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WILSON PLAN FAILS
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to add to the Harding amendment these
words
And assumes that the President
alone can take the necessary action
to have the United States temporar-
lily represented on any commission on
reparations set up by common action
of the nations to act Professionally
during the period required to reach
treaty ratification.
Insists Wilson Has Power.
In explaining his amendment Mr.
Hitchcock urged that the Senate and
the Foreign Relations Committee have
no power in the matter pending ratiflca-
ton Of the treaty. but during that period
the treaty is in the stage Of negotiation,
and negotiation Is exclusively the busi-
ness, of the President. Therefore the
President has full power to make the
appointment for this period, and his let
ter to Senator Lodge merely represents
the courtesy Of consulting the Senate,
even though II Is not strictly necessary.
This view did not at all appeal to MI.
Knox fPa.). who insisted that pending
ratification It is plainly impossible to
begin enforcing the treaty. so as a sub
stitute for all the other proposals he
|
1t is the judgment OF the commit
tee that until the treaty Is ratified
no power exists either in the Presi-
dent or in Congress to execute any
provision of the proposed treaty
either professionally or otherwise.
The committee did not attempt to ac1,
but will take the matter up tomorrow
and try to decide its attitude.
Senator Jones IN. M, Democrat,
desires the Foreign Relations Commit
tees consideration of the treaty to be
conducted entirely in public sessions
He introduced a resolution requesting
the committee to adopt this policy. and
announced that he will speak on it His
resolution provides that all consideration
be In public sessions unless the commit
tee afirmatively decides that specific
matter by reason OF the public interest
should be considered In executive ses-
sion that no executive session shall be
held from which any Senator shall be
excluded a: that sittings be held in large
room with facilities for Senators and the
press. and II possible the public, and
that 30 far as practicable public notice
be given Of these meetings.
Conference Suspended for Day.
There were no conferences to-day at
the White House between the President
and Senators. The President was in
1 disposed Tomorrow, however. Sena-
tors Edge On. J), Cummins Ga.) and
Calder IN. " are invited and II is
stated that all will present themselves
For Wednesday Senators Mclean
Comm, Page CVt) and Sterling IS.
d. have been invited All six on this
list are men who signed the round
robin" against unqualified ratification
last spring. 1t Is assumed. therefore,
that the President is planning to go
right on through the list Of Senator'S
until he has talked with all Of them.
Discussion OF the fight over ratihca-
ton developed to-day the statement by
Democratic Senator that there were
only thirty-eight Senator'S who can be
| counted on to vote for ratification OF
the treaty without any reservations.
He said this was based on careful
survey of the situation by Democratic
, leaders As there are forty seven Demo-
Gratis and forty-nine Republicans in the
Senate this would mean that the Demo-
cratic management finds at least nine
| Democrats who are unwilling to accept
the treaty unchanged.
Senator Spencer MOI has drafted
and submitted to the Foreign Relations
| Committee a proposed form of reso utlon
of ratification which covers the reserva-
tons he demands II is merely intended
as suggestive and a possible basis for
consideration.
This resolution reserves the Monroe
Doctrine and internal questions such as
immigration and tariffs. II provides
that Congress, whenever occasion arises.
| shall determine whether America shall
| cooperate in enforcing with military and
naval forces the mandates of the league.
II provides that the right OF withdrawal
includes tho right of the United States
to determine for itself whether all It's
! obligations under the league have been
at the time fulfilled. Finally the resolu-
ton expresses dissatisfaction over the
Shantung settlement.
Lodge Has Four Chinese Callers.
Senator Lodge received four dstin-
guished Chinese callers to-day. They
were Chao Chu WI, a son of former
Minister WI Ting-Fang. we'll known
In this country: T. II. Hsu and H. X
Kung, and Mr.. Wang Of the Chinese
Legation in this city, who presented the
other three. These three were all dele
cats to the Paris conferences on thir
way home TO China
Messrs Hsu and Kung are special
delegates from the Shantung province,
They talked at some length with Mr..
Lodge. expressing much satisfaction with
the opposition to the treaty that is de-
velopng in the Senate and with the
evidences that the American people are
displeased over the treatment China has
received. They confessed that they did
not appraise very highly the guarantees
for China's future profession that are
| written into the treaty and felt that the
hope of China must be reposed in the
! friendship OF America.
Publication OF a report that Senator
Lodge has received communications
: I from, prttiah ata nd
their Government would be willing to
. have the Senate adopt substantially the
Root reservations In ratifying the treaty
I drew from Mr.. Lodge the statement that
he had received no communication OF the
sort and knew nobody who had