Show ilief PROBE C 0 TO A HALT SENSATION IS EXPLODED BY INQUIRY OF WITNESS BEFORE SENATE COMMITTEE senator lodge declares ellhu root showed him copy of peace pact and root obtained it from red cross member how the pence treaty rell reached cited private humid hands in fit new york mid and thus stirred up till it 11 sen sensation satio it lit in the senate was established on juno julie 11 ut lit it two hour lien hearing ring before the foreign relations committee senator lodge revealed that tho the copy he saw haw was shown him by ellhu root it former secretary of state mr root koot told tile the committee lie got it from henry it II davidson it 11 member of the morgan banking lionie and head ot of tile the red cross crosa and mr davidson in turn testified it 11 was given him in paris by thomas W lamont lament another partner attached to tho the american peace commission J 11 morgan and frank A retiring president of tho the nation tit al city bank also before the committee said they never had seen a copy with that lint the committee a adjourned setting a date to continue tile the hearing bearing unit mid with members on both bell sides of the treaty controversy saying privately that tile investigation bently was over mr davidson said lie secured the copy to clear up tip alie status of tile red lied cross under auder tile lie league of nations and never used it in fit a financial way re he hall had shown it to no ono oni except mr ilot lie continued and lind had sent it to him because lie he know knew the former secretary was being consulted by tile the american mission mr root hoot gave it RN as ills his opinion that there was nothing improper lit in tile the way tile the treaty reached him and that lie he was free to use it its as lie chose there could be nothing secret about it lie told the committee because the german government had made it public |