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Show LEAGUE FIGHT fS MX II MATE Republicans Plan to Speed Work While President Is Appealing to the Country. Defeat of the Committee Amendments Regarded as Likely in Capital Circles. WASHINGTON", Aug. 31. Efforts of the senate foreign relations committee to report out the amended German peace treaty soon after President Wilson's departure de-parture Wednesday on his western speaking tour, is of greatest interest on this week's congress program starting Tuesday after the labor day recess. Republican leaders expect to report the treaty to the senate late this week or early next week for open consideration while the president is addressing the country, thus bringing the treaty contest con-test to a climax. Controversy over ratification, rat-ification, amendments, reservations and interpretations is expected to ensue indefinitely in-definitely and be intensified by the president's pres-ident's addresses. Other important developments expected expect-ed in congress during the week are disposal dis-posal by the senate of the prohibition enforcement bill and the 'oil land leasing bill and report by the senate Interstate ; commerce sub-committee of a bill proposing pro-posing a permanent railroad regulation policy. Work in the house will . bb confined con-fined largely to committee work in preparing pre-paring legislation. The foreign relations committee will continue' bearings this week on questions affecting smaller European nations and peoples and also act on remaining provisions pro-visions of the treaty, probably by adoption adop-tion of further amendments. " Hitchcock Ready to Reply. Debate in the senate on the treaty will continue. Senator Hitchcock, Democrat, of Nebraska, speaking Tuesday in reply to recent addresses by Senators Lodge, Massachusetts, and Knox of Pennsylvania, Pennsyl-vania, Republicans. The senate judiciary committee is called to meat tomorrow to consider the constitutionality of the French defense treaty. The railroad bill is to be introduced Tuesday bV Chairman Cummins, To provide the permanent rank of general gen-eral for General Pershing before his arrival ar-rival from overseas, senate leaders plan to, pass on Tuesday the house bill granting grant-ing him the life time title. I Congressional committees continue work this week on measures designed to reduce the high cost of living, with the house bill extending the food control law against profiteers on the senate calendar waiting to be brought up. The house agriculture committee hopes to report soon a bill to regulate cold storage. Hearings 'by the senate agriculture committee on the Kenyon-Kendrick bills to regulate the packing Industry will continue this week. Principal bills before the house this week are minor tariff measures and those appropriating funds for completion of the Alaskan railroad and the repeal of the law establishing the housing corporation. cor-poration. Consideration of a permanent military policy will occupy both senate and house military committees this week. DEFEAT OF DIRECT AMENDMENTS TO ! PACT IS PREDICTED ('Chicago Tribune Special Service.) i WASHINGTON'. Aug. 31. The pro- j posed direct amendments to the peace j treaty voted by the foreign relations com- niittee appear doomed to defeat in the J senate. This is the situation as it ap- j pears on tio eve of the departure of the I president on his tour of the country, ! .eeking to hrinp public pressure to bear : on t ho senate to ratify Hie treaty and ( the league covenant without any modification. modifi-cation. The impending defeat of the amend- ' merits transfcrnnir Shantung to China. J equalizing the votes of the l.'nited States and Ureal Britain in the league, and dis- entangling the l.'nited States from the i processes of enforcing the treaty, will be j due to the opposit ion j ( a small group' "f Republicans favoring "mild' reserva- i lions, but unwilling tn g-o farther in the : direction of qualifying the pact. ' The polf of tlu- senate last weeVc indi-caied indi-caied t'no defeat of the Shantung amendment amend-ment and now it appears that the same' f.M o is in st ore t-: r the numerous other' direct a mo ;ulnuri s adopted by the for- '. e'tn r:niions commit lee. Thre was a conference of the 'enders of xh inid reservniioiiist'; last night and opposition to all of the proposed amendments amend-ments was decided upon. At tics con- : te-unce v ere Senator McNnvy of Oregon. ! .M.'t'umber of North ITik'a. Tolr of Rh'-fie Island. Nelson and Kellogg of Min-ncs Min-ncs ! a. Republican leaders are prepared for de-lo;t de-lo;t of the amendments and are shapirg tp-'.r plans to s,a-e a t'ig'nt on the reservation,. reser-vation,. Tl . : ; -in. si conc-ssion i he pres'.ici.t has rnade up to dafe iv tn :ir,, pos-' ;,!- iiitm: o;" of'-tam interprets-t;."-.s vf ih. cov.Miii;:; in a -eparate reso-nit reso-nit "i u .1 ! iv :c r or "i:l.''M no be .-.c - '.Continued ou Page 2, Col urn a 6.) i LEAGUE FIGHT HEARS CLIMAX li (Continued From Page OlO cepted by the other signatories Lo fhe treaty. The Republicans demand the in-- rp ration ra-tion of the reservations in the re uj'hf. of ratification together with a provision that the adhee on of the United State? uhall not become operative until mch res ervat ions are accepted by the other signatories. They believe that on this ground they command a majority of the senate which the president will be tin-able tin-able to reduce by his speeches to the people. Senator Johnson of California and other Republican opponents of the treaty will take the stump thin week also, bo that both sides will be flgh'tng for the verdict of the American people. i |