The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-11-18
By Oscar Straus and
President Newell, For
Modification
WOULD CUT OUT
ASSENT IN WRITING
Lodge Declares Paper
Must Be Adopted With
Committee r e erv a.
tons or Not At All
By JAMES r. NouRsE


Washington. Nov 17.--After tbs
senate had defeated four proposed
reservations TO the treaty. Senator
Lodge, announced today that the SEN
ate will be held in session tomorrow
until every reservation has been dis
posed of and the way cleared for
the vote on fnal ratification Wednes-
day.
In the face of a deciaratio by
President Wilson through Senator
Hitchcock to the effect that he will
pigeonhole the treaty II 1t Is sent to
him with the Lodge reservations.
Senator Lodge rea6irmed tonight that
the treaty cannot be ratified without
these reservations.
I BY no possible chance Senator
Lodge said can the Democratic sena.
| tors bring about ratification with
reservations drafted In accordanca
with the presidents views II will BE-
either the Lodge resolutions to which
majority of the senate Ia commits
ted, or nothing, he said.
| When the president statement
reached the ears OF the sena tors there
was some signs OF weakening among
| the mild reservationists on the Rec
/ publican side The weakening pro.
| cess was aided to considerable ex-
| tent by Oscar Straus former am
| bassador to Turkey. and President
Lowell, of Harvard, who led dele-
cation from the league to enforce
peace into the senate lobby and
spent the day in lobbying with sena.
| tors whom they felt might be recep~
tive TO the arguments against drass
tic, reservations .ss4 @-t8s8,i s8s9t
WRITTEN ACCEPTANCE
Straus and his co-workers de-
voted themselves principally to the
- h L.
/ which requires the written accep-
lance of at least three OF the foreign
powers before Americas ratification.
, Of the treaty becomes effective !
In his talk with Senator Hitchs
cock. the president had expressed t1si
strongest disapproval of this resers
varion, because it would impose upon
him the task OF submitting the reser-
vations to Britain, France. Italy and
.ta(an and requires at least three of
then To approve 1t in writing.
Straus told the senator's that by re.as
son of his experience in Europe he
. was able to say that 1t would 30
! very embarrassing to the other pow~
; ers to require them TO give this assa
sent in writing
He asked that the preamble be so
modified as TO require nothing more
than the acquiescence of silence Ex-
a.
senator's were given to understand
that the league TO enforce peace haa4
swallowed the entire Lodge program
and liz entirely willing to have thS{
treaty ratified with the Lodge reser-l
| vatiors. provided no written accept~i
ance of them is required.
Another element which entered tntcs
the campaign which was launched
| against the mild reservationists wad
{ . ~ taI~ -
ed to the effect that the British en1.l
| bassy was very much opposed to thei
preamble. 1t was stated that Ia the!
British foreign ONCE there was con.
siderable uneasiness over the prospectl
that the officials there would be called
upon to affix sLeir names to d docu- Z
ment accepting all the reservations4
adopted by the senate. Such action.
it was explained on behalf at thei
foreign office, would be equivalent ID +
having England countcrsign the ac-s
ton of the senate, which would be ex-t
tremely distasteful to the Britishx
statesmen
The effec. Of the Presidents de-
claration and the responsiveness o.
Strauss and his associates was seeuf
upon some of the mild reseruationistal
several OF whom indicated q wiIlinE~z
ness TO join with the Democrats IN
SltHcT HfcuftSlUE tHe preamble OIL
striking II ont altogether. Certain 81
the mild reservation senators asserfAdj
that their pledge to support the Lndr41
program extended only 10 the vote orl
the Lodge resolution and that IL fhtr
were rejected they would be free "
make any combination to bring about
ratification which they pleased
Might Agree
Senator Lenroot. one Of the ieadeeo5
Of the mild group. announced, that
they might agree with the Democrats
to strike oAt the preamble. senatnr
Kellogg, Of Minnesota. ana SAnatos1
Edge, of New Jersey, Indicated that
they might Join in this prograNi
These senators took the ground t411
rather than see the treaty fail the
would vote 10 strike out the rYeauat14
Senator Lodge answered thtaA tNaS
tina tions with the stateNenf thAt h1
regarded the preamble ~ vital An
that he would insist upon IT. Adoptin
He declared that " tt1sra Me9A a1@ +
material change 10 ths rsoGEa1 \