The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-12-30
BY JAMES II. NouRsE:

Washington, Dec. 2a.--rhe efforts
OF democratic senators 10 bring about
4 compromise IN the treaty ratifica =
fion fiehs moved forward today. with
senator King. OF Utah and Pomerene.
of Ohio. taking The initiative.
SENATOR King completed a ser OF
fourteen rsscrva tons which are n
modification or those now before the
senate and which he will offer as a
substitute, He submitted the reser~
vations e. Republican senator's for
their approval.
Senator pomerene announced that
he would confer with Senator Lodge,
the Republican leader, to find out II
there " pet some way .of bringing
ahoat ratification.
The conference may take place to-
eaarrew
fsot.l Senator King ana senator
/ Pumerene are acting in opposition TO
the position assumed by President
wilson, their party leader. thar Ihfr~
n must he ~. rs.mprcEaisc on the gre%-
Jon OF ratification.
ACT r>DEpENDENTIY
They are likewise acting independ-
sntiv of Senator Hitchcock. the Dem
,crntic in the senate. who Is opposed
10 having any senator on the demo-
cratic side taking the initiative toward
COMPROMISES Senator Hitchcock be-
heves that the mild reservatiorfsts
among the Republicans should lead the
way in any movement to modify the
Lodge reservations.
Although Senator Kings reserva-
Z tons were drafted with view to oh
saining their acceptance by tho mild
reserva tionists' sne senator did not
make much headway when he sub
United them, this afternoon 10 Sena :
tor McNary. the leader of that group,
md to Senators kellogg and Lcnrcot,
Senator McNar'y refused to accent
them as a substitute for the I.odTc
reservations and told Senator King
that Senators Kellogg and Lenroot aisn
oppressed disapprovai of them.
The King reservations. are the same
In number N those adopted by Sena-
Mr. Lodges committee and several Of
me latter are adopted without change,
This h particularly true with regard
b the Lodge reservation which with
holds acceptance OF the interna sional
labor clauses in tho treaty. Sena-
tor King adopted this verbatim. with
the expla nation that II he could have
II stronger he would have done SO.
KINGS 9TH ANGF.S
The principal changes made by
Senator King are in tho reserva tons
IN article X. the Monroe Doctrine.
Hhantuns and the preamble which re
tAteS to the acceptance of the Amer lean
reservations by at least three of the
tour principal allied and associated
powers.
Senator King changed the prenm
/ bio 10 that negative action rather than
Affirmative acceptance of the reser-
yntions Il provided. His reservations
prryidcs that if the United States par
tictpatcs in the execution of the treaty
md unless two of the other powers
rive notice that they decline TO accept
the reservations they shall he con-
Sfdered as having been agreed 10 by
MI the powers.
EesSIn reference to his modified reserr
walton on Article *. Senator King
\ said he had found that there was "a
square conflict between the president
and the senate on the question of
whether or not Americas participa-
tion in the war imposed an obligation
upon the United States to help Flu
rcpaan nations out of all theft. dif-
\ hculties." The president has taken
the position. Senator King said, that
such an obligation does exist, while
& the theory ~ the Lodge reservation
On Article y is that there is no such
obligation ard that the United States
will decline to assume such an obliEa
tion except by express authorization
Df congress. Accordingly. Senator
Kinr has drafted his reservation on
This article IN read as follows:
The United States so CONSTITUTES
and understands Article X that
whatever obligation arises under
Article 4 10 protect tho Nrritorial
integrity and political indercVsfence
of other nations. whether Nembcrs
u az the league or not, 1t shall not be-
c0l,e effective az to the United States
unless congress by Affirmative action
% provides"
NO OBLIGATION
SenAtor McNary expressed strong
\ di4aprrovai OF this reservation. be-
\ cause. In his opinion, Il assumes that
IN obligation does exist He declared
Il That the Republican senators viii mot
II agree 10 any reservation which is
V t>szsed upon such nm assumption. He
3xisrexSed preference Aor d rcser-
SSx15nn which would state that the
aJJAtted States nould raxry ont no
fGcnttned - raee .xwol