Evening star., 1920-03-14
BY NEWBOLD MOVES.

l ME plans Of those who are seeking to
induce the Senate to take some def
mite action upon the peace treaty seem
no sooner to get under way with fair
momentum than somebody throws monkey
wrench into the machinery and the start has
to be made again. So it was in the north
wing of the Capitol upon Monday. The reser
vations which a sufficient number of senators
had come to regard of relatively small
significance when compared with that dealing
with article y were being hustled through in
short order. Democrats. varying in number.
but always in sufficient force to add the
necessary support to obtain action the
reservations presented. were blthely play
ing what they conceived to be their part.
All but two of the reservatons-one dealing
empire and the other with the all-important
article X-had been passed, when arrived
President Wilson's letter to Senator Hitch
cock expressing his views on the subject of
reservations in general and the reservation
to article X in particular. Came jangline
in the senatorial machinery. a creakng and
straining, and the wheels of accomplishment
lost momentum and settled down to familiar
inertia.
Without entering into the merits of the
Presidents contentious in opposition to what
is well that Jim and Jane reach an early
understanding to the precise position he
n Of the not ,hs
eventually become one Of the primary issues
of the approaching political campaign:
dent is of the opinion that the United States
is under moral obligation to uphold the ideals
the covenant. He holds that the nation can
not repudiate those ideals without repudiating
unwilling fearlessly to accept the RESPONSE
biity Of leadership in the business Of in
far better to retire gracefully as possible
from the great concert of powers. and not
OF o tsa end tho
The President says that without exception
those reservations which have come under
his observation not interpretations but
notifications. Gloomy the outlook be-
comes in view of this attitude, efforts toward
arranging compromise and obtaining ratih-
cation in the Senate have not been despaired
Of. For there are many who hold that far
from closing the door upon compromise. the
faith that satisfactory soiution to the nres
ent tangle may be reached.
The fourteenth reservation passed upon
Tuesday. and. with article X alone remaining
to be disposed of, the balance Of the week
was spent in feverish efforts to evolve some
be hope Of winning the Presidents approval.
The so-called smmons-watson reservation
and was generally believed at the close Of
the week to offer the best chances for sue
days. and every effort is being made to pre-
vent vote the article x question in ad-
vance OF the Time WQen some 0euntte 0e-
room conferences. 4.~@ .
Meanwhile the French have not been slow
to voice their resentment toward the asser-
tions contained ia the Presidents letter
that France is actuated by a spirit
of militarism controlling its government
From Canada and England come the COM
plicatfng announcements that the Lenroot
reservation to article XIV. whereby Great
the assembly of the league than the United
States. is not acceptable to Canada on the
grounds that it jeopardizes that nations ma
tional future. Canada is understood to be
counting upon the British government to re-
fuse to accept this change in the league COW
epant and upon British influence to line up
the principal powers against acceptance.
President Wilson'S latest note in the cor
respondence which he has been conducting
with the British and French premers was
made public early in the week at the State
Department. Among the many features
touched upon were the following:
President Wilson expressed qualification
over the desire of Premers Millerand and
Lloyd George to reach equitable solution
conforming to the Legitimate though conflict
ing aspirations" of the Italian and Jugoslav