The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-16

Washington, March 15.-(Special) When the Pros ident cabled instructions to the Senate to refrain from debate on the league of nations until he arrived with it's defense, he gave as explana- ton his conte ution that there was good and suffi cient reason for its ex- act verbiage in every particular"
 This caused the Presidents newspa- per supporters to acclaim the docu- ment as great as the constitution or the United States, and to characterize its critics as highly sacrilegious.
 When the President, having endured the. stormy week of partisan debate in the Senate, prepared to revisit Francs, he declared in his New York speech that he would return with the consti- tuition of the league of nations so vital ly involved in the peace treaty that the republican Senate in rejecting one, would necessarily reject the other
 This declaration caused the Presi- dents newspaper suppo.rt to renew it's campaign of bitter invective against those who did not agree with the President that the constitution of the ,eapue was a panacea for all human ills
 The situation has undergone com pplete change While there may have been good reason for the exact verbiage employed in preparing the constitution 4the President was made aware while Tn Washington that certain amendment was necessary, and he would have so admitted but for the bitterness dis- played by his traducers in the senate, When separated from the Senate by miles of bounding wave, the President permitted it to be cabled back to the United States that he would not oppose certain minor amendments, removing antiquities, and possibly preserving in lInmistakable language the Me'nroe doctrine.
 And now it is to be doubted that the President will return with a consutu- ton involved in the vitals of a peace treaty Prior to his arrival Tn Faris' the peace commissioners permitted II to be eabled to this country that they had concluded hastily to make peace Tn order to give Germany an opportunity to go to work and thus terminate the bolsheyik movement which gave prom ise of spreading throughout the world' Jnasmuch as the President was repre- : sented by commissioners entirely sup servient to his wi1l it is taken TOT granted that before such acton was taken the President gave his approval The indications, as result or the foregoing developments point to the preparation of constitution or league of nations preserving the Mon- roe doctrine and guaranteeing the con- tinued identity of this nation as na- ton. determined always to do as II pleases as long as it does not step on the toes of other nations. Such a con stitution, it is ascertalned peyono dol1bt. would be readily ratified by the Senate. On the other hand, should constitution, identical with the one now existing, be put before the Senate, II would be either defeated promptly or nermitted by debate extending through out years to become innocuous
 The opponents of the constitution as if now exists, who exchanged bltterest invectiye with President Wilson, are delighted. Senators Reed, Borah Thomas, Lodge and PoindeXter nave issued statements tantamount to dec- larations that they have been com pletely vindicated, not only by what the President has said, not only by the action of the peace commissioners III Paris but by the admission of William Howard Taft, the Presidents ablest champion, that certain amendments are necessary.
 And, in this particular, reference IS made also to William Jennings Bryan the prohibition apostle, who agreed 10 support the league provided its constl- tuition was amended in three partlcu- lars If Bryans amendments are ac- cepted," said Senator Reed, there will be no constitution and no league"