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Show I S. SHOULD INSIST ON PAY FOR I RHINE FORCES, SENATE AGREES I Attitude of Allies Toward Meeting Expenses Warrants War-rants Immediate Return of Troops, Says Borah of Idaho During Lively Debate WASHINGTON. March 17. Declaration Declar-ation that the United States should Insist on its bill f.,r $241 "(). "00 for keeping American soldiers In Germany were made in the senato by both party leader.-- Senator Lodge of Massachusetts and I'nderwood and Senator Borah. Republican. Maho. Mr Undcrv. ooil .i'-o urged appointment of an American iepresentati e on the allied al-lied reparations commission Both Senator Bodge and Underwood Under-wood charged the allies with attempting attempt-ing "by a technicality" to oppose payment pay-ment Of the bill for the American troops while Senator Borah said the allies" attitude was "entirely unwarranted." unwar-ranted." Senator Underwood asserted the Republicans were responsible for not having a member on tho reparations committee. This, the Democratic leader lead-er asserted, was the only way in which the occupation claim could be col-1 lectcd Senators Bodge and PolndOXter, Republican. Re-publican. Washington, denied this contention, declaring that the oSllgU-tlon oSllgU-tlon to pay for the American soldiers rested upon the armistice agreement and not upon either the treaty of Berlin Ber-lin or that of Versailles. Bolt Ml STARTS RUB ATI-, Senator Borah "brought up the question ques-tion today In the senate. Ho called attention to reports that Premier Poincaro of France had declared that America had no legal right to collect for the keep of American troops in Germs ny. "I have do doubt that Secretary Sec-retary Hughes will work out some method of securing pay-Intent," pay-Intent," and Senator Borah, adding i that he was however, primarily Interested Inter-ested in having all American troops brouKht out of .Ucrman. "Our army was left in Europe sup-' sup-' posedly to the benefit of the allies," said the Ida Ho senator. "Certainly It wraa not for the benetit of the Ameri-can Ameri-can people directly or particularly. It now appears hut our army Is no long- i er needed In Europe. It seems t me that tho attitude of the allies Is entirely entire-ly unwarranted and warrants us bringing home all of our soldiers." Ql'EfifTIOJi l I XPKXS1 s Senator Borah added that the attitude atti-tude of the allies In maintaining what. he termed an excessive number of troops In Germany was "unjust" and calculated to prevent economic recovery recov-ery of Germany. Senator Borah snld ' the question of the return of tho troops would be a "live issue"' when the army appropriation lull comes before the senate Senator Underwood said he concurred con-curred in all that Senator Borah had said Senator Iodgc declared that tho' $2-; l.uOO.000 bill has nothing to do With the reparations committee " and that neither the supreme council nor any other body had the management of a claim which, he said, rested on the rriiiisd' .ijrn ement. Th e argument momentarily was turned Into another channel when Senator Sen-ator Robinson, Democrat. Arkansas, put into the record a statement reported re-ported to have heed mado at Naples, Italy, by former Gov. Frank O. Lowden of Illnols, to tho effect that there were indications that the American government govern-ment made two grave mlstakea by declining de-clining to become a member of the league of nations and by refusing a place in the Genoa economic conference. confer-ence. "If the gentleman from Illinois is correctly quoted," said Senator Borah. "I am satisfied of one thing at least, and that is that the Republican convention con-vention at Chicago didn't make a ml-- 1 lake when It declined to nominate him 1 tor president But I have noticed before be-fore tho peculiar influence of these European trips." "Wo mustn't forget." interjected Senator Norns, Republican, Nebraska, "that they have no prohibition law over there." Senator Borah assorted that no resolution reso-lution by congress was needed to rive the United States representation on I the reparations committee, "because we are a member now." i 'We have n representative on that 1 commls -'on." he said, "and as far as ! the naked eye c.m disclose trere is ( no difference between his position and that of the other members, lie advises and he voted, so far as 1 am advised, the same as anybody ele " Senator Underwood insisted, however, how-ever, that the American reprcsentt.lve was only "a lookor-on" with no power to act. Continuance of American j troops on the Rhine. Senator Norrls said, apparently was to protect the Interests of the allies, rather than the United States, and he expressed aston- ; I ishment that the allies "paid their own j I troops, refused to pay ours, and then, ! divided the rot of The w.p COMING B K SOON "To my mind." said the Nebraska, senator, 'it's treating the American I government With disrespect It's not fair; it's not honorable. There have, been times when diplomatic relations I Were broken for reasons fur less Impelling Im-pelling than exist now." Senator Ixidge again declared that the troops were coming home as rap-Idly rap-Idly as possible and Senator Norrls I replied that he " hoped they all would come back." "I hope so. too," replied Mr. Iodge. Mr Norrls concluded with th observation ob-servation that if the tinted States woul submit to this "decree" of the allies they might properly reach the decision "that they can refuse to pay anything el-e and u iway with it " t Ho lidded that if "Uncle Sam has reached that condition Id like to call ! a halt and wake hlin up." oo |