Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1920-03-12
WILSON SAYS NO
To RESERVATIONS
loin League Freely or Stay 0rt,
Answer to Senator
Hitchcock.
WANTS ARTICLE TEN INTACT
With Modified Reservation, the Senate
Passes the Armament claase-La
Dor Reservation Is Also Re
adopted, "A to 27.

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Washington, March 10.-President
Wilson restated for Democratic sena-
tors his opposition 10 any peace treaty
reservations which would weaken arti-
Gle 10 or otherwise materially impair
the provisions of the league covenant.
Without saying specifically whit
qualifications he would or would not
accept, he wrote in a letter 10 Sena-
tor Hitchcock, the administration lead
er, that almost all of the reservations
he had heard suggested were "in effect
virtual nullifications" of the treaty ar
ticies to which they applied
Il hear of reServationists and mild
reservationists," the letter added, "but
cannot understand the difference be-
tween a nullifier and mild nullltier."
Discussing article 10 particularly,
the president wrote that there was mo
escaping the moral obligations which
are expressed in positive terms in this
article" though there could be no OBJ.
lection to explaining in an interpreta-
tion the constitutional methods by
which such obligation would have to
be fulfilled The very heart" of the
covenant, he reiterated, would be Inn
periled by weakening article TO-
modified reservation affirming ma.
adopted by the senate, 40 TO 26. Nine
Democrats. Chamberlain. Oregon !;
Gore, Oklahoma; King. Utah; Kirby,
Arkansas; Nugent, Idaho; Phelan,
California; Reed. Missouri: Shields,
Tennessee, and Smith. Georgia, voted
for It,
The reservation as amended on mo-
tions of Senators New, Republican,
Indiana, and Mccormick. Illinois, fol-
lows:
mo plan for the limitation OF arma-
ments proposed by the council of the
League of Nations upder the provi-
sions of article s shall be held as bind
ing the United States until the same
shall have been accepted by congress.
and the United States reserves the
right to Increase its armament without
consent of the council whenever the
United States is threatened with In
vasion or engaged in war"
AIer slight verbal amendment
proposed by Senator Lodge had been
accepted the senate adopted, A to %,
the reservation providing that the
United States reserves the right to
permit in its discretion the nationals
of covenant-breaking state. residing
IN this country or in countries other
than that of the t-breaking
sfnte. to continue commercial, finan-
cial and personal relations with Amer
icau citizens.
Five Democrats-Gore and Owen,
Oklahoma Henderson, Nevada; Reed
Missouri, and Shields, Tennessee
voted with the Republicans for the
reservation.
The reservation declaring that the
treaty should not be construed as val
idating any Illegal acts in dealing with
enemy property in this country, was
readopted without change by vote
of AS to 81 Senators Chamberlain,
Oregon; Fletcher, Florida; Gore, Okla
homa; Henderson, Nevada; Myers,
Montana; Reed, Missouri. and Shields.
Tennessee, Democrats. supporting it.
and Senator Nelson, Republican, Min
nesota, voting against 1t.
without debate the senate then re-
adopted the labor reservation which
refuses assent to the labor sections Of
the treaty and which was the subject
of long and bitter discussion last ses-
sion. The vote was A to q, with six
Democrats Senators O1re. Oklahoma ;
King. Utah; Myers, Montana; Reed,
Missouri; Shields. Tennessee. aid
Thomas. misunderstanding with the
solid Republican membership for adop-
ton
That left only the article 10 and vot-
ing power reservations to be acted on.