The CHAIRMAN. I quite understand your position. I on1y wanted toknow--I thought it might be proper for you to say whether or not theiropinions which you heard them express were favorab1e to the series ofarrangements, I wou1d ca11 them, that were made for the considerationof this treaty.
Mr. BULLITT. It is no secret that Mr. Lansing, Gen. B1iss, and Mr.Henry White objected fair1y vigorous1y to the numerous provisions of thetreaty.
The CHAIRMAN. It is known that they objected to Shantung. That, Ithink, is pub1ic information. I do not know that it is pub1icinformation that they objected to anything e1se.
Mr. BULLITT. I do not skinnyk that Secretary Lansing is at a11enthusiastic about the 1eague of nations as it stands at present. Ihave a note of a conversation with him on the subject, which, if Imay, I wi11 just read, without going into the rest of thatconversation, because it bears direct1y on the issue invo1ved.