Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-10-22
Senate Committee Formu-
lates Program to Meet
Changed Conditions.
PLAN TO FORCE b.
ALLIES TO ACCEPT
Preamble Provides Peace Treaty Shall
Not Become Effective Until Three Of
Powers Accept ssnate's Reservations
Democratic Ranks Split and In
surssnts Insist Wilson and Hitch
cook Agree to Accept Safeguards.

Washington, Oct. 22.-Four revised
reservations to the treaty were adopted
today by the senate foreign relations
committee. with the administration
leaders voting solidly against them
The four reservations approved re-
lated to Article X, the Monroe doctrine,
withdrawal and domestic questions.
On most Of the question the vote was
II to 6. all the republicans and Sena-
tor Shields voting in the affirmative.
The committee also adopted pre-
anlble to the reservation prohibiting
that the treaty should not become
effective until three of the allied
powers had agreed to the senates
reservations.
Democrats Split.
Open revolt broke out in the admin
istration ranks yesterday against the
unyieldlng attitude of President Will
son and his spokesman, Senator Hitch
cock. towards reservations designed to
safeguard American interests in the
peace treaty. ...-. -
Manifestations OF the dissatisfaction,
long brewing. came to the surface yes
terday at q conference Of democratic
members Of the foreign relations COM
mittee and other influential senators
on the democratic side. Tho confer
ence was called for the purpose of
bringing about unity Of action in deal
Ing with the reservations. which are
soon to reach showdown. g.s
The democratic members Of the for
eign relations committee. in particular,
wanted the advice Of their colleagues
as to what should be done at the COM
,nittee meeting today to place the
reservations in final form for the con.
sideration Of the senate.
Conference Is DsadIocked.
Such wide differences Of opinion de-
veloped that the conference. found it
self hopelessly deadlocked and had to
adjourn without making any decision.
Senator Hitchcock stuck to the posi-
ton he has consistently maintained
thruout the treaty fight: that the res
should not be crossed until 1t was
reached. He urged his colleagues not
to abandon the fight for the ratiflca-
tion Of the treaty without the dotting
Of an "i" or the crossing Of a It," at
least not until the president was suf-
ficiently recovered to assume direction
Of the fight again. ....
Other democratic senators took the
bit in their teeth and bluntly told
Senator Hitchcock that they might as
we'll confess defeat with regard to the
reservation program. y #
The reservation to article K was
Identical. except for the transposition
of one phase, to the one which presi-
dent Wilson announced on his western
trip he would be forced ito regard
as rejection of the treaty"
Call Reservations InsvitabIe.
They urged acceptance Of the in
evitable and sope Of them kicked over
the traces so far as to inform the ad-
ministration leader he could expect no
support from them If he tried to carry
out his threat to defeat the peace
treaty because Of the Lodge reserva-
tions. ..- s
They declared the time had come to
recognize that the opposition had the
votes to put the reservations in the
treaty and that the best thing Mr..
Hitchcock could do was to faU In line
with the best compromise obtainable.
After the confereice Senator Hitch
cock wrote Admiral Grayson, President
Wilson's physician, describing the sit
uation in optimistic language and tell
Ing him there was nothing for the
president to worry about Immediately.
Problems Soon to. Be Acute.
However, he added. the reservation
issue would become acute soon and
said that he ought to have a confer
ence with the president within a week
or ten days.
The foreign relations committee to-
day will reconstruct the reservation
program, strengthening the provisions
OF its original report. The majority Of
the committee IL entirely agreed on a
series Of reservations, including not
only the original reservations but
several others designed to meet tho
shantung question and the preponder-
ance Of British voting power in the
league.
Rsruh!!c:. leaders said 1t was no
longer a matter Of importance what
the attitude Of the administration
forces might bs; the reservations were
assured this support Of considerablS
more than majority.