The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1919-11-11

cations. The only Republican who
did not swing into line for the pro-
posal was Senator McCumber of
North Dakota, while three Demo-
Gratis, Senators Reed, Missouri,
Gore. Oklahoma, and Walsh, Massa-
chusetts, voted with the majority.
When adjournment was reached
the first of the IA reservations was
under debate, and Republican lead
ers were claiming they had safe ma
iorities pledged for the entire group.
The mild rese,vationists, it was de-
clared, had turned down a new
Democratic offer of compromise
while the irreconcilable wing was
devising plan of action by which
they hoped to defeat the treaty en-
tirely. The best claim made by the
administration forces was that the
treaty would be wedged into dead
lock which in the end would make
compromise neVllduie.
Hitchcock Sees Wilson.
Senator Hitchcock of Nebraska,
the administrations leader saw the
! president during the el,y~ for the
first time since Mr.. Wilson returned
from his speaking tour and went
over with him the entire situation
SUI ding the treaty in the SEN
ate. Afterward, Mr.. Hitchcock
said. the executive regarded the
committee reservations as "destruc-
tive" and the preamble as every en-
barrassing" and advised the, admin
istration senators to stand by their
guns.
The president was said to have
asserted an aggressive opposition to
acceptance of reservations which
would impair the treaty but to have
shown willingness to leave the
matter of a compromise in the hands
of the administrations senators, to
be worked out after the deadlock
had been reached. Mr.. Wilson ex-
planned, Senator Hitchcock said,
that he had sent for the adminlstra-
ton leader to give the treaty's
friends the assurance Of his sup
port.
Then the time would be ripe, he
said, for the senators favoring rati-
fication or those wanting ratification
with reservations to get together.
Among leaders Of the reservation
Republicans, the possibility Of such
a compromise was emphatically de-
MED, and it was declared the group
had gone as far as it would go in
curtailing treaty qualifications. Feel
ers had been thrown out immediate
~ after Senator Hitchcock had re-
turned from the White House, these
senators declared, and had been abb
solutely .fruitless. They were more
certain as to what might happen,
however, should the irreconcilable
enemies of the treaty adopt the
course, said to be advocated by some
of them, of demanding more drastic
reservations as the price of keeping
the Republican majority intact.
Preamble of Reservation.
AS it was adopted by the senate,
the reservation preamble was as
follows:
s1The reservations and understand
ings adopted by the senate are to be
made a part and condition OF the
resolution of ratification that rati-
fcation is not to take effect or bind
the United States until the said
reservations and understandings
adopted by the senate have been ac-
cepted by an exchange of notes as a
part and condition of said resolu-
ton of ratification by at least three
of the four principal allied and as
sociated powers, to wit, Great Brit
ain, France, Italy and Japan"
With the same lineup the senate
rejected, 4s to 40, Two proposals
bv Senator McCumber to modify
the acceptance requirement and
also voted down, 63 to rs, a motion
by Senator Borah, Republican, Ida
no, to require acceptance by all
four of the powers named. AN
by Senator King, Demo
crat. Utah, to make tacit recognl-
ton of the United tates as party
to the treaty equivalent to atfarma-
tive acceptance of the qualifications
was defeated, 46 to AZ.
AS a result of the days develop
ments four separate elements in the