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ability Of the Senate to put through
reservations" Senator Moses said. ~
favor changes in the text of the treaty
itself and so do certain other SEN
ators."
Senators who will offer and vote for
amendments to the treaty are Senators
Borah, Idaho; Brandagee. Connecticut;
Fall, New Mexico; Johnson, Califor-
ma, all members of the Foreign Re-
latlons Committee, and Senator Poin-
dexter, of Washington.
May Strike Out Shantung
Administration leaders," Mr.. Moses
continued, "are now satisfied that res
ervations will be made, and their onlv
night Will be to dilute the reservations.
to make them as innocuous as possible.
There is no doubt that we shall be able
to put through an amendment on the
Shantung section, and probably strike
1t from the treaty entirely.
Any action we may take on Shan
tung VIII be without any, aside from a
moral, effect. 1t is ridiculous to sup
pose that striking out this section will
necessitate the resummoning of the
peace conference. No matter what we
do, Shantung will go to Japan. We
simply withhold our approval and the
Shantung section does not become a
part Of our treaty with Germany"
Senator Moses said it had not been
decided whether the President would
be asked to appear before the Foreign
RELATIONS Committee. That question
would be taken up in the committee
this week. He thought majority of
the committee favored the attendance
of the President whenever there arose
dlference of opinion over the inter
2retation of some of the terms of the
treaty.
Moses Agrees With Carson
SIR Edward Carson's warning to the
United States not to meddle IN Irish
AFFAIRS was not discussed at the Repub-
llcan conferences, Senator Moses said.
Personally he agreed with the Ulster
leader.
ut is a good doctrine and it ought
to be amplified," he added "No ma
ton should interfere with the inter
nal AFFAIRS of another. 1t is in this
spirit that the league of nations ought
to be considered. Let the Old World
attend to its own affairs and let US at
tend to ours. In that way we shall get
on splendidly"
The Foreign Relations Committee
will have to get along without official
copies of the peace treaty when it be-
gins consideration of the pact next
week. 1t is doubtful whether official
copies will be ready much before the
time the resolution of ratification is
reported The lines of the maps that
were made parry Of the treaty are so
fine that copies cannot be made in the
United States. The Senate Committee
on Printing will give orders for print
ing the maps from the original plates
in France.
The agreement to-day upon the Re-
publican programme of action will
cause no let-up in the efforts Of out
and-out opponents Of the league of ma
tions to have the entire covenant re-
jected by the Senate. Speaking tours
to cover every principal city are being
arranged for Senators Borah, Reed,
Johnson and Poindexter and former
Senator Albert J. Beveridge, of Ind
lana, Representative Julius Kahn, Of
California, and former Assistant At
torney General James M. Beck.
Separation of Treaty Opposed
The majority opinion in the confer
ences to-day was against the separa-
tlon of the treaty proper and the
league of nations covenant in the SEN
ate Foreign Relations Committee SEN
ator Knox is not expected to press for
such action until the treaty is re-
ported. He will make strong effort
on the floor to have the covenant put
over for consi sideratlon after the treaty
has been disposed Of, but there is little
Likelihood that a ajority can be mus
tered for such motion.
All Republican Senator's. aside from
the irreconcilable opponents of the
league, and possibly Senator McCum-
Der, of North Dakota, will be guided in
their speeches before the treaty reaches
the floor by the developments in to-
days conferences and the decisions
that will be reached next week For
the first time since the league of ma
tions fight opened speeches by ma
JorIty members are expected to reflect
unanimous purpose that Will make a
strong appeal to public sentiment.
Senator Swanson, of Virginia, will
lead off tomorrow with a speech in
support Of the treaty, said in a measure
to represent the views Of the Presi-
dent. Republicans are expected soon
thereafter TO reply to those portions of
his speech touching on the Shantung
settlement. Senator Norris, Of Ne
braska, will urge the rejection of the
entire treaty on the ground of the
Shantung provisions. He will be sup
ported by Senator Borah Senator
Johnson and Senator Reed