Great Falls daily tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1895-1921, 1919-10-22
Ultimatum Served Upon
Hitchcock Forces; Al
Have Option Of Yield
ing or Killing Pact.
New Program McCum-
Der S; Jones Would Get
Out if Ireland Wash t
Freed in Two Years.

Washington, Oct. 21.-The
question Of accepting peace
treaty reservations without fur
ther opposition was earnestly
considered by democratic senate
leaders today under the pressure
Of developments pointing to an
early showdown in the ratifica-
tion fight.
The treaty opposition's at
tempt to secure at last complete
agreement on a reservation pro-
gram by the senate majority,
brought the situation to an un-
expected issue by serving notice
that their proposals would go
before the foreign relations COM
mittee tomorrow, when the ad-
ministration leaders will be
asked to 60 on record definitely
as accepting or rejecting it.
Described by the majority
spokesmen as in the nature of an
ultimatum, the announcement
was followed by a conference on
the administration side which
lasted all day but resulted in no
final decision. Senator's who
were present said that while
some Of the leaders stood out
determinedly against any COM
promise, there was an apparent
disposition on the part of Sen
.ator Hitchcock and others to
consider the practicability Of
such step.
Nine Reservations Offered.
The representative program, as it is
10 be presented to the committee for
approval. was not made public, but it
was understood to embrace nine reseva-
tons evolved from suggestions gathered
from many sources. The subjects said
70 be covered were the following:
The right of the country to Judge
whether its obligations had been full
filled in case of withdrawal from the
league Of nations; the unimpaired power
of congress to decide questions of peace
hor war under article 10; domestic deci-
Islon Of all domestic questions: preserva-
ton unaffected of the Monroe doctrine;
refusal to be a party to the Shantung
settlement; equalization of voting power
IN the league, congressional selection
ht American representatives in the
league, elimination of the powers Of
such representatives and those on in
ternational commissions; and nullfica-
tion of the right of the international
labor conference to challenge the eigi-
bility Of American representatives in
international labor bodies
Branded Rejection by Wilson.
Later Senator Jones, republican,
Washington, presented reservation by
which the United States would give
notice that it intended to Withdraw from
the league at the end Of two years un-
less within that time Shantung had been
restored to China; the Irish situation
solved IN way satisfactory to the Irish
people; Egypt made an independent
state and peace time conscription
abolished by all of the league members
One disturbing element in this program
for the administration leaders was the
fact that they had heard that the article
ten reservation followed closely the
language Of one presented in the senate
during the day by Senator McCumber
republican. North Dakota. which. in
turn. was in almost the exact language
which President Wilson announced in
his Cheyenne. Wyo., address would be
regarded by him as a rejection Of the
treaty
Chance to Cool Off.
Behind the majority's proposal, it IS
declared by their sponsors. will stand
all of the 40 republicans and at least
q democrats. leaving as maximum Al
democrats opposing them.
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