Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-08-25
Republicans Are Determined
to Write Qualifications Into
the Instruments Body Is
Now Apparent at CAPITAL,
WILSON MAY AGAIN
GO BACK TO PARIS
Should Chief Executive Cause
Deadlock Senate Would Pass
Resolution Declaring War
at An End.

washington, Aug. 24.-How far
President Wilson may go in his fight
Tor unqualified senate acceptance Of
The peace treaty Is q subject of in
CEeasing speculation in official au1
diplomatic circ.es,
With the Group OF reservation re-
publicans apparently determined tc
wlite their qualifications of the league
OF nations covenant into the ratifica-
tiol itself and with republican lead.
ers predicting that the senate will
amend outright the Shartung pre-
vision and perhaps other sections Of
the treaty, an interesting set OF pos
sibilities present themselves.
There has been on authoritative ex-
preston of The presidents probable
course should the treaty be returned
to him with textuI nmen6ments or
9esel .1tionH written INTO the ratifiea-
ticn. He told the foreign relations
committee Tuesday. however, that he
would lontider either method of
qualification as taMamount to re-
opening the negotiations with Ger
many.
Next Move Presidents.
Should such amendments or reser-
vations be inserted, therefore, An
WHICH utInOGI dilt SeIldtc
leaders deny is likely, but which tn.
republicans say Is certain---the next
move would be up to the president
What he would do is a question on
which those who have talked with
him disagree; but discussion of
what he would be authorized to do
under the law and precedents reveals
general agreement that several
courses would be open.
Summed up, these discussions con-
template that he might take up the
question of changes in the treaty by
diplomatic correspondence; return to
Paris and ask that the peace confer
ence be re-assembled for negotiation
of a new treaty; send a new delega-
tion to reopen negotiations; or
pocket the treaty and refuse to pro-
ceed further unless the senate receded
from it's position.
May Go Back To Paris.
The possibility of Mr.. Wilson's re-
turn to Paris to straighten out the
points raised by any senate qualifica-
tions is on which some senator's say
would be entirely in line with his
course thus far in the peace settle
ment. s$
To send an entirely new set of peace
delegates also would be admittedly
within the presidents power and in
that connection republican senators
frequently have mentioned Senator
statement that the presi-
dent laughingly suggested Senators
Lodge and Knox as possible selections
to negotiate a new treaty should the
present one be amended.
That the president might permit
the negotiations to stand in a dead
lock by declining to take up with
other governments any changes sug-
gested by the senate involves perhaps
the most interesting possibilities of all.
Should President Wilson adopt
that course and then appeal to the
country, republican senator's say the
senate would adopt a resolution de-
claring the war at an end and pro-
ceed to enact such legislation as
seemed necessary to restore COM
plete peace basis. Whether such a
resolution would require the presi-
dents signature is disputed ques-
tion. The president is known to OBJ
ject strongly to any such method of
ending the war.