The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1919-12-05
PRESIDENT WILSON ASKED TO
GIVE FINAL WORD ON ResGR.
vATloNs he WILL ACCEPT
PLANNING FOR ADJ0uRNmE
Regular Session Of Congress Com.
mences December and Both Houses
Expeet to Take Vacation Of
Week.-Cloture in Effect


today between President Wilson and
Senator Hitchcock. administration
leader in the senate contest over the
peace treaty. was expected last night
to determine the fate Of the treaty
and plans for adjournment Of the spe.
cial session of congress.
Senator Hitchcock will see the
president before the senate recon.
venes to take up the final reservations
to the treaty, and expects to obtain
from him final word on the form
Of reservations he will accept. The
conference was arranged at Senator
HitchcOck's request after seeing a
number Of Democratic leaders.
Definite Outcome Assured.
Definite outcome Of the treaty con-
troversy this week. either by dead
lock or reserved ratification and adj
journment OF the special session of
congress last night seemed assured.
With the cloture rule in effect. the
senate today will take up the two re-
naming committee reservations. and.
after disposal of dozens Of individual
reservations, reach the last stage of
ratification resolutions.
With final action on the treaty ad.
.iournment sine die Of the session,
which began May 10. is planned be-
fore the new and long session begins
two weeks from TODAY
At tOdays treaty conference at the
White House. Senator Hitchcock will
he able to give the president the last
survey of the situation. Except for a
few additional reservations, whose
adoption is expected. the majOrity's
final resolution of ratification virtu.
ally is III form.
Senator Hitchcock said last night
that he would submit the majority
reservations as adopted and those
still before the senate. together with
the minority substitutes. to President
Wilson for his final judgment.
Leaders OF both parties predicted
that the president would not accept
the reservation program adopted by
the senate. The majority managers
said they We're proceeding with plans
TO override Vice President Marshall's
proposed ruling that the treaty could
not live or die on vote on the reso.
buttons containing resolutions adopted
by the majority.
The program Of the majority con-
templates that final rejection Of the
Lodge resolution on reconsideration
with second vote shall be ruled as
decisive ratification or defeat.
The first reservation to come up to-
day is designed to qualify the treaty
provisions by which Germany re-
nounceS, in favor of the "big five
powers. her title to her overseas pos.
sessions. of which final disposition is
to be made afterward under the man.
datory system. The reservations de-
clare the United States declines to
accept as trustee. or in its own right,
any responsibility for such territory.
Majority Assured for Reservation.
For this reservation. the Republi.
can leaders declare, they are assured
of a majority, but they are not so Ger.
tain of the other and final measure
on the committee program. 1t is a
blanket reservation by which this
country would decline to submit ia
the leagues decision any question /,
considered to involve vital national
rights and interests. Some of the
mild reservation group do not favor
it, and predict its defeat.
In a statement issued last night the
| executive committee of the league to
enforce peace declared that if such u
reservation We're adopted. It would be
1.-The clear duty of every senator who
sincerely believes in league of ma
tionS to vote against the ratification