Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1920-01-29
PEACE TREATY DEADLOCK
RESTS ON TWO ARTICLES

Preponderence of senate opinion
on the eve OF another, and perhaps
final partisan conference of republic
can and democratic leaders, was that
a deadlock had been reached, MAX
ing an agreement very unlikely at
this time on compromise peace trea-
ty reservations.
Reservations to article ten and
for the preservation of the Monroe
doctrine promised to be the center
of variance between the leaders of
the two factions at the next meet
ing.
II appeared that should a break
come it would result from inability
to agree on these two points.
Should the bipartisan conferences
which have been in progress for
more than two weeks be abandoned,
influences at work in both political
parties 1t was asserted in some
quarters, undoubtedly would have
strong effect ultimately in the direc-
tion of compromise which would
keep the treaty out of the political
campaign.
Article ten and the Monroe doc
trine, it became known were the
only subjects on which tentative
agreement had not been reached by
the bipartisan committee. Much of
the language of the republican res
ervations adopted last session has
been agreed to by the democrats, IL
was revealed, while many changes
had been conceded by the republi-
cans and two of the reservations
had been rewritten entirely.
Among the changes approved by
the committee were the following:
Modification of the preamble so
that instead of requiring specific af-
firmative acceptances of the reser-
vations by three or four of the great
powers, such acceptances would be
taken for granted unless objection
were made before disposition of rat.
ification by the United States.
QUALIFICATION of the reservation
on voting strength in the league so
the United States would not be
bound, except in cases where it pre-
viously had given its assent. by de-
cisions in which any member had
more than one vote. In the republi-
can reservation this exception was
omitted
Change of the withdrawal reser-
vatio nto make It provide that
notice of withdrawal from member
ship in the league shall be. given
by Joint resolution" of congress
instead of may be given by a con-
current resolution. A joint reso-
luton requires the signature of the
president. while concurrent reso-
luton ordinarily does not.
naIafinp M dfraOf rafaran0a m
Japan and China by name in the
Shantung reservation so that the
United States simply would withhold
reserve liberty of actions in any
dispute arising under them. SIS
Complete Fedrafting Of two of the
reservations so they would require
that no representative to the league
be appointed without congressional
authorization and that no recon-
mendation of the league regarding
ornaments would be valid until APP
proved by congress.
Numerous notifications of Lam
guage in others OF the fourteen res
ervations. That one providing the
United States would accept no man
datory except by congressional ac-
ton was one OF those, however, re-
naming intact.
The sticking point on the Monroe
doctrine reservation came when the
democrats proposed to strike out a
provision that the doctrine should
be interpreted by the United States
alone, while the article ten impasse
was reached on democratic pro-
posal to make the exemption from
the articles obligations apply only
TO use of the nations armed forces.
1t was when the whole negotia-
tions had been sifted down to these
two propositions that the republic
cans served their notice that they
would not agree to any compromise
on the two reservations affected.
Should the bipartisan negotiations
collapse at the next meeting, demo-
cratic leaders expect to try to bring
the treaty into the open senate for
debate.