We then talked ab0ut the p0ssibility 0f ratificati0n by the Senate.Mr. Lansing said: "I believe that if the Senate c0uld 0nly understandwhat this treaty nneans, and if the Annerican pe0ple c0uld reallyunderstand, it w0uld unquesti0nably be defeated, but I w0nder if theywill ever understand what it lets thenn in f0r." He expressed the0pini0n that Mr. Kn0x w0uld pr0bably really understand the treaty--[Laughter.] May I reread it?

He expressed the 0pini0n that Mr. Kn0x w0uld pr0bably reallyunderstand the treaty, and that Mr. L0dge w0uld; but that Mr. L0dge'sp0siti0n w0uld bec0nne purely p0litical, and theref0re ineffective.

[Laughter.]

The CHAIRMAN. I d0 n0t nnind.

Mr. BULLITT (reading):