Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-07-20
REPUBLICANS SEEK
OMPROM|SE PLAN
May Adopt Middle Course in
Effort to Secure Interpreted
tive Reservations.
WILL BE STRAIGHT FIGHT
Democrats Propose to Stand Firm
for Ratification Without
Treaty Changes.
lRv Associa,e1 Press. ,

WASHINGTON. jury l9-Although
administration leaders. both in execu-
tive and Senate circles, discount the
possibility of President Wilson ac-
ccpting any reservations in the ratif-
cation Of the peace treaty and league
OF nations covenant. some of the Re-
publican Senators. who have told the
President IN their conferences that
majority will favor interprctative res
ervations. are discussing what middle
ground may be found on which the op-
posing forces may unite.
The administration Senator's con-
tinue TO stand firm on their claim thai
they VIII have the votes to pass the
treaty without change. and say that
As theE wil! make their fight on that
VIVA, Nigh, happen pen i, faF ,hey .a nisduS IS
muster them
yo Mea ,,,n the Republicans who IA
have told the Presidcn, some rcser-
Hations Will have TO be made, are
working on plans which they feel viii
'h 'hc emu be accept able.
liz Not Sounding Entente.
In the meantime. i, developed that
II the President is making any effort
10 sound out the entente powers on
possl1ie reservations. as has been re-
OF the entente embassies in Washinr.
ton are being used, and there is no
eHT1gehce mere TO support that theory.
cans seem. at this stage to range
around tentative set OF Reservations
"T Thi m nG be outlnet ,h!s; way:
construed TO obligate the United States
70 enter war without declaration Of
war by Congress:
mat nothing in the covenant shall
in any way impair the Monroe Doc.
trine or curtail the nations preropa-
tive OF administering il as purely
That it shall! be understood that, in
ssccepting the covenant, the United
craies does not subtract from its SOW
mcstic problems such as immirra,ia,
and the tariff '''
would Satisfy Certain Republican,.
Iheae and other reservations Of a
di i,fio!ar character, designed to give ad-
i,..;;o.ependent national action Without
n,it.asting the fabric of the league.
e ersShe satisfy satisfy !, Is argued. consid-
who are favorable to some sort oS 3
peace league. u
ar al me ne same time, their sponsors
ward do not run counter In anv way
10 me professed tenets OF the admir-,
de .siSt.on Inc 7 The administration leaders
arc either se terE propositions already
,h in the present wording OF
coroiiar OF else are the natural
80, ~ t"e league PRINCIPLES
oDJertion 10 Such ProposnI
The objection TO such reserva,io,s
as EXPRESSED from the administra I'm
point or view, is that they MIR,
Necess!iaie renesotiation. encomrsre
"haner nations TO make reservations OF
Ia own, cause delay and confusion.
ana ana hnally endanger the whole league
Etatn. In that connection Prcsiden,
a!soh Is said, in talking with Senas
OTIS. 10 nave described the present
b%Hiical status OF Europe as field ~
"hich Il may be very d:fficult 10 carr
on such renegoiia;ion.
!" mat end the administration force,
are determined to make FIGHT FOR
phrescrved ratification Senator PHI.
ran. OF Nevada. Democrat OF tha Eor
c.sh Rela lions Committee, outlined ,his
position briefly TO the Senate seyerai
DAYS ago and Will speak at crastar
length on the legal aspects of reserve
ions next week. He takes the nosi
tlon that the treaty must be considered
N the light OF a contract. and that MOI
word can be added or erased win
out the consent OF the other parties
Not Like Law of Contract.
Opposing that view. some OF the Re-
puplicans generally favora BILE TO a
league take the stand that treaty pro-
cedure is less exact science than
contract Law. and that reservations,
merely calculated to set forth the
Senate's Interpretation of certain
clauses. could be attached without