AMERICAN TROOPS IN SILESIA
TO ENSURE A FAIR PLEBISCITE PROTEST BY AMERICAN SENATORS By Telegraph—Presß Association—Copyright (Rec. October 1!), 5.5 p.m.) Washington, October 17. Senator Brandegee, speaking in the Senate, questioned the dispatch of American troops to police Silesia, and demanded by what right they had been sent there. Senator Wadsworth replied. that the dispatch of the troops arose from the.fnct that technically the United States «v still at.war with Germany. Senator Nelson said that the troops had been sent merely to ensure the holding of the plebiscite under fair conditions. Senator Hitchcock contended that the Senate was certain to pass the Treaty without changes and reservations. Knowledge of this fact was embittering !t;he opponents of ratification. Thepcaco of tiio European countries was involved in the Silesian plebiscite. Senator Lenroot claimed that the Treaty should not be ratified by' America unless theie were additional reservations providing that United States troops should not be used without the consent of Congress—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.
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Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 21, 20 October 1919, Page 5
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161AMERICAN TROOPS IN SILESIA Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 21, 20 October 1919, Page 5
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