The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1919-08-22
PRESIDENT AGAINST
ANY AMENDMENTS
ADMINISTRATION FORCES CEN.
TER EFFORTS ON BRINGING
TREATY OUT or COMMITTEE.
RESISTANCE IS s1lFFENe0
Both Sides Developing Strength for
FIGHT on Amendment Proposal 70
Strike Shantunq Provisions
From Treaty

Washington. y. c.. Aug 1S.-A> q
sequel to the White house conference
between President Wilson and Sen
ator Hitchcock. administration leader.
ii became apparent today that the al
miniStratiun forces would center their
present effort on bringing the treaty
out Of committee and defeating amy
textural amendments. leaving IN me
background any negotiations relative
to final ratification with reservations.
Meantime. Republican senators de-
clared one result of the negotiations
and Of Senator HitchcOck's statements
after he left the president had been
10 stiffen resistance to any attempt ut
unrcServed ratification and to Increase
the determination of those who want
The treaty amended outright. They as
serted the recent poll had shown OPP
position to the Shantung provision
growing stronger in the face Of ex-
planatory statements from Toxic and
from the White house.
The reported position of the pre>i-
dent that any lex,nal amendments
would send the treaty back for re-
negotiation to Germany without any
military force to compel acceptance ~
the American demands was taken as
largely for recnstins the trend Of the
amendment fight.
The fact that Senator Hitchcock did
no, quote the president as standing I'M
compromisingly against reservations
for the same reason. was pointed ont
as significant by some of the group
of Republicans. who. under the lead
of Senator McNary. Republican. Ore
son. have agreed on Il set of reServa
TONS They declared all the elements
Of the situation bore out their claims
Of Wednesday that they had informa-
ton insuring Democratic assent to
their program.
Lodge Studies Drafts.
Ii is known that Mr.. Lodge has been
studying Il number If drafts. including
those drawn by the Mc\ary group
and those suggested hy Elihu Root.
William II. Taft and Charles f.
Hughes He is understood not ~ have
stood sponsor for the draft he showed
Ia the Republican senators. however
but merely to have submitted them
for consideration.
Republicans as>er, that tho only
to be adopted in place of textual
amendments. will he agreement on II
draft drawn by Mr.. Ledge ar SOME
other senator which must be accepted
by the Democrats.
The Democratic leaders. however
maintained there had been no change
in their stand for unreServed ra,iti,a-
ton and in some quarters the outcome.
of the conference between the pres-
dent and Senator Hitchcock was in
terpreted to mean that Mr. Wilson
would fight uncompromisingly against
both amendments and reservations. It
was inferred by some senators that
the president had refused to coun-
tenance the negotiations looking 10
reservations which had been con-
Quoted by some Democrats.
The amendment proposal which the
leaders on both sides expect to develop
the greatest strength in the senate
contempateS striking from the treaty
| the provisions giving Japan control in
| the Chinese province of Shantun.. Not
| only did the recent poll show an in
crease in the number who oppose the
| provision. The Republicans assert. but
| several senators gave that IT'S heir
| only reason for not accepting the res
erNaiion program which covers only
! provisions in the league.
! Count on Lodge.
Advocates of The Sh:ntung arnentl-
| menl declare Senator Lodge Mil line
M with them on the proposal raey
also assert he will support seVera.
other teNl,ul amendments in the conn
| milf"e. but the reservation group are
inclined To think he will not.
| As IA result there is unusual inter-
est in the committee situation and in
| the Republican leaders attitude.
toward reservations us opposed 10
amendments changing the body Of tl.
| treaty itself. With Senator M.1um-
Der. Republican,. North Dakota. eN-
pected to vote with the Democrats
| against the important amendment sub
| mitled by Senators Rorah. Repnb-
lican, Idaho: FAN. Republican,, New
Mexico. and others. Chairman Ioiye
may be found To hold the balance Of
power between the two widely differ