Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 222, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 September 1919 — WASHINGTON NEWS IN BRIEF. [ARTICLE]

WASHINGTON NEWS IN BRIEF.

Washington, D. C., Sept. 12. Figures on foreign commerce of the United States compiled by the department of commerce are in con- - -.» r ? 4-1* 11/ llann f a _ TilCt Wi taj nreoiuciiv »»iisoii s argU' ment that there can be no resumption of tr*de with the enemy countries uritil the senate ratines the peace treaty. The president himself has removed war time restrictions on commerce with the Teutonic allies, and figures show that American trade with these countries is increasing rapidly. v —o William C. Bullitt,.one of the advisers of the American peace delegation at Paris, took the lid off the Paris negotiations for the senate foreign relations committee today and created a sensation. He said many surprising things, but none more so than that Secretary of State Lansing had told him-if the American senate and people really understood the peace treaty and “what it was letting the United States in for” they would defeat it. Gen. Pershing was welcomed here ceremoniously today. Vice President Marshall received him at the railroad station on behalf of the president. He was cheered by thousands of little girls arrayed to greet him.