The Washington herald., 1919-08-16
WILSON PLANS FIGHT
ON EVERY CHANGE
TO WORLD LEAGUE
CONTINUED FROM FACE ONE

the one by Senator johnson. of Cali
fOrnIa, to give the United States
equal representation with the Brit
ish Empire in the league of nations
assembly. 1t has been authorita-
lively stated by Senators opposed
to the treaty tnat there are enough
votes TO adopt both OF these amend
ments.
The President directed Senator
Hitchcock to pay particular atten-
ton to these amendments in the
argument which he will present to
the Senate against any and all
amendments to the treaty. Senator
Hitchcock is expected to give rCa-
sons why neither anne ndment should
be adopted.
Will See Committee.
Other developments in the treaty
fight today were as follows:
l. President Wilson's acceptance
of the committees request for a
conference with him at the White
House was received by the commit
tee and arrangements were COM
pleted for the conference, which
will begin at 10 o'clock next Tues
day morning. The committee ar
ranged to take its own stenog-
raphers and to furnish to the press
a complete transcript Of everything
that takes place at the conference.
which will be held in the Blue Room
of the White House A room in, the
White House has been set apart for
the stCnographers in which TO do
the work of transCribing.
2. Senator Hitchcock conferred
with Senator NpN~or,- b.
group of mild reservationists," by
whom he was informed that there are
at least twenty-five on the RepubIi-
can side who favor ratification Of
the treaty with reservations and at
least thirty who are opposed to the
whole treaty. Senator Hitchcock
was also informed that ratification
without reservation will be an i'm
possibility. This information was
given to the President by Senator
Hitchcock.
3. Senator Lodge, upon being in
formed of the program demanded
by the President declared that un-
less strong reservations are agreed
to he will vote against the treaty.
/ 4. The first textual amendment
proposed to the treaty was made IN
the Foreign Relations Committee
! session by Senator Fall. of New
Mexico. 1t proposes to strike out
the words. lea que of nations, -
/ where they first appear in the treaty,
! IN Article "a, relating to Belgium,
! and substitute the words. "a com
mission of the principal allied pow
ers' The same amendment is to be
offered by Senator Fall throughout
the treaty, the effect being to take
the United States entirely out OF the
arrangements for executing the
treaty provisions. Senator Fall has
100 amendments covering this point.
VIII Fight Compromise.
The question of compromising
with the reservationists upon some
form of mild reservations which
will not necessitate sending the
treaty again to Germany was also
discussed with the President 1t is
| understood that the President ad-
vised against any discussion of
| compromise at this time. and urged
that all the Administrati ton Senators
should concentrate on the fight
against amendments
Senator Hitchcock issued this
statement: In the end compromise
with those who seek to attach some
reservations to the resolution of
ratif1catlon may be necessary.
Whenever everything else has been
disposed of and the Senate begins
to talk about the resolution of rati-
fication, it will be time to talk of
compromising then"
Following is President Wilson's
letter to Senator Lodge announcing
the meeting with the committee:
Il have received your letter ~of
yesterday and in reply hasten to
express the hope that the Senate
Committee on Foreign Relations
will give me the pleasure of seeing
them at the White House on Tues
day morning next. the 10Th, at 10
o'clock
Il also Welcome the suggestion
of the committee that nothing said
at the conference shall be regarded
as confidential. In order that the
committee may have full and
trustworthy record of what is said.
1 shall have a stenographer present
and take the liberty of suggesting
that If you should wish to bring
one of the committees stenograph-
ers with you that win be entirely
agreeable to me. The presence of
the two stenographers would
Tighten the work.
1t will be most agreeable to me
to have an opportunity to tell the
committee anything that may be
serviceable to them in their consid-
GRAFTON of the treaty"