Bisbee daily review., 1919-07-17
Opposition Worries President; Is Trying to Win Over Senate, Who Have Ignored Him So Far.
A Case of the Mountain Not Coming to Mahomet, So Mahomet Will Go to the Mountain.

WASHINGTON, July 16.-In an az gressive effort to diminish senate op. position to the treaty with Germany President Wilson will begin at the White House tomorrow a series Of personal talks with Republican sen- ators.
 With his reiterated offer to con- suit with the foreign relations com mittee unaccepted and with his oppo- nents on the Republican side evidenc- ing no purpose to seek his counsel, the president decided today to adopt the more direct method of inviting Republican members to the White House and laying before them one after another his reasons for asking that the treaty be ratified.
 A half dozen senators whose names were not given were asked to meet the president tomorrow and it was in- dicated that the invitations would be a daily feature until MT. Wilson had seen most of the Republican member ship of the treaty ratifying body. During the day he selected fifteen whom he desires this week.
 There was much speculation as to the choices he had made for tomor- rows conferences. In some quarters it was thought likely he had invited Chairman Lodge and other members of the foreign relations committee but it was also suggested that he may have chosen to talk first with the senators who are inclined to be friendly to the treaty and have taken no definite stand regarding it.
 Republican leaders opposing the treaty in It's present form did not he's itate to predict the White House would fail to lessen the opposition to unreserved ratification Democratic senators supporting the president, however, declared his course un- doubtedly meant that he had con- yincing arguments to offer.
 Those in the presidents confidence indicated the burden of his appeal to the Republican senators would concern the League of Nations and the Shantung settlement, the two provisions which have aroused great est criticism in the senate. It was predicted that he would tell his call. CTS the complete details of the ne- gotiations on these points and on many others that might be brought into question.
 That it might be better situation to consider the Shantung provision, the foreign relations committee agreed today to ask the state de- partment for copies of all available treaties bearing on Japanese and German interests in China. In it's preliminary reading of the Versailles treaty, however, the committee pass- ed entirely over that part of the Urea, ty affecting Shantung and other for mer possessions of Germany, reserv- ing the whole subject for further dis cussion.
 Shantung will be the subject of senate.
 In it's reading today the commit tee made slow progress and it was predicted that with daily meetings the whole text will not be covered the first time before the end of the week Still to be read are the finan- cial, economic and labor sections, re- garded by committee members as the most intricate of all.
 During the day President Wilson saw two Democratic members of the committee, Senators Swanson of Vir- ginia and Pomerene of Ohio, and talked over the senate situation with them. It was understood he reiter- ated his opposition to any reserva- tions in ratification of the treaty.