Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-11-17
WILSON To PASS
ON RESERVATIONS
IN TREATY TODAY
Senator Hitchcock to See
President and Find Out
From Him Which Amend
mentS He VIII Accept

lay MORNING JOURNAL SPECIAL LEASED WtREl
Washington. Nov. ia conference
tomorrow between President Wilson
and Senator Hitchcock, administra-
tion leader in the senate contest over
the peace treaty was expected tonight
to determine largely the fate of the
treaty and plans for adjournment of
the special session of congress.
Senator Hitchcock will see the pres
ident before the senate reconVenes to
take up the final reservations to the
treaty and expects to obtain from him
on the form of reservations he will
accept.
Definite outcome of the treaty con-
troversy this week-either by a dead
lock or reserved ratification--and ad-
iournment of the special session of
congress tonight seemed assured,
with the cloture rule in effect the
senate tomorrow will take uD the two
remaining committee reservations,
and after disposal of dozens of indi-
vidual reservations, reach the last
stage of ratification resolutions.
With final action on the treaty,
adjournment sine die of the session
which began May 19 is planned be-
fore the new long session begins two
weeks from tomorrow.
What the house will do while the
senate is in the last stage of the treaty
fight had not been determined today.
Railroad Bill Up To-day.
The railroad bin will be taken UP
again tomorrow and probably passed
by tomorrow night or Tuesday. Not
much will be done after that.
Senator Hitchcock said tonight that
he would submit the majority reser-
vations as adopted, and those still be-
fore the senate, together with the mi
nority 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 Marshalls
proposed ruling that the treaty could
not live or die by a vote on the reso-
luton containing reservations adopt
ed by the majority The program of
the majority contemplates that final
objection of the Lodge resolution,
upon reconsideration with a second
vote. shall be ruled as decisive rati-
fication or defeat.
The first reservation to come up
tomorrow is designed to 'ify the
treaty provisions by which Germany
lCiiOuiSCo III ldNOl VI lht us llN6
powers her title to her overseas pos
sessions, of which final disposition is
to be made zafterward under the man
datory system. The reservation de-
~clares the United States declines to
accept as trustee or in it's own right
any responsibility for such territory.
Republicans Confident.
For this reservation the republican
leaders declare they are assured of
a majority. but they are not so cer-
tain about the other and final meas
ure on the committee program. 1t
is a blanket resolution by which this
country would decline to submit to
the leagues decision any question 1t
considered to involve vital national
rights and interests.
In statement issued tonight the
executive committee of the League to
Enforce Peace declared that If such
a reservation We're adopted it would
be "the clear duty of every senator
who sincerely believes in a league of
nations to vote against ratification"