sent Along Behind Him
On His Tour
WllSON PLAN CALLS FOR
SPEECHES IN 30 CITIES
1 V1
To Swinr Through, s Middle
West, ' Thenoe Across Plain
alToTPaoifloy Coast;
Itinerary For The "Return
Home Route; Last Address
Sept. 20th at Louisville
By the Tssoelated Press.)
Washington, Aug. 29. As the final
itinerary for President Wilson's speak
ing tour in support of (he peace tr-sty
wss announced today, Republican Hen
ators began conferences to decide' on
plant for sending opposition rponkert
along behind blm.
The President's puns call for spo coli
cs in the thirty cities throughout the
Wctt between the time be leave here
next Wednesday snd hia retura te
Wuhingtowtt Brptember thirtieth.
While rytolutions were being offered
la the Rdtise by Republics members
calling upon the President to abnudoa
his tour snd engnge himself in Wash
ington with domestic affairs of the is
tion, Republican Senators who opposed
the treaty met with Senator McCoriulck,
of Illinois. Nothing wot finally de
cided and another, conference will be
held tomorrow tftct which It is expect
ed a definite program will be annonaeed.
Presideat'e Itlneaary.
Leaving Washington on a special
train, the President will awing through
the middle West, thence across the
plaint States to the Pacific eosst and
down the const ss far as San Diego. Oa
the return trip he will speak ia Ne
vada, I'tnh, Wyoming, Colorado, Kansas
and Oklahoma. Arkansas, Tennessee
and Kentucky, hia Inst address being
at Louisville ou September 29.
Whether tlio President will make
speeches from the rear platform of hi
train bat not yet been decided. He hat
set for himself ths task of making
thirty addresses In twenty-sis dnyt ssd
to carry out this- program, it will be
necessary for him to deliver two
speeches a day for eight days of th
trip at his itinerary doet not call for
any addresses ou Sundays.
The President will leave Washington
before, General Pershing returns from
overseas. He had planned to t the
general in Missouri, probably 8t. Louis,
bBt under the revised itinerary ho will
lie well serosa the continent when 'Ge'ii.
Pershing lands in New York.
ATT'Y-GENERAL PALMER
CONFIRMED BY SENATE
WITHOUT RECORD VOTE
Washington, Aug. 29. In an execu
tive session, which lasted two hours and
a half, the Senate tonight, without a
record vote, confirmed the nomination
of A. Mitchell Palmer, to be .attorney
general.
Confirmation of Mr. Palmcr't nomina
tion terminated s fight thst began last
session and which grew out of criti
cisms ef his administration of the office
of alien property custodian. . Opposi
tion to bia nomination resulted in the
blocking Of action npoa it at the close
of the last session, but when the pres
ent session convened, president Wilson
again test it to the Senate. At the re
quest of Senator Frellnghuyscn, Be
pnblksn, New Jtrsey, lt wat referred
te the Judiciary committee,, which ap
pointed s tub-committee, which , held
extentivs bearing snd Inter by unsnl
mons votp favorably reported the nomi
nation and exonerated the attorney
general of any wrong doing In con sec
tion with tho office of Alien Property
Custodial. , . ) i , t ' . .
of Congressman King Swope, of
WALSH SPEAKS TO
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Massachusetts Democratic Col
league of Henry Cabot Lodge
Lauds League
SOUTHERN AULtlENCE
LIKES NORTHERN MAN
.
Great Big Welcome Staged For
Veterans of World War. la
'Tlaurtoburr and Another Bif
One : For Democrat Who
Achieved , Victory in Ride.
Bound Republican State
Br K. 1 POWELL.
Laurinburg, Aug. 29 Senator David
I. WaUh, Democratic colleague of king
of standpatters, Henry Cabot Lodge,
today substituted for Coagrcssmaa Tom
Heflin, of Alabama, and officially wel
comed the Scotland county boy horn
from the world struggle.
Presented as the first Democrat
elected te the United States Senate from
Massachusetts in 73 years. Senator
Wslsh waa welcomed her with cheers
from Democratic, throats which hadn't
run true to form la -eight years. And
when towsrds the eloteef "pit address
he declared for a nnioa to bind the
eivilised nations of the world together,
tho veterans of two wsrs nnd the crowd
of three thoussnd applauded almost to
a man. It was a fine demonstration snd
it pleited the visiting statesman.
Big Wekeano Per 8Mler.
Laurinburg did all for ber soldier
today that could be aaked. The whit
and eolored soldiers including n sprink
ling of officer earn ia naiforma and a
creditable parade started the celebra
tion from the Seaboard station through
the butiaees and residential sections of
the tows. The parade moved te the
grove by the Presbyterian church and
here ex-8tat Senator Locke Bine, of
Gibson, extended the first greeting to
the returned soldiers with response by
Ututcnsnt H. L. McMillan. When
the speech-making had been finished in
the grove, the white ssd colored soldiers
were served" -a Scotland featt by the
respective Red Crosschaptera.
The whole celebration today waa un
der the direction of the Laurinburg
chapter of the Red Cross, of whieh Mrs.
L Buchanan is president W. U. Westh
erspooa was chairman of ths arrange
mettt committee, representing tb town.
After dinner hour colored soldiers res
sembled st the stasd in the grove aad
heard sn address by Dr. John Daacy,
ef - Philadelphia, -a -North Carolina
gro, who ranks high with hi race.
Many of the whites also heard him tpcak
snd found cause to congratulate him
afterwards. He didn't spread any 8hil
lndy doctrine here. Baseball concluded
the afternoon program and tonight Mr.
Weatlierapoon organized the America a
Legion which starts off with a lac per
centage of tbd Seotlaad soldiers as char
ter members.
He Talks Patriotism.
Senator Walsh talked patriotism and
said little about the League of Natioas
or ths high cost of living. Be aatki
pated his audience fine. It was solid
for the first and solid agaiast tho last.
Th tremendous spplsusa which greet
ed what he 'did sir about the League
ef Nations came more to damn a re
port that he stood with his colleague oa
thil question thaa it did to pros to bia
North Carolina wss for tho league. He
knew thst before he esme. ,
Judge Walter H. Neal presented the
Sesator and ao on eared whether he
cant from Boston or a beanies town
sftel Judge Neal aaid that ho was th
first Democrat to go to th Seaate ia
"ft ytar front Maswehasetts aad then
with a - majority ef 2,000. Senator
Wslsh wss oses Lieutenant Goveraor
(Coatlaaed Oa Paga TwO
SCOTLAND PEOPL
KNOX DERNES HIS
OPPOSITION TO THE
TREATY OF PEACE
Penn. Senator Would Relect
Its Terms, Favors Separate
Peace With Germany .
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CALLS INSTRUMENT JHE !
TRUCE OF VERSAILLES
.
Expresses Opinion That Its
Terms Cannot Be Met and
That They Would Lay . The
foundation For Centuries of
Blood Letting; Speech Bj
Former Secretary of State1
(By The Associated Press.)
Washington, Aug. 29. Declaring thst
th peace treaty ess sot be'enforeed but
will Isy the foundation "for eeaturlet
of blood, letting," Senator Kaox, ' of
Pennsylvania, a Republican member of
the Foreign Relations Committee, and
former Secretary of 8tate, told the
Senate today that the Uaitod Bute
should decline to become a party to the
settlement effected at Versailles sad
should aegotiat a separata peace with
Germany.
Ia its "hsrd aad eruer term, a as
serted, the treaty imposed oa Germany
penalties which violate international
law aad engender atrif. Ho dec Is red
there wss ao reasoa why tb Vnitsd .
States should project itself late th
da .gen of uch a. situation.
"The mire I eoaaider this treaty,
aid Mr. Knox, "th mor I am con
vinced thst tb ealy ssfs way for at to
deal with it is to decline to be a party
to it at all. v
Saeald Reaaeiaee Ctalssa.
"I think we ahould renounce ia favor
of' Oermany any aad all claim for la
demaity beeno of th war and'
that she get credit for what, we re
nounce. We ought to renounce all par
ticipatioa or membership ia eommls-
provided for ia th treaty la all of it
execution to which by it term w are
parties. Wa ought aot to accept
cessions ef Oermss territory. Wo
ought to declare a general policy to
regard with concern any threat of dls
tatbaaea of general world peaee, but
at th me tlme'w shosud rewrvO
complete" liberty of aetioa - either In
dependently, pr fa "conjunction with
other bowers ia taking suck step t
wo deem wis for prexerving tie
peaee. '-'. . . f .
"We might the to earry out tho spirit
ef the act ef 19 1, which authorised tb
PmiIW til mimIm tk .tlAM itf
the wtrld together to MtabUsa a tods
of International law, reduev arma
ments, to establish as iaterastional
tribunal and go aa far as possible ia
the direction ef securing peacs through
Justice, throagh a league to wntea su
the worM are parties la its forautiea.
Weald B Dignified Bait. ' '
"This would be a fitting, generou
and dignified exit from a aitnatiea ia
which primarily we had ao direct tea
eera. t . . - '
"It Is indiV a hard aad urnel peaeo
thst this treaty stipulates aad I have ao
.kk Iimi ,n Ita BA. hnC M WA
reasoa why we, who de aot partakt la
its spoils, should bcem parties t its
hsncaest aad cruelty.
"I see ao reasoa why we should bo
parties to imposing npoa Oennsny a
treaty whose terms, oar Begot is tors ,
say, she will not be able to meet a
treaty that robe our ancient friend,
China, in a way disapproved by our .
negotiators; a treaty that lays tho
fousdstioa for ceatnries of blood let
ting into which we should lot b
draws; a treaty, thst contrary to oar
owa judgment, fail to fix the amount
of Indemnity to be paid, leaving thst
vast quest ion ia ine wnmn ei major
ity of a commission oa reparations, a
treaty predicated npoa tb assertion
that a stricken aad helpless World re
quires ear eoussel ssd support bnt
lesvet to tho beneficiaries the decisions
as te the measure aad character ef tho
benefsetiens they arc to receive a'
treaty that with ominous words pre
sages enr involvement in tb eruptions
of suppressed voles nlc world conditions;
s treaty thst would require as to an
derwrits sll the regional understand
ings between nations recognised by th
league, most of which are baaed upon
rnnremioa ef weaker nations, maty of
which are at yet secret aad undisclosed,
snd when disclosed might drive as to
nets ef Injustice similar to thst la
which the PreeidcBt felt himself com
pellcd to acquiesce la tho earn of fioin
tang.- 7r r
gat- K-aaid-A state, el pcae
actually would be established is tha
world ss soon as three of ths great
powers had ratified th treaty, and
thst the united mares snouia ami
her own pence status complete by a
concurrent resolutioa ot congress, . ,: .
DtnViUy ia Gtttlag Data. 1
Declaring the Foretga Relations Com
sat dsta relating to tho treaty, th
Senator ssid ths people at lest wure
wsking te tho true issue as ths facts
about the Versailles negotiations leak
cd out. ' ''
"Little by little." he contlaued, "they,
are bringing a divulge nc ot th fact '
connected with ths treaty ssd they
may now hop finally to see in wnoi
of the great gaunt tragedy late which
those whom they had charged with pro
tectisg them, "were about to betray.'
them. ' - r,r'''.
"What I it about Uii.se thing thst
ths peopl cannot know! What Is there
te hide from themt Must we tsk this
thisg, as tb Germai people matt take
it, aasight aad anseest Are w to bo
ao more advaatrged thaa our fallen
eaemiest" . :- ?' ' "
Quoting President WiUea's decla ra
tios t ia 1917 that th purpos of the
TJaited 8tates la th war to overthrow
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