Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-11-17
PRESIDENT SERVES NOTICE
He WILL POCKET treaty #
LODGE Plan GOES THROUGH
Minority Plan to Defeat
Resolution of Ratif-
cation. -a
ss-

Washington, Nov. IA nuD.
Der Of the mild reservationlgts Z
conferred today and at least
part Of them were sald t. hAvo
agreed to vote against uphebo.
ing Vice President Marsaall
should he rule that . secsnd 4
ratification resolution ceuld -
rec0nsldered after that repent. :
ed BY the foreign relations csn.
mittee had been rejected.
Washington, Nov. 17-Iha !.
foreign relations committee
reservation excluding the Ualt.. !,
ed States from any respenslbll. 4
fty in regard to dispesltlen q
the German colonies WAS fe3octe
ed today BY tie senate. -.
The vote rejecting The resegs
walton was q to 3. twenty
two Republicans votel agaanst !
the reservation while thEoo ].
Democrats, Shields, Teaneeeesy s
Reed, Missouri and WalsA
Massachusetts, voted for \.
The reservation, whioA Woo
the first Of the committee SToaD
to be defeated, failed . 60.
mand the suppsrt ef IT, nj !.
reservation Republicans -
was opposed alss b ssne g
the RepublicaA ir1oeenolah1e
IN addition to tAe a1n1Alglz1
ton DeA0c91to,
Warrington. Nov. l7.-preo31ea
Wilsons--1ill >pockst ~ DoGe
reaty Il II contains IL rlodve -
.rvations, hs told Senator Hiteh
,ock, at . conference today q 4
White house.
"The president has read an
considered the Lodge resefva
IONS" Senator Hitchcock oa1d
and he considers Il IN . nulH1
,ation Of the treaty and utterly In
possible"
VIM Defeat RatiAcat5en.
The program outlined BY 6ena
or Hitchcock after he had a6G
Wilson last week will b
carried through in the senate, Ii
Hitchcock said. This cont6m
plated defeat of the ratification
resolution, with the Lodge reser
vations attached, and. the oferinI
Tor a resolution for rati6catiol
without reservations.
With the defeat Of this resolutiol
! deadlock would follow and com
promise be sought
Much Improved. -..4.
Senator Hitchcock was with u
for an hour. : =.
II find. the president is ysr
much improved since I saw hil
last" the senator said on leaxin
the White house. "He looks =!
ter, talks better and is much mQE
aggressive. I find that he has ~
and considered the Lodge resetS1
tions and that he considefs the
Of the treaty and=Nl
terly impossible"
did the president tell you vlsl
his course would be in the 60
the Lodge reservations are acceD'
ed by the sAnate?" he was asked.
"The president will pocket u
treaty" was the reply.
Even IL reservation Is IL strtc1
en- out?"
"Yes. That would make nosoa
ference in the presidents d!
ion."
Not Yet Dead.
Senator Hitchcock did mot fneoI
pret the presidents stand to NJ
that the treaty was dead, deeI6i
ing he still believed Q compress
reservation program could b WI
ed out. .ss
The preamble OF the commi1tI
resolution requiring that the -
ate IebSE EV8llOu8 MWoS US 8OCO
by three of the other great poss0Gl
was said by the Democratic 1sa1e
to be particularly Objectionable I
the president, who regarded q I
declared. % killing the treaty q
solutely."
Article 10 Fatal.
He indicated also that the aftic'
10 reservation was entirely unel
ceptable to Mr.. Wilson. but -
the executive might be willing 1
accept some Of the other propoMl
on the committee program.
Az soon - he left the W1il
house, Senator Hitchcock beGa
plans for . conference az DGnl
cratic friends Of the treaty. =
was said It might be held toulg1
The plan ut flrst had been 70 6As
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