Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1920-02-03
HITCHCOCK HEARS
FROM PRESIDENT
Senate Strife Looms Again Over
League of Nations.
CONFERENCE TO BE RESUMED
Lodge Ultimatum for the Acceptance
of His Article K and Monroe Doc
trine Reservations Is Reject
ed by the Democrats.

Washington, Jan. 28.-The peace
treaty Cancellation conference was
saved from collapse by a threat of
Senator Hitchcock, who previously had
communicated with the White House,
10 throw the controversy back into the
senate.
The senator did not indicate what
lie had learned, if anything, from the
president. The Democrats refereed the
Lodge ultimatum for the acceptance
of his article X and Monroe doctrine
reservations without change. Senator
Hitchcock soon after that intended to
abandon the conference, but was dis
suaded by Senators Mcclellan, Tennes-
See, and SimOns, North Carolina.
The conference will be resumed on
Thursday. Meanwhile senator's of the
irrecOncilable group indicated they
would support any move to bring the
treaty up for debate, declaring discus
sion would strengthen their case be-
fore the country. The mild reservation
Republicans showed a desire to get
the treaty into the senate again should
the compromise negotiations fail.
Rejected Compromise Plan.
The days clash was accentuated by
the refusal of the Republicans to agree
TO the following substitute reservation
OF article Y:
1.-THE United States assumes no obli-
cation to employ its military or naval
forces or the economic boycott to pre-
serve the territorial integrity or politi-
cal independence of any other cOun-
try under the provisions of article \,
or to 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 con-
greSs, which, under the Constitution,
has the sole power to declare war or
authorize the employment of the mill
tary or naval forces of the United
States, shall by act or joint resolution
provide. Nothing herein shall be
deemed to impair the obligation In ar
ticle XVI, concerning the economic
boycott"
The Hitchcock forces in a statement
said of this proposed compromise:
1.-THE unexpected interruption of the
conference and the decision TO refuse
any compromise on article 10 is all
the more surprising because it seemed
from expressions on both sides of the
table that we were close to possible
compromise on this very important
reservation"
Republican Counter-Attack.
The Republicans countered with
this:
1--WE have seen Senator HitchcOck's
statement. The majority of the con-
ference did not agree to the reserva-
tion affecting article 10 which he pub
lished. In fact, Mr.. Hitchcock him
self would not agree to it. No one
agreed to it. 1t was simply up for
general discussion. The conference
adjourned until Thursday in the hope
something could be worked out 1t
ought to be understood that all we
can do or assume to do is to recon-
mend to our associates"
Ask for Ratification.
During the day a plea for imme-
date ratification, either with or with
out reservations, was presented to
Senators Wadsworth and Calder of
New York by a delegation from New
York city, headed by William Church
Osborne, and representing the League
10 Enforce Peace, the League of Ma
tons association, the New York Fed
Grafton of Churches, farm Organiza-
lions, the state Chamber of Com
merce of New York, and Daughters
of the American Revolution.