Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-03-08


ate today adopted cloture on all the
Lodge reserVations to the peace treaty
still to be acted on except those in
vOlving Article 10 and the equalization
of the voting power of the-United
States and the British empire.
WASHINGTON, March S.-President
Wilson has prepared a letter stating his
position on reservations to the peace
treaty, it was announced at the white
house today.
The letter is written to Senator Hitch
cock and is in reply tc the request that
the president receive Senator simmons,
who was delegated to explain the demo-
cratic senator's position to the president.
The letter will be forwarded today.
As far as could be learned at the
whitehouse, the president win reiterate
his unalterable disapproYal Of the Lodge
reservations to Article 10. Officials at
the executive mansion believed this re-
ply would show there is no necessity
for Simmons coming to the whitehouse
with the proposed reservation for Will
sons o K, that the president will state
the matter is sufficiently covered"
STAND ONLY TO BE
REITERATED, BELIEF.
1t was stated that the president will
reiterate his stand as set forth to Sena>
tor Glass three weeks ago, which was
reported to be as follows:
1.-The president did not say he would
net accept the Taft reservation on Ar
tiele 10, but did say that he could not
accept the Lodge reservation"
The president has informed those who
have access to him that the peace treaty
will be the big campaign issue.
Attorney General Palmer Senator
Hitchcock of Nebraska, the administra-
tons treaty manager, and Senator Glass
of Virginia, until recently a member Of
the presidents cabinet, are among those
the president. told the treaty could not
be kept out of the campaign by any
action of the senate.
PEOPLE TO SETTLE
MOOT QUESTION.
According to, administration senators.
with whom Glass discussed his recent
conference with the president regarding
the possibility of a compromise on the
Lodge reservation TO Article 10, the
president is of the opinion that the
American people will settle the moot
question Of their proposed commitment
to the league of nations.
Despite further tinkering with the
reservation in Article 10. on which some
OF the republican mild reservationists
and administration senator's seeking rati-
dcation are still engaged, the treaty Is
expected to go down TO defeat in the
senate this week for the second time.
Senator Borab, republican OF Idaho
leader of the senatorial "Irreconsilables"
opposed to ratification. has served no.
tice he will seek to force action on tbs.
Lodge reservation to Article 10 at once
UNANIMOUS CONSENT
NEEDED IN ACTION.
Unanimous consent will be required to
take up Article 10 reservation. however,
before the other reservations have all
been disposed of, according 70 Senator
Lodge of Massachusetts,, the republican
leader. Having re-adopted the ninth
reservation, the senate is scheduled to
soon start with the tenth, that provid-
Ing that no limitation of ornaments
proposed by the council Of the league
of nations shall be binding on the
United States until accepted By congress
Having passed over the second reser.
vation, which is that concerning ar
ticIe 10, the senate has thus far re.
adopted eight out Of fourteen.
The presidents letter was delivered to
Senator Hitchcock this afternoon. 1t is
understood that it will be made public
tomorrow.
The senate readopted the eleventh
Lodge reservation by a vote of A to %.
The reservation provides:
1.-THE United States sereves the right
to permit, in its discretion, the nationals
Of a covenant break king state. as defined
In Article 16 of the covenant Of the
league of nations, residing within the
United States or in countries other than
such covenant breaking states to con-
tinue their commercial financial and per
eonal relations with the nationals of the
United States"