New Britain herald., 1920-03-08
President Will Make
 Know His Opinion In Letter To Senator Hitchcock
MAY GIVE OUT TEXT
 OF HIS VIEWS TODAY
Has Discussed Taft Reserva- ton But is Not Committed
 to Approve or Reject 1t.

Washington, March s.-President < Wilson will state his position on tho E Lodge reservation to article X. prob- abIy today, it was announced at the White House. "f.s s.
 His attitude on this and other reservations will be outlined in let ter to Senator Hitchcock of Nebraska. the administration leader
 He will not sec Senator Simmons. democrat, North Carolina, as request ed by Senator Hitchcock, put Will write Senator Simmons telling him She matter is sufficiently covered III his reply to Hitchcock.
 Letter Completed Today. The presidents letter to Senator Hitchcock was put in final form this morning. In it the president was said to have made his position as clear as he did in his conference with Senator Glass, Virginia, two weeks ago.
 Administration officials said the president would not accept the Lodge reservation to article X. They dis ~elcsed that he had discussed the so- called Taft reservation to article X. with Senator Glass and that while he had not stated his approval of it. he did not say he would not accept it.
 In an effort to bring; the peace treaty to another ratification vote within the next few days senate lead CTS were working today for some Agreement that would hold down de- bate and center the fight as soon as possible on the decisive question of article X. e,s.sesoi. .s.=y-ssst,
 Isorah Wanes ActfUIs.
 Senator Borah. republican, Idaho, spokesman for the irreconcilable op- ronents of the treaty, gave notice Sat 1,- T fr,.J., take up article x. at once. but he held his motion in abeyance to see whether a method of hastening action might not be worked out. Six reser vations remain to be disposed, of be- fore article X. is reached. and Sena- tor Lodge of Massachusetts. repub- lican leader, wants to go on without interrupting the regular order of busi- ness.
 T When the senate met the reserVa- ton pending before it was that de- .claring that any decision of the league .regarding reduction of armaments should not apply to the United StateSS eat any time of actual or threatened shostilities. z kE A substitute worked out in the re- scent bipartisan conference and pre- scented in the senate by Senator New, Republican, Indiana, would say instead that no armament plan of the league should be binding on this nation until congress had accepted it.
 Armament Control.
 A modified reservation affirming g national control over armaments was adopted, 49 to 26, nine democrats Cham berlain, Oregon; Gore, Okla King, Utah: Kirby, Arkansas; Nugent, Idaho; Phelan, California: Reed, Missouri; Shields Tennessee, and Smith, Georgia--voting for it.
 The reservation, as amended on motions of Senators New, republican, of Indiana, and Mccormick, of Il!i- nois, follows:
 X No plan for the limitation of maments proposed by the council of the League Of Nations under the pro visions of Article 8 shall be held as binding the United States until the same shall have been accepted by congress, and the United States re- serves the right to increase it's arma- ment without consent of the council whenever the United States is threat ened with inva sion or engaged in war.