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r,.wllilHHW,W1W 111 'V V FAGa EIGHT " ZZT EASTOREGOnIAK PENDLETON. OREGON. Saturday, September 27, mo.- TWELVE PAGES X SHOCK TO I 1 . -J SENATOR ITCHCOCK CHARAC TERIZCS SENATOR KNOX'S AT TACK ON THE PEACE TREATY INSANE FOREIGN POLICY Defeat of the Peace Treaty Would Ba commercial and Financial Die. I aatar for America, Saye Nebraska Senator. auowieusv met aiuuuuiuente woum brat the treaty Juit aa effectively at refusal to raUfy. TUP nnilllTnvi "A few- Ter few enators hare i nc uuun I it 1 1 decrad th,t tht wuid vt gaint Nations, but It haa remained (or the senator from Pennsylvania, Mr. Knox, to declare boldly agalnat our partici pation In the treaty settlement. Knox Amazes Country. "To aay that he haa auiated the country la to put It mildly he baa shocked the country. - "Strangely enough after month of time and a number of apeechea In which hie attack on the treaty haa been on account of Article 1, w hich I contalna the League of Nationa, ho now Ukea a new position. Ha former ly favored taking the League of Na tlona out of the treaty and ratifying the peace settlement with Germany. Now be auddenly changea front, de clares in favor of deserting the nationa associated with ua In the war and advocatea an unconditional peace or a negotiated peace with Germany. "Was there ever a more insane in ternational policy proposed? In the mixture of poltroonery and folly It ia difficult to see which, predominates. Senator Knox goea the limit He not only proposes that we desert our friends and abandon our obligations but he suggests that we release Ger many from all promises of indemnities and reparations. Why not go further and propose that we compensate Germany T That would be a still stronger appeal to German sentiment." Senator Hitchcock said that he had Washington. (Special). Declaring that any amendment to the treaty of peace, good or bad, reasonable or un reasonable, means the defeat of the treaty with all Its disastrous conse quences. Senator Hitchcock of Nebras ka made a powerful speech In the aenate, urging that the treaty be rati' fled without delay and without amend Referring to the recent speech of Senator McCumber, republican, of North Dakota, who voted against the Shantung amendment In the foreign relatione committee. Senator Hitch cock aaid: "He has shown that the proposed amendment, instead of help ing China, deprives her of the benefit of the promises and concessions the United States has exacted from Japan. Ha haa shown that Japan ia already la possession of the German rights, . privileges and leaseholds. He has also ahown that Great Britain and France are under pledge to Japan to stand by ber la her claim and be baa challenged the aupporters of the proposed amend ment to show how China can possibly be benefited unless when we reject Japan'a promisee we propose to go to war with her and drive her out of Shantung for the benefit of China. "I think the aenator from North Da kota conclusively demonstrated the folly of -the proposed amendment as far aa it concerns China and the dan ger thit It involves to the United States."- Results of Amendment Explained. Senator Hitchcock then explained the Inevitable results if the senate should vote In favor of the Shantung amendment or any other. He aaid that one of two things would happen either the president would refuse to Wn fnrthAr With lha hut, Via mM r 1 1 i11 i piiiiiiiiiM ill l!!!!lllllllllli!Hil!llllll !i!l!l!ll!:i!!:i!lllllliilW llll I II III I I I I : ( I l ,1 llllillllllllH i m ii X 3 Be New A 192(D). Ln u. 7nnni i v V c A WW Lin s ere full faith that the trottv nnM nnlm different treatment in the senate than WE YYIMi TO ANNOUNCE TO THE PUBLIC THAT WE HAVE SECURED THE AGENC Y FOR MAXWELL CARS AND TRUCKS, AND it has In the foreign relations commit- A PP. MflW ennuwn Till? loon T"rtTTlTXTr r A i irkri7T T niTD mninti av nnmnDin n nnnm ' " tee. "In the senate" he said "h. .uuih.iu vrtv nixjlJllu ;w KJUL VJIVVjti till IUVAIUIUIj UIS.I Y Hi. are few men who favor deserting the cause of civilisation until the victory In the Jleld has been rendered per manent by a peace settlement with ample guarantees. In the senate are few .enatora who f.vor reieaatng Ger- WE WANT YOU TO CALL AND SEE TH(S NEW MODEL BEFORE YOU BUY YOUR N EW CAR OR. IF IT IS INCONVENIENT the materiaf interests of the United TO States which this treaty alone . can protect Disadvantages of League Exaggerated. In concluding, what was without doubt one of the ablest speeches that has been made in the senate for ratif ication of the treaty amendment. Sen ator Hitchcock said, "I cannot close without a few words on the League of Nations feature of the treaty, which has been so persistently and unreason. ably attacked in this chamber. To have to submit the amendment to the most of these attacks I have listened MEEL & BARKER RIVERSIDE PHONE 180 nations associated States in the war. with the United SENATOR HITCHCOCK Does anyone believe," asked the senator, "that the other nations would accept the Shantung amendment?" He pointed out that Great Britain has al ready ratified the treaty and is under pledge to Japan with reference to Shantung; that France is soon to ra- tlfj the treaty and is under the same pledge to Japan. "Does anyone suppose ihat Japan herself would submit to such a humil iation before the eyes of the world?" aaked Hitchcock.' "The answer is sim ple," he asserted. "We would find ourselves out in the cold, isolated from the rest of the world. "What, then, will the United States do? What will those American states men propose who stand for this meth od of killing the treaty? Some of them ' will say that Congress can pass a joint resolution declaring a state of peace with Germany. Others say the United States can negotiate a separate and Independent treaty of peace with Ger many. Those who talk this way evi dently have no conception of the enor mous benefits and advantages which the United States derives from this tresty, which we wrung from Germany at the cannon's mouth. Neither have they any conception of the difficulties Involved In negotiating a new treaty with Germany to establish the terms if peace and settle the controversies of the war. ' Suicidal to Reject' Treaty. -"To my mind It would be suicidal tor the United States to throw away the advantages and benefits provided In this treaty. It would be disastrous commercially and financially. It would put us at an enormous disadvantage In lnlernatlonaj relations not only with Germany but with those nations which are would thus desert. They would re main bound together by ties of mutual interest. They would enjoy the bene fits of the treaty, and would not be alow to take every advantage of them. They would resent our desertion. I "UP to this point, I have discussed ! the possible defeat of the treaty- by aneaus of proposed amendments to it They have varied somewhat but they all have one characteristic In common a tremendous exaggeration of possi ble disadvantages to this country. "Those who conjure up these pos sible disadvantages seem to Ignore al together the enormous advantages of organizing the world for peace. They appear to have lost sight of the hor rors, evils, and dangers of war while in the contemplation of possible dis- advantagea under the League of Na tions. They make mountains out of mole hills in reviewing difficulties in the League plans. They are suspicious that while it may benefit every other nation on earth It la so devised as to bring disaster to the United States. They crawl upon the ground with a microscope searching for pitfalls and are unable to look forward to the promised land of peace and order and fustics to which the new movement leads." - . iii uiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii iiiiniiiiiiiM IBHffi i i iiiiwiiiiii mi iiwinniiiHiiniiiiiiiuiiiiiiiuiiiiiiiiiiuiiiHiiHiiiiw BBS iiiM fllllllllllllilliilllllllllllili FOCH USED NAPOLEON you launch a proclamation? Some thing like this: 'British soldier for ward. You who have vanquished the great Napoleon, shall it come to pass that you will permit the lowly Ger man to drive you from your noKitiomi and retain them ' " "How Is that"? asked French Freatly interested. "Please repeat It, FINDS U. S. AUTOS IDLE PARIS, Sept 27. An appeal to the nd .at he dictation of Koch, Fren.-h wrote out the proclamation which wua given out to the troops the next day. The next morning the liritisli sol diers hit the line and recovered the lost ground. BLUE SERGE STAYS British soldiers dictated by the then general Koch asking? them to remem ber their forefathers- victory Over Napoleon inspired them to attack the Hermans and recover the ground they had lost before the gas wave at the lecond battle of Ypres, writes Colonel Keyler in the Journal De Geneve. Before the asphyxnatlng gas both British and French nad been obliged to give ground. The then General Foch Intended to recover the former positions Ul all kubw, L tom- .-;.... . . . , . Colonel Feyler. He asked General Bir " T " HE "STRIKES IT RICH" AND TELLS POLICEMAN TO RETURN HIS WIFE BUTTE, Mont., Sept. 27. H. J. I John French to cooperate with him. Impossible," replied French, "my nen are ready to hold here out i ao not feel that 1 can demand of them in asking them to find his wife, Mrs. Inez Wilson, and send her to iilm. To make their job easy, Wilson sent her photograph to the cops, 5u heir present condition further sacri- with which to pay her fare and the .'Ices In attacking." information that he "has struck it rich Koch expressed surprise: "Their in oil and can now give her anything I morale Is low," he said, "why don't she wants. I "''"''- I S ' jr. Ha A PfeeY0UR IW on Our coiunm C.T. V he:--! 'JI VW s-aswr (St I FIRST MAN OF OHIO? NOT IN CINCY Cox: No Woman ever had too many blue serge frocks and tew eves have enough. Here's one of th uswest autumn models in sms e verity. Mtn the new long-wal d blonoS. a simply tucrrt sV and a scarf collar which dairel Into long loop that awing fix dolly with every step. Direct Kales Tax to be t'rged. SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 26. A di rect sales tax was urged as a substi tute for the Income tax by Stephen C. Mason, president of the National As sociation of Manufacturers in an ad- Tket Is the real program and hope of Idress today at a luncheon of the Call- .. n.iriv r tiu - ,, tto nn fnrl'ornia manufacturers, lie favored a iga relations. It is for that purpose budget system for the government DnV I AmAn 1 i.-l .... tuai toe vreaiy n lull": "" make labor organizations legally re- cold storage for so many weeks. The sponsible. enemies of the League of Nationa in j ,.We emp,oyer, muBt TCt ourselves the senate are not many compared to more sternly than ever to correcting Its friends, but they control the com-land dispelling from our midst the autttee. They have felt justified In handful of evil-doers who have retaining the treaty in the committee, 'brout disrespect on the majority of holding useless hearings and making thoroughly honest American manu uitac ameadm i. .k ... t..n facturers. he said, . lis . l :Ay:.:syyv. 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