The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-11-18
Following Conference Hitchcock
Asserted Mr.. Wilson Regard
ed Reservations to Treaty as
Impossible.
FOUR MINOR RESOLUTIONS
VOTED DOWN BY SENATE
If at End of Administration
Program Reservations Are
Finally Adopted President
Will ssPocket Treaty" It is Said

washington, Nov II. - President
Wilson will pocket the peace treaty
il it contains the Lodge reservations.
he told Senator Hitchcock at a confer
ence today at the White House.
"The president read and considered
the Lodge reservations Senator
Hitchcock said, "and he considers them
a notification of the treaty and utterly
impossible"
Four reservations to the peace
treaty, two OF which were by the for
eign relations committee, were voted
down by the senate today. The COM
mittee proposals lost would have de-
clared unwilIingness of the United
states to assume any responsibility for
German overseas possessions which
Germany ceded to the five big powers
pending settlement of mandatories and
"A Blanket reservation excluding from
the league, jurisdiction over all ques-
tions affecting the honor and vital in
terests of the United States. These
never had been promised support by
mild reservationists.
Two other reservations voted down
were by Senator Owen, Democrat, of
Oklahoma, one designed to assure self
government for Egypt the other de-
claring the treaty was interpreted as
perpetuating the principles OF the
arrnistice and the fourteen points.
The presidents statement today to-
Senator Hitchcock that he would put
the treaty in his desk unless the rescr-
vations already adopted were modified
seemed merely to tighten lines in the
senate.
The program outlined by Senator
Hitchcock after he had seen President
Wilson last week will be carried
through, in the senate Mr.. Hitchcock
said
This contemplated defeat of the rati-
fication resolution with the Lodge
reservations attached and the offering
of a resolution for ratification with
out reservations. With the defeat OF
this new resolution a deadlock would
follow and a compromise be sought.
Senator Hitchcock was with the
president for an hour.
sI find the president has read and
considered the Lodge reservations and
that he considers them a notification
of the treaty and utterly impossible"
the senator said did the president
tell you what his course would be in
the event the Lodge reservations are
accepted by the senate?" he was
asked.
"The president viii pocket the
treaty was the reply.
"Eyen il reservation is stricken
outg"
YES, that would make no difference
in the presidents decision
Senator Hitchcock did not interpret
the presidents stand to mean that the
treaty was dead. declaring he still be-
lieved a compromise reservation pro-
gram could be worked out
The preamble of the committee reso-
luton. requiring that the senate reser-
vations must be accepted by three of
the other great powers, was said by
the Democratic Leader to be particu-
larly objectionable to the president.
who regarded it. he declared as killing
the treaty absolutely
He indicated also the article ten
reservation was entirely unacceptable
to Mr.. Wilson. but said the executive
might be Willing to accept some of the
other proposals on the committee pro-.
gram.
AS soon as he left the White House
Senator Hitchcock began plans for a
conference of Democratic friends of
the treaty. 1t was said it might be
held tonight. The plan at first had
been to have the mild reservation re-
publicans in the conference, but it is
understood they informed the demands
they We're unwilling to negotiate until
the committee program had come to a
vote.