Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1919-11-18
WILSON ULTTMATUM
ON TREATY STIRS'
SENATE OPPONENTS
Threatens To Kill Covenant Unless Reservation Program
Is Modified-Democratic Leaders Hold Hopes For
Compromise After Defeat Of Present Issues
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WASHINGTON, Nov. lion the
eve of a final vote on the peace treaty,
President Wilson gave the senate to
understand today that unless 1t modi-
fled the reservations already adopted
he would take the treaty back to the
White House and lock it up in his desk.
The first effect of the warning was
to stiffen the lines on both sides of
the senate fight. Then compromise
proposals OF many kinds were thrown
out by the democrats. They found
the treaty's republican friends. all of
whom had voted for the reservations,
disposed to listen but to promise moth
ing, and tonight the life of the treaty
seemed to hang upon q slender thread.
A decision one way or the other is
planned for Wednesday and under the
cloture rule the leaders say it can not
be delayed beyond Thursday or Friday,
Tomorrow the senate will remain in
session until II has cleared away all
proposed reservations, leaving nothing
TO do but act upon the ratification
resolution itself. Four reservations,
two of them proposed by the foreign
today and none was adopted.
Holds Hope for Compromise
The presidents determination was
made known at a White House confer
ence with Democratic Leader Hitch
cock. who declared afterward that Mr..
Wilson never would have an oppor-
tunity TO pocket the treaty because his
supporters in the senate would vote
down any ratification resolution that
contained the unacceptable reserva-
tions. The senate leader reiterated
his belief that once such a resolution
is defeated, there will be compromise
that will keep the treaty alive.
Hope Of such a development had
setback later in the day, however,
when number of the mild reservation
republicans agreed 10 vote with Re-
publican Leader Lodge against con-
sideration of any alternate resolution
OF ratification after the first one has
been rejected. Vice-president Marshall
has indicated he will rule an alternate
proposal in order, and the democrats
have counted on help from the mild
reservationists TO sustain that ruling.
How many Of the republicans will be
bound by today's contrary decision
remained uncertain tonight.
Todays efforts at compromise
were conducted in a roundabout way,
Senator Hitchcock declaring he would
reserve his direct offer until after the
mild reservationists had been released
from their pledges to the majority by
defeat Of the majority resolution OF
ratification. He had intended to bring
all the treaty's friends on both sides of
the chamber into conference today, but
he found the republicans unwilling to
negotiate until they had completed
the program to which they had agreed.
It was the preamble to the reserva-
tion group requiring that the senate
qualifications be accepted by three of
the great powers, which the president
found particularly displeasing and
against which the democrats are ex-
pected to direct most of their fight for
compromise. The reservation to ar
ticle 10 is understood to stand next to
disfavor among the administration
forces, but there were broad intima
tions today that the democrats would
be glad to accept several of the other
Is reservations which the senate has
adopted.
The two final reservations on the
committee program which were re-
Jected today never had been pledged
the support Of the field reservations
and on the roll call they voted with the
democrats. The first of the proposals
would have declared the unwillingness
OF the United States to assume any
responsibility for the German overseas
possessions which under the treaty are
ceded to the big five powers pending
establishment OF the mandatory sys-
Nm. The vote on the proposals was
64 to 20, with Senators Reed, Mis-
souri,; Shields. Tennessee, and Walsh
Massachusetts,, democrats, voting fol-
the proposal and the following repub-
licans Joined the democrats in opposi-
ton:
How They Voted
Colt, Rhode Island: Cummins. Iowa
Edge. New Jersey; Elkins, West Vir.
ginia; Fernald, Maine; France. Mary.
land; Frelinghysen, New Jersey; Hale
Main; Jones, Washington; Kellogg
Minnesota: Kenyon. Iowa; McCum.
Der. North Dakota: Mclean. Con.
neticut; McNary, Oregon; Nelson. Min.
nesota; Norris, Nebraska; Phipps
Colorado; Smoot, Utah; Cooper. Mis-.
souri,; Sterling. South Dakota: Town.
send. Michigan, and Warren, wyo
ming.
The other committee proposal re
Jected So 10 36, was blanket reserya
ton by which the United States would
exclude from league Jurisdiction al
questions affecting its honor and vita
interests. II got three den1ocrati
votes, Senators Reed. Shields ant
Gore. Oklahoma-supporting It, Will
the following republicans vote,
against Il:
Senators Colt, Cummins. Edge. Hale
kellogg, Kenyon. McCumber, McNary
Nelson, Smoot, Sterling. Townsend
warren, Keyes. New Hampshire, an,
Lenroot, Wisconsin.
a reservation by Senator Owen
democrat, Oklahoma, designed to as
sure self-government for Egypt, wa
voted down Is TO 81, and another pre-
sented by him declaring the treaty wa
interpreted as perpetrating the prin
ciples of the armistice and the /
points went out by a viva voce vote
The former proposal got the vote o
seven democrats, Senators Owen. Cor,
Reed. Shields Walsh. MASSACHUSETTS,
Phelan. California. and Chamberlain
Oregon. Eleven republicans OF tn
mild reservation group voted against
BLAMEs POLITICAL ENEMIES