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Show President Wilson Transmits Trans-mits Agreement, Identical Iden-tical With That Concluded Con-cluded With British. Senate Votes to Take Up Colombian Compact Com-pact and Consider It in Open Session. WASHINGTON July 29. The special spe-cial treaty with France, promising immediate im-mediate American aid to that republic in repelling any unprovoked attack "by Germany, was sent to the senate today by President "Wilson. In his message urging ratification the president declared the promiso a "temporary supplement'7 to the treaty with Germany and the league of nations covenant, designed to give France protection pro-tection in an emergency "without awaiting tho advice of the league to act.' He pointed out that a similar promise prom-ise had been made by Great Britain and said that by tho obligation the United States but partially discharged her debt to France which "nothing can pay" in full. The senate, where the president's failure to submit the treaty sooner has been under repeated fire from republican republi-can members, received the message in open session and referred the treaty without discussion to the foreign relations rela-tions committee. MAKES NO REFERENCE TO SENATE CRITICISMS. There was no reference in the message mes-sage to the senate criticism, which was based on a clause of the treaty requiring requir-ing that it be "submitted to the senate of the United States at the same timo as the treaty of Versailles,'' presented by the president on July 10. The message mes-sage did refer to this clause, however, saying it was provided that the two treaties be "the subject of consideration considera-tion at the same time, ' ' and adding that as opportunity now. had been offered of-fered to examine the Versailles treaty, it was opportune to present the other. Departing from his custom of delivering deliv-ering his messages to congress in person, per-son, the president transmitted tho treaty and his request for ratification by messenger. Both became public by the senate's unanimous agreement to remain in open session while the message mes-sage was read, and to print it and the , treaty in the record. The request that this course be followed was mado by Chairman Lodge of the foreign relations rela-tions committee. TREATY TO SECURE PROMPT ATTENTION. Although tho committee has mado no definite plans, it is likely that the treaty will be taken up. by it within a few days and considered jointlyf"with tho Versailles treaty. Before this is done, however, the committco will hear several of the experts who advised tho I American peace delegation on economic subjects. Bernard Baruch, the first of these to be heard, will appear at a J public hearing Thursday. The senate spent most of the day discussing dis-cussing the league of nations. Senator Thomas, Democrat, Colorado, in an address ad-dress expressing doubt as to tho efficacy effi-cacy of the league in attaining international inter-national concord, told his colleagues ho had not yet decided whether lie could .support it. Senator Gay, Democrat, Louisiana, urged its ratification without with-out reservation and Senator Nelson, Republican,- Minnesota, announced that I (Continued on Pago 4, Column 4.) , ,i r i HA. L. FISHER, president of the board of education, has been named for t!ie post of British ambassador to the United States, ac- i cording to a dispatch from London. ) Mr. Fisher's name has beon forwarded for-warded to Washington. j LI A -W U " - if , Ti ' . ' v n " 's j I V- 1 ' - v1 f ' ' 1 1 r -' ! - - , r v - "IS p ? tv ay la N Ui 1 ! 1 - f j. V? ' ' 1 1 FRENCH TREATY 11 BEFORE TRE SEPiATE (Continued From Page One.) while he wanted to see it ratified, he thought reservations necessary. Confer With President. During the day Senators Hitchcock, Nebraska, and Swanson, Virginia, Democratic Dem-ocratic members of the foreign relations rela-tions committee, talked over the senate sen-ate situation with President Wilson at the White House, and invitations were issued asking seven more Republican senators to confer with the president tomorrow and Thursday regarding the treaty. Senator Hitchcock described Mr. Wilson as ." very well satisfied" over the outlook. Although most senators have reserved judgment on the merits of the French treaty, it is known that Senator Borah, Republican, Idaho, and others, are stubbornly stub-bornly opposed to it. It is thought unlikely un-likely that there will be any effort to hasten its consideration and a vote probably will not be sought until the Versailles treaty is out of the way. The text of the French treaty submitted sub-mitted b' President Wilson whs the official of-ficial copy in English, and differed only slightly in verbiage from the English Eng-lish translation of the French text which was made public by the French foreign office and cabled to the United States by the Associated Press on July 2. Pact to Be Discussed. Tho century-old senate custom of considering treaties in secret will bo broken next Monday, when the long-, pending Colombian treaty is taken up. This decision was reached today by unanimous consent of tho senate membership. mem-bership. The agreement for open sessions, regarded re-garded possibly as forecasting publie consideration of the peace treaty, the Franco-American agreement and subsequent subse-quent treaties, followed unanimous approval ap-proval by the foreign relations committee com-mittee of the Colombian convention calling for payment to that nation of $25,000,000 as claims growing out of the partition of Panama. Before approving the treaty, however, the committee struck, out the original clause expressing express-ing the "regret" of tho United States to Colombia for action in tho canal proceedings. pro-ceedings. Provisions of Treaty. After setting forth that the United States and Colombia desired " tp remove re-move all the misunderstandings growing grow-ing out of the political events in Panama Pan-ama in November, 1903, (when Panama seceded from Colombia)" and to restore re-store "the cordial friendship that formerly for-merly characterized the relations between be-tween tho two countries," the treaty in article one provides: Colombia shall be at liberty at all times to transport through the Panama canal its troops, materials of war and ships of war without payment of any charges to the United States. Products of Colombia and its mails passing through the canal shall be exempt ex-empt from any charge x)ther than those to which tho products and mail of the United States may be subjected, and Colombian products shall be admitted to entry in the canal zone without paying pay-ing other duty or charges than payable by similar products of tho United States. Article two provides that the United States shall pay at Washington to Colombia Co-lombia $5,000,000 in gold within six months after ratification of the treaty and $5,000,000 in gold annually thereafter there-after until the full sum of $25,000,000 damages haB been paid. Under article three, Colombia agrees to recognize the republic of Panama. Artiolo four provides that tho treaty between the United States and Colombia Colom-bia shall bo' approved and ratified and the ratifications exchanged in the Colombian Co-lombian capital as soon as may be possible. pos-sible. Long Before Senate. The treaty has been before the senate i sinco June .10, 1914, and continually blocked by objections, principally from Republican senators, to the so-called " regret" clause. When the Colombian treaty was submitted sub-mitted formally to the senate late to-ay, to-ay, Senator Fall, New Mexico, Republican Repub-lican member of the foreign, relations committee, moved that the senate consider con-sider the convention in open session. The agreement was approved without objection, although tho dec.isrion et aside a custom almost exclusively followed fol-lowed since organization of the. government. govern-ment. Opposition to the treaty is expected, ex-pected, but ratification is deemed a certainty, cer-tainty, and, it is understood, the revised re-vised treaty alto is assured of Colombia's Colom-bia's approval. - An attempt was made in the foreign relations committee today to reduce the sum payfible to Colombia from $25,000,-000 $25,000,-000 to $15,000,000. The proposal was defeated 11 to 2, being supported by senators Harding of Ohio, and McCum-ber McCum-ber of North Dakota, Republicans. A few minor changes wore made in the treaty and a clause added in the resolution of ratification providing that in event of war between Colombia and another country, her shipping shall not be allowed Panama canal transit without with-out payment of duties and tolls. |
