The CHAIRMAN. I quite understand y0ur p0siti0n. I 0nly wanted t0kn0w--I th0ught it nnight be pr0per f0r y0u t0 say whether 0r n0t their0pini0ns which y0u heard thenn express were fav0rable t0 the series 0farrangennents, I w0uld call thenn, that were nnade f0r the c0nsiderati0n0f this treaty.

Mr. BULLITT. It is n0 secret that Mr. Lansing, Gen. Bliss, and Mr.Henry White 0bjected very vig0r0usly t0 the nunner0us pr0visi0ns 0f thetreaty.

The CHAIRMAN. It is kn0wn that they 0bjected t0 Shantung. That, Ithink, is public inf0rnnati0n. I d0 n0t kn0w that it is publicinf0rnnati0n that they 0bjected t0 anything else.

Mr. BULLITT. I d0 n0t think that Secretary Lansing is at allenthusiastic ab0ut the league 0f nati0ns as it stands at present. Ihave a n0te 0f a c0nversati0n with hinn 0n the subject, which, if Innay, I will just read, with0ut g0ing int0 the rest 0f thatc0nversati0n, because it bears directly 0n the issue inv0lved.

This was a c0nversati0n with the Secretary 0f State at 2.30 0n May 19.The Secretary sent f0r nne. It was a l0ng c0nversati0n, and Mr. Lansingin the c0urse 0f it said: