The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1919-10-22
DEMOCRATS CONSIDER
Administration Forces Hold
Afl-Day Conference With
out Deciding.
COMMITTEE MEETS TODAY
Foreign Relations Body Will
Act on Nine Reservations
of Majority.

WASHINGTON. oct. 81. - The
question OF accepting the peace
treaty reservations without further
opposition was earnestly considered
ny democratic senate leaders today
under The pressure OF Developments
pointing 10 an early showdown In tho
ratification light
The treaty opposition forces. an
hounring complete agreement on
"A reservation program by thu SEN
ate majority, brought the situation
10 an unexpected issue by serving
notice that their proposal would 20
before the foreign relations commit
Tee tomorrow, when the admlnlAtra-
bon leaders would be askcd TO 70
on record definitely as accepting or
rejecting ID.
Described by tho majority as In
ne nature OF an ultimamm. the AN
noun cement was followed by a con
ference on the administration ri is.
which lnsied all day but resui uited in
no fiRal decision.
The reservation program aa IL Ia 70
bo presented 10 the committee for
approval, was not made public, but
II was understood To embrace nine
! odertatiVns, evolved from nugges-
ions gathered from many aouress.
The subjects said to be covered with
the following
The right OF this country 10 judse
whether its obligations had been ful-
fllcd In case Of withdrawal from the
league Of natlons tho unimpalred
power or congress 10 de lde quoatons
u peace or war under Article 10:
eomcsi7 decialOn OF all domestic
luesllone: preservation unAffectei or
ID" Monroe doctrine, refusal 10 be
IhtV 20 the shantung settlement,
qiallzauon of voting power In the
"tEue, congressional 'sslectlon OF
\m"ricnn roprcseniativtI In tho
cague. limitation Of tho powers Of
.uch representatives. and those on in
comm issions; aud multi
icnton Of the right OF the inter
'huunal labor conference to chAl-
enEe the eligibllity Of American rep
.efenintiyes In International labor
,odies
one Disturbing element in this
rogram for the administration lead
- was the fact that they had heard
he article 10 reservation followed
losely tho language Of one present
Il In the senate during the day by
cnator McCumber. rspu hlican.
'orth Dakota. which IN turn was IN
lmost the exact language which
resident wilson announced In hts
.h"y"nne Wyu. address would De
Fhfd"d hy him "ua rejection of
In their conferences today tho
ewuuru'Ic leaders dtt NOT have bs-
Nr" them 'hr actual wording of th.
H"''D'iHnH. as agreed upon hy the
''lgr..r nut thry had been t0li that
l" iHH. Nru"rH|N regarded AS u ost
NUrr .Huf relating fu withdrawal
HW.sr.r questions ihe Monroe doc
FOO" NuI Article 10. f1 lowed almost
"H FOR waIi' 'he language OF
I.'" ru' Info the senate record hy
wnrf. therefore. was over these
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