The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-11-17
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pocket PACT
LODGE FRAMED
Resolution Of Ratification
NuIIifies Document.
SUBSTITUTE IS PLANNED
Senator Hitchcock Brings
Word From White House,
BULLG

'ors'V" VeiaVoHs eomm'ttee reeer.
vstlen excluding the United ttatss
from any responsibility In regard
to disposition W the German COL
orles. Was SIsetsd TO-DAY BY the
ssoats.
The reservation. which wac the
first of che committee group 10 bs
eseeatsd, failed 70 esmmaWd the
support Of the MIL. vsssrvatleN -.
pub'iesrs and was opposed also by
sems 81 Ns rspuhiIean wreeoNeii.
sblss In adoItlsn 10 tho adr,intstsa-
elan 6lrrocrata.
The Vsts rsjsesina the reservation
wss ~ 70 q. twenty two eepubn-
cans voted aeaInst the reservation,
Sh's three demserats. ohIsids,
Tsnnsssss; Reed, Missouri, and
Walsh, Mlsslsslpp'. voted for H.
WASHINGTON. Nov. l7.-PreN.
dent Wilson will pocket the peace
treaty IL II contains the Lodge reserva-
tions, he told Senator Hitchcock at Q
conference today At the White House.
The president has read and con-
sidered the Lodge reservations" Sem
ator Hitchcock said. "and he considers
them a notification OF the treaty and
utterly impossible"
A6min'stratioN Prcaram.
Tho program outlined by aenatoe
Hitchcock after ne had seen Prcs,dsnt
Wilson last week will b. carried
throuGh in the seNate, Mr. Hitchcock
said: Thts CONTEMPLATED defent 4oi the
pattflcatleu restitution. WITH the I.Ndee
reseryat,ons attached. snd The effsr.
Ing OF Z 'fesolutios tor ratification WITH
6ot reservations. with the defa6t a
ehn resolution . 6eediock would folI~V
and co!npromise sopght.
ssaciDr h,shsnsh v,s Win ~
7 md the president Is very mitch
Improved since ] saw him l.st." the
..nator Sid on leaving the White
House. He looks better. talks better
ana much mora aggressive. ! find
that he has rad and considered the
LodDe reservntions and thot no ron.
sid.rs tAem a nullircation Of tho treaty
and utterly imDoeslbic
win Pocket the Treaty,
did the president tell you what HE
eours" would be In the event the
l<odsc reservations ere accepted BY the
senntcH" he YVES asked,
The president viii pocket the
tre,ty." was the reply.
Even II reservation fifteen u stvicks
''Yes. That you'd make no differ,
eneo IN the presidents decision"
senst~v Hitchcock aid not istrrpve<
the presidents remnYks 10 mean that
me trreV WA dead, deel~vinR he stiit
cehevec z compromise program could
Ds worried ont On the r~Nevvationa
ereswb'e vsvy obleet,onstie.
Ihs preamble OF the committee rsso.
luton. requiring that the acnsts rs.
evauons mvat be accepted by three Of
the democratic leader 10 be PARTICULAR.
" oolect'oNrb!s TO the president, who
cearded n, h. declared. ~ killing Tho
treaty sksosuteiy."
Ne Indicated also that the article
ter reservation wns entirely unnccrpt.
able u NJ. Wilson but said the ~.
ecutlve might be willing TO accept
Some o. the other proposals on the
A. soon a. hc IN the White Ho,ss
senator Hitchcock began milking pnps
ior q meeting of democratic friends u
.he treaty. II wss said II might No
hcld tonight The plan At first had
been TO have the nl'd reservation re-
publ leans In the c'"fer"nce. but y 10
Understood they med the part Of
-.
Senator Hitchcock predicted thst tho
mid group would give the dcmOcrrts
enough support 10 uphold the vico
president In further ratification OF the
treaty and thus open the door for .
compromise.
tails a. TO tho exact stnge at which
tho president might intervene In the
treaty proceedings. but indicated that
the executive might withdraw the treaty
unless the democratic conference do.
veloped an agreement TO vote down
ratification
II the committee resolution n d..
fented, however, II Ia expected Mr.. Wi.
son VIII let tho opposing groups work
ou, whatever compromise plan VIII ns{
interfere unless he finds withdruva1
necessary to prevent ratification VMS
reservations which are unoceeo&ahlo.
eubstituts Reservations Olectfsooi
One OF III" subjects undeplO0H -
have been discussed at the WhiIa 00rSS
conference was the subsa,tuto eosoyVSS
tlons proposed by senator hitrSIcNSk.
The democratic leader iW1icASo6 fIHS2
hc president had made no oejsetieR g
Mr. Hitchcock ssA hA 0n M ~.
russ With this president the peouCSal
~ republican leaders 70 peso veorlrl.
ton In case the treaty fAl1G. 1eoisrtr~
ne war 1t an end Il IA veil urd.r.
stood. however. that the admjristrV iica
GENERALLY would ieok With 6jaisvor aS
sucn . manner Of bringing Z psa1S
The peesidsnt's IecisIen ap,v srom
rspublIsAa isadrrs sSsphStie Mstem"Sis
tnas there would b 10 compro,riss and
Sh2t their original DrnGvnm q sre.
cednre would - A6heS0d 10,
= Tne only result hoa been 10 hayAsu
our lines" said osn0taf I,odss, II
,wx1 " view Of ~ Fvpublican IsaAsfs
dssdIeek ana M aid Il ia treaty
g v'shdsswn q Mild ~ stsatiNa
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