The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-08-17
REPUBLICANS SAY
LEAGUE OPPOSITION
HAS GAINED GROUND
HiTCHCOCK TO EMPHASIZE LACK
OF MILITARY FORCE If THE
TREATY IS SENT BACK


Washington, Aug. lG.-As a SEQUEL
10 the White House conference yes.
lerday between President Wilson and
senator Hitchcock administration lead.
rr IN the senate treaty fight. II became
apparent today that the administration
forces would center their present effort
ON bringing the treaty out of committee
and defeating any tcxtual amendments.
leaving in the background any negotra.
tions relative to final ratification with
reservations
Meantime republican senators de.
clared one result of the negotiations of
/ the last few days and of Senator
/ llitchcock's statements after he left the
| president had been to stiffen resistance
/ TO any attempt at unreserved ratifi.
catlon ana To Increase the determination
| Oh those VINO want the treaty amended
| outright. They asserted that yester.
daS = poll had shown opposition to the
| Shantung provision growing stronger
III the face of the explanatory state
ments from Toxic and from the White
| House.
Ine reported position of the president
mat any teNtual amendments would
send the treaty back for re.negotiat.
ton with Germany without any military
force to compel acceptance OF the
American demands was taken as large
~ iorecasting the trend of the amend
ment fight. 1t was understood that
| that feature would be emphasized bv
Senator Hitchcock in a speech he h
expected to make next week in the
senate.
The fact that Senator Hitchcock did
not quote the president as standing
uncompromisingly against reservations,
lor the same reason, was pointed out as
significant by some of the group of re.
publlcans who under the lead of Sen.
ator McNary, republican, Oregon, have
agreed on set of reservations They
declared all the elements of the situa.
ton bore out their claim of Wednesday
that they had information insuring demA
ocfitlc assent to their program.
Several Reservation Drafts
Among the group there was some
favorable comment during the day on
the new set of reservations shown TO
republican senator's by Republican
Leader Lodge. In the same quarter IL
was pointed out that should he definite.
" give his support to a reservation
program acceptable to IA large number
of senator's, the logical outcome Nigh,
be a draft of reservations by him which
would become the ralying point of the
republican reservation forces
1t is known that Mr. Lodge has been
studying a number of drafts. including
those drawn by the McNary group and
those suggested by Elihu Root, wi,
liam II. Taft and Charles f. Hughes He
is understood not to have stood sponsor
for the draft he showed to the republi.
can senators however, but to have
merely submitted it for consideration.
Republicans assert that the only pos
sible outcome if reservations are to be
adopted in place of textual amendments.
will be agreed on a draft drawn by Mr..
Lodge or some other senator which
must be accepted by the democrats.
The only question, they declare. is how
drastic the reservations are to be-
The democratic leaders. however.
that there had been no
change in their stand for unreserved
ratification; and in some quarters the
outcome of the conference between the
president and Senator Hitchcock was
Interpreted to mean that Mr.. Wilson
would fight uncompromisngly against
both amendments and reservations.
Considerable interest was aroused by
l statement Of Mr.. Hitchcock that the
PRESIDENT had laughngly suggested
sending Senators Lodge and Knox to
negotiate any future treaty with Ger
many should the present one fail
trough being amended. Republican
members of the foreign relations com
nittee who are fighting for amendments
aid they welcomed the suggestion as
IF the president will bind himself
o that promise and give a bond for its
ulfillment" said Senator Moses, repub.
can, New Hampshire I'VE will guar
ntee that the treaty is amended"
The amendment proposal which the
'aders on both sides expect to develop
he greatest strength in the senate con
'mplateS striking from the treaty the
revision giving Japan control in the
hinese province of Shantung. Not only
id yesterdays poll show an increase in
le number who oppose the provision
10 republicans asserted, but several sen
tors gave that as their only reason
'r not accepting the reservation pro-
ram which covers only revision pro.
sions in the League of Nations
Adherents of the Shantung amend
ent declared that Senator Lodge will
ne up with them on the proposal. They
so assert that he will support other
Ritual amendments in the committee
1t the reservation group are incline.
think he will not.
There is much speculation as to
neither the president will be able to
row any new light on the Shantung
'o>ision at his conference Tuesday
ith the committee. At its meeting
,sterday, the committee decided to
'stpone action on any amendments
It'll it had seen the president.
Whether newspaper correspondents
III be admitted to the White House
nferences Tuesday when the foreign
ilson still was undetermined today
lairman Lodge had said he had no
lection. but felt the president should
eide. Official stenographers had been
divided. however, to give the public
e details of the discussion
Elaborate preparations were made to-
v TO insure accuracy and speed in
rning out the stenographic transcript
the White House conference Tuesday.
was arranged to have at least four
from the capitol. They
I work in relays. and it was said no
ins would be spared to get the tran
'ipt quickly in the hands of the press
was assumed that two White House