The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1919-10-25
President Wilson on His Tour to
Argue Peace Treaty Case
Before the People.
He ACCEPTS NO COMPROMISE
Senate Committee Votes to Report
Pact With Reservations-Suprem
Council Sends UItimatum to
Roumania and Warning
to Germany-Indus-
trial Conference
Planned.
BY EDWARD w. PicKARD.

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President Wilson is on his way, tell.
ing the people of the United States
lace to face how excellent document
Is the peace treaty with the incorpor-
ated League Of Nations covenant, and
how necessary to the welfare of the
world 1t is that 1t should be ratified by
the senate speedily. Beginning his ad-
dresses at Columbus, o.. he continued
them at Indianapolis, st. Louis. Kan
sas City and Des2 Moines, and he ia
now proceeding westward by the
northern route. kfore leaving Wash
ington Mr.. WilsoS'had a final confer
ence with Senator Hitchcock and is
sued instructions to his supporters to
make fight to finish for ratification
Of the treaty Just as it stands.
Senator Hitchcock on the same day
addressed the senate on the question,
holly denouncing the opponents of the
treaty, even those who favor only mild
reservations. He declared the real
purpose Of the majority on the foreign
relations committee was to kill the
pact entirely, and indeed there seems
to be justification for that assertion.
Senator Knox's proposal that the trea-
ty be rejected and a separate peace
made with Germany, he said was an in
sane mixture of poltroonery and folly.
Mr.. Hitchcock took direct issue with
those who complain that the United
States will derive no advantages and
benefits from the treaty as it is. They
evidently have no conception, he said,
Of the enormous benefits America will
get from 1t. and intimated these would
come through the operations of the
reparations commission, though how,
and what they would be, he neglected
to explain.
The senate committee on foreign re-
lations voted to recommend the ratif1-
cation Of the treaty by the senate with
four important notifications. These
reservations provide for unconditional
right to withdraw from the League of
Nations; assumption of no obligation
to guarantee territorial integrity of
nations or to employ troops for CO.
ercive purposes or to accept mandates
except under the direction Of congress;
full freedom to determine what ques-
lions are domestic and therefore not
subject to consideration by the league;
exemption of the Monroe doctrine from
consideration by the league and dec
laration that the United States is sole
interpreter Of that doctrine.
Senator Shields of Tennessee, Dem
ccrat, Joined the majority in voting for
all the reservations except that re-
lating to article X. Senator McCum-
Der of North Dakota voted against the |
first two reservations. On the last two |
the vote was II to 6.
The committee resolution stipulates |
that the treaty ratification by the Unit
ed States shall not take effect until |
the American reservations have been |
accepted by three of the four other |
great powers: Great Britain. France,
Italy and Japan.
The hearings granted the represents |
tives Of small and dissatisfied peoples |
by the foreign relations committee |
must be regarded as largely political
h,,ri, Tho cvrHocmon for tho Trich |