Omaha daily bee., 1919-11-18
PRESIDENT may
pocket GERMAN
. PEACE TREATY
Wilson Tells Hitchcock That
He Will Not Accept Reser-
vations Adopted by
The Senate.
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larly displeasing and against which
the democrats are expected to di-
rect most OF their fight for COM
promise. The reservation to Article
X is understood to stand next in dis
favor 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.
One Of the substitute reservations
was Offered by Senator Hitchcock
and it was indicated afterward that
the president had considered them
acceptable. Within a day or two
the administration democrats viii
confer on definite compromise
policy OH the basis of these reserva-
tions. and also will canvass the dem
ocratic ranks to make sure how
many votes can be counted on
against the committees qualified
ratification resolution.
Senator Hitchcock believes more
I, than 30 democrats will Join with him
in voting down the resolution, while
upwards of a score of irreconcllable
republicans are expected to vote
against any kind of ratification. 1t
will take only 81 votes to cut off
the two-thirds necessary to ratify.
The democrats say there is little
chance, therefore, that the president
will be put to the necessity of deal
ing at all with any ratification en-
bodying the reservations which he
regards as rejection of the treaty.
did the president tell you what
his course would be in the event the
Lodge reservations are accepted by
the senator" Mr.. Hitchcock was
asked.
The president will pocket the
treaty" was the reply.
Even if reservation IS is stricken
out?"
Yes; that would make no differ
ence in the presidents decision"
The final reservations on the COM
mittee program which were re-
jected today never had been pledged
the support of the mild reservations
lists 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 posses
sions which under the treaty are
ceded to the big five powers pend
ing establishment of the mandatory
system. The vote on the proposal
was "a to %, with Senators Reed.
Missouri; Shields, Tennessee and
Walsh, Massachusetts,, democrats,
voting for the proposal and the fol-
lowing republicans joined the demo-
Gratis in opposition
Colt, Rhode Island; Cummins,
Iowa; Edge, New Jersey; Elkins.
West Virginia. Fernald, Maine;
France. Maryland; Frellnghuysen.
New Jersey; Hale, Maine; Jones,
Washington; Kellogg, Minnesota;
Kenyon, Iowa; McCumber, North
Dakota; Mclean, Connecticut; Nc
Nary, Oregon; Nelson, Minnesota;
Norris, Nebraska; Phipps, Color
ado; Smoot. Utah; Spencer, Mis-
souri,; Sterling, South Dakota;
Townsend, Michigan, and Warren,
Blanket Reservation.
The other committee proposal, re-
jected So to SO, was blanket reser-
vation by which the United States
would exclude from league jurisdic-
ton all questions affecting its honor
and vital interests. 1t got three dem
ocratic votes, Senators Reed,
and Gore, Oklahoma, sup
porting it; Senator's Colt, Com
Minis, Edge, Hale, Kellogg. Ken
yon, McCumber, McNary, Nelson,
Smoot. Sterling, Townsend, War
rem, Keyes, New Hampshire; and
Lenroot, Wisconsin.
A reservation by Senator Owen,
Oklahoma, designed to as
sure self-government for Egypt,
was voted down, As to 81, and an
other presented by him declaring
the treaty was interpreted as per-
the principles of the ar,
mistice and the IA points went out
by viva voca vote. The former
got the vote of seven DEM
ocrats, Senators Owen, Gore, Reed,
Shields, Walsh, Massachusetts,; Phe-
Ian, California; and Chamberlain,
Oregon. Eleven republicans of the
mild reservation group voted
against IT.