New-York tribune., 1920-02-13
New Reservation Proposal
Called Propaganda as
Democratic Chief Firm
ly Rejects Compromise
Ratification Near.
Says Underwood
Baruch Working to End
Covenant Fight; Walsh
Backs Wilson's Stand

FROM ne 1TloNHeS WdSNtnDtOn Bureau
WASHINGTON, Feb. 12.- Senate,
Hitchcock, leader of the Administration
forces in the Senate treaty fight, de.
clared to-day that he will not make an,
effort toward a compromise on a res.
ervation to Article X of the league OF
nations covenant, the principle obstacle
to ratification of the treaty.
"The fact is" said Senator Hitchcock
chat the outcome now depends on the
Republicans. feel good deal of dis.
position to leave it to them. Thcy
initiated this effort for ratification, and
as they have the majority it is largely
in their hands, anyhow.
"The proposed reservation to Ar
tlcle X is nothing but propaganda. In
my opinion it would be better for the
Democrats to take the original Lodge
reservation. would rather vote for
that than for the substitute now pro-
posed. l never will vote for the orig
lnal Lodge reservation, but would pre-
fer it to this one.
Hopeful, Not Sanguine
III am hopeful, but not sanguine, as
to the outcome. The conclusion de-
pends on the Republicans. The initia-
tive is up to them. They must do
something, or the treaty will 60 back
into the same hole it came out of.
81 don't know who is the author of
this proposed substitute reservation of
Article y, or where it came from, but it
seems to have no purpose except to help
the case for the. Lodge draft. There
has been some apparent attempt to
make it look like something that was
forced on Senator Lodge, but as a mat
ter of fact it is worse than his original
reservation"
efforts to bring about an agreement on
a reservation to Article X that would
have the support of the necessary sixty
four Senators were continued on both
sides Of the Senate to-day.
The mild reservationists," who wrote
the substitute reservation proposed
yesterday, suggested to the Democrats
to-day that the reservation be changed
by striking out the provision that the
United States assumed no obligation to
use "any other means" in addition tc
its military or naval forces or the eco
nomic boycott to preserve the terri
torial integrity and political independ-
ence Of other nations. The mild res
ervationists" suggested that the words
"or by its national resources" be sub
stituted for the phrase ''or any other
means"
Senators Poll Both Sides
Senators who want ratification are
polling both sides of the Senate in ar
effort to find out on what basis the
and agree upon reservation to Article
X that twothirds Of the Senate would
vote for.
Bernard M. Baruch, who was an ad-
wiser to the American peace commits
sion at Paris on financial and economic
provisions of the treaty. spent several
hours at the Capitol to-day in the in
tercst of compromise. He talked
to several Democratic Senators, but
said later that the conversations had
been only general and that he had not
urgefl aoeeptance of any specific res
ervations
The economic clauses of the treaty
will be made the subject Of attack by
the "irreconcilab ables" when the treaty
Games up for consideration in the Sen.
ate on Monday. Senator Walsh, OF
Montana, one of the leading Admiuis-
tration supporters, to-day declared that
the Republicans who are now crt!ciz.
have helped President Wilson prevent
them from being written into the
treaty. Mr.. Walsh added that the pro
posed compromise reservation on Arti
Gle x is not acceptable to him.
IL believe" said Senator Walsh
that, the new proposal dealing will
Article was framed on the assump-
tion that any change in the form O.
the original Lodge reservation woult
be acceptable to the Democrats ane
enable them to save their faces. dt
not believe many of these Senator:
have undertaken to differentiate be
tween the original Lodge reservation
and the proposed substitute. | do no
think the new proposition is accept
able. | agree entirely with what Sena
tor Hitchcock has said.
Speeches Come Too Late
CAS- to the attacks which Senator
Borah, Senator Knox and others ar,
now making on the economic features
OF the treaty, it would have been vel
II they could have made their speeche!
eight months ago. Then Presiden
Wilson was standing all alone at Paris
trying to prevent the very wrongs be
now criticized. He was fighting single
handed against the demands of tn,
worlds organized avarice. He wa
viciously attacked for intruding int,
the proposed decision concerning tn,
Saar Basin. His critics declared tha
ne ought to let it alone and wait un
til something came UP in which tn,
interests Of the United States were in
VOWED. The partisan press attacked
the President for arguing the cas-,
Tor Germany
"ln his efforts at that time to pre-
vent the wrongs of the treaty that ar,
now being pointed out he might hav,
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