Evening star., 1920-01-31
PROPOSES REVIVAL
Of TREATY DEBATE
ON FEBRUARY 10
Senator Walsh Gives Notice
of Motion in Behalf of
Minority Leader.
STEP FOLLOWS COLLAPSE
OF COMPROMISE EFFORT
Republican Leader Lodge Places in
Record Versions of the Biparti-
san Negotiations.

The first formal step of democratic
leaders to revise Senate discussion OF
the peace treaty was taken today
tana. gave notice that on February
10 motion would be made to proceed
10 the treaty's consideration.
The announcement, forecast by the
collapse yesterday of the bipartisan
compromise negotiations. caused hard
1y a ripple on the surface of Senate
procedure.
Senator Walsh did not mention the
partisan deliberations but merely
told the Senate that he was giving
the formal notice on behalf of the
democratic leader. Senator Hitch
COCK of Nebraska. who was absent.
There was no debate.
Statements made yesterday by Sen
ator Hitchcock and by Senator Lodge
or Ma assachusetts. the republican lead
er, relating to the agreements reach
ed by the bipartisan committee, were
put lnto the Senate record by Mr..
Lodge. who asked also that they be
printed as public document
Text Of Reservation.
The text of the Taft reservation on
article \ of the league covenant as
presented by the democrats and which
caused the break in the negotiations
yesterday follows:
The United States declines to as
sumo any legal or binding obliga-
teSrity or political independence of
any other country under the pro-
visions of article X. or to employ
the military or naval forces of the
United States under any article of
the treaty for any purpose; but the
t'OnRraSS tha ifr,-
tion has the sole power in the prem
ises. will consider and decide what
moral obligation, if any, under the
circumstances of any particular case,
United States, in the interests of
world peace and justice. to take ac-
tion therein, and will provide accord
jngly."
The move of the democrats in cham
pioning this reservation came as 8
surprise. the leaders on both sides
having indicated beforehand that any
decision on article y probably would
be put over until next week In re-
jecting the proposed substitute, Sem
ator Lodge reiterated his announce
ment that no change at all would be
considered in the article Y reserva-
ton drafted by the republicans at the
last session of Congress Agreeing to
finally disagree, the conference then
broke up in less than hour after it
had begun
Lodge Refuses Definitely.
What happened was described thus
by Senator Hitchcock in announcing
the negotiations were at an end:
We presented the Taft reservation
on article Y as our proposition.
There was some conversation as to its
exact meaning. We urged them to ac-
cept il or to take a few days to de-
eide But Senator Lodge said def
nitely he could not accept it.
I'VE then asked them if they had
any counter-propoSal or would make
one. Mr.. Lodge said he could not
make any counter-proposal l sug-
gested that We try to agree on a way
for taking up the treaty in the Sem
ate. but Senator Lodge did not want
a meeting on that subject So we are
going to proceed to call it up"
Unable to Agree to Changes.
Speaking for myself alone" said
have only this to say. that I was
unable to agree to any change in res
ervations and dealing with ar
ticle Y and the Monroe doctrine. In
my opinion reservation No 2. which
provides that We shall assume no OBJ
legation of any kind under article X
except the one mentioned in the
treaty. that we should ourselves re-
spect the boundaries of other nations,
cannot possibly permit of change.
The change proposed in reBerva-
tion No. ) in regard to the Monroe
doctrine was an absolutely vital one
because II was asserted a S 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 l
have referred. I regard the line which
IL was proposed to strike out as alb
solutely necessary"