The Sun and the New York herald., 1920-02-18
Note Threatens Also With
drawal of the Versailles =.
Treaty From Senate.
REPLY COMES TO-DAY
Premiers Likely to Bow TO
Ultimatum, Many Sena-
tors Believe.
BORAH SEES LESSON IN IT
Says Situation Shows ImpOssi-
bility Of U. S. and Europe
Acting in Unison.
BORAH SEES LESSON IN IT

Special 70 TEE SuS AND NEw YonK HKRALn
WASHINGTON. Feb. 17.-An overt
threat to withdraw both the treaty OF
Versailles and the French alliance
treaty from the Senate If the Allied
Premiers did not continue to consult
him in any remaking OF the map OF
Europe was contained in President
Wilson's note Of February 10 to the
Allied Governments
AS was stated in THE SrN AND The
New York HERALD this morning, the
Presidents whole position in this mat
ter still reyolves around Article X. and
its guarantee. Not until to-day was 1t
admitted, however. that the President
had gone SO far as to mention the pos
sibility that if the Allies did not come
to his terms the peace treaty. con-
tanning the League covenant and Its
concomitant pact regarding France,
would be withdrawn.
This is in addition to the positive
declaration in the note that the United
States refused TO be a party to any
Adriatic settlement on the basis Of the
ultimatum sent to Belgrade and would
not sign the Hungarian treaty il II
we're included.
The admission that the President
had coupled with this mention os tho
peace treaty now under discussion in
the Senate was made at the White
House to-day although it had been
denied there yesterday that any gem
eral threat of this sort had been made
Capitol Amused, and Astonished.
The admission caused some aston.
ishment, but more amusement at the
capitol, where the treaty during the
last few days has seemed to be in its
expiring throes. 1t was at once char
acterized by some Senator's as a blur
directed at foreign governments but
for which they probably would fail as
1t is not doubted that these govern
ments had been from the very start
willing to pay any price to keep Amer.
lea in the European game.
The President in his note has not
MADE the direct threat to withdraw the
Two treaties II the Allies do not rescind
their latest Adriatic plan adopted by
them last month before they had con-
suited Mr.. Wilson. What he said IN
this note. which language is as yet with.
held Is In effect that II It is their plan
to continue to redraft arrangements COW
ering boundaries and other matters llks
the Adriatic without first getting the
approval OF this Government he viii
take under consideration" the adylsa.
bility of Withdrawing the Versailles
treaty. 1t is intimated that, this would
mean also the Franco American treaty.
as both go together"
Whether the note mentions the Franz
treaty specifically in addi-
ton to the Versailles pact Is not lnade
clear as yet. But that the foreign Gov.
ernments know plainly that one goes
with the other is certain. It's sign!9-
canoe Is plain. This is threat directed
at the French, to whom the alliance pact
Is far more precious than the League
Of Nations.
Presldent's whole Position.
The Presidents whole position a,r-
pears to he predicated not on the spe.
cihc treaty Of which the Adriatic set
Element would form part but upon his
theory that hereafter, under the league
covenant, the United States is called
upon to guarantee the boundaries OF
Europe and cannot be expected to sit BY
is very close TO the Ian
suage the President uses-whiie these
are being defined In accord
lnce with ideas to which 1t has not sub
scribed. The President would take his
peace treaty away from the Senate. as
be virtually tells Europe, before he
would let the Senate ratlfy the pact and
make the United States party to the
guarantee Of Europe's new boundaries
4 they are to De drawn up without frs:
obtaining the approval OF the United
States
Whatever effect this may have had
ipon the European Governments II GER
ainly has had a whitening effect upon
he already blighted prospects OF the
German peace treaty In the Senate, It
has given the best argument
n the world TO those who have been con,
ending against the Presidents intern3
lonalisnl In fact II looked to-day as T.
he President. by his own hand. had
Tiven the coup de grace to his own
reaty.
As seen at tie capital the President
ms threatened u. withdraw from Europ~
vhen a large element Of the Senate ana
4 his own countrymen have demanded
his very thing, More than this, hiS
Iltimatum TO the allied Premiers woulS
eem to be. in effect, that unless thss
ccede to his demands the League OF Ma.
ions viii bs thrown Into the discard.
FOR with the Deaty containing the
eagus ssrsnaaR withdrawn Europe
seii5a Lave nothing else to do but ss}