Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-11-17
Utterly Impossible,
a Notification,
Mr.. Wilson Says.
SENATOR FINDS
HIM AGGRESSIVE
Administrations Pro-
gram ito Go Through
/ the Senate"

President Wilson will pocket the
peace treaty If it contains the Loose
reservations. he told Senator Hitch
cock at a conference today at the
White House. ~.
The President has read and con-
sidered the Lodge reservation" Sena-
tor Hitchcock said. land he considers
them notification of the treaty and
utterly impossible"
The program 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 tne
ratification resolution with the Loase
of reSofation for ratification without
reservations..-W With the defeat OF TINS
resolution u deadlock would follow
and a. compromise be sought.
- With President an Hour.
Senator Hitchcock was with the
President for an hour. IT ind the
President is very much improved
since saw, him last the senator
said ON leaving the White House. He
looks better. talks better and is much
more aggressive. Lind that he has
read and considered the Lodge reser-
vations aud that he considers them
nuliiicatien of the treaty and utterly
impossible:'
Reteals His Course. S
"Did the President tell you what his
course wouid be in the event the
Lodge reservations are accepted BY the
Senate r. he was asked.
'srhe President will pocket the
treaty" vrasythe reply.
Eyeng Il reservation fifteen is
rYeE That WOULD make no difference
IA tie Presidents decision"
senato. Mssts Correspondents.
Upon reaebink the Capitol after his
ator Hitchcock discussed his visit
with the newspaper men assembled
in the marble loom. Senator Hitca-
s. shs sh inssrsieS with ne P Pres d
rs related.
In answet. to question. Senator
Hitchcock deeiarkd that if the Sem
ate susfaips ]. the expected ruling of
10 be. still hefora the .enate after
the resolution of ratification has been
defeated. the treaty, viii still be open
to efforts for. compyonise. and these
He declared that she treaty, Itself
10 rtiOt aEaQ.z dAtAOuSI- lI6F Was sure Tile
resolution Of ratification as now franz
ed and with the reservations attached
Is dead. ~ =
Compromise Is Next Step.
The next step of the administration
forces. after the Vice President's de-
cisfon- shall have been sustained.
would be to proceed to tcompromise.
He believed that there Ore senator's
orb Ii 81 y.
tions apd the treaty killed and that
they will join with the administra-
ton forces in reaching compromise.
He pointed out that he had taken
the precautions to offer Compromise
reservations and have them ipending
ally stop all further procedure after
the resolution of ratification had been
defeated.
Underwood Predicts.
The Senate will not send the peace
treaty back to the foreign relations
committee in, the event the ratifying
resolutio1 containing the Lodge reser-
vations is defeated and the admins
tration's substitute resolutions are Of
fered, Senator Underwood. democrat
Alabama. predicted today when he
visited the White House.
The Lodge program will be defeated
the senator said. and this means the
ratifying resolution will be defeated.
Under Vice President MarshaIPs ruiz
ing last week. the senator said, sub
stitute resolutions may be offered
without referring them to the COM
mittee.e -
The Senate will not overrule the
Vice President. Senator Underwood
thought.
would be required the republicans
would not dare do that" Senator I'm
defwood said. That would mean de-
feat Of the peace treaty. and they
would not want to have the RESPONSE
bility which then would be theirs for
defeating 1t. We have forty votes.
and IL any one has any money to bet
that we cannot get nine more send
him to the Capitol and the bet will be
covered"
No Compromise, Say opposers.
The Presidents decisions drew from
republican leaders emphatic state
ments that there would be.no COM
promise and that their original pro-
gram of procedure would be adhered
THE only result has been to harden
our lines" said Majority Leader
Lodge, who said the, majority would
proceed to adopt the reservations and
place them in resolution of ratfica-
ton, as originally planned.
The majority leaders declared that
the administration will find it impos-
sible for Senator Hitchcock to nego-
tiate any compromise and, therefore,
proposed to declare that responsible
ity for defeat of the treaty will be
placed on the President and admins
fratfon senators, should the majority
resolution be finally rejected.
o. S. SEXES TWO BOATS.