Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-02-08
NII sON REVIEWS | OBJECTIONS TO | TREATY CHANGES
Er;tes Hitchcock Reserva. tions Would ''Chill' Re- lations With Allies
g. CANNOT EVADE OBLIGATION TO WORLD
resident Expresses Confidence That Americans HaveS No Desire to Shirk Their Duty

Duty
 Washington. Feb. IA letter from
 resident Wilson renewing his ob-
 ction to some features of the peace
 eaty reservations, framed by the
 publican majority of the senate
 finished the basis of an earnest dis
 ssion today in a conference of
 mocratic senators caled to con-
 der what course the treaty's friends bould pursue when it again comes kfore the senate next week.
 The only decision reached was to p-operate in the parliamentary act
 n necessary to reopen the ques-
 on of ratification, and to work for acceptable compromise on reser- btions. Just what sort of com komise should be considered accept ble was debated in the light of vary hg interpretations of the presidents etter, but there was no attempt to Fame definite reservation program
 Reservations Resented.
 Striking directly at the republican Excavations to article 10 and various roposed substitutes, the president krote that any reservation which aid that "the United States assumes Do obligation under such and such an jrticle unless rexcept "would be ikely to "chill" the relationship be- tween this country and the other bowers. A substitute article 10 re- |ervation containings this language which had been under consideration by the recently disbanded bi-partison Compromise committee, the president Frote, was Every unfortunate" in |orm though he agreed with its sub btancc.
 The letter was written or January I6, while the bipartisan negotiations were in progress and before publica- Eion of the letter of Viscount Grey former British ambassador to the United States, on the acceptability ot the republican reservations. It was Addressed to Senator Hitchcock o4 Nebraska, the democratic leader o1 fhe senate, who laid it before the conference today.
 Disagree on Probable Effect. Wide disagreement was revealed among senators regarding the prob. able effect of the communication or the treatv's chance of ratification Rome interpreted the letter as mere |y reiteration of the views ore giously expressed bv the executive while others professed to see in it 2 tendency to compromise.
 Comparing it with former utter. ances of the president. these sena. tors pointed out that it contained nc statement that he considered the Ian guage quoted as nullifvinp the treaty pr constituting a reflection.
 Senator Hitchcock declared r> change in the democratic attitude was indicated either hv the letter O, :he proceedings of the conference The democratic senate forces remain sd determined. he said. not to ac :ent the republican article 10 reser ration, unless it were modified.
 In some quarters significance wa seen in the fact that the letter o1 the president was written four day. before the bipartisan nerotiations collapsed. following the refrsal .. the republicans to consider uodif;ce t'on of the reservations relating t. nrt'cle 10 and the Monroe doctrine It was suggested that the re-state !nent ot the presidents attitude migh' nave had weight with the demo crratlc conferees in agreeing to trans re rthe whole fight again into th' senate.
 Nc Objection to Withdrawal.
 Besides article 10. the presiden touched on the reservations respect .ng withdrawal and mandatories. eav Ing m he had no objection to cnalifica tlons on these subjects. He alss gave his approval of the interpreta sive reservations presented bv Sens TOT Hitchcock just before the treat' ,alled of ratification last Nnvemher the letter was made public bv Sera ment
 Senator Hitchcock made public hi .etter and that of the president i, she following statement:
 The presidents letter. dated Jan uary 26. was called forth bv a let ter which I wrote him on the eve- ing of the dav in which the h; IpalHsan conference in Senate lodee's office came so near to agree ihg E., 10 reservation article 10
 MY letter to him was as follows
 0 IVY NV Dear Mir President:
 The conferences between Lodg "na ms three associates and mvsel ano four democratic senators hay now reached the sixth day.
 On article 10 the effort to reac' . compromise has now reached F29e where both sides are seriousl' 1ceas. .dering proposition as indi
 n1 s oy the enclosed clipping. we resume consideration of it to morrow afternoon,
 Your truly.
 "G. M. Hitchcock.
 ..mJ,anuary 22, 192O.'"
 me clipping referred to in tn letter reads:
 " The United States assumes no oh
 Ion to employ it's military O
 .Sal forces or the economic boycot - preserve the territorial interrit VI political independence of any oth er country under the provision 0 or ,',cle iu. or to employ the militar nrdn naval forces of the United State anu uer any article of the treaty fo cas. s purpose. unless in any particula Se ccs .ne congress, which. under tn JJoena,sutution, has the sole power ssS.are s.a war or authorize the employ 'as oi the military or naval force < '~~.es<~s~.~xe>~ econtinued on Page e.)