The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1920-03-05
CONSULT u. S. IN
FIUME SOLUTION
Suggestion in Presidents Note
of Treaty Withdrawal From
Senate Has Effect in Europe.
AMERICA MADE NO THREAT.
premiers Cannot Expect to Fix Boun-
daries at Their Convenience and
Expect America to Uphold
Them, Is His View.

Washington. = President Wilson'S
note to the premiers of Great Britain
and France, objecting to the Adriatic
settlement, tells them frankly, if not
bluntly, that if the ultimatum sent to
the Belgrade government is permitted
to stand he will be obliged to "con-
slider the ACCESSIBILITY of withdrawing
the Versailles treaty from the United
States senate"
In undiplomatic Ian 1uage, what the
President says is that they cannot
hand us any boundaries for the new
nations that their own convenience die
tates and expect us to go ahead with
the plan to guarantee those boun-
daries.
The suggestion that the treaty may
be withdrawn is not a threat, but a
simple statement that we are not 60
ing to permit other nations to make
the arrangements and look to us to
help carry them out. In this connec-
ton President Wilson is as much
against the famous Article 10 as Sen
ator Lodge or Senator Borah.
The news of the Presidents commu-
nication struck the senate in the midst
of its half-hearted effort to get the
peace treaty into ratifiable shape. 1t
provoked thought that there was a
possible deliverance from an annoying
situation, for there appears to be very
little hope anywhere that the differ
ences between the treaty's friends and
its enemies can be composed.
But even the suggestion that the
treaty might possibly be Withdrawn
did not cause any long continued sat
isfaction.
"If it were true" said Senator
Lodge, "the powers would give in
They need the United States"
"The President is sending for the
George Washington again." said Sen,
ator Moses, referring to the incident
in Paris that brought the peace confer
ence out of trance or deadlock.
Recent sessions of the senate were
In some respects the most futile since
the treaty came before it.
MY present opinion is that the trea
ty will go back into the same old hole
In the senate" said Senator Hitchcock
I'VE will not accept the Lodge reserva
lions, and it looks now as If the mildel
reservationists will not come to us
There is no prospect of a change"
| Mr.. Hitchcock vas asked if he would
| 90 II.
the situation. He said that he had Il,
| plans to do so.
1t is believed however, that tn,
President will take the matter up will
a few senator's before the treaty is IS
| posed of. He my confer with some
of the friends who stood by hin
| through the war; The attitude of ad
ministration senators is that it would
| be futile to yield on the Lodge reserva
| tions if the President is to pocket the
treaty. They would rather stop where
| they are.
Mr.. Hitchcock said that enough sen
ators would support him to defeat the
Lodge program. He indicated that aft
er the debate had run along as it has
for few days he would state the case
as he sees it and tell Senator Lodge
that if he is going to strangle the trea-
ty he might as well act without delay.
While the withdrawal of the Yer
sailles treaty from the senate would
not constitute an actual withdrawal
of the United States from further par
ticipation in allied affairs growing out
of the war, the difference is hardly
more than matter of word splitting.