New-York tribune., 1919-11-09
Final Vote on the Treaty
Is Expected This Week
Generally Conceded Lodge Reservation Program
Will Prevail With but Little Change; Senate

British Premier missed no opportunity
to emphasize this point. All over Eu
rope the press talked Of the league Of
nations as it it was the one thing
which justified the heavy sacrifice in
men and money. or course it had it's
critics without numbcr-those who
thought its provisions too mild, those
who believed it too drastic. The i'm
portant point is that the masses favored
it because they believed it created an
atmosphere unfavorablc to the dcvcl-
opment of another war. Its multitude
of supporters were no mob Of visi on-
aries. no pubic-mindcd pack of ideal
lists, who thought the creation Of a
league of nations would change human
nature. They were just ordinary
mortals who had been close to the fer i,
furnace. "Pcrhaps it will work; per-
haps it won't. Let's give it q chance"
was the general verdict
Wore Opposition Here
In the last week have heard more
arguments against the LEAGUE of ma
tons than all the time was in
E1rope. have listened to the debate
in the Senate and heard Il Senator at
tack the league because the President
acted "unconstitutionally" waen he
went to Paris and helped construct the
treaty. Another Senator has assailcd
the treaty because the British have six
representatives and America on Y one.
Anotlc has pointed out that in any
question where American interests are
in conflict with those of another ma
tion America must be satisfied to pre-
sent hor case and alb dc by the decision
of unntcrcstcd states who sit in
judgment.
Another Senator has talked in op-
position to the treaty and the league
covenant comparing the personnel of
the American peace mission with that
of former American missions.
have had an opportunity to learn
how bitterly Democrats, a; we'll as Re-
publicans feel because the President
did not include q, member of the SEN
ate on the Paris m ssion, and then to
prove that the opposition to the league
is not confined to the Senate, it is
merely necessary to report that the
loudest applause in a vaudcrv le
ttcatrc comes whom a performer sings
1--WE Are Against the League Of Ma
tions When Old Ire and is Excluded" p"
Stability Badly Needed
To an American returning from
Europe al these objections are new
and surprising. Over there they are
Ne'i'- !NLi q SiiiE, tiA-t'i tnNu'1 1IlS on Il So
luton for industrial unrest; they has
tened the ratification of the treaty in
the hope Of clearing the decks so as
- Ne hett"r able 20 handle the pro
found problems coming out o. the
wa. IhcN are ty.ng 30 rcadiust them
selves to the new conditions in an or
derry and constitutional way. The war
IS over. A new era has begun. The
treaty was not entirely salts 'actory
to the British. to the French, to the
Italians, to the Germans, bat they rati-
iied 1t nevertheless. They believed
that any other course would have been
poor business policy.
II the Senate fails to ratify, Europe
will be disappointed, but Europe viii
not collapse Ii the league Of nations
does not include the United States, it
will be a league much like fornc
leagues and the war viii have made
little change in the European political
lineup. By all means the most I'M
portant thing tc-dey is to end the
present uncertainty and bring about
stability.