Show L Where Where President Preside t Will Land T Tody 1 HA H of France showing sho French Frenchi warship p in forc foreground and turning bridge in lo distance This is s the tho fir t c city t of France that Will welcome 0 tile thc United States peace party The Tue sl George Washington will arrive there t noon today 7 it is expected VM SS X an and the thc S l I of Brest r wIth cial ot oZ France 1 have hac arranged ft a great welcome for tho the American party i 1 C iii- iii i ic Itte 1 iI I t f fI I p I ii 4 n I y k t Y i r I 1 add A k I t I Ik L t Ji Y 8 cL c- c L' L LIGHT DEMANDED ON PRESIDENTS PRESIDENT'S I R RUSSIAN POLICY 1 JT of of- California Declares Declares- Dc ar s U n S S. Actually at War Val With Soviet Government Tj bout Formal Declaration n W WASHINGTON Dec 32 Senator Senator Johnson of California California Republican in inI inan I I an nn address s to tile the Senate today demanded a n definite statement of the American governments government's policy toward Russia Ho ire declared a state of War with the soviet so government actually exists without a formal declaration of hostilities and introduced a resolution calling upon the state department for all nIl documents and anti information regarding the tho nations nation's course in ill Russia and upon the war var department for a statement of American troops in Russia Hussin and casualties amour them F For Ft t the tho l J i Information r ll of or Congress anti and the American merican people Senator Johnson said ho wanted to know whether or not It Is hI true truo that this government o never ne replied 10 to a 0 plea pIca from the Russian soviet let government to help avert ert tho shameful treaty of or Brest and whether or not lh the assistant assistant as ns- BI tant secretary of or state speaking for Cor tho President refused Intervention Intervention tion lion last March stating staling that to Intervene intervene Inter Inter- vene cne In Siberia would be doing doing- In tho the cast east exactly what tho the Germans Germana were doing in the thc Is la It true tho the senator continued that thc the Russian soviet government offered through Its Hs highest economic council a n. program for tor making mer- mer Ica the thc most favored foreign nation In trade trado and ancI commerce an and involving ol tho the control b by tho allies of or all nil those supplies supplies' most desired by b tho the central empires u of Red fled Cro ero H HIs Is Is It true truo that representatives of ot tto tho American He lied Cross remained in soviet ovle Russia until October In perfect per per- And reasonable i feet safety safety- comfort even after wo we had Intervened und and American troops were fighting tho the soldiers of or the soviet so government I Is it truo true that the department of or ha has refused to allow tho American Amerlean Amer Amer- lean ican TIed Cross tp Phlp supplies to Moscow and Petrograd for tor tho relief of oC the returning returning- Russian war prisoners prison prison- ers era from Germany German his Ja It truo that the Iho American ambassador ambassador am am- and tho British high commissioner com corn missioner In Russia recommended co cooperation cooperation co- co operation with the soviet government through the tho American 4 railroad mission mission mis mis- I sion slon that Iho tho soviet government ho Invited Invited In- In thus Mils operation co-operation and promised control of or Iho tue Siberian railway to loo bo be O placed In tho hands of or this mission and that these recommendations were refused bj- bj tho American government so largely h as us a a. result of or misinformation received through h the thc Creel committee supported by b leaders and representatives lives tives of or the old regime In Russia Senator Slator Johnson naked asked also whether or not it is true truo that a a. Russian Russian- speaking experienced British high commissioner sent to Russia after tho the revolution reported as all late lite as as May C Ci 1918 that the tho tholet soviet let government gov gor- I GO had operated co-operated with tho tue al allies allies allies al- al lies and that ho belle believed that Intervention Inter inter- In operation co with th so soviet so 50 viet government go was feasible and andi 1 whether or not the tho American government govern o ment BO so delayed ed operation o with the tho I c governments government's plan to sup support sep BOp port the tho morale of or the tho army almy and maintain main maln- I tam tain that provisional government In power as to contribute largely to the I overthrow of or and thin Iho success suc sue I coals cess of or the tue lId revolution rc The Thc Senate foreign relations to toe and the department Senator Johnston Johnson saId bald cannot or have o nut not answered answered an an- these questions Fostered I Hj 1 understand full tull w ll Senator Johnson continued that the peculiar Intolerance which has been fostered In lit Inthe Inthe the tue past few months tho state of ur mind mindS S Continued on page agO 2 biGHT tI-ii DEMANDED ON U. 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S S RUSSIAN POLICY Continued from page pago 1 1 del dellb deliberately ratel cultivated which has hu sought to bull bully and to terrorize either cither mild tor or seeker for Cor Information will Till look askance at one ono BO so lost as l to toto toto toto to ask tho the facts concerning Russia and our participation In Its affairs But Dut those of or us who h are arc neither r nor In n sympathy with Bolshevism of or cour course c would bo unfit to sit alt hero If Ie wo feared to pur pursue ue a legitimate Inquiry Asking If It America ma may bo be partly re responsible responsible re- re for Cor starvation and terrorism In Russia tho ho senator wanted to know JenoW whether this country's purpose Is to towar towar towar war against revolution In all countries to prevent tho the agitation for Cor revolution revolution revolution tion from spreading Inevitable End If IC a n. league guo of oC nations was wag to be will formed upon any such motives mothes it de degenerate Into Int a n. hol holy alliance he said A policy of or military Intervention supporting one government hero and another there ono faction In one part rt and one ono faction In another nother will wOI but encourage every revolutionary re group Tho The extraordinary amount of oC misinformation misinformation mis ml information given gl to the tho American people people peo peo- plo concerning Russia almost Justifies tho tiro belief beller that there thero hB has been a 0 re regular regular regu regu- ular u- u lar and consistent propaganda of oC mis 0 mis- mis L' L r representation no continued Tho A Creel 1 bureau of or public Information has apparently been engaged not In devel developing facts to our people but Jn In In Ing a 0 course subsequently pursued at variance with our words Solemnly we promised that we would not by hostile Invasion In intervene Wo We did after aCter our solemn promise ji Just st t that thing thin and thin then I In n tho the sequence of oC events event apparently Inti tho the duty devolved do upon tho the Creel bureau to Justify tho the broken promise As An calmly we weigh elgh what has hao been heen transpiring In Austria and Germany German as an wo we observe the tho Insidious propaganda an and the tho poison polson of or Bolshevism emanating emanating In ing from Russia which ha have gone ono to the very core of or the autocracy of or the central contral empires can Wt bo be satisfied with the Creel committees committee's labored ef efforts efforts er- er forts to demonstrate that tho viki ro Gorman German agents Referring to what he termed strange modification of or armistice terms delaIn delayIng delayIng delay delay- Ing In withdrawal of or tho the German troops from Russia S Senator Johnson asked Can It be that tho the German bribed acting in conjunction with German Germany must be kept In n order order order or or- der by German troops Lot Let in the tho light on tho the Russian situation situation sit Bit and let our people know the facts In tho the days to come our course must bo be steered satel safely through the Scylla of or Bolshevism and the tho of ol reaction in this there thero can be beno beno beno no room for tor Bolshevism It is th the spawn of ot oppression poverty and hun hun- ger The sporadic of or an Rn oc occasional occasional oc- oc international agitator will find no 10 response in free tree America Committee Io to sift Mft Charges Charge e. e When hen he concluded Senator Johnson's Johnsons Johnsons Johnson's Johnsons Johnson's John John- sons son's resolution at nt his request was referred to tho the foreign relations cornin com corn in Senator of or Connecticut a Republican member of or the tho committee asked naked the California senator whether ho tho questions he had bad propounded were based base on Information Senator Johnson Johnson John John- son said all had sorno 1 basis of ot matlon and none was Idle although he 10 was not prepared to vouch for tor the truth of or all the Information Senator Lewis e Is or of I lIno ii declared that teat Senator Jo I neon s inquiries in inquiries Inquiries In- In aro are pertinent but that thal press reports th the California senator quoted wore vero not sufficient foundation to justify Jus- Jus tlC a Judgment convicting tho the United States of or an arty any omission of ot dut duty Senator Lewis rec recalled llod that when the tho American expedition to Russia wag I start started cd he ho told tho the S Senate nato that the tho United States had no selfish alms aims and Jar largely ely was acting to protect war supplies supplies sup- sup plies lles from Germany German capture and also alsoto alsoto to o aid tho the Slovaks Czecho-Slovaks in Russia Only Actual Fighting Over O II He said tho the war Is over only so 80 Caras far Car faras faras as actual fighting In is concerned and that hat It take trill tho the formal decision decision of or th the ho peace delegates gates before tho the state of ot war var formally ceases Until then ho he said aid the people of or tho the United States should hould not be led Into tho the false raIse Impression impression sion lon that this country has hns violated tilt the principles for tor which It had entered the tho war var Senator Sherman of ot Illinois Republican Republican lican Ican called tho the attention of or Senator Johnson to a n statement of or Pre President Wilson on January 8 B 1915 1316 In which ho expressed tho the opinion that it was not the he affair of or the United States how much fighting waa dona In Mexico be- be e- e toro foro oro the people of or that country obtained obtained ob- ob Creed freedom om and he compared that attitude with tho the attitude of or tho the adminIstration adminIstration admin admin- in Russia Senator Myers of ot Montana Democrat Democrat Demo- Demo crat rat asked Senator Johnson wh why the people of or Russia did not obtain tio the liberty and democracy they seek deck since as s Mr Ir Johnson said 93 33 per cent of ot tho the people arc are struggling for tor freedom Of Ot Of course courso that question Is not asked for Cor or purpose of or eliciting Information Senator Johnson replied J but I will willay say ay that even the Americans do not alwa's always al- al ways was get what they want there aro are times Imes when tho the leaders of or the country do not do what the American 1 people want vant |