Evening star., 1920-02-07
Reservations to Be
Only Interpretive,
Wilson Insists.
TREATY MONDAY
is PARTY AIM
Letter From White
House Is Read To-
day at Conference.

After listening to letter iron
President Wilson. reaffirming M
stand against any but interpretive
reservations to the peace treaty. demo
cratic senators decided in conference
today to proceed with their previou:
plan to help bring the treaty up II
the Senate Monday and to work 1ol
d reservation compromise.
The letter is understood TO nave eA
pressed the Presidents willingness tt
accept any interpretative reservation:
that the democrats might frame. ou
10 have omitted discussion of an!
specific reservation proposals
The letter was written before the
publication of Viscount Grey's letter
stating that the Lodge reservations
were acceptable to Great Britain
Told to Speed Treaty.
The democratic conference instruct
ed Senator Hitchcock to faciiitate IN
every way possible the bringing uI
of the treaty and its consideration IN
the Senate under some plan "hlcn
will bring before the Senate for ac'
ton all proposed reservations.
Senator Hitchcock insisted tnal
there was no change in the democratle
attitude toward the reservation on ar
ticle ten of the league OF nations
covenants He said that there must oe
some change in this reservation. The
compromises on reservations reacneo
in the recent bipartisan conference
were laid before the democratic sena-
tors and there was no disapproVai eA-
pressed. II was said.
Twenty EIGHT of the democratic SEN
ators attended today's conference. and
the determination to insist In taxing up
the treaty when Senator Lodge, the re-
publican leader. makes a motion to
that purpose, was asreea 10 uHanl-
however, that it would be necessary
TO learn exactly what motions Senator
Lodge would make on Monday before
the democrats would join with the re-
publicans in putting them through.
The discussion over the treaty STU
alton grew warm at times in the con-
ference today. There is keen desire
on the part of many of the democratic
senators to get the peace treaty ratined
and out of the way, and peace estab-
lished. even IL the Senate rsservatons.
as originally .adnafsdp haye e hs 9 &C. S.ec-
cepted.
DenseratSe AttitsAe UneAanSed.
Senator Hitchcock. after the confer
ence, said there had been no change In
the attitude OF the democrats. and that
they remained as determined as ever
not to accept the republican reserva-
ton to article X without modification.
President Wilson's letter Is under
stood to have been written in response
TO a memorandum from Senator
Hitchcock outlining the course Of
democratic members of the biparti-
san committee. Receipt of the reply
by Senator Hitchcock is said to have
closely preceded the termination of
the bipartisan negotiations on the re-
peated refusal Of the republicans to
modify the article ten and Monroe
doctrine reservations.
Senator nOrah Queries Gov. Cox.
In pursuance of his plan of putting all
presidential candidates on record in re-
gard to the treaty. Senator Borah, re-
publican, of Idaho. one OF the irrecon-
cilabies, last night sent a questionnaire
on the subject to Gov. James M. Cox Of
II observe in the press reports this
morning." the Idaho senator wrote.
your attack upon the republican sena-
tors for delaying the ratification Of the
report, however. as to yod4 exact posi-
tion.
II infer from your statement that you
are in favor of ratifying the treaty of
peace. with the league of nations incor-
porated. just as it came from Versailles
and as it was submitted to the Senate.
Refers to Article 10.
Are you in favor of entering the
league with article X in 1t without any
change or modification thereof or with
out any reservation as to the obligation
OF the United States in reference
thereto?
II understand from your speech that
you are thoroughly in favor of the pro-
vision of the league which gives the
British empire six votes to the United
States one. Am correct in so constru-
ing your position?
Are you opposed to permitting the
question of whether or not we shall be-
come a member of the league to be sub
mitted to the people in any way? II
You are not opposed to submitting it to
the people, may j ask in what way you
would suggest that it be submitted?