Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-11-17
HITCHCOCK AND
WILSON CONFER
\ ON PACT TODAY
Outcome of Conference Expect
ed to Determine Fate of
Treaty and Adjournment.

Washington, Nov. 16.-A confer,
ence tomorrow between President
Wilson and Senator Hitchcock, ad-
minstration leader in the senate con.
test over the peace treaty, was ex-
pected tonight to determine largely
the fate of the treaty and plans fol-
adjournment of the special session
of congress.
Senator Hitchcock will see the
president before the senate recon
venes to take up the final reserva.
tons to the treaty and expects to
obtain from him a final word on the
form of reservation he will accept
Definite outcome of the treaty
controversy this week-either by a
deadlock or reserved ratification
and adjournment of the special SEES
sion of congress tonight seemed as
sured. With the cloture rule in eff
feet. the, senate tomorrow will take
up the two remaining committee
reservations. and after disposal OF
dozens of individual reservations
reach the last stage of ratification
reservations.
With final action on the treaty
adjournment sine die of the session
which began May 10, is planned be-
fore the new and long session be-
gins two weeks from tomorrow.
~ House Action Unknown.
What the house will do while the
senate is in the last stage of the
treaty fight had not been deter
mined today.
The railroad bill will be taken up
again tomorrow and probably passed
by tomorrow night or Tuesday. Not
much will be done after that.
Senator Hitchcock said tonight
that he would submit the majority
reservations as adopted and those
still before the senate, together with
the minority substitutes, to Presi-
dent Wilson "for his final judg-
ment."
Leaders of both parties predicted
that the president would not accept
the reservation program adopted by
the senate. The majority managers
said they were proceeding with plans
to override Vice President Mar
shall's proposed ruling that the
treaty could not live or die by vote
on the resolution containing reserva-
tons adopted by the majority The
program of the majority contem-
plates that final rejection of the
Lodge resolution, upon reconsidera-
ton with second vote, shall be
ruled as decisive ratification or de-
feat.
First Reservation Up.
The first reservation TO come up
tomorrow is designed to qualify the
treaty provisions by which Ger
many renounces in favor of the big
five powers her title to her overseas
possessions, of which final DISPOSE
ton is to be made afterward,' under
the mandatory system. The reserva-
ton declares the United States de-
clines to accept as trustee, or in its
own right, any responsibility for
such territory.
For this reservation the republican
leaders declare they are assured of
a majority, but they are not so cer-
tain about the other and final mea..
sure en- the committee program. 1t
is a blanket reservation by which
this country would decline to submit
to the leagues decision any question
it considered to involve vital nation
al rights and interests.
In the statement issued tonight
the executive committee of the lea
que to enforce peace, declared that
if such reservation were adopted,
it would be "the clear duty of every
senator who sincerely believed in a
league of nations to vote against ra-
t,fcation.