The Washington herald., 1920-01-31
TREATYTALKS
BY SENATOR'S
END ABRUPTLY
Sole Hope Of Comprom;se
Now Seen IN Open De-
bate on Floor.
TAFT'S IDEA hEECTI
Democrats suggest Hr
Draft TO- Articls 10, But
Lo1 &c STANDS firm.


All efforts te9oiaR toward com.
promise on treaty reservatioaf
through the medium Of bipartl,.s
parleys came to a definite ana
abrupt end yesterday with ths
announcement OF Senator Lodge
that the Republicans will not
yield further ground on Article y
or the Monroe doctrine resersn.h
ton Thus the conferences paIet
have been held in Senator Loirs-s
Office for the last two weeks a.
hopes of ironing out existing slf.
ferences between the two On
yielding treaty factions ha~.
reached an impasse which ~.
cludes the likelihood Of furraet
rarieys between Democratic las
Republican conciiiators.
The. FIAT refusal of the NJ.
chusetts leader to agree &c a.1
concessions on Article Y
the Monroe doctrine reserv, 'c q
evoked from Senator HitchcON.
reiteration Of his threat TO ofrer 0
motion to call the treaty up foI
open debate on the foor OF the
Seuate. The Nebraskan left for
flying business trip to Omaha lasi
night. where he will remain for Q
week. At the close OF yesterday
final bipartisan conference the a6-
niai>tratiou spokesman announces
THAI on February 10 he will ofte- q
the Senate. Senator Walsh, of
Nontsns. will serve formal notlcs
Ct this intended action In the Sea.
ate today.
Ne Word iron Waite Hoase.
Senator Hitchcock stated yester.
day that he had not been able "a
communicate with the white Houss
recently regarding his plan to hays
the treaty called up in the Sonata
and was totally unaware as to ho~
the proposed action is viewed b.
the President. He is acting ss-
tirely upon his own initiative. Sen.
ator Hitchcock stated The Nebras.
ka leader feels that there will easi.
ly be suficient votes, counting thoss
of a number of mild reservatior
Republicans, TO guarantee the ma
jority necessary to call the treaty
up for consideration in the Senate
Just before yesterdays conferencs
broke up. the Democrats made
their final stand for . change ir
the Lodge reservation on Article
X. Having failed TO get their ovr
proposal accepted. they played
new card by presenting the draf
of a reservation prepared by former
President Taft, reading as follows
The United States declines &c
assume any legal or binding ooligs-
ton to preserve the territorial In
tesrity or political Independence oi
any other country under the pro-
/ visions OF Article X. or 10 emplo!
the military or naval forces Of the
United States under any article o.
1 the treaty for any purpose: but the
| consress' which under the Co -
| tuition has the sole power in =
nrenises. will consider and de-
What moral obligation. IL any. g..
der the circumstances Of any gsT-
| ,,culsr case, when IL arises, sh a. i1
move the United States, in the n
| terest. OF world peace and ju, C
| TO take action therein. and "a.
provide accordingly.
Break on Ce.fere.ee.
In thrusting this Taft reservs
,r,o the arena of discussion 80
Democrats thought they had go
a clever political move, in thi
forced the Republicans to reje .
araft written by their former le;-te~
Ru, Senator Lodge. without tft
ouiyer of a smile. announce t..
the reservation could not be
| cepted. The Democrats at once '-
nounced that the limit of neg q
tion had been reached and that A..
ther conference was unnecessary.
! Senator Lodge made the follow
ing statement of the situation:
! speaking for myself alone. l
have only this to say. that L was
unable 20 agree to any change in
4 reservations and 5, dealing with
| Article Ten and the Monroe Doc
trIne. In my opinion reservation
number .. which provides that we
shall assume no obligation OF any
I kind under Article Ten except the
/ one mentioned in the treaty. that
we should ourselves respect the
boundaries of other nations, cannot
possibly permit of change.
THE change proposed in reser-
walton number S. in regard to the
Monroe Doctrine, was an absolute
ly vital one. because IL was as
serted as an oficial Interpretation
by the representatives of Great
Britain that the Monroe Doctrine
under the treaty was to be inter-
4 preted by the league. To this I.
for one. could never assent. and tn
view of the statement made in
Paris by the British delegation. to
which 1 have referred. regard the
line which IL was proposed to strike
out as absolutely necessary.
Monroe Doctrine Ours.
THE United States has always In
lterpreted the Monroe doctrine
alone. II is our policy. No'one else
has ever attempted TO interpret H.
and IL is something in my Judgment
which ought never to be permitted
leven by the most remote implica-
ton. II We would strike out that
phrase now. after Il had been ac-
lcepted by the Senate. IL would lead
Ito q direct inference that we left
that question open The right TO in
terpret the Monroe doctrine. per-
tanning 70 the United States alone