The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-06-22
KNOX RESOLUTION. .
TO Be BROUGHT UP !
IN SENATE MONDAY
ELIHU ROOT COMPLICATES PEACE
MATTERS BY LAYING
NEW PLAN
BORAH ABOUT To SECEDE
Definitely announces he will leave Re'
publican party II il stands for Nersa'
lilies action--rwenty- eight leading
New Workers. demand immediate
Ratification of Treaty.

Ratification of Treaty.
Washington, June 21.--The league
of nations controversy in the senate
wa senlivened today by a series of dei
velopments accepted as showing the
lines into which the nal ratication fight
may fall
Elihu Root, secretary of state under
President Roosevelt laid before the for.
eign relations committee a program for
acceptance of the league with certain
reservations.
Senator Borah, republican, of Idaho.
gave notice in a senate speech that ne
could not remain in the republican par
ty if it failed to take a more denite
stand against the league.
Senator Hitchcock, democrat of Ne
braska, replied that no party dared
stand against the league proposal ana
declared the covenant was assured or
ratication by republican votes.
Senator Knox of Pennsylvania decided
to call for showdown of senate opin-
ion Monday by bringing in his resolu-
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cepted with the league covenant at
tached.
OF these developments. the recon.
mendations of former Secretary Root,
presented after two days of conference
here with league opponents. attracted
widest discussion tonight, because it
was regarded as embodying a plan on
which an appeal is likely to be made for
| - b.. yuh In
fully approve the Paris covenant.
The reservations which Mr.. Root sug-
gested should be written into the SEN
ate's ratication resolution would be de-
signed to soften the nations obligations
for guaranteeing the integrity of for
eign countries and to further safeguard
the Monroe doctrine, the right Of with
drawal from the league and the deter
mination of purely domestic problems.
These reservations could be made. the
former secretary declared, in perfect
harmony with the traditions OF diplom-
acy and without endangering other
league provisions.
The decision to bring up the Knox
resolution was reached after a confer
ence of leaders had agreed that some
vote revealing the exact state of senate
strengthen the position of league OPP
ponents. There were rumors tonight
that this decision might be reversed,
however, and substitute for the Knox
: measure brought in later in the week.
But it seemed certain that the opposi-
; ton was determined to show it's
: strength in some concrete manner be.
fore the treaty is submitted for ratifl.
, cation.
BOrah Becomes Bitter
Senator Borah made his threat of
, withdrawing from his party during
sharp debate, started when the Idaho
, senator read into the record a petition
signed by 2S prominent New York re-
publicans asking that the peace treaty
= be ratified without delay Among the
, signers We're George w. Wickersham,
I former attorney.general. and Oscar S.
Straus, former ambassador to Turkey,
who We're bitterly assaied by Mr..
Borah Mr.. Straus was talking to sew
eral senator's just outside the senate
chamber when the speech was made.
The speaker also quoted an appeal
of former President Taft against the
Knox resolution, in which Mr.. Taft
urged that politics should stop at the
+ waters edge.
, II agree with that perfectly" con.
tinued Mr.. Borah. Does politics stop at
= the waters edge regarding the Monroe
doctrine? Yes. but on this side of the
- water. And so with a multitude of 9TH
$ er things in this covenant. 1t is incon-
, cevable that this can be kept out of
y politics, for the people have no way to
f epress themselves ecept through polit.
!, ical parties"
d WAS that the view of those who
@ signed the round robin?" interrupted
p. Senator Pomerene, democrat. of Ohio.
/, Il can only assume to speak for my
self" replied Mr. Borah. There never
2 was an instant when / would not have
r denounced my party as cowardly if it
?. had taken stand for this league. Mr..
Hays the republican national commit
4 tee chairman says this is an American
:, question. 1t is, but it has two sides,
;. and on which side does he stand?
;, Il have been republican lal my life.
! should like to remain a republican,
but | would trample any platform that
endorsed this treacherous scheme and
, would spit upon any platform that was
silent on the subject. The internation-
al bankers may monopolize everything
IN 'ic oihNSd oldtcS. Dul lllcy Cdn no
y nopolize the right to organize q new
/ political party.
:, Mr.. Hays cannot commit the repub.
e lcan party to neutrality. Certain re.
g publicans don't want the party to take
definite position, because they know
s the democratic party is thoroughly or
t. ganized, and that in ever precinct In
IT the United States it is fighting for the
n League of Nations.
'Mr. Straus is around the corridors OF
d the capitol now exerting his Influence az
n a republican to get the party not &c
take stand against the league. Why L
he here? Whom does he represent? Sc
far as l am concerned. it doesn't make
is any difference what the republican
[. party does. l know there will be I
e. party that will stand for American
,e rights"