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Show TREATY GOES TO SENAJE TODAY After Two Months, Committee Commit-tee Will Return Document Docu-ment and Report. WASHINGTON7, Sept. 9. The German Ger-man peace treaty, six months in the making, will be" returned to the senate sen-ate tomorrow by t he foreign relations committee, along with a majority report re-port containing amendments to t he treaty ami reservations to its league of nations covenant. The treaty will go back to the senate exactly two wont ls to the day from the date it was laid before the body bv President Wilson. Senator Ilitch-cock Ilitch-cock of Nebraska, ranking Democratic member of the committee, will present a minority report within the next two days, ami general tie bate will begin Monday, to continue almost without interruption in-terruption until final action is taken. Pending this move, which will hasten final consideration by the senate of the whole question of peace with Germany, Ger-many, advocates and opponents of tho league generally rested today, in anticipation an-ticipation of the big battle to begin next week. There were several informal infor-mal conferences, at which mfmbors endeavored en-deavored to reach n compromise over the, form of reservations, and Senator Spencer, - Republican, of Missouri, speaking against the league, declared :lio would bo forced to vote to reject the treaty as it now stands. Senators Johnson of California. Borah of Idaho and MeCormick of Illinois, '.ill Republican opponents of the league, "left hero today for Chicago on the trail of the president, to speak against it. President Wilson's statement in his St. Louis speech that tho treaty controversy con-troversy deinninls either acceptance or rejection, drew fire in the senate to-Vlay to-Vlay from Senator Spencer, Republican, lof Missouri, who urged adoption of reservations res-ervations protecting American rights. Senator Spencer said if forced to .choose between acceptance or rejection of the treaty as it is written, he would vote for rejection. :' Tho treaty tho senator added, was "peculiarly and unfortunately a one-man one-man document. ' ' ; The Shantung award was denounced Tjy Senator Spencer. |