The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-03-15
Returns From America Con-
vinced Senate Does Not
Represent Peoples View.
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WILL RAM 1T THROUGH
Expects to Come Back With
Treaty and Then Tour
the Country.
EAGER TO TAKE Up FIGHT
Wants Draft Accepted by
Plenary Session Without
Time for Debate.
EAGER TO TAKE Up FIGHT
by LAURENCE HILLS,
Sto1 Correspondent Of THE sus.

Copyright, 1919; all rights reserred.
PARIS. March 14.-There will he no
material change in the covenant of
the League of Nations already framed
If President Wilson has his way.
there will be no mention made Of
the Monroe Doctrine. no clause DER.
mitting the United States to with.
draw at any time, no change IN Ar
! ticle y. making it clear as to soyer.
eighty, no considerable redraftlng OF
what is admitted even in foreign cir
cles is an obscurely worded covenant
in. many particulars.
In short. convinced that the people
of the United States are behind him
| ana are about to demolish the Re-
publican Senator's opposition the
President, if he has his way here.
Will make no compromise to speak
or IN the way of acceding to any Re-
publican suggestions. The arguments
advanced in the United States have
not changed his views, which will
not be altered unless the neutral ma
tions have some features to ofcr
which must be granted.
Hessrds Covenant as Completed.
For him the covenant Is n com.
pleted instrument which can and
should be approved immediately by
the Peace Congress in plenary ses-
sion and put into the preliminary
treaty with Germany, which under
the present programme Is to be
handed to the German representa-
tircs Mt Versailles in ten days.
There is one condition attached to
this situation. that is that Premier
Ciemenceau and Premier LLOYD
George must approve the Presidents
. idea. first that the league covenant
Is as acceptable as it can be made
and second that by high speed proc
ess it should he put through the
plenary session without giving any
! opportunity for lengthy discussion
I and then put into the treaty.
IL was this which lent a keen in
terest To the conferences which Pres,-
dent Wilson had Immediately after
his arrival In Paris to-day. In Brit
ish and French circles there had
been considerable scepticism ms to the
possibility of getting the covenant
of the league Incorporated into. the
preliminary treaty. In both the
view was emphasized last week that
the covenant was only rough draft
quickly made, the French always re-
ferring 10 it as n project and assert
ing that many amendments and much
discussion were inevitable.
British HIVE suggested Changes.
Moreover, the British particularly
after watching closely the develop
ments in America, have been sug-
gestinG that compromise might be
advisable to insure ratification by the
United States. But whatever their
own opinions may be Premier Lloyd
George and Premier Clemenceau
scarcely can go behind the Presidents
judgment-ak the sisY. ion as it az
fccts the United States, being obliged
to accept him as the spokesman here
Of America.
lie believes this will give him AZ
the advantage, His confidence in tha
attitude Of the people of the United
States has been increased by 300 pc'.
SOnul messages received on the shin
while crossing, Friends made much
of the vote of The Amherst club after
debate, which was sent 10y wireless
to the President The President re-
marked that if Il representative com.
mittee of Americans knowing all tine
conditions over here had the question
of adopting his covenant presented 70
them there could he no doubt aS to
which way they would vote,
Tho chief question arising immedi-
ateiy upon the Presidents arrival In
Paris, therefore, was in regard TO
ianmiuG through the covenant of the
league, Both the French ana British
Premicrs are insiStent now that the
conditions demand the peace treaty
must be signed without delay, there.
forc they must either agree to dis
courage debate In thc plcnary ses-
sion which must %pprove the league
or else insist that the President give
up his plan and consent to allow the
matter TO be threshed out and incor-
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