The sun., 1919-05-21
WILSON WILL
NOT SIGN PACT
IF REVAMPED
Close Friends Say He Re-
fuses to Accept Impor-
tant Senate Changes.
WOULD CONTINUE WAR
Hopes to Win Full Support of
Treaty by Pressure on
Republicans.
WOULD CONTINUE WAR
by LAURENCE HILLS.
Stcr Correspondent Of TEE sus.

Copyright. 1919: all rfohts reserved.
PARIS, May 20.-If the Republican
members OF the Senate succeed In
making any important change in the
peace treaty proper or In the cove
nant of the League Of Nations Presi-
dent Wilson will refuse to sign the
revised treaty and will seek to pass
on to the Republicans the RESPONSE
bility for continuing the state of war
after the other nations had made
peace and also for what he thinks
Will happen in the European concert,
In which he has been participating, II
America goes back on the tentative
engagements which he has made.
This statement was made to The
Sun correspondent to-day by close
friends Of the President. following ad-
vices received from the United States
revealing that the situation so far as
concerns the ratification OF the treaty
Is much worse than the President or
his friends believed. The President
will sign the treaty, he says, but, as
Europe we'll knows now. his sigma
ture, unlike others to be affixed here,
is conditional. II the Senate makes
any changes the President to make
the treaty operative must sign 1t q
second time. showing that the changes
have his sanction. II the Republi-
cans upset this work over here by any
changes he will refuse to sign.
Results Are Pictured.
To compel the Republicans to bow
to the will Of the President Mr.. VIII
sons friends over here picture these
results as certain eventualities should
the Republicans make changes in the
treaty:
That the treaty provides it
shall be operative between
those nations signing as soon as
three signatures have been affixed;
consequently England, France and
either Italy or Japan are certain
to sign Immediately, with the re-
suit that these nations would be-
gin doing business with Germany
inside of a month, while Ameri-
cans would be entirely shut out
from German trade, owing to the
fact that a state Of war between
the United States and Germany
would still exist.
3 That friendly feeling and COOP
| Grafton between Great Britain,
France and America would be en-
tirely destroyed and a reaction
would set In against the United
States which would have most dis
astrous consequences for us.
2 That the people of America,
| desiring peace, would demand
that the Senate ultimately break
the deadlock by accepting every
thing as submitted by the Presi-
dent.
1t will be noticed that all this II
predicated on the idea the President
and his friends have that he can put
the responsibility for the tieup en-
tirely upon the Republicans, despite
the fact, as is recognized In foreign
diplomatic circles here, that the
President has persisted in conducting
negotiations here without the coop
Grafton of the Senate and without
ascertaining whether he was making
a treaty or covenant which they
would approve.
Surprise I'm British Circles.
Even in British circles since the
Presidents return to France and the
Republican situation has developed
there have been the greatest surprist
and disappointment expressed that
the President had not foreseen thu
difficulties and has not constituted
what the British call a coalition
peace commission resembling theil
own.
| From the reaction in British circles
| ConttHsed on Fifth Pogo
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