The sun., 1919-07-25
CAPPER DEMANDS
CHANGES IN TREATY
Senator Announces Position in
Account of Interview With
BEST Dressed President"
SEES WILSON YIELDING
Expects Pact WI BE Ratified
After Reservations
Are Made.
SEES WILSON YIELDING
Special Despatch TO THE Sun.

npectui DeSputcn 10 IHE sun.
WAsHINGroN, July 24.-Senator Cap
per Of Kansas. in Cappor's Weekly, his
own newspaper. has come out against
the ratification Of the peace treaty
without reservations and has declared
his unalterable opposition to adolescence
by the Senate in the Shantung agree
ment.
His position Is announced In a signed
statement, which the Weekly publishes.
An intimate version of his recent in
terview with the President, at which
the League of Nations was discussed. is
Included In the statement which says {:
The President received me In the
large reception room Just off the room
that he uses as an office. No one else
was present. l spent an hour with him.
His manner was most friendly. What
ever criticism the President may have
received in the past for his aloofness,
II is apparent that he doesn't purpose
to give occasion for this kind of criti-
cism while the treaty is pending. Next
to his smiability was most impressed
by the nicely of his dress. He was at
tired in blue coat, white flannel trous-
ers and the most immaculate of white
Kid shoes. His cravat, or tie, as we say
out West. was tied with the most pune
tilious care. II recalled an old saying
Of my boyhood. He looked like he might
have lust stepped out of a bandbox'
Il had observed the same care in re-
gard to his attire when he appeared be-
fore the Senate to deliver the peace
treaty. Certainly Woodrow Wilson de-
President Not in our time has any
President been 30 punctilious as to
dress. Taft Roosevelt, Mckinley, Cleve-
land, Harrison. Garfeld--none of them
vas what might be termed a dresser
We have to go clear back to Chester A.
Arthur to find any one who approaches
Wilson in the matter OF correct dress
and II is doubtful II even Arthur, who
was somewhat of a dandy. was so pain
stalking In the matter of absolutely
proper garb as President Wilson.
THE President lost no time in COM
ing to the matter at issue. He made It
apparent that he Is very seriously con-
cerned over the situation in Europe
and is emphatic in his view that an
early acceptance by US of the treaty
and League of Nations is imperative to
the restoration and preservation of
peace In those war devastated countries.
He indicated that he was greatly sur
prised at the opposition that had de-
veloped in America to the League OF
Nations covenant; that he had felt when
he had brought the European nations
to an acceptance Of the league idea that
the battle practically was won.
II told him frankly that in my judg-
ment the treaty could not be adopted
without modification or reservations. |
particularly emphasized the necessity of
making reservations in regard to Article
X. OF the league covenant, SO that there
could not be tho slightest question about
the right OF Congress to decide in each
particular instance whether the United
States should send troops to any foreign
land.
MY conference with the President
and the developments since the treaty
was formally submitted to the Senate
confirm my previously expressed view
that the treaty and league will not be
ratified with reservations. The fight to
reject the treaty Ia at an end, although
II will not be abandoned entirely by
Senators who are wholly opposed to
the league idea. The effort to separate
the league covenant from the treaty has
practically been abandoned. although Sen
ator Knox. author OF the resolution to
that effect. may press his resolution TO a
final vote. The fight from now on will
revolve around the subject of reserva-
lions, with opponents OF the league idea
seeking to make those reservations as
strong as possible and the President
seeking to make whatever reservations
are finally made as innocuous IS possible
Il have no doubt that the President
finally will acquiesce in the reservations
and that they will take such form as
will effectually safeguard the sover-
eighty of the United States in every par
ticular, guarantee the Monroe Doctrine
beyond question, modify Article X. sc
that our own Congress shall be morally