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Show 1 View of Susnk, a section of Flume that is wholly Slavic and is sopnrated from the Italian part of the city by a canal. 2 Company of German frontier troops in action near Riga. 3 Senator P. C. Knox, who presented pre-sented in the senate a resolution designed to force the separation of the league of nations covenant and the peace treaty. NEWS REVIEW OF CURREIITEVEUTS Senate Has a Joyous Week With Peace Treaty, Getting Best : 'of Mr. Wilson. OBTAINS COPY OF THEAPACT Knox Starts Fight to Divorce It From League of Nations Covenant Huns Given Five Days to Sign Austria Going Bolshevik, By EDWARD W. PICKARD. The United States senate had a gala week. It "put one over" on President Wilson by obtaining a copy of the peace treaty for which it had vainly asked the chief executive; it investigated investi-gated a so-called leak of the treaty, l to the avowed satisfaction of the different dif-ferent factions; and it started proceedings pro-ceedings designed to force the separation separa-tion of the league of nations covenant from the peace pact. So & lovely time was had by all. When ;a correspondent of a Chicago paper handed his copy of the treaty, which he had just brought from Europe, Eu-rope, to the foreign relations committee, commit-tee, Senator Borah promptly presented present-ed it to the senate with the statement that 'Copies were in general circulation circula-tion in European countries and the request that it be printed in the Congressional Con-gressional Record as a senate document. docu-ment. Unanimous consent being refused, re-fused, the printing was ordered by a vote of 47 to 24. There ensucl a lively live-ly debate in which Senator Hitchcock, minority leader, accused the majority of playing Germany's game by making the treaty public, since up to then; the 'German government was the only one that had taken such action and that it did it for the purpose of getting get-ting better terms. Norris, Smith. Brandegee, Ashurst, I'oindexter and others made indignant rejoinder. It was a pretty scrap while it lasted, but the administration supporters were beateu to a standstill and the ' government printers were put to work on the job. By the next morning every congressman was in possession of a copy of the treaty as it stood when it was handed to the Germans. The satisfaction of the majority may have been lessened by the admitted ad-mitted fact that they learned little from the full copy which the official summary bad not already told them. In view of this, and of the undented fact that copies of the treaty have been plentiful in Europe for some weeks, it is hard to see in what way the possession of the document by congress will hamper the work of the peace conference or why President AYilson whs so insistent on keeping it from America. The London press, commenting on the nITair, lamented ihat parliament also had not insisted n having the full text of the treaty. The foreign relations committee's investigation of the alleged "leak" of the treaty text Into the hands of financiers finan-ciers of New York was interesting but brief. Eiihu Root appeared voluntarily vol-untarily and said he showed to Senator Sena-tor Lodge the copy the latter had examined. ex-amined. It was given him by Henry P. Davison of Morgan & Co. Mr. Davison testified that It was given to him by Thomas W. I.ainont, also a Morgan partner now representing the treasury in Paris, and that lie obtain ob-tain rd it because he, as chairman of the International Red Cross league, i wai especially interested in the linan- j cia! terms, and also because, as an international banker, hi; was deeply concerned in probable plans to mobilize mobil-ize the financial and industrial interests inter-ests of this country to put Europe on its feet again. .1. P. Morgan and Prank Vanderlip said they never bad j seen copies of the doemueut. Mr. Root was questioned at length ; concerning the ethics of the affair, ; from his point of view. lie resented j the idea that be was In possession of "stolen property" and said be thought Hr. Davison was entitled to have the ' treaty and was actuated by no ulterior ul-terior motives. He asserted that the American people were entitled to what the German people and certain individuals in New York had already obtained, find he mildly criticized the president's "lack of tact and management" manage-ment" in keeping the treaty from the senate. There did not seem to be much more that the committee could learn. Senator Sen-ator Borah said the inquiry had vindicated vin-dicated his charge that Wall street bad the treaty and had shown that Wall street is Interested in the leaarne of nations because it is to be "chiefly a great international and financial combine. com-bine. Senator Hitchcock claimed to he equally satisfied because, he said, it, bad beetn demonstrated that there was no basis for the insinuation of impropriety on the part of the president pres-ident and the American peace delegation. dele-gation. Into the midst of all this ruction Senator Knox projected his plan to compel the separation of the league of nations covenant and the peace treaty and thus to permit their separate sep-arate consideration by the senate. His resolution, as reported to the senate by the foreign relations committee, would virtually serve notice on the peace conference that unless it divorces di-vorces the two documents the senate will do it The plan of the opposition leaders is to ratify the terms of peace with Germany without delay and to subject the league covenant to extended extend-ed deliberation and possibly to a national na-tional referendum. This, of course, opens up the real light on the league of nations and a stormy and long debate de-bate is expected. Senators who had not intended to speak on; the league until the pact was formally presented for ratification are now hastily preparing pre-paring their addresses. The supporters support-ers of the league said they would make a hard fight to prevent a vote on the Knox resolution until after the peace treaty has been signed by the Germans. The signing of the treaty, or the refusal re-fusal to sign it, will not be long delayed de-layed now. The reply of the allies to the Germim counter-proposals was handed to the Hun delegates and they were told their final decision must he made within five days, or by June ID. Several relatively small concessions were made by the council of four. It agreed to a plebiscite in Upper Silesia, subject to certain clearly defined conditions. con-ditions. While refusing to fix the definite def-inite sum Germany must pay, it requires re-quires the reparations commission to do this within four months of Hie signing sign-ing of the treaty. In most other respects re-spects the pact was left unchanged, but explanations were added to meet the objection that the financial commission com-mission was vexatious, inquisitorial and infringed Germany's rights to conduct con-duct her own financial affairs. Germany's Ger-many's request for a mandate for her former colonies was refused, and it was understood that her demand for immediate admission to the league of nations met a like fate, owing mainly to the strenuous objection of Clemen-ceau. Clemen-ceau. Turkey's peace delegation arrived in Paris and, without being officially received, was sent lo Vaucresson, in the suburbs. Its status is rather misty, for no one seemed to know whether or not the entente allies would consider it necessary to make a formal peace Willi the disrupted Turk'.sh empire. The Turks went to Paris on their own suggestion, anil at least it was understood that they were not plenipotentiaries but consultants. It is felt, in Paris that the partition of Turkey is an accomplished fact, since ; Constantinople is controlled by Great Britain and France, while Asiatic j Turkey is completely in the hands of I the Italians. Greeks and British. j The Auslro-IIuiiL'ar'an situation took on added complicaiions last ' week. Government circle- in London received the information That a coin- munist republic was to he proclaimed in Austria at once, with good prospects 1 of being successful, since, according to the well informed, the Austrian army is fully 40 per cent bolshevik. It was predicted the Austrian communists would quickly align themselves with j those of Hungary, and this was the more serious because the letter have been scoring notable victories over the Czechs and Roumanians. The peace conferees in Paris were forced to take especial notice of this condition and the council of four decided that the boundaries between Hungary and Roumania and Czecho-Slovakia must be fixed speedily and Bela Kun told to what lines be must withdraw his forces unless he wished the great powers to interfere with an army. Bolshevik successes in other regions caused uneasiness in conference circles. cir-cles. Admiral Kolchak suffered several rather severe reverses at the hands of the soviet troops of Russia and the interruption in-terruption of the Esthonian advance on Petrograd strengthened the bolshevik bol-shevik hold on Moscow. In the former for-mer western provinces of Russia the Germans were accused of hampering the operations of the opponents of bol-shevism. bol-shevism. Questioned by the allies, they replied they were merely carrying out the orders of the armistice commission com-mission to withdraw their forces from Lithuania and Letvia north of a certain cer-tain line. The Esthonians, however, insist that the Germans are fighting them in the region of Riga and that when they went to the assistance of the Letts the Huns attacked them. In northern Russia the campaign of the allies directed at Petrograd made progress, much aid being rendered by American launches on Lake Onega. American troops guarding the railway in the vicinity of Vladivostok have come into conflict several times with bolshevik forces that tried to tear up the tracks and burn bridges. On Thursday the council of four, now become a council of five by the addition of Baron Makino of Japan, sent to Admiral Ad-miral Kolchak assurances that the allies al-lies would furnish the Omsk government govern-ment with munitions and supplies. To return to Germany : The leaders of affairs there still insisted last week that the peace treaty could not and must not be signed. There appears to be a marked revival of sentiment in favor of the former kaiser, and it is even reported that nn organization is being formed for the purpose of bringing bring-ing him hack and restoring him to power. Gustav Stresemann, leader of the national liberal party, has warned the allies that they must not demand the surrender of Wilhelm and says his indictment will mean the overthrow of the republic. All of which probably is more interesting than important. But there are many evidences that the Germans are preparing for eventualities eventu-alities in case they do not sign the treaty. Most recent . of these Is the information that they are systematically systemati-cally anil rapidly, withdrawing all material ma-terial from the regions immediately to I lie east of the zones of occupation and from the probable pathways the allies would follow if further advance Into Germany were ordered. The insolence in-solence of the Huns, in the occupied territory and elsewhere, is increasing and results la frequent clashes with the allied soldiers, some of which have been attended Willi fatalities. Messrs. Dunne- and Walsh, emissaries emis-saries of the Irish-American societies, finally succeeded in obtaining a brief interview with President Wilson in Paris and laid before him the claims of Ibe represet natives of "free Ireland" Ire-land" lo be beard by the peace conference. con-ference. They asked Mr. Wilson what he whs goiii to do in view of the pro-i pro-i Irish resolution adopted by the senate, i and according to the statement of the emissaries be replied that "the American Ameri-can commissioners could not take up the case of Ireland officially with the peace conference, but Hint be himself and ol hers bad done, and would continue con-tinue to do, unofficially what they could do in the interest of Ireland; lhat Ibe American commission had not yet taken up the senate resolution re-qnestini: re-qnestini: them to use their efforts to secure a bearing for De Yalera, Grif-lith Grif-lith and Pltinkett." The general strike of the Commercial Commer-cial Telegraphers' union in the United Stales at first looked like a fizzle, but took on a more serious aspect when the railway operators' organization or dered its members to accept no commercial com-mercial messages for the Western Union or Postal Telegraph companies. Konenkamp, head of the Commercial operators, said their fight was directed direct-ed mainly against Postmaster General Burleson. -J a |