The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-10-22
MAY ACCEPT
RESERVATIONS
ADMINISTRATION MEN
DISCUSSING THE STEP
Nine Reservations Reported
In the Program Of the
Senate Majority

WASHINGTON. Oct 2l.-The Tu"s-
ton If accepting peace treaty rcscrFa-
rions without further opposition was
earnestly considered by Democratic
senate leaders t"dar. under III" pres
sure nf Developments r",nlIng tn an
carly show down N the ratification
fight
The treaty opposition forces. an
nnuncius =: las, q ,umNlci" agreement
on n reservation program hy IN" SEN
at" ma i,rIty. brought IN" situation tn
mn uu"N orrtcd i.N,i" hy serving notice
that thor rr"Iusal would 20 before
~, foreign r"lnfI0HE C"mmitjc" to-
morrow when administration leaders
would h, asked : ! 70 O. record dchnitc-
~ as aCr"ltinc "r rrJ'r' n= t.
No Final Decision.
DasrrlhrG hr ih" majority spok"smen
as in tho nature Of an ultImatum tho
announcement was followed by a con-
ference on th" administration side
which lasted all day but resulted in no
final decision. senator's who were pro-
ont said that whrl" som" "f IN" lead
crS stood out hrIrrmIncdly against any
comprom Sc. rhrr" was an apparent DIS
position on the part If Senator Hitch
cock and others to consider seriously
the practicah!l!ty of such step.
Nine Rozervations.
The reservation program rs II ia 70 he
presented 10 rhH committee for arHToN-
al was not madr public. but it was un-
dcrsrood to embrace min" r"srrva IONS.
evolved from suggestions gathered
from many sources. Tho subjects said
10 be covered were the following:
The right e this country 20 judge
whether its chligatl"ns had bccn fulfill
ca in case e withdrawal from the
league Of nations: the Unmpair"h pow
or # congress- Ia decide questions OF
rcacr II war under Artirl" Ten: dom"s-
tic decision Of all Democratic oucs-
/ "us: preservation uRan' ctcd OF the
Monroe Doctrine: refusal to he party
to the ShnniunE '"t'lcmcnt; cQualiza-
tjon Of voting power in the league:
congressional selection Of American
rcrrrScn'ativcs in tho league: lmita-
,ion of the powers OF such representa-
tivrs and thosc on international COM
mittccs and nulljhca'."n of the right
Of the international labor conference 10
challenge the eligibility OF American
representatives on the international
labor bodies.
Disturbing Element.
Ono disturbing element in the pro-
gram for IN" administration leaders
was the faCt that they had heard the
Article Ten reservation followed close
~ tho language az ono presented in the
senate during the day by Senator Nc
Cumbrr. Republican. North Dakota.
which in turn was In almost the exact
language which President Wilson an
nounc"h in his Cheyenne, Wyoming. ad-
dress. would br regarded by him "as
rejection Of ihc treaty"
Behind tho majOrIty's proposals. il is
declared by their sponsors. will stand
ALL OF the forty nine Republicans and
nj least six Democrats. leaving as
maximum forty ono Democrats opros-
irg rhom. In these circumstances the
adm ;nistrat!un mHraEcrS were told
their only hope of defeating the pro-
gram was T. vot" against ratification
after the r"s"rva'ipns have been put
.rtr tho rr;.iiral;nn resolution. Som"
Of tho Democrats want to pursue that
course. and ihc general prediction to-
night was 'ha' committee action would
be Tough, off tomorrow to give tn" ad-
mnistratiou forces q day or two to
think tho matter over.
The Big -Four"
In thcir CGnf"rCnr" today. tho Demo-
cratic lenders d,d not have before thcm
tho actual wording of III" rrs"rNattons
as agreed on by IN" majority bat they
had been iuIi 'hh, III" four generally
regarded AZ most important. relating
10 Withdrawal. domestic questions. III"
Monroe no"trino aHd ArtiC'" Ton. ~
loved "almcSt worl for word" the
language rf th"s" pur into II" soma"
record by Senator M"Inmher. Mos, OF
the arClIn,cr' 'h"r' for WAS over thcS"
four MS rr,.cn'"i hy tho North Dakota
senator
In all Scvcn r"SerNatIonS wer" IN the
Mct'umh"r series. The other three r"-