East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1919-08-19
President Opens Conference
With Senate Committee
Urging Quick Action.
OTHER NATIONS WILL
GET JUMP IN TRADE
So-called Doubtful Provis-
ions Declared to Have Ex-
actly Desired Meaning.


The senate must accept the .
= treaty and league OF nations .
= covenant at. IT stands or reject .
them utterly. President Wilson .
told the senate foreign relations .
= He said there can be neither =
amendment nor reservation in =
The ratification reservation IL =
the senate would AVOID returning =
them to the allies and Germany '
for reconstruction and reaecept- >
ance. >
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WASHINGTON, Aug. Is.-Urging
the senate to expedite ratification OF
the peace treaty. President Wilson to-
day opened his conference with mem
bers of the senate foreign relations
committee at the White House by
making a long statement i'm which he
said: adjustment Of our national
life to normal conditions absolutely
depends on getting the treaty out of
the way" He said Britain and other
nations which had ratified the treaty
will get the jump on the Unteid States
in trade way.
Obstacles Pointed ont.
Wilson declared the only obstacle
appearing to stand in the way of TIM
mediate ratification is doubt as to the
Of certain provisions in the
league of nations. He said there is
10 doubt in the minds OF those who
wrote the so-caiIed doubtful provi-
ions mean exactly what the senate
wants them to mean The president
discussed the effect the reservations on
rticie 10. the Monroe doctrine, with
travail and domestic questions.
Would how to Germany.
He declared there can De no 0bjec-
ion 10 passing the resolution inter-
reting these provisions from the Ann
rican point OF view but this resoIu-
on. he added. must be kept from the
lbjcct of ratification. II it is made
art of the ratification. the president
lid it will force the United States q :
D to Germany, begging her 10 accept
lie American construction of the COW
nant and that is something Wilson
ated he Is very reluctant to do.
senators Ask Questions.
Immediately after the president had 4
included his statements. the senators
egan questioning him about the
ague of nations and the effect OF the
'servations. Replying to Senator
odge Wilson said the final draft of
he covenant was made from Amerf-
IN and British plans, that hts pre-
Gus statement that General SHUTS
an had been the basis OF the cove
ant was probably misleading. @S
Senators Borah. Lodge and Me-
lmber questioned the president con-
rning the effect of reservations and
ked whether other nations could
It accept the reservations simply by
'eping silent regarding them. wil-
n replied it would take months for
e United States to learn whether
cir silence meant acquiescence or
t. He stated his opinion Is thar af-
nation is absolutely necessary by
her nations on the reservations.
Senator Pittman asked If the presi-
mt knew whether Germany put the
me Interpretation upon the doubt
clauses of the covenant as the al
d and American governments. VIII
II replied he had no means OF know
3 but pointed out II any dispute
ould arise in future years over the
whether they were ac-
pied by silence Germany could
Tim ehey constituted a new matter
the treaty to which she had never
reed Lodge stated; IF we have
restore peace in the world Il Is ne
ssary that there be treaties with
stria. Hungary, Turkey and Bull
ria Those treaties are all more or
$ connected with the treaty with
rmany- The question I'D like to
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