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was said to feel, can be left for future
| consideration after the outcome Of the
fight against the amendment.
i The President said he was we'll salts
! fe' with the way the fight SO far has
bee,l handled" said Mr.. Hitchcock "and
! over the very distinct gains made by
; friends pf the treaty and the league. /
! assured him absolutely that every amend
mont proposed would be beaten. told
| the President that many republicans who
! favor reservations also are for the treaty
and the league and will not vote for
reservations and amendments which
would nullify or require re-negotation. 4"
President Wilson also discussed with
Mr. Hitchcock his plans for his tour In
behalf of the treaty. The President It
was said. will discuss the treaty and es-
pecially the league covenant in every ad-
dress of the trop. Senator Hitchcock said
the President would analyze thetreaty in
detail and emphasized the delay in its rati-
f1cation was holding up return to the
country of normal conditions and also
was blocking many reconstruction mat
ters, including virtually all legislation
such as bills to reduce the cost of living
and solution of the railroad problem. Per-
! sonal attacks, however, upon senators
opposing the treaty are not planned by
the President
G. o. P. PLAN ABANDONED
Senator Hitchcock said he told the
President that the plans of republicans
! to follow him on his trip and reply to his
speeches had been abandoned because,
Senator Hitchcock said. he understood
important influences in the Republican
party had killed the plan"
ic tp ho
opposition to the treaty of those advocat-
ing home rule for Ireland and other Euro
pean peoples and Senator Hitchcock to-
day advised Mr. Wilson that the foreign
relations committees hearings on these
questions were useless because he said,
the committee does not intend to report
amendments or reservations to the treaty
which have been asked in that respect.
WILL REPLY TO. SPEECHES
The Presidents treaty discussions are
expected to evoke prompt replies from
republicans in the Senate. The final step
of committee action-considerato of a
resolution of ratification with reserva-
tions-is planned for Friday and sub
mission of the treaty for open Senate de-
bate is to follow as soon as possible.
In the negotiations OF the republican
factions on reservations the present
stumbling block is said to be on a reserva-
ton affecting article ten with it's for
eign territorial guarantees. The tentative
reservation said to have been drawn
by senators demanding Strong reserva-
tions is understood to declare emphatically
that the United States will not and
refuses to undertake obligation Of the
territorial guarantees in advance of
specific action by Congress as required by
the constitution. Those favoring q more
moderate reservation are said to be
urging instead that 1t declare the lmita-
tions of Congress, under the constitu-
ton without making blunt denials.
The three reservations on which the
radical and moderate republican groups
are said now to have reached an agree
rpent are SAID to propose to declare that
the United States shall be the sole inter-
prefer of the Monroe doctrine. shall de-
eide all domestic policies such as tariff
and immigration without Intervention by
the league and upon deciding. without
judgment of the league, that national
obligations have been fulfilled, shall be
privileged to withdraw from the league