Show F- F MUST MOST OF SENATES E A Tf DEMANDS EMA S REf REFUSED E President Sui Supplies Original anal American Covenant Draft but hut aclin es to Send Shantung g A Award ward Protest BJ BJ- Associated Pr Ir ss WASHINGTON WASHINGTON Au AU- AU n. n President dent AVilon lson ilson sent to the fores fore's foreign n relations committee today a copy of the original American draft oC or a 1 league oC or nations covenant co but declined declined declined de de- to furnish other papers relating re re- lating latin to the thc peace negotiations asked for in Senate rc resolutions In n reply to a u committee request for forI all I nIl data ata used in preparation tio of the thc treaty the President wrote rote that t o oft t the documents and memo memo- memoranda randa were left in Paris and that man many w were re of a confidential nature so so that on ou grounds rounds of r public poJ policy c it il would be he unwise to make use lUC of them outside the conference lIe He sent only tho the American covenant draft and a L COP copy of the covenant as asas' asas as' as agreed ed to before his first r return turn from Crom Europe II N Letters Letter Confidential To another resolution asking for a co nn f of the h. h pUPI letter written bv by General G PS r 0 Bliss DUss regarding the Shantung lem rem Mr Ir Wilson replied that he lie re rc- re regarded the tho letter a as confidential since It 11 contained references rc to other gov gov- 0 He lie said bald the communication in which Secretary Lansing and Henry White Whito concurred took a aery very ery strong stron ground against the proposed of ot the Que question but hut could not nul proper properly be described as a protest t against the final Shantung decision Another development In the treat treaty controversy er today was the statement before the foreign relations committee b by S Secretary Lansing Jansing that Viscount IshII Japanese ambas ambassador to tho the United States had concealed the existence ex ex- ex existence of ot the secret treaty between Japan and Great Greut Britain regarding the tho Shantung peninsula while tho Lansing Lansing- IshII agreement was being negotiated Original Covenant he the final drift the American league of C t ni nations lon plan contemplated con t ed eda a league council and assembly dealing with any war or threat of oC war nar an arbitration procedure under l supervision sion slon of ot the council advice by the u of armament I league acue aa as ll to iu V re itu u n un an economic h boycott cott against covenant breakers publicity of oc treaties and a a. mandatory system The Tho much debated article X under which the members would guarantee one ono another's Integrity against el external exter ter- ter nal aggression had its counterpart almost word for tor word in the tho American American American Ameri Ameri- can plan At variance with tho the covenant as fi finally finally fi- fi nall nally Included in the treat treaty however er tho the Presidents President's covenant co would havo have omitted reference to tho the Monroe Munroe doctrine doctrine doc doc- trine and tho right of or is withdrawal would have hue empowered d the council to Inquire Into the tho feasibility of oC abolishing abolish abolish- ing lag compulsory or military service iee and anti would ha have contained a provision re relative rc- rc latho to the tho treed freedom om of or the tho aca seas deas would have hava The council and assembly been differently con constituted d and In Instead instead In in- stead of ot a unanimous vote ote being re required ro- ro in it the council any three nations nations na na- na- na lions represented would have lIa been empowered em ent- powered to veto etl an any deci decision lon Tho Time American Arne plan reached the cal capItol cap cap- Itol just as Secretary Lansing was con conn concluding concluding eluding his testimony and Just after ho ho had hlll laid before beCore the tho committee a copy of or tho the resolution embodying league principles presented b by himat him himat hImat at the tho peace conf conference rence Tho rho resolution reso lotion lution which never was acted on formally for for- formally mall mally followed In ht general the Amor Amer Ican can covenant co draft dratt Expert Sn Sent t ForAt For Kor KorAt At t thin tho end of ot his tf testimony the secretary secretary sec sec- was wa as asked to send before th the committee tomorrow David DuM Hunter i- i Miller a state department official who acted as ad to the i cuo fescue of ot nations nations na na- lions commission at nt Versailles It Is expected Mr Ir Miller will h bo he asked In detail about the tho American draft and its relation to tho the final covenant eo t. t President Wilson also notified the tha Continued on gaga II 2 t. MOST OF SENATES SENATE'S I IDO DO DEMANDS REFUSED Continued from page 1 I Senate today toda In response to requests sent bent by it to the White House that he hc had no knowledge e of or an any I b by the Japanese delegates to Intimidate Intimidate intimidate date the Chinese representatives es at Versailles Ver Ver- sallies sailles and that he had no Informal l' l j ion tion about a reported secret Japanese Japanese- German treaty trat negotiated during tho the thoi i warI war Val j I During tho the da day there was vas no genI gen gen- I I era oral eral debate on the tho treaty In the Senate Senate Sen Son ate but Senator Poindexter Republican Washington ashington bitterly attacked ed President President Prel- Prel dent Wilson fIson for his COUr course e In the peace negotiations declaring he had neglected ne no hi his duties at homo honie and had entered into Inlo a covenant violating American traditions and impairing the constitutional powers power of or Congress Lodge p Today I Tomorrow Chairman Lodge of the foreign relations committee will speak peak on the league of or nations A subcommittee was vas named by the Senate Judiciary committee toda today to consider whether there Is an any constitutional constitutional con con- barrier to ratification of or the special defensive treat treaty with France The Tho The action was in res response to a I resolution b by Senator Walsh Democrat Democrat Democrat Demo Demo- crat Montana calling on the committee commit commit- tee for un sn opinion Senator Nelson Republican Minnesota ota heads the sub sub- sUb sUb-I Co m m I t t c. c |