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Show SENATOR NEW ATTACKSTREATY Critizises Details of Covenant and Vote of Great Britain and United States ASSAILS PRESIDENT Declares United States Cannot j Withdraw When it Desires; Submit to Arbitration WASHINGTON, Sept. 25.- Discission Discis-sion of tho peac treaty was to bo continued con-tinued today in the senate with Senator Sena-tor New, Republicnn, Indiana. and (Smith, Democrat, Maryland, prepared to dellverad dresses. Amendments 'offered by Senator Fall, Republican, New Mexico, and recommended b a ! majority of thp foreign relations committee, com-mittee, which would relieve the United 'States from representation on B num- ber of the reconstruction commission-;, (created by the treaty, will come up to- j morrow under a motion adopted Tm s- jdav Although a vote on the Fall amend-iinents amend-iinents is not considered likelv until next week, they are expected to bet he i center of hot debate with considerable Jockeying of forces. WASHINGTON', Sopt 24 In assorting thnt thr British empire could not OUtTOtC thi t'niid States in the leupue of nations under the rovrnant as now drawn presN dent Wilson cither through "miaundQC-I "miaundQC-I stand insr or misrepresentation Is mlslead-i mlslead-i ins: the American people." Senator New. Republican r.f Indlnnn, declared In an address torl.i in I tie senate Senator New criticized many detnlls of the rovrnant and dwelt nt l-nerth on ihn question of the relative vol. oi Great Britain and this country In the Irntru" aascmbly. "Detail are the essence of such an i Important matter U this." the sonitor I declared, "yet the president has Called upon the senate 'to forpet the details." I I "safelv flr.'t ' What would haDDen on n ' railroad, the senator asked. Ii it replaced its "safety first" stfms with an Injunction Injunc-tion to 1 1 employes to "forget Ii- de- j tail? " Taking Issue with the president's SS-j SS-j sertlon that Great Britain's six votes is the assembly would he no more powerful than the one ote o this country he-eauso he-eauso action of the assembly must be by unanimous vote the Indiana senator d-jclared Mr. Wilson overlooks the fan that In those disputes in which American is directly roncerncd we have no vote nt all," He also pointed to the provision in Article 15 under which may dispute referred re-ferred to the assembly may be decided by a majority vote, and to the assembly's power of approval by a majority vote of i the four elective members of the council. As to I lie rlRht of withdrawal from I the league. Senator N'cw dcclaied the United States would not be the sole Judge of whether it had dlsheharced Its lntei -national obligations at any time it mit-nt wish to withdraw but must submit th' question to arbitration In support of tola assertion he contended thut under Article IS it Is expressly stated the Interpretation Interpret-ation of the covenant as well as any pact which mlrrM constitute a breach of international inter-national obligation Is generally suitable for rbltr.it Ion Declination of any nation I to arbitrate would mean submission of the question to the counclol, he added "These are not the only misstatements made by the president In hLs recent discussion dis-cussion of the treaty," Senator New declared de-clared "Such addreses as Mr. Wilson has made on his western trip are Dot entirely suitable for a serious nnd aeeourate discussion dis-cussion of A question of this Intricate character, and we may, therefore, M pardoned if we object to any statement concerning It which Is not exactly true j or the ambiguity of which leaves the public In doubt." |