Show I I COMMENT ON PACT PACI PACTA A BORE 66 Republicans Praise raise Phrasing but Resent Failure to Supply Facts Democrat Leaders Lead rs Are Ar Disappointed WASHINGTON ASHINGTON July By V V Universal Service The Thc The prevailing pre pre- sentiment among among- senators with respect to the time Preside Presidents President's t s 's address address ad ad- dress be may summed up in one word II Disappointment t. t On both sides of the chamber among amon- the Democrats as well as asa a among non I 6 the f Rc t th Was WM a ge general r f thrift 1 lii c address I did not come up to lo expectations The Democrat senators especially those who ho are arc leading lending the administrations administration's administrations administration's adminis adminis- fight for tOr the league of nations nations na na- looked for tor a succinct an ami l specific specific ape ape- analysis which would furnish them ammunition and arguments In their campaign No Trenchant Instead of ot giving 1 them hera this the tho President I 0 dealt only In I Ut or trenchant facts Man Many Democrats who ho were sere interviewed interviewed inter inter- viewed after the speech had been heard gave expression to th their lr disappointment disappointment dis dis- appointment and betrayed ed considerable distress over the tho Presidents President's failure to touch upon such pertinent issues as the Shantung award anti and to give he arguments to Justify Article X of ot tho timo covenant cO tho the storm center of oC the fight The speech was sharply criticized b by the tho Republican senators as being a fine address without enlightenment Most of the tho Republicans praised the phraseology of ot the speech but resented resent resent- ed the Presidents President's failure to tell them anything about the tho reasons which prompted the treat treaty makers to Incorporate incorporate into the treaty such arrangements arrange arrango- meats ments as the Shantung decision an ansome and some sonic of oC the salient features of the league cov covenant nant Comm Comment nt In Detail iT n fl pi nt h. h n L I I I Iu u n J 7 Ie Ul 01 me ne senators on the tho the speech Republicans Senator Borah of or Idaho Idaho As As I listened to the thc message I felt fell that tho timo entire argument arg made by the President President dent to tho the effect that the league of ot nations was a league for or peace e was answered by the single le paragraph that while he lie was nh absent ent he made a definite alliance for or war var b by means of the French Anglo treat treaty Senator Capper CalIper Kansas The Kansas The as The speech was very ery fine tine to listen UNton to to but gave ga UK us no Information It was merely murea mere Immure I ly a pleasant address ss It told us nothing noth noth- lIng lag ing about Article X X nor or about the Shantung procedure nor about any of ot the other matters In which the tho Son- Son nto Is Js Interested I am ama more mora firmly convinced than over e that I shall shaH have to vote for reservations Senator Spencer Missouri It It was wasa a 0 most mORt scholarly rl and interesting general gen gon- on- on eral oral view of or general Jeneral conditions It ItI itIs 1 I Is unfortunate that there thore was as no men men- L zion tion or American lt nUi nor e explanation tion of ot those provisions In tho time treaty like the tho Shantung award which everyone was so anxious to have ex ox- ox I I a i ned Soap Hubble Senator Connecticut I I Ian Can an best describe It by 11 saying that lint it waa t soap bubbles bubble of or oratory and a scuffle of ot fine phrases It told us usa a nothing 0 thIng Senator Fall New Mexico It Mexico It was waa vory vry conclusive concus lie He exhausted every argument ar for or the tho league of nations Sena Senator tor McCormick Illinois Sooth So SoothIng Sooth th Ing mellifluous and unInformatIve Mr Wilson characteristically made no reference to th tho Immoral Shantung af affair at- at fair or to those articles of ot the Ica league co covenant detrimental to o tho the interests of oC tho ho States Senator Newberry Michigan I an I was Interested In the tho Presidents President's English J h. h but disappointed as nr to his advice ad Senator Norris N Nebraska It Nebraska It was a afine afine afine fine lot of at generalities I noticed particularly particularly par par- how the President cleared up II I Continued on Pago 2 I I WILSON DODGES FACTS DECLARE MANY SENATORS 5 Continued lr rom 1 m faK n u I 1 I I the robber robbery and tho the reasons for Article X X Senator Nelson Minnesota Minnesota Tho Tho Presidents President's a address eress was ws very cr interesting interesting interest Interest- ing InS as ns far tar as it went vent but hut H it covers no new ground and gave ga no special reason wh why the covenant co of or tho the league of ot nations should be bo adopted In its Is IsI j I en entirety Senator New erse Jersey The Tho Tho President pleads for Cor his le league Juo I of oC nations plan as tho the most st m-st Important Important important tant part of the trent treaty Of the treaty treat he ho said paid very ery cry little If I wo we adopt opt the theIr Ir Presidents President's plan wo must roust surrender certain of ot our rights J T am n unwilling to surrender any of ot these these rights Coran for Cor an any nation O on the taco face of ot tho the globe globo Senator Now Indiana Indiana l I have ha e at attended attended at- at tended Republican national con tlona tiona lons for tor man ninny many years I have seen the I galleries participate i In twenty demonstrations of applause while tho the delegates sat calmly and unmoved cc on I tho the floor waiting until the applause had exhausted Itself Iselt Then the tho eole- eole dole dole- I I gates have havo gone gono quietly Quiet about th this tha business for tor which the they were chosen and that Is Just JURt what the Senate will wll do in the matter mater of or ratifying the tho thoI treat treaty Comment 1 by moot Senator Smoot moot Utah It I was waa another essa essay but not up to the standard Senator McCumber North orth Dakota I The address s sen very verv dearly and concise concise- l ly explained the difficulties Ues ane that had I to be overcome o b by the tho peace delegates In arriving at a treat treaty that would bo be acceptable to all nl It I clear clearly expressed the tho hopes and prayers of or the tho thear war war- ar wounded nations of oC I Europe for Cor tho the support of ot this government In a program program pro pro- gram which should relieve the world worle from Crom another such conflict Senator Poindexter Washington The Presidents President's statement that we went to war not because our material interests were directly threatened nn and l that America had entered tho the war warnot warnot not not for Cor private or peculiar Interests i is tat flatly contradictory contradictor of ot the promises made to Congress by tho the President and to the American people when he ho asked the adoption of armed neutrality and the tho declaration of oC war The government gel gov has no right to lend lead our people Into war mere merely to follow atis a n vision ion Democrats Senator Hitchcock Nebraska The Presidents President's address address I i was a I fino comprehensive o presentation of oC the tho case to tho the Senate and tho the I American Jo people plc It I was IVIS a n dispassionate dispassion ate nto statement nt of or the tho reasons wh which thih h led ledI the the representatives es of oC of or I millions milons of or people to agree to a re reorganization re- re organization of oC tho the whole world worl I j Senator Williams ilams Mississippi I I think that In breadth of vision in hu hu- 11 In fundamental world worl I statesmanship and Its Is delicacy of or dovetailed dovetailed dove dove- o do tailed En English the tho hn Presidents President's address I Is tho the greatest thing ho has over ever ut utI ulI Uttered Ut- Ut I and when heti I sa say that it moans moan I the greatest thing thing uttered by an any I President of or tho United States sine since Lincoln died Ills his Ils words are arc a fitting close coso to hl his uk magnificent and ane unselfish I and upon the tho whole t hole effective work In Paris II J Senator Swanson wanson Virginia Tile The Presidents President's address was magnificent able eloquent ane and inspiring Th Tile The reasons presented for the tho ratification of tho the treaty treat including the league o or of nations were strong and cogent O Of course course It was wag not net expected nor nOI waIt wa was as asit It possible in an nn address of this kind to discuss In detail the tho treat treaty treat or the th league But the tho basic reasons were I presented presented for tor the thc ratification I Senator Phelan California The I President Justified the tho necessity fo foa fora for tor a league to prevent pre war Ho lie 10 said said- I practically that facts stood In the way of or a realization realisation of oC the hi ideals en s. s It I Is un unfortunate unfortunate un- un fortunate that that certain existing legal lega rl rights of or the belligerents prO ell proved obstacles obstacles obstacles ob ob- ob- ob to a n more perfect peace am and covenant co but a beginning had to b h made Tho The peace of the tho is n no easy task anti and Involved ed sacrifices Senator Louisiana I Iwas It I was Ivas and I look for tor a n groat deal of ot pressure Iron from the home to folks folk 1 3 I upon those senators who are 10 opposed to tho the league Senator Walsh Montana The Tho speech revealed In outline and ad ae yet dt t with wJ sufficient 8 distinctness some somo of oC tho the ne difficulties of oC the tho tremendous which tho the peace pence conference conference con con- ference ferenc wa was wap- al called e uon ilon to deal deal It I was an nn exposition exposition- rather rattier of or why a league Is necessary necessary th thil-il thil a justification of ot detal detal of ot tile the po ls provisions ns made mado in that regard which perhaps no ono one can ex expect cx- cx this time at Senator Ohio It I Is a n great responsibility senators will will will-as- ns- ns sumo stone who ho vote oto n against the ratification tion ton of ot the tr treaty aty |