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ocean to- dull British enthusiasm and
TO hearten French opposition.
These Senators felt that 1t was their
duty to put forth the official" con-
domination and since they will have no
opportunity to express 1t otherwise
they decided to address the world and
then read the list OF Senators pledged
to uphold their stand.
Unofficial Session Dropped.
There has been talk in the last few
days Of a conference in Washington of
Senators who have been elected to the
next Congress. The idea preached was
that the Republicans should call a
meeting invite the Democrats to Join
them, elect a president pro tenn. and
then hold an unofficial session of the
Senate in which, after a discussion, q
vote could be taken on some form Of
a condemnatory resolution. There was
objection to this plan, and finally It
was dropped, and the course pursued
by Senator Lodge tonight was SUBJ
stituted.
that they were needed at home. The
point was made that It might be impos-
sible under the strict rules of the Senate
to use the Senate chamber for the un-
official session. Then appeared the sug-
gsstion for a pledge which would have
the same effect abroad as q vote upon a
resolution would have and the susges-
ton found instant favor.
Publicity had not been desired until
all of the signatures had been obtained,
but the secret was too interesting to be
kept. II may be noted that these sig
natures are entirely of members Of the
next Senate. They include no sigma
lures OF members defeated in the No
vember election.
Another most interesting develop
ment OF the last day but one OF the
Sixty-fifth Congress was the revelation
that some OF the ablest international
lawyers on the Republican side OF the
Senate are agreed that the peace treaty
and the British-Wilson League OF Ma
lions plan cannot be interlocked and
| thus forced through the Senate.
An attempt OF that kind is expected
by Senators that have had the oppor-
tunity OF talking to Mr.. Wilson. They
know that he will not tolerate a single
essential amendment of this covenant
that would haul down the American flag
They have heard more than one hint
that he plans to drive the league plan
| through harnessed to the peace treaty
and so attempt to force upon the SEN
ate the responsibility OF multiplying peace
| IL 1t rejects the league plan.
Senate leaders are confident, however
| that he can do no such thing. They IN
sisted to-day that II the two documents
are linked. they will be able to ratify
the treaty Of peace and ignore or vote
down the League of Nations constitu.
ton.
Jewish State Raises Question.
A lesser but not uninteresting topic
was the Jewish problem now being
forced upon the Senate's attention. The
evident intention. one communicated yes
| terday to a delegation from the Ameri-
| can Jewish Congress by the President
| himself. Of the Peace Conference to es.
tablish a Palestine state, presents q
problem whose solution by no means has
been thought out
| Tho intimation 10 that the United
| States Is to be the mandatory" for the
State OF Palestine or OF Zion. which ever
| name be chosen. But Jews in the United
States are sharply divided on the ques-
ton. Moreover. Syria IL in strong OPP
position.
A third point raised is that the popu.
iatiop OF Palestine consists OF 100. 00C
Jews and OF 100000 non-Jews, OF whom
| $4,000 form a solid Arabic speaking
Moslem community. This raised the
| question as to what rights this non.
Jewish population would enjoy in a Jew.
| ish state. a state which must neces.
| sarily be founded upon a religion which
| would link church and state.
1t also raised the question as "a
whether the United States. in any evsnt
| could consent to act as mandatory for a
nation thus linking church and state, q
policy always fundamentally un-Ameri-
can.
The President will leave Washington
| by special train at p. NJ. tomorrow
and will arrive in the Pennsylvania Sta
ton, New York, at P, NJ. He will ap.
pear with Mr.. Taft In the Metropolitan
| Opera House at about s: 80 p. NJ to de-
fend the BritishWilson plan.