New-York tribune., 1919-11-21

reservations. But we will not consent
to any material modification of the
reservation on Article X. The Demo-
Gratis will have to accept that substan-
tlaily as it is if .hey want 10 have the
treaty ratified at all"
Senators Moses and Brandegee said
that President Wilson would have to
ask the Senate for the treaty before
he withdraws it. They did not look
for any opposition to sending it back
so that it could be resubmitted.
Senator Moses predicted a long delay
~ the recons liberation of the treaty.
He said that nine of the seventeen
member of the Senate Foreign Re-
latiens Committee would refuse to con-
slider it until after the President had
transmitted to the Senate all of the
information on the treaty and the Paris
negotiations he refused to submit at
the last session.
The infoi nation and documents
asked for include the treaties with
Austria, Hungary, Turkey and Bulgaria,
aud reports of the proceedings at
Versailles. Until they are received, he
said. the committee will take no action
on the treaty with Germany. The pro
posed alliance between the United
States Great Britain and France. he
added, will not be taken up until the
treaty with Germany has been dis
posed OF finally.
joint Peace Resolution
The Lodge resolution, declar;nc the
existence Of n status of reace with
Germany, which was introduced in the
Senate last night will be changed from
q concurrent resolution to a Joint reso
lutcn OF Congress-. in the opinion Of
Senators Mos 8 and Lenroot. They
said there was considerable doubt
among the ReDub lean Senators that
peace could be estab'i he'd by means
OF concurrent resolution. which did
not require the approval of the Presi-
dent; Senator Moses predicted that the
resolution would be made joint meas
ure that would require the Presidents
signature before beir~ reported by the
Foreign Relations Committee
Commenting on the rejection of the
resolutions of ratification By the Sem
ate asst night, Senator Moses said:
This is another example of tie fate
that overcomes men who write too
many letters. 1t began and ended with
letter. The frst was written on
october 26 of last year or thercabouts,
wren the President denarded of the
American people the right to do what
~ '"s>A ottS'HPtVN W uO. Ane Otn0r
was written yesterday when he or.
dered the Democrats in the Senate
to reject the treaty If they could not
get it in the form in which he himsel
had agreed to it. BIT perhaps tn
most important was his persistent re-.
fusal to consult with Senator Lodge
who after the elections Of last Novem-
ber automatically became the leader
in the Senate"
"The treaty with Germany as orig
inally presented to the Senate" said
Senator FrelinEhuysen of New Jersey
was obnoxious from the American
standpoint. The league Of nations as
presented was unworkable and danger
Gus. TIE Lodge resolutions were the
effort of Republicans in the Senate to
protect American rights and interests.
voted for the treaty and league of
nations, believing that. with these res
ervations. my country was fairly we'll
/ protected
"The defeat OF the treaty is due
solely to the order from the President
to his Democratic friends in the SEN
ate to kill the Americanizing reserva-
tions, if possible. and failing in that
direction to kill the treaty itself.
which they proceeded to Do. ! eannot