Bisbee daily review., 1920-02-08
WILSON FAVORS
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CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE) cratic leader, who laid it before the conference today.
 Wide disagreement was revealed in the conference and in private discus sion among senators regarding the probable effect of the communication on the treaty's chances of ratifica- tiOn
 Plans Unchanged.
 Senator Hitchcock declared no change in the Democratic attitude was indicated. The Democratic forces remained determined. he said. not to accept the Republican article ten reservation unless modified.
 In some quarters significance was seen in the fact that the letter of the president was written four days be- fore the bipartisan negotiations col lapsed, following refusal of the Re publicans to consider modification of the reservations on article 10 and the Monroe doctrine.
 Beside article 10 the president touched on the reservations on with drawal and mandatories. saying he had no objection to qualifications on these subjects. The letter was made public by Mir Hitchcock and is as fol lows: tr
 "26 January. 1920.
 My Dear Senator Hitchcock: |, have greatly appreciated, your thoughtful kindness in keeping me informed concerning the conferences you and some Of your colleagues have had with spokesmen of the Republic an party concerning the possibility of ratification of the treaty of peace, and send this line in special apprecia- tive acknowledgement of your letter of the 22nd I return the clipping you were kind enough to enclose.
 "To the substance of it I of course adhere I am bound to. Like your self am solemnly sworn to obey and maintain the constitution Of the Unit ed States. But I think the form of it very unfortunate. Any reservation or reservation or resolution stating that the United States assumes no obligation under such and such an article unless or except would, l am sure, chill our relationship with the nations with which we expect to be associated in the great enterprise of maintaining the worlds peace.
 That association must in any case, my dear senator, involve very serious and far-reaching implications of hon. or and duty which am sure we shall never in fact be desirous of ignoring. It is the more important not to create the impression that we are trying to escape obligations
 But I realize that negative criti- cism is not all that is called for in so serious matter. I am happy to be able to add. therefore, that 1 have once more gone over the reservations proposed by yourself, the copy of which return herewith. and am glad to say that I can accept them as they stand
 q have never seen the slightest req son to doubt the good faith of our associates in the war, nor ever had the slightest reason to fear that any nation would seek to enlarge our ob- legations under the covenant Of tn" league of nations or seek to commit us to lines of action which under the constitution. only the congress of the United States can in the last analysis, decide.
 May l suggest that with regard to- the possible withdrawal of the United States il would be wise to give to the president the right to- act upon our resolution of congress ia the matter of withdrawal? In other words t3 would seem to be permissible and ad- visable that any resolution giving no tice of withdrawal should be a joint rather than concurrent resolution. I doubt whether the president can be deprived of his veto power under the constitution, even with his own con 1 sent The use of a joint resolution [ would permit the president, who is Of { course charged by the constitution | with the conduct of foreign policy. 10 merely exercise voice in saying whether so important a step as with. ! drawal from the league of nations | should be accomplished by q. majority | or by a two-thirds vote. The cOnsti- { tuition itself providing that the legiS- lative body was to be consulted in I treaty-making and having prescribed i a two-thirds vote in such cases it | seems to me that there should be no | unnecessary departure from the meth , cd there indicated.
 ''I see no objection to a frank state | ment that the United States can ac't, cept a mandate with regard to any territory under article 13. part 1, or F any other provision of the treaty of |. peace, only by the direct authority II and action of the congress of the ii United States. 'T hope, my dear senator, that you II will never hesitate to call upon me for any assistance that I can render in this or any other public matter.
 Cordially and sincerely yours,
 "WOODROW WILSON"