Arizona republican., 1919-09-04
TREATY
 WILL NOT PASS
 UNTIL CHANGED
Information Gained by Gov.
 Campbell in Washington
 Says It Must Be Changed ! Or Never Be Approved

F Or Never Be Approved
 Though the people throughout the country are thinking more about the high cost of living than anything else, said Governor Campbell yesterday, the expressing topic in congress is the world peace treaty and the league of nations though congressman are aware that the people only want something done with the treaty, they do no. care what, just so that it is taken out of the way of other more important legis lation.
 So far as congress is concerned, said the governor, the treaty has been re- duced to partisan basis. There are five republican senators who will vote for the ratification of the treaty with out amendments or reservations There are probably not more than two demo- cratic senators who are opposed to the League of Nations, though there are several who would rather support it with amendments but they will stand by the administration.
 Last Friday, representatives of Egypt, Armenia and India were before
  jecting to phases of the treaty affect ing their respective countries. On Saturday a large Irish delegation ap- peared before the committed. There were present Frank P. Walsh, former Governor Dunne and MT. Ryan of the Irish commission which went to Europe during the sitting of the peace confer ence Another member of the delega- tion before the senate committee was Bourke Cochran.
 They are demanding the exclusion of Article x of the covenant of the League of Nations and they declare that unless 1t is rejected it will bring the almost solid Irish-American vote against the democratic party next year. Nearly all the members of the delegation are democrats. They were further embit- tered by the absence from the hearing of all the democratic members of it ex- cept two, while all the republican mem bers were present
 The Irish representatives were at dinner at the same time that the gov ernor and Senator Ashurst were sit ting at another table. Seeing them a member of the delegation invited the governor and senator to join them. All of them began raging the senator on his unqualified support of the coven- ant. And you are more than half Irish, too" said one of them, "the best half of you is Irish" referring to Mrs Ashurst.
 One member of the delegation was Robert Emmett O'Malley of Kansas City, an influential democratic politi- clan. Said he to MT. Ashurst: "There are 25,000,000 Irish voters in this coun- try and a very large majority of them are naturally democrats and have been voting the democratic ticket. I can safely tell you that 95 per cent of the lrishmen of America will vote against the democratic ticket if the treaty is ratified as it now stands"
 What would happen to the treaty was told Governor Campbell by one of the leading republican senators. one who has not been prominent in his l opposition to the League of Nations or the treaty but who is on the inside | The governor did not feel at liberty to | disclose his name for publication. but he said that his prediction might be re- garded as accurate.
 | This senator said that the more vio. | lent amendments that the majority ot the committee on foreign relations has been bringing in will be rejected by l the senate by narrow margins. The | republicans understand that and theii only object in introducing them is tc | put certain democratic members or record for the information of theil ! constituencies. After these amend ments and reservations have been de- 1 feated, others of a milder character will be proposed but they may or not be accepted. That will depend upon the | pertinacity of the president As tot amendment for the rejection of the Shantung provisions, there has never been hope that it would be accented 1 by the senate.
 But, said this senator, there are 4t senators pledged to the rejection of the unamended treaty. That is eight more man are necessary to defeat it an6 these senators will not be swerved by an, 1 influence. That said the senator is the precise situation: unless the treaty is materially amended, the United States will not participate in it's ratification,
 Contrary to the report recently sen out from Washington that the opposi. l ton senators would send traiIers after Presldent Wilson, Governor Campbell said that that would not be done. Thi. senator said that such step has beer considered but had been rejected a. unnecessary. Such arguments as tn, president might make on his tour, i mas been decided could be better an. swered, If desirable, from Washington
 It was quite likely, said this senator that Senator Johnson would visit Cali. tornia during the stay of the presi dent there or soon after and that prob ably Senator Reed would make speech es In different parts of the countr, against the League of Nations. Bu that would be outside of any opposition