The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1920-01-31
FERENCE IS At
A DECISIVE END.
Lodge Positively Refusea'
to Yield On Important
Points
NEXT STEP TO BE -
OPEN DISCUSSIONS
Walsh to Give Notice To,
day that Motion to Take
Up Treaty February
10Th VIII BE Made I !
nv JANIS r. yovr4N

Ss aANFS II SOFFH0 MS4&3
WASHINGTON, Tan so.--Au parixyI
between Ftrut'irsns and Dernocrafs
IN Tie sena 2 intended 20 bring about
. corrrro1li~e ny the peace treaty res-
errations ca me to decisive ard deHnit4
end toda., ~
The hi-partisan conference whiok~
has been sitting in Senator rAdgs.sa.
offlce broke up In disa gree y1lers ana,
will not PC convened again.
The disagreement came after sem
stor Lodge. on behalf Of the Repuh<
Iica ms had stated a most positive re-
fusal to Weld 10 any compounds On
the rcservations on Article ten and thu
Monroe doctrine.
Senator Hitchcock thereupor an-
noGnced that his noxt step viii he 70
move in the senate on February ID
on the floor. The senator believes htb.
on the floor, The senator belives hsa s
motion will ne supported by at least
% Democrats and by enough Fepuh+
i.TanS 10 make a majority thereby
throwing the entire treaty questions
again open 10 dSbate in the senate .
Before leaving tonight on fyink9
trir Ia. Nebraska. Senator Hitchcock%
stated that Senator Walsh. Of Mors-s,.
tara, win give notice In the sNrxkf
tomorrow OF the motian which Sen4
atpr Hitchcock will make upon hts
return N
Senator Hitchcock waE unady1ssd 4
as To whether his motion would bes
looked upon with favor by the White
House. He said he had not been
able ta communicate with the pres
tdent or wits Secretary Tumuliy rp.
garding it.
FINAL STAND
Just before the conferences broke
up the Democrats made their ffnAI
stand for change in the Lodge rax-
ervation on Article ten Having faik-
ed tn get their own proposal acceps-
ed they threw into the hopper thA
draft OF reserya tien pre- pa red by
former President Tart, reading a. fol.
lows: ! Ie8sesssgs
Tire United States declines to Al
sumo any legal or binding oblieAti65sS
10 preserve the territorial integrity az
political indepe ndenca of any other
country under the provisions of Ar~-
tic'e ten, or TO employ the military Or
naval forces Of the United States uy.s ii
der any article OF the treaty for any
purpose; but the congress which un- u
der the constitution has the sole pow
err in the premises will consider and
decide what moral obligation, II any,
under the circumstances OF any par-g
ticulary case. when il arises, should
move the United States in the inter.
ests of the world peace and Justice 10
take action therein and will provide
accordingly" ss
In thrusting this Taft resersa tion
into the arena If discussion, chs
Dem "crats thought they had made AZ
clever political move. In that ~.
forced the Republicans TO reject . n
draft written by their former leader. 4
Bur Senator Lodge without tfNs
CULVER of A. smile. announced that
The reservation could not be accepted
The Democrats at once annoi1 need &
that the limit of negotiation had been
reached and that further Conference
was unnecessary
LODGES STATEMENT
Senator Lodge then made the ftJfS
lowing statement of the situation: 8
Speaking for myself alone I have
only this TO say. that I was unablN@
TO agree TO any change in reserve
tons two and ave. dealing with 49,
ticle ten and the Monroe Doctrine. IL
my opinion. reservation mum Ar tNcyw
which provides that we shall assurn1
no obligation Of any kind under ar%S
ucle ten except the one mentioned H.
the treaty that we should ourselves
respect the boundaries OF other ua-
tons, cannot possibly permit ol
change %
The change proposed In rAsarv&~%
tion number FIVE, in regard to the
Monroe Doctrine was an abenlutetSeF
vital one. because ii was asserted a.
N official Interpretation by the renrAeS
sAntafiveS OF Great Britain that thu NJ
Monroe Doctrine under the treAty 49,
10 be- interpreted hy the league. TO
this | for one, could never aSeANt u
and IN view OF the statement made M
Paris by the British delegation, -
With ! have referred I regard 0ef
{ssAsssa ssIsss III Ras, proposed to Atraln* VI
on, as absolutely necessary.
H., The. United States has always tHV&
terrrsred the Monroe Doctrine AtunGSSs
II IL our policy No one else ii
ever attempted to interpret and Il -
something which in my IudEmAI
which ought never 10 be perlnitx1
even By the most ~rensofes innplicak16o
n we sEApuid strike out that phKnN 4
nssw sfr@r ~ had been accepfeka II I
the senate. IL would lead to 4 dtre6& n
n, -~rtre7> si-rt W. f~ft that que9tto
onen. The right to interpret the Mon 3
roe nactrine. nertaininx ia the Qat {
States alone ranst nsveT ~ Co.
question a sssss
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