Arizona republican., 1919-09-15
A5HURsT THINKS
 WILSON { PLANS DOOMED TO DIE

That Article x of the league of na- tions is kopelessly beaten and that only 27 senators are with the president in his fight to have the covenant adopted without reservations IS the stand of Senator Henry F. Ashurst, in an inter view given to the New York Tribune and written by Carter Field.
 The Arizona senator feels that the public opposes the covenant, but that the future will vindicate the presi- dents stand, even as the present has vindicated Cleveland's policies. AL though Article X is hopelessly beaten. Senator Ashurst has hopes for the Shantung agreement.
 The interview which appeared in the Tribune September is as wollows WASHINGTON, Sept. 7.-President l Wilson's defeat on the treaty issue was conceded by several important demo- cratic senators tonight. The presidents l program of putting the treaty through without either reservations or amend ments will not muster more than 27 votes, Senator Henry F. Ashurst of Arizona conceded after careful can vass
 'sThe future is what President Will | Senator Ashurst declared. Tt may be that 25 years from now we will be saying, Would to God we could have one moment of Woodrow Wilson, just as many of us who fought Grover i Cleveland during his second admins tration have frequently said since, Would to God we could have one more hour of Grover Cleveland.' But that ia | not true now. and it will not be true | by 1920 I am afraid
 Sentiment Against Treaty
 Mir. Ashurst believes that public sen l timent in the country Is overwhelming ly against the treaty He believes that any senator who votes for it without radical reservations is threatening his political future, and that is why he does not think it will be possible to ratify the treaty as the president desires.
 The treaty will be ratified" Senator Ashurst said, 'fbut in a form where it will amount to very little. Article X of the covenant, without which the league of nations is a hollow shell, will be stricken out. do not think the shan 4 tung amendment will prevail, however, It is a question, as the American people see this thing, of whether they will throw this country into the interna- tional whirlpool with the hope of sav- : ing civilization, and thus risking our own national existence.
 Now. it may be that there is such grave danger If Eolshevism spreading throughout the world that we will bit terly regret at some time in the future that we did not make the sacrifice now. have feeling that this is true, but it will be of no avail at the next election. nor for some time. We may be winning elections about I940 on the strength of Woodrow Wilson's memory but not fii the near future"
 Ashurst fer Reservations
 Senator Ashurst has been counted on to support reservations by some of the democrats who preceded him in publicly announcing their intentions for some time. He makes the list of democrats who have come out for reservations stand: Reed, Gore. Thom- as, Walsh of Massachusetts, Shields, Hoke Smith, Simmons, Overman and Ashurst. These will probably be aug mented by Senator Ellison D. Smith of South Carolina and Myers of Montana within few days.
 Senator Myers will introduce direct textual amendments. as will Senator Thomas to tho labor sections of the peace treaty. It is understood that the direct amendments to these labor sec g tions will muster considerable vote, P despite tie fact that the foreign rela- ? tions committee would not approv. them when proposed by Senator Fall of New Mexico.
 Some of the democrats senators go , so far as to say that no senator who f votes to ratify the peace treaty can l be reelected when he come up, no 3 matter whether this is 1920, 1922 or i 1924. Those wno expect a change of 1, sentiment toward the whole thing, as : pointed out by Senator Ashurst. look , forward generation and not a few 2 years.
 A democratic senator even went so far as to conce 1e that he did not be- lieve any democrat could be elected president in 1920 because the people !, would "hold the democratic party re | sponsible for the attempt to put America in the international pot in the , hope of saving foreign countries, which most of our people do not care any thing about"
 Backfire Plan Failure
 It is very evident. from the attitude of senators, that the president has not accomplished anything in the direction j. of building bacifires under the senate with the idea of compelling 1t to do what thepresident desires
 Since MT. Wilson left town, there has been almost a landslide against the president in the upper house On the day of his first speech. the foreign re- lations committee voted to report the treaty with reservation on Article X far stronger than anything so far pro- posed-much stronger even than the proposal of ex-Senator Root to strike lit out altogether. so far as the United States is concerned. because the reser- vation of the committee, as the mild reservationists have pointed out. de- clares policy of non n-interference in- stead of a mere refusal to be bound either legally or morally to make war
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