Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-11-20
President Not to Make
Statement Regarding
Treaty Fiasco.
DEMOCRAT LEADERS
NOT CALLED IN
Senators Hitchcock and Underwood,
Fail to Get Audience With President
or Secretary Tumu'ty-Faiiure OF
Treaty to Have Indirect Results on
Important Questions Left Unsettled
Limited States Out Of Controversies.

Washington, Nov. 20.-President VIII
son will have no statement to make
on the failure of the senate to ratify
the treaty Of Versailles. Senator
Hitchcock and Underwood called at
the White House during the morning
but did not see Secretary Tumulty,
who was ON the south lawn. They took
a philosophical attitude of the action
Democratic leadership played its
cards to the last but lost" Senator
Underwood said.
VAS long as the treaty is not dead
all hope is not LOST" said Senator
Hitchcock. Reports showed today tnat
only three senator's, LaFollette, Of
Wisconsin; McCumber, Of North Da-
kota, and Shields, OF Tennessee, used
the full hour allowed under the clo-
ture rule in the debate. during the
time after the rule was adapted only
twenty-one hours were consumed by
senator's. Forty seven senators used
none Of their time. Senator Lodge useG
only eighteen minutes and Senator
Hitchcock only thirty-one4 minutes.
Effect of Failure to Ratity.
Altho not changing technically the
existing relations between the United
States and Germany. the senate's
failure to ratify the treaty at the spe-
cial session Is expected by administra-
ton officials and diplomats to have
indirect results OF some of the import
ant questions relating to restoration of
the Work on q peace basis. One Of the
consequences may he the Fastening Of
negotiations in Paris, including PRONE
ulgation Of the process verbal, which
will restore full commercial and dip
lomatic relations with Germany be-
tween the powers which have ratified
the treaty.
/ The new congress will meet on Dec
l, but not even the most ardent sup
porters Of the treaty believe it will be
possible to take it up again at the out
set. The Christmas recess was ex-
pected to intervene before much, could
ibe accomplished, with the result that a
clear field would not be opened before
January. When the other powers have
gone ahead with commercial and diplo-
matte relations with Germany new ar
rangements will have to be made for
whatever trade the United States has
with the central powers. At present
the war arrangement by which Spain
is taking care Of American interests in
Germany Is still In force, and that Is
not expected to be disturbed Tho
rationing Of supplies must be taken
under the treaty terms. and the power
full reparations commission will : de-
termine the relations with Germany in
q commercial way. On this commits
sion the United States will have re-
presentatives, but it is hoped to worl:
out a plan by which the nation can
keep in close touch with this body.
Administration officials were not
prepared to say what form this ar
rangement should take. The state de-
partment is emphatic that no consuls
shall be sent into Germany until
peace has been established with Ger
many, and they declare only imperfect
trade relations can be built UP with
out the consular officers A contrary
view Is held by some Of the senators
who oppose ratification Of the treaty.
Notable In that connection is the
stand taken by Senator Knox. who
held that by the language OF the
treaty full diplomatic and commercial
relations can be set UP a. soon a. the
process verbal IL exchanged.