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Show OVERMAN URGES RATIFICATION OF TREATY-COVENAN1 WASHINGTON, Sept. 15. Ratification of the peace treaty and its league of nations na-tions covenant was urged today by Senator Sen-ator Overman. Democrat, of North Carolina, Caro-lina, one of the administration spokes, men. "Until this Is done," he told the senate, sen-ate, "there can be no peace, but unrest, revolution, starvation and anarchy will stalk up and down the world, bringing finally the extermination of the races of men." Senator Overman said he had read the treaty, heard it discussed, studied it and thought it over and determined "it is my duty to support its ratification to meet the great responsibility resting upon us and aid in the completion of the victory for which our boys fought and died." "I do not believe the senate will refuse re-fuse to ratify it," he added. "The American Amer-ican people "are behind it, and after all our promises and pleiges and the prayers of our people for fifty years for peace, we cannot afford, from the standpoint of honor, to defeat it." As to Shantung, the senator said, "we can do absolutely nothing at this time; the time for us to protest was when Germany forced it from China twenty-one twenty-one years ago. AVe can do nothing except ex-cept trust in the solemn pledge made by-Japan by-Japan to President Wilson to turn back Shantung to China in a reasonable time." He denied that "the sovereignty, the Integrity oi" our country and our vital honor" would be affected by ratification. ratifica-tion. Regarding reservations, Senator Overman Over-man said, "I tear the adoption of any reservation or interpretation to the treaty would throw the whole matter back in conference. The question is whether we can afford to take the risk." |