The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1920-01-27
TREATY PARLEYS
NOT BROKEN OFF,
BUT VERY NEAR IT
Other Democratic Senators
Refuse to Permit Hitchcock
to Leave the Conference.
NEW MEETING DAY SET.
Stormy Session Lasts Two
Hours and Leaves Treaty
g. Up in the Air. ..A

WASHINGTON, Jan. 27--Bl-par-
tisan treaty confcrees to-day ad-
journed after q two-hour meeting,
leaving the whole situation as much
in the air as ever. The expected
final breaking off OF the discussion
did not occur, another session being
set for Thursday.
A threat by Senator Hitchcock to
call up the treaty in the open Senate
| helped 10 prevent a final break. Re
publican Senators said they do not
want endless debate"
Republicans said the Democratic
| cOnferees are divided among them
| selves, while Democrats said the Re
pubhcans arc split up.
Before he went TO the conference,
Senator Hitchcock was in communi-
cation with the White House, but II
did not develop how far the Presi-
| dent might he in accord with the pro-
posed compromise reservation az
made public by tho Democratic SEN
ate leader.
It developed that Democratic Sem
ators refused to permit Senator
Hitchcock TO break Off the confer
ence as he wished 10 do, and insisted
that a further effort be made to com
promise.
The conference at times was
stormy. Republican conferees OBJ
jected 20 some statements made by
Mr.. Hitchcock and demanded that he
modify them, which he did after long
argument, upon the advice OF other
Democrats.
Following the meeting, Senator
Hitchcock issued the following state
ment:
1.-THE Democratic members of the
| conference have considered the an
noIncement made by Senator Lodge
that he and his associates arc not
willing TO consider any compromise
on the Lodge reservations concern
| ing Article X nor on that relating
10 the Monroe Doctrine.
''In reply we desire TO say that
we entered upon this conference
without any reservations or re-
striCtions in the hope that we
could compromise differences not
only on Article X but on all other
reservations. We assumed that the
other side OF this conference had
the same purpose.
THE uneX pected interruption OF
the conference and the decision to
refuse any compromise on Article X
Is all the more surprising because II
seemed from expressions on both
sides OF the table that we were
close to a possible compromise on
this very important reservation by
means OF the following draft pre-
pared by several Senators, and al
ways assented to by most Of the
members of the conference on both
sides OF the table before the dnter-
rupton:
THE United States assumes no
obligation to employ its military
| or naval forces or the economic
boycott TO preserve the territorial
integrity or political Independence
OF any other country under the
provisions of Article X. or 20
employ the military or naval
forces OF the United States under
any article OF the treaty for any
purpose, unless in any particular
case the Congress which under
the Constitution has tho sole
power to declare war or authorize
the employment Of the military or
naval forces OF the United states,
shall by act or joint resolution go
provide. Nothing herein shall be
deemed 20 impair the obligation
in Article l6 concerning the econ
OmiC boycott"
Senator Mcclellan, one OF the Demo
cratic conferees said Lodge did no
recede from his ultimatum regarding
no change in Article X, nor did tn
Democrats agree to go on with tn
conferences with the UNDERESTIMATE
that Article Y. and Monroe DoCtrin
reservations should not be changed.
1--WE are just going on tnHcing an
: trying TO compromise" said Mcclellan