Bisbee daily review., 1919-10-22
Administration Leaders Will Be Asked to Accept or Re ject Proposals; Early Ac-
 ton Is Expected in Fight
Program Not Made
 Public By Sponsor
Refusal to Be Party to the Shantung Settlement Said To Be One of the Changes
 Planned; McCumber Active


 WASHINGTON, Oct 21-The Ques- ton of accepting peace treaty reser- vations without further opposition was earnestly considered by Demo cratic senate leaders today under the pressure of developments point ing to an early showdown in the rati- fication fight.
 The treaty opposition forces, an- nouncing at last a complete agree ment on a reservation program by the senate majority, brought the sit nation to an unexpected issue by serving notice that their proposal would go before the foreign relations committee tomorrow, when the ad- ministration leaders would be asked to go or record definitely as accept ing or rejecting it.
 Described by the majority spokes- men as in the nature of an ultimatum, the announcement was followed by a conference on the administration side which lasted all day, but result ed in no final decision. Senators who were present said that while some of the leaders stood out de- terminedly against any compromise, there was an apparent disposition on the part of Senator Hitchcock and others to consider seriously the prac- ticability of such step.
 The reservation program as 1t IS to be presented to the committee for approval was not made public, but it was understood to embrace nine reservations, evolved from sugges- tions gathered from many sources. The subjects said to be covered were the following:
 The right of this country to judge whether it's obligations had been full filled in case of withdrawal from the league of nations; the unimpaired power of congress to decide ques- tions of peace or war under article ten; domestic decision of all domes- tic questions; preservation unaffect- ed of the Monroe doctrine; refusal to be a party to the Shantung set tlement; equalization of voting power in the league; congressional selection of American representa- tives and those on international com missions and nullification of the right of the international labor con- ference to challenge the eligibility of American representatives in interna- tional labor bodies.
 The disturbing element in this pro- gram for the administration leaders was the fact that they had heard the article ten reservation followed close ly the language of one presented in the senate during the day by Sena- tor McCumber Republican of North Dakota, which in turn was in almost the exact language which President Wilson announced in his Cheyenne, Wyo.. address, would be regarded by him "as a rejection of the treaty"
 Behind the majority's proposals, 1t is declared by their sponsors, will stand all of the 49 Republicans and at least six Democrats, leaving as a maximum forty-one Democrats op- posing them. In these circumstances the administration managers were told their only hope of defeating the program was to vote against ratifi- cation after the reservations have been put into the ratification resolu- tion. Some of the Democrats want to pursue that course, and the gen eral prediction tonight was that com mittee action would be fought off tomorrow togive the administration forces O day or two to think the mat ter over In their conference today the Democratic leaders did not have before them the actual wording of the reservations, as agreed on by the
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