Omaha daily bee., 1919-11-27
ON
PEACE PACT AIM
OF HIT TCAC0!CK
difficulty in Situation In.
valid In White House and
Stubborn Men in Sen
ate," Senator Says.

United States Senator G. M.
Hitchcock told company Of friends
At the Omaha club last night that
he hopes, when he returns to Wash
inEton next week, that he will be
able to discuss the treaty with Pres
ident Wilson and to prevail upon
the nations chief executive to agree
to compromise arrangement which
the senator believes would be rati-
fed by at least "a of the senator's.
1.-THE difficulty in the situation is
the invalid in the White House and
the stubborn men in the sepate," was
one of the statements by the senator
during his brief review of recent his
tory at the national capital.
Personal Welcome.
= The function at the club was ar
ranged by members as personal
rather than a political expression Of
welcome home to the senator. AS
w. F. Gurley expressed it in his in
PRODUCTION OF the senator, the at
PENDANTS were "pro-leaguers, anti
leaguers and mild reservationists."
"The rule of cloture which the
senator so successfully enforced in
the United States senate is strictly
in force here tonight insofar as de-
bate is concerned" Mr.. Gurley said,
facetiously.
"The league of nations has be-
come almost a second nature to me
and I doubt whether have the ca
pacity or the vocabulary to discuss
anything else" said the senator.
THE war was won and we were
confronted with a settlement OF
peace. The United States, alone
among all the nations, went to the
peace conference with no demand
but that there should be permanent
peace; it was demand that peace
and justice should prevail.
Remarkable Feature.
"It is a remarkable thing that de-
lay of ratification is only in the
United States and that the things
that are being objected to were the
things that this country insisted
should be in the treaty.
"The discussion on the amend
ments and the treaty in the senate
has been most fair, but it developed
some interesting characteristics.
Senator Reed attacked the treaty
because he held that most of the
nations were colored, and another
senator objected because he be-
lieved we would be under the DOM
ination Of the British empire.
Eighty senator's. have voted for
the treaty in some form and at diff
ferent times, and l am hoping that
when we meet next month there
will be at least 81 who will agree
on j compromise, but there is sick
man in the White House and he
does not favor a compromise"
The senator related details Of the
presidents trip to Paris, how he
went away strong man and re-
turned in fatigued condition, and
then went on a speaking trip to
create such public setiment as he be-
lieved would force the senate to
ratify the treaty in its original form.
Cannot Let Treaty Die.
ut soon developed when the
treaty came before the senate that
as far as the settlement with Ger
manysis concerned, there was little
opposition" he continued.
"As far as Germany and the other
countries are concerned, ratification
will be finished next week and the
treaty will go into effect. As far as
the United States is concerned. we
will still be at war with Germany,
technically speaking, operating un-
der the armistice entered into a year
ago. ;.
even aside from the league of
nations, we cannot afford to let this
treaty die. The other nations have
made their peace with Germany. We
cannot avoid making settlement
and we can never obtain such favor
able terms as this one provides"
The senator closed his talk by
giving q description Of Washington
during the busy days of the last few
years and referring to the work be-
ing done by the departments and
hasreaus in connectinn with after-the-