Evening star., 1920-03-07
PRESIDENT AL00F,
Mr.. BORAH SEEKS
ARTICLE X ACTION
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tors seeking ratification desired TO
see IL they could reach an agreement
selves. In the second place. some Of
them desired to know what the gen.
tleman in the White House, without
whose consent there can be no flnal
ratification. thought about the mat
ter. It seems now that they know
'If the President is satisfied with
the Lodge reservation. then 1t will go
through.
"If ne is not. then the democratic
senators should be able by now to
make up their minds whether they
will support 1t and venture upon
that open political sea without a
rudder to guide them.
Therefore, on Monday I shall move
to take up the reservation OF article x.
II it is true the President doesn't
intend to yield, why should we not
Of time?
Mr. Hitchcock's Attitude.
Senator Hitchcock. the democratic
leader. expressed sympathy with the
stand taken by the irreconcilables,
seeking an early vote.
cit will not be necessary to ind out
the views Of the President on this
reservation to article X" he said.
Il have submitted two compromise
reservation and the other drafted by
Mr.. Taft. If neither is adopted, there
will be sufficient number of senators
who will vote to defeat ratification"
he predicted
Senator Lodge said there was no
the discussion of the treaty to con-
cIusion. He pointed out, however.
that the Senate had voted many days
ago to postpone action on the reServa-
ton on article x until the others had
been disposed Of. The time had gone
when a motion to reconsider that
vote was admissible. The only way
in which the procedure could be
changed, he said, was by unanimous
consent. He urged that the quickest
way to get to article X was to act
upon the remaining reservations.
81 am ready to vote as rapidly as they
come up" said Senator Lodge. But as
each reservation is taken up the senator
from Nebraska Mr.. Hitchcock. starts
a new debate"
Senator Lodge said that the repub-
licans would insist upon retaining the
principle involved in the Lodge reser-
vation on article X-that the United
States would assume no obligation to
protect the territorial integrity Of
members Of the league. ~
'On that we do not propose to
Yield" he said. He said that changes
in phraseology might be made.
Six reservations besides that relat-
ing to article X remain to be disposed
of, the Senate having acted during the
day on the seventh Of the list of four
teen adopted last November. The
reservation voted on was that ex-
empting the United States from pay
ing expenses of the league OF nations
without congressional action, and it
was readopted, 46 to 25, after pro-
viso had been added excluding from
the stipulation the office expenses and
salary of the secretary general. Sem
ator Kellogg. republican, Minnesota.
offered the proviso, which had been
agreed to in the bipartisan confer
ence. and it was accepted, IS to IL.
with both republican and democratic
leaders supporting it.
The reservation before the Senate
when 1T adjourned last night relates
to the authority OF the league over
armaments. A substitute worked out
in the bipartisan conference was pre-
sented by Senator New of Indiana,
one Of the republican conferees. but was
not brought to vote.