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Show CONGRESS READY FOR HEAVY WEEK Senate Expected to Jump Into Consideration of the Treaty and Covenant. Prohibition and Vetoed Measures Also to Receive Attention of Solons. WASHINGTON, July 13. Consideration by the senate of the peace treaty with its league of nations covenant actually to open tomorrow with the meeting of the foreign relations committee transcends in interest anything expected to come before be-fore congress this week. Both branches of congress, however, have a busy legislative week ahead, with debate on prohibition enforcement legislation legis-lation expected to continue in the house and with final disposition of the agricultural agricul-tural and sundry civil appropriation bills, vetoed by the president, to be decided. The senate foreign relations committee, to which the peace treaty was sent after it had been laid before the senate by President Wilson Thursday, will meet tomorrow to-morrow to decide on the course to be followed fol-lowed in considering the document. Committee Com-mittee sentiment as to inviting the president pres-ident to attend the hearings on the treaty and to discuss the various treaty questions ques-tions utill is divided. Plans of G. O. P. Leaders. The immediate program for considera- tion of the treaty. Republican leaders said tonight, will be its careful study by the foreign relations committee. In this con-( con-( nection it is planned to act on several resolutions calling upon the state department depart-ment for papers needed by the committee in its examination of the treaty. The house tomorrow will take up the 534,000,000 agricultural appropriation bill, vetoed by President Wilson yesterday because be-cause of its daylight saving repeal rider, as special business. Action is planned on a motion to override the president's veto, with advocates of the repeal provision provis-ion doubtful of obtaining the necessary two-thirds majority to override the veto. If the veto is sustained, it is proposed to repass the appropriation bill without change in Its money provisions, and with the daylight repeal clause eliminated. The Prohibition Bill. The prohibition enforcement bill, upon which general house debate closed yesterday, yester-day, will follow the agricultural appropriation appro-priation bill. Debate is expected to run several days In view of growing opposition to drastic features and a final vote may not be 'reached until next week. The senate judiciary subcommittee also will continue work this week on the senate enforcement bill. Besides the agricultural appropriation bill, leaders plan to rush through this week, if possible, the $605,000,000 sundry civil appropriation bill, also vetoed yesterday yes-terday by President Wilson. The house appropriations committee plans to consider con-sider steps to meet the president's objections ob-jections to the limitations made in the former bill on appropriations for vocational vocation-al education of soldiers and sailors. SENATE COMMITTEE FORMULATING PLANS FOR TREATY WORK BY JAY JEROME WILLIAMS, Universal Service Staff Correspondent. WASHINGTON, July 33. Scattered gatherings of Republican senators throughout the capital were informed today to-day of the policy of the peace treaty and the league of nations as decided upon by the majority of the senate committee on foreign relations. The agreement of the committee to support sup-port reservations was the gist of the Information In-formation given out to the groups of senators. sen-ators. The question of reservations, according ac-cording to Senator Moses of New Hampshire, Hamp-shire, erne of the members of the committee, com-mittee, is absolutely settled. . "We have enough votes. ' There arc fifty -one senators for reservations. The attitude of the Democrats now is one which presages an attempt to dilute these reservations." The fight to change the treaty and the league covenant by amendments, however, is by no means over, It was made plain. Within the foreign relations committee alone are Senators Brandagee, Borah, Fall, Johnson anfl Moses who favor changes by amendments. And outside the committee. Senator Poindexter of Washington stands pat on the proposal to amend the treaty. It has not been definitely decided whether the reservations or amendments, if the latter prevail, will be the work of tlx; foreign relations committee or will be taken to the floor of the senate originally by Individual senators. The antileague fight, however, has taken ta-ken shape in a definite policy for reservations reser-vations with the votes ready and counted and amendment to both the treat and covenant if this last Is deemed advisable, and possible. The DemocrntK will occupy themselves, according to belief of the Republicans, Re-publicans, In attempting to lessen the strength of i he reservations and thus minimize their Importance. Among the main reservations planned by the Republicans are those portainfng to the safeguarding of the Monroe doctrine doc-trine and article X. Moreover, the opposition oppo-sition Is practically a unit in deciding on reservations as far as the disposition of the Shantung peninsula to Japan is concerned. con-cerned. The peace treaty Is not expected to leave the foreign relations committee for at least three weeks. As It Is approximated 4n0.uno words long. It Is figured that The mere task of reading It will take from sixty to seventy hours. Tts reading alone (Continued on Pago 2, Column 5.) cores kit FPU HEAVY WEEK (Continued from Page One.) will therefore consume more than a week of the committee's time. In the immediate future, however, plenty will be doing. Action Is expected shortly on three resolutions, each of which vitally affects the senate's consideration of the treaty. They are Senator Borah's request for the text of the protest made by Commissioners Lansing, White and Bliss of the American peace commission against the Shantung award ; Senator Lodge's resolution calling for the text of the secret treaty betweeft Germany and Japan, and Senator La Follette's demand for information from the state department as to why Costa Rica, a friendly ration which declared war on Germany, was barred from both the peace conference and the league of nations. |