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SAYS OPPONENgS, AIM TO KILL TREATY Senl. Hitclicoek Makes Strong Speech III OefenS of It. 3i4-n8 31Igh to America. Declaring the real purp)ose of the foreign relations cotittlttee majority In amedll(Iing the Peace treaty was to kill the treaty ontIely, and that such a course would he suicidal to the Unit ed Statesi, S0nn1 rH,4h0ek of Ne briaska, Democrat ia0der, asserted in a seilate speeh'l Wednesday Ithat the majority of the enalt'ors never would accept any of tihe comltnitt(ee vlngei(ps. "y ,a vote or ilne to eight,' said Senator Ti itcheoek, "the comm it ice on foreign relations is 'to bing squarely before the senate the qttcstion of (e feat!ng the pending tr'aty. Sutaipe:; the sienate should vote in favor of tho Shaatung amendiet or any ote, what, would happen? " tither the ll'es1Iden .would reft e to go further With the treaty, or he would nmsubtit the ametndmenti to thtle nations assolatd i 1ed 1 w ithle I.'nited Stat es. Does anyon ' b 'lieve they would accept It? Do .91 ;ene bellove that Grat ritain, whIto his already ratified tle treaty andi is also under a pledge to iapan wit ih regard to Sltanit 1tuni.. wvould necept time SmantnIg atmendnient ? Does anyone think that France, alsn under a pledge to Japan, would ratify this change? Does any o suppose that .lapant lersielf wou ld submit to ftis liilation before the eyes of tie world? "I cannot, conceivIN of any ittmeli gent and Candid man who would as sune such a thing as a possibility. We would he met by an instant refusal to accept the ainctdtment, and then where would the Un ited States lindi itself in this international settlement? We woulid find ourselves ottt lit tle cold, isolated from the rest of the vorld. The work of ratifying lte treaty Would proceed without i us. "The ' LIt'Ny provides that when itree nAtion in r.ddiin to Germany I are signed. it ie! en ito effeet . It I, easy to see the eiiotnos benefits which Great lritain and Franc\e wil! derive from this tlreafy. They will not take any chances. It is prepowtrous to suppose that .lalan will delay its vattileatlonl. The ris u'lt. Is heybo tend all (question. "Whcat. then, will the l'tited Statc0.; do? Some say that eo'onigress 11e n Pal's a joint resolitlti doelarinit a tat e of pee with Geomany. Others say the 'nited States ean \negotiat S ,m M t a1 I v ntd i den t reat v. ThIose who tail Ithis way evidt-1 have no 4c'net(t)ion of' the (enor --ici1ii ho1 ft wh 1v 1 - . i ch1 th l I'll e 1! (1 -*, I riv(s foim this treat". Inrlicle. 2:, Germany is comnl' ,I to ece'0 t full re tPonibility for !t da)W * v aus by th i r. .i. w any rne thilk if we indertook to I - :oftiaIt a Qpamrafe trea with (Ior manly. emn woli nakedu an1Y such c'nessions to the C'nh Stmes? Gile ' 1many might say sh had nve dc el'ared war on the l'nited tat.. ; ithat it was the I'ttifed S4ttes which for' d war' upont her. ''Take thle maftt'r of Gletrmani J troer t ty in the United States. 'ntdet' the treaty all acts of the I'iitedl States anid (if he alin propety cit dian with riegarid to thle ptroiety arte vali MORENt E i A local plant emphA in general tire Repat i (outs, Rim Cer*s, e repairs, done in tie of miles to yourc casi tires over. City Vuka ~ ALL WORK ( Vulcanizing Rebi dated-unless Germany can show ac tual fraud. Is anyone insane enough to suppose that Germany will volun tarily make that concessio nto us if we lose the hold upon her which this treaty gives? .Suppose Germany ppInts to'the treaties of 1799 and 1828 under which we agree to respect the private property of German nationals in tie United States. '"'his tir-aty Creates a commission Called the reparations commission. UnquestIonably it will be the most powerful International body ever Cre itted. It receives from Germany all eiari tiionis palid a d istr i t11(ihem to the viarious na tionis. Does anyone think n111der the cirvCllustalees the Ilited States Can afTord not to have a repr~es-ntative -on the reparations "To y mind if wolel be soleSSIda to throw away th alvantage; aIld benelits provided in thui treaty. it .olldl he di1sastrols. vom'1mer(C1iv )efeat of the tIeaty by me0.ans of propost d aeniilmietllfs to it is thI Peli prmw:ram and 111(1 hope of the m1iajority of Ihe Committee on foreimn rIflaion. It is for this rl ose thim the reaty ha been loked till in cold storave for so 11ny welis. They have felt J.1ti fled in1retaining the treaty ill committee, hld~1(ing usl(es~s he~arinas and' lVmkinlg 1kiln mlednlelts vitIh the full knowledge that aiendmieents woIuhl beait the Ireaty just as effectively as a refisal to ratify. "A few, a very few, have declared they woilld vote against the treaty h Cause of tie league of natuions. but it has Inailed for Senator Knox to de (Iare holdly 'gainlst 0111 participation in the peaCe settlement. To say that he ha.1s amlia'zed the country is to put it mildly. He has shocked the coun Iry. lie formerly favored taking tihe league of nlat iomns out of the treaty and ratifyilig !the peaee "Settlemient, with Germany. Now, he suddenly chiamnges front. "What has become of the high pro fessions of last year? Last Ocioler, wheni Ger'lmlny solght terlus for the armsitCe, the senatorls 110\v seekin6g to kill this teatIy shou1td for uncon ditional sitr'enler. TIey dmanded term11s of pene dietatd to Germaily. They illsiste( ta the 'nited States should, to the last. maintal i the (losept (oop )l'atioll wi:l the Iili-l! gover n~et n.Roy aidit -wvould be a broach or faithi if vm ': e .c:n by Po Ian:l anld other3 nlations form2(' as a relt 3l of the wai'. "Now \hat a change. The treaty hashe n ne(tiated. ('ermnn' 1:as -igled it. (wriialnyi ha.s ratlloed it. Gret fritinand lIelgillml ha.ve donle hel sam ; ilen, Italy and Ja ipan willIll l. - n r i n e o . Th treaty dictates; the terms; toi Germany!i, .houlid. "lh'I now the saim .::nators Who in ited Onl . dieinteod ar pr os to alandoll it an1d nekg t 'ale 1 pa setilll ;1 ut on te ml n e t ble to Germany. it is sIngestel that we d(Cr 5 ur rllt s~oc ia ts Cand1( negot iate a Setparate treaty. it is prIopuosed that wC iidout ai policy of itiit andi sCent l1t'. it is IPoposedt that vQ (' repudiat e our ohbligatiIons and1( like Cravens leave them1) to be pe rformed by thle natitons lately associated with us, -LL. . ry eLIn Imal . L1'.>I 1 0 LLS O yu ,ULIex Lid a r mlin "Was there ever a more Insane In ternational policy proposed? In the mixture of poltroonery and folly it is difficult to see which predominates. The senator from Pennisyl van ia goes the limit. Ife not only proposes that we desert our friends and abandon our obligations, but he suggests that we relea V Gerniany from all proises of indemnities and reparations. Why not go further and propose that we compensate Germany ''lat would be a still stronger-appeid to (Germnan sen timellt. "Hle says in so Imanly words, slaugh ter the treaty, desert our frie n abandon out- oligations and yield to Germany. I have full faith tihit when this Irez'ty is finally released froi cold storage it will In the sentate re erive dlifferet tre-atment. liere, un IIuestioibfly, there 1s an11 over'whelnt ing iao.iority .ho dcsire to finiish the work undle0taknii when we cntred the war. IMVre will he fouaiiil a safe-ma tority it' r t pace -leivilem-e t. "I have Spokien of ithe IrIaly as a whol.. Iut thle league of nations fea uire pmrtiuiarly has been pelrSistent ly and unrcason'ably attacked in this chalri. Tose who conjtte iP these Ipossible dis'advantages seei to ignore alt oget liethe O (r'mottrfis advantiagevs of org'allizing the world for pe'ace. "'They take mountains out of mole hills in reviewing ditliculties of the league iplan. 'Tiey are sispicious that. while It may benefit every other na ntin on earth, it is so devised as to bring disaster to the Inited States. They Crawl ott the ground with a ti croseope searching for pitfalls, and are unable to look forward to ithe proised land of peace aind( order and justice to whliCh the new movement leads." VATA L 1.1'l1 - IN IILINOIS PIISON Offleer and ImII iaite Killedi When Form er 1 Welnt to Prevent ,101 lel'IVery. Pontiac, Ill., Sept. 7.-One oficer and one inmate were killed and two otliCers and an inmulate eV(re Wounded today in a revolver hattl' in Ohe slate reI'oriatory lie r after two Prisoner.,; hVd attemptted to escaPe by sawing the lars of, their cel1. Witen two fifvliC' s 1tr id to enter teilt (CIl the pr i s. v:hot had seCretl. armled tit2-Ieves with rvolvers. id upolmmIi. I illin on aild woiundinig tlhe 114or'. and t i fromil the Cell. imreCI. followed I batI t I in ll hII( trvnswhen .(, o tepisnr wa III N it andC Ck 2 Cli- 'her won lei-l. .\ third~ CIIee wai' 'i.Cha-C int the! foIC. The dead: ChalesKruerdorn11iory oMli., shot. .lohn Kellv. Chie. ( , imil C te. Th tle fI IovCd the d-icovery by O~leer: Kri 111".1h~ one4 har (of the 1. 114venpIevd by tv-o inlmines hidl heen 'w-I ill uo anid a1jnti r biar imd bleon parily -Ivtd. Krulm--r e le (Otiler Cal lancock and ihcy tI.e tled to 1relovie tle hi -Coners to'the As thle (orUilrs CCIntloe'kCed ICC (h'(011 door( itheyI' wrle fire onI i anid Kri-tw-ger w'as 1:illed. 'Thei pirisoner's rushed out anid e'xchaniged shots wIth I Iantoeck, iin niateos lIed to the pirison yardl, w here imore( shoo~ lt 2 0Cting ocurre wh< nt anotherci olli cer arrCIvedC. 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