The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-11-18
PRESIDENT WARNS
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a compromise, The reservation to
Article 10 is understood to stand next
in disfavor among the administration
forces. but there were broad intima-
lions today that the democrats would
be glad to accept several of the other
reservations which the Senate has
adopted
SUBSTITUTES ACCEPTED
One of the subjects discussed at to-
days White House conference was the
set of substitute reservations offered
by Senator Hitchcock. and it was in
dicated afterward that the President
considered them acceptable.
Within a day or TWO the admins
tration democrats will confer on a
definite compromise policy on the
basis of these reservations and will
canvass the democratic ranks to make
sure how many votes can be counted
on against the committees qualified
ratification resolution. Senator Hitch
cock believes more than so democrats
will join with him in voting down this
resolution, while upwards of a score
OF irreconciliable republicans are ex-
pected to vote against any kind of rat
ification. 1t will take only 50 votes
to cut off the two-thirds necessary to
ratify. The democrats say there IS lit
tie chance, therefore. that the Presi-
dealing at all with any ratification
embodying the reservations which he
regards as a rejection OF the treaty.
OF the many reservations proposed
by individual senator's and still pend
ing, the leaders on both sides agree
that very few will be accepted by the
Senate The 10 committee reservations
already adopted, together with one re-
lating to the labor provisions and one
to voting equality in the league, are
expected to about tell the story of Sem
ate qualifications.
The final reservations on the COM
mittee programme which were rejected
today never had been pledged the sup
port of the mild reservationists and on
the roll call they voted with the demo-
Gratis The first of the proposals
would have declared the unwillingness
of the United States to assume any re-
sponsibility for the German overseas
possessions. which under the treaty
are coded to the big five powers pend
ing. establishment of the mandatory
system. The vote on the proposal was
Ga to 20, with Senator'S Reed, Missouri &
Shields, Tennessee, and Walsh, Massa-
chusetts, democrats, voting for the pro-
posal, the following republicans join
ing the democrats in opposition; Colt,
Rhode Island; Cummins Iowa; Edge,
New Jersey; Elkins, West Virginia;
Gernald. Maine; France. Maryland;
F'relinghuysen. New Jersey; Hale,
Maine: Jones. Washington; Kellogg,
Minnesota; Kenyon, iowa: McCumber,
North Dakota; Mclean, Connecticut;
McNary, Oregon; Nelson Minnesota;
Norris. Nebraska! Phipps, Colorado
Smoot. Utah; Spencer, Missouri; Ster-
ling South Dakota: Townsend. Mich
igan, and Warren. WYOMING
BLANKET RESERVATION
The committee proposal rejected Sc
to So, was a blanket reservation by
which the United States would exclude
from league jurisd lotion all questions
regarding its honor an~ vital interests
It got three democratic votes, Senators
Reed. Shields and Gore. Oklahoma
supporting 1t, while the following re-
publicans voted against it: Senators
Colt, Cummins, Edge. Hale, Kellogg,
Kenyon. McCumber Nelson, Smoot.
Sterling, Townsend, Warren. Reyes,
New Hampshire. and Lenroot. Wiscon-
sin.
reservation by Senator Owen. demo-
crat, Oklahoma designed to assure self
government for Egypt, was voted down,
IS to 81, and another presented by him
declaring the treaty was Interpreted as
perpetuating The principles of the arrni-
stice and the fourteen points. went out by
viva voce vote. The former proposal got
Jne votes OIL seven QtlilOtIdtS, oCHdtOts .
Owen, Gore, Reed, Shields, Walsh, Mas
sachusetts; Phelan, California, and Cham
berlaia, Oregon Eleven republicans OF
the mild reservation group voted against
it.
EXPECTS TO WIN
The programme outlined by Senator
Hitchcock after he had seen President
Wilson last week will be carried through
in the Senate, Mr.. Hitchcock said. This
contemplated defeat of the ratifications
resolution, with the Lodge reservations
attached and the offering of a resolution
for ratification without reservations. With
the defeat of this resolution deadlock
would follow and compromise be sought.
Senator Hitchcock was with the Presi-
dent for an hour. 81 found the President
has read and considered the reservations
and that he considers them notification
of the treaty and utterly impossible, the
senator said.
did the President tell you what his
course would be in the event the Lodge
! reser SAtions are accepted by the Senate
| he was asked
The President will pocket the treaty,
was the reply.
Even if reservation 10 is stricken out?'
Eyes, that would make no difference in
the Presidents decision"
TREATY NOT DEAD
Senator Hitchcock did not interpret the
Presidents stand to mean that the treaty
was dead, declaring he still believed 9
compromise reservation programme couid
be worked out.
The preamble Of the committee reso-
luton, requiring that the Senate reserva-
lions must be accepted by three or tne
other great powers, was said by tne
democratic leader to be particularly 90
jectionable to the President who re-
sarded it, he declared, as killing the
treaty absolutely"
He indicated also the Article 10 resefVa-
ton was entirely unacceptable 70 Mt
Wilson, but said the executive might DC
willing to accept some of the other pro
posals on the committee programme
AS soon as he left the White House
Senator Hitchcock began plans for a con-
| terence of democratic friends of the
! treaty. 1t was said it might be held to-
night The plan at first had been to have
| the mild reservation republicans in the
conference, bu. 1t is understood they in
/ formed the democrats they were unwli'
| ling 20 negotiate until the committee pro-
| gramrne had come to vote.
| Senator Hitchcock predicted the mil
group would give the democrats enough
| support to uphold the Vice President II
! ruling that further ratification resoiu'
| ions are in order thus opening the door
| sor compromise
| Mr. Hitchcock did not go into details as
| to the exact stage at which the President
might intervene in the treaty proceed