The Washington herald., 1919-10-22
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ton, may decide to withdraw the
amendment and resubmit as a resen-
walton.
seekisE a Way Out.
Treaty opponents are beginning to
realize, II Is said, that they have no
support. except that manufactured by
them. in heir States. and are seeking
TIE least conspicuous way out. They
have fallen back on reservations as
q method to attract the least atten-
ton to their plight.
fven in the mnttcr-of reservation $
the opponents Of peace were cautious
ly feeling their way. with no assur-
ance that they could command suffi
cient votes.
n One Eastern Republican Senator was
reported last night as ready to de-
mand Immediate ratification. without
any further meddling. Two or three
Western Republican Senators may
switch at any moment to a policy
demanding peace in order that the
United States and other nations may
get back to normal conditions. Evil
dence is said to be pilins high in
the Senate that the fight on the treaty
Is disturbing business and indust rial
conditions.
Lodge and '1Hls senntors."
Senator Lodge declares his 80
senators" will support reservations.
He includes among his senator's
he al
A number of Democratic Senators
were called together yesterday by
Senator Hitchcock to confer with
the Democratic members of the For
eisn Relations Committee upon the
policy which those members should
follow in the important meeting OF
the committee which has been called
for this morning. At this meeting
the Lodge program. embracing about
fourteen reservations. will be sub
mitted to the committee.
When the Democratic conference
convened. Senator Hitchcock Is said
to have been told by one or two
Democratic Senators they would re-
fuse to foCow his program OF voting
to kill the treaty IL reservations are
adopted by a majority vote of the
Senate.
1t may develop. 1t was reported yes
terday, that William Randolph Hearst
has been advising with opponents of
the treaty as to the character Of pro-
posed reservations.
Hitchcock Not Worried.
Senator Hitchcock left the confer
ence to despatch a letter to Admiral
Grayson informing him that there was
no necessity OF "bothering the Presi-
dent now with any matters connected
with the treaty. Admiral Grayson was
advised in the letter that within two
weeks or ten days 1t might become
necessary to consult with the Presi-
dent and obtain his advice as to what
the Democrats in the Senate should
do in the event the reservations are
adopted.
Having written this letter, Senator
Hitchcock went TO the golf links. leav-
ing the fight In charge of Senator
swanson, Of Virginia. Senator Swan
son endeavored several times during
the afternoon to obtain from Senator
Lodge a draft of the reservations
which Senator Lodge will submit at
today's meeting Of the Foreign Rela-
tions Committee. Each time the re-
quest was made, Senator Swanson was
told the final draft was not yet ready.
More Reservations Suggested.
Several suggested reservations
were introduced in the Senate yes
terday by Senators McCumber. of
North Dakota. Jones. of Washing
ton, and Thomas, of Colorado. Two
of the MoCumber reservations are
identical in language with those
Cd the Enraf~. pAIattnna
Committee. The reservation pro-
posed by him on Article 10 Is the
one which President Wilson read at
Salt Lake and bitterly denounced
as certain to cut the heart out of
the treaty. Senator McCumber also
proposed a reservation ON Shan
tung. providing that the United
States should reserve to itself free
dom of action with respect to that
part Of the treaty. and two other
reservations covering the six to one
vote Of the British Empire and the
voting where any part of the en-
before the league.
The reservation proposed by Sen
ator McCumber on the voting power
thob thC OhilCu otdtCS
should reserve the right to object
to any member having more than
one vote. and that In case such OBJ
lection Is made the United States
would decline to assume any obli-
cation imposed by such an election.
The reservation proposed by
Senator Jones is to the effect that
the United States gives notice that
II will withdraw from the league at
the end of two years unless the
following transactions shall have
taken place by that time: The SOW
ereignty of China restored over all
Shantung; the relations of Ireland
to the British Empire shalf have
been adjusted satisfactorily to the
PEOPLE of Ireland; the Independence
OF Egypt shall be recognized, and
that country set UP as a free, in
and sovereign state; that
each member of the league shall
have abolished the policy of main
tanning its regular military and
naval forces in time of peace by
conscription.