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Show SENATE'S ACT PLEASING TO HUN LEADERS Count von Brockdorff-Rantzau Brockdorff-Rantzau Sees in Rejection Rejec-tion of the Pact Vindication Vin-dication of His Course. General von Bernhardi Welcomes the "Disagreement" "Dis-agreement" as Favorable Favor-able to the Germans. BY CARL H. VON W I EG AN D, !JnlverBal Service Staff Correspondent. (Special cable dispatch.) BERbrN. Nov. 3. Count von Broclt- 1 dorff-Uanuau, former foreign minister, J w!:o, as .head of Germany's peace delegation delega-tion to Versailles, created a stir by remaining re-maining seated when am-nering Premier Clemenceau's presentation of the peace terms, and who refused to blgn the treaty and thereby caused the fall of the Scheid-emann Scheid-emann cabinet, finds his attitude at Versailles Ver-sailles justified by the action "of the United States fienate In refusing to ratify th pact. The count telegraphs me as follow, where ho Is living, remote . from public lilc, on his estate: "in t!ie attitude and action of your senate in rejecting and refusing to ratify the treaty uf Versailles which never will deserve the name 'peace treaty,'- I see tbe firbt and far-reaching visible proof that the policy 1 stood for at Versailles represented the true interests of all peoples. peo-ples. "I hold fas t to Che conviction tha t eventually justice and sound and healthy common sense will be victorious. WELCOMES ATTITUDE TOWARD PEACE PACT. Tou know from our numerous conversations conver-sations the feeling I entertain toward the United States, and, therefore, I need not emphasize how I welcome this indication that this realization appears to be breakings break-ings Its path first In America. "I hope that at home, with us. this de-elopmen,t de-elopmen,t will be considered with a clear view arid without illusions.'' General Friedrlch voti Bernhardi. the famous military writer and aiostle of war who, ' in his last conversation with me, declared the League of Nations was a beautiful idea but impractical as long as human nature is what it is, and who ridiculed ridi-culed the belief that this is the last of wars, expresses his views in a telegram to me from Silesia, as follows: "The importance and scope of the attitude atti-tude taken by America cannot yet be clearly seen. Every disagreement among our opponents may be directly or Indirectly Indi-rectly favorable to Germany and President Presi-dent Wilson's defeat is, therefore, desirable. desir-able. . "The League of Nations, as such, is impossible. im-possible. It would place the world in unendurable fetters and hinder America from taking up world competition with England. It would mean domination by the English people, to whom all other nations na-tions would have to yield and subject themselves if ' -world peace were to be really assured. FRANCE'S ATTITUDE EASILY UNDERSTOOD. "That France, because of her political weakness, should want such agreements is easily explained. The senate's rejection rejec-tion of the treaty is a sign of political insight and makes possible a rapprochement rapproche-ment between America, and Germany for the future, more especially so since there seems little prospect of complete agreement agree-ment among the allies. "U is e-'ident that it would be advantageous advan-tageous if America should remain iln Europe. Aside from that, it can bo said that the present peace is not very advantageous ad-vantageous to America." Probably no historic action of such importance im-portance and so vitally affecting Germany Ger-many ever has been so sparsely commented com-mented on here. The extreme reserve of the German press continues to feature the receipt of the news in Germany. Interest In-terest here centers mainly on the question as to how the senate's action wllJ affect the trade relations between America and Germany, especially with regard to credits cred-its and possible loans. Banking and commercial com-mercial circles are engaging in much speculation as to how long American export ex-port and import cireles will remain quiet while the representatives of other countries coun-tries are seeking to get the monopoly of the German trade. FIRST MEETING TO BE HELD IN GENEVA, WASHINGTON HEARS By Universal Service. WASHINGTON. No- 23. Diplomatic gossip today was that the first meeting of the league of nations will be held at Geneva, instead of at Washington, as was originally planned by the peace conference. con-ference. Administration officials pay that nothing noth-ing has been decided as to the place or the manner of the call which will (Continued on Page 2, Column 3.) 4 SENATE ACT PLEASES I THE HUN LEADERS (Continued From Pa one ) summon delegates from all phrta of the world. They declined to discusN tho report re-port that the allleH hud agreed that President Wilson should call tho body together, even though tho peace treaty 1h regarded as dead bo far at the United atatea Is concerned. It wan reported that the allies had sent to Washington a form under which the president could Issue the call for the first motting, hut this report was not conf IrmaMe today. Up until a few days ago Switzerland had not slgnlfh-d her intention of becoming be-coming a member of the league and for that reason It was genrrally supposed either London or Paris would be chosen for the first meeting. But. because of the permanent secretariat of the league's being located at Geneva, the member states are understood to be willing that the first session bfl held there. |