The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1920-02-06
PEACE FARLEY AGAIN
WRECKED ON SHOALS
Treaty Fight Brought Into
Open For Final
Battle
BY James r. Nonrse.

By James r. Nourse.
Washington, Jan. 3O.-All parleys
between Republicans and Democrats
in the Senate intended to bring about
compromise on the peace treaty
reservations came to a decisive and
definite end today.
The bipartisan conference, which
had been sitting in Senator Lodges
office, broke up in disagreement and
will not be convened again.
The disagreement came after Sena-
tor Lodge. on behalf of the Republi-
cans, had stated most positive re-
fusal to yield to any compromise on
the reservations on Article X and the
Monroe Doctrine.
Senator Hitchcock thereupon an
nounced that his next step will be 10
move in the Senate. On February 10,
TO bring up the treaty for discussion
on the floor. The senator believes the
motion will be supported by at least
forty-three Democrats and by enough
W a ny
thereby throwing the entire treaty
question again open to debate in the
Senate.
Wilson not Consulted.
Before leaving tonight on a flying
trip to Nebraska. Senator Hitchcock
stated that Senator Walsh, of Mon
tana, will give notice in the Senate
tomorrow of the motion which SEN
ator Hitchcock will make in his re-
turn.
Senator Hitchcock was unadvised
as to whether his motion would be
looked on with favor by the White
House. He said he had not been able
to communicate with the President or
with Secretary Tumulty regarding it
Just before the conference broke
up. the Democrats made their final
stand for a charge in the Lodge re-
servation on Article X. Having fail
ed to get their own proposals accept
ed, they threw into the hopper the
draft OF a reservation prepared by
former President Taft, reading as
follows:
1.-The United States declines to as
sumo any legal or binding independ- |
ence of any other country in the pro- |
visions of Article ", or to employe |
the military or naval force of the |
United States under any article of |
the treaty for any purpose; but the |
Congress which, under the constitu-
, ton, has the sole power in the pre-
misses Will consider and decide what |
moral obligation, if any, under the
circumstances of any particular case, |
when II arises, should move the Unit !
ed States in the interests of world |
peace and justice to take action there
in. and will provide accordingly"
Thought IL Clever Move.
In thrusting this last reservation
into the arena of discussion, the |
Democrats thought they had made
clever political move, in that it fore
ed the Republicans to reject a draft
written by their former leader. But
Senator Lodge, without the culver of
a smile, announced that the reserva-
ton could not be accepted. The
Democrats at once announced that
the limit of negotiations had been
reached and that further conference
was unnecessary.
Senator Lodge then made the fol-
lowing statement of the situation:
speaking for myself alone, have
only this to say, that / was unable
TO agree to any change in reserva-
tions two and five dealing with Ar
ticle X, and the Monroe Doctrine. In
my opinion reservation No. which
provides that we shall assume no OBJ
legation of any kind under Article
except the one mentioned in the trea-
ty. that we should ourselves respect
the boundaries of other nations, can
not possibly permit of change.
1.-The change proposed in reserva-
ton No. s, in regard TO the Monroe
Doctrine, was an absolutely vital one,
because it was asserted as an official
Interpretation by the representatives
of Great Britain that the Monroe Doc
trine under the treaty was to be in
terpreted by the league. To this !,
for one, could never assent, and in
view of the statement made in Paris
by the British delegation, to which
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