The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1920-03-07
conversation Of
PRESIDENT WITH
GlASSD|sCUSSED
Virginia Senator Bitterly
Resents ReferenceMade
BY Borah.
WILSON HAS
NOT CHANGED
Opposition to Rahhca-
hon With Lodge Reser-
va6ons Brought to At
tention Of Senate.
BY JAMES NoURsE,.


BY JAMES NoURSE.
Washington. March S.-The Presi-
dents unalterable position with re-
gard to ratification of the treaty with
the Lodge reservations was brought
sharply to the attention of the senate
today in a fashion which indicated
that the treaty is doomed to failure.
First In the. days developments
came the word from the White
House that the president saw no rea-
son for seeing Senator Simmons, who
had been suggested by administration
leaders as an emissary to discuss with
the president the question OF action
on the Lodge reservation to Article x.
II was indicated in q White House
statement that the president has not
changed In any particular from the
position heretofore announced by
him to the effect that he will refuse
to deposit the ratification II the Lodge
reservation are adopted by the SEN
ate without material changes IN sub
stance.
II was further stated that the
White House resented the suggestion
of Senator Simmons visit, and saw no
reason why the presidents position
should be made known every day.
The attitude OF the president aA stated
by him to senator Glass three weeks
ago, it was said, is unchanged, and
required no repetition to Senator
simmons or any other emissary the
bewildered Democrats In the senAfe
might choose to send.
Senator GLASS; version OF his con-
versattCu with the president Ii that
the president win deposit the treaty
with tho reservation on Article Is,
which was proposed IN the hi-partisan
conferences, but Will refuse 10 dsp6e1t
The second development Of the
nrop0aed visit or senator Eluarn0ns
came IN She senate. when &enAtnx
nor1h. Interpreting the presideQra
!. .no1itEpM ~ be Opposed In any rAtl1 pass
Ekd0d m the Lodgn reservations, ID
xsaAnded that no further tirn4 ~
II VIII b. Wit hthe Lodge reservations
vote 4t once on the Article X. renerv4-
ti0n which is the real stumbling
block 70 ratification.
Senator Borah gave notice that un-
less Senator Lodge or some other
senator took steps to bring the Ar
ticle X reservation to a vote. ne
would, on Monday. make the motion
himself and get the treaty out OF the
way. The senator said;
we ought to come To close grips as 70
what we are going to do. Everybody
knows IL we go into this league at all
1t viii be wit hthe Lodge reservations
including the reservation on Article
X. so why not get rid Of these rese~-
vations, about which there is so much
controversy and delay and put up 10
the senate the real question OF whether
we are going into the league or not
The situation Ii such that under-
stand the Democratic senator's know
the views OF the president, and know
ling those views. ii seems to me there
Is no Justification for delaying this
any longer. II the president lis satis-
/ fed with the Lodge reservations, then
the treaty will be ratified and We that
are opposed TO il will simply have to
content ourselves with voting against
1t. But IL the president Is not willing
Ito accent the Lodge reservations, then
the Democratic senator's must know
1t. and il they do not know it by this
time they will know It by Monday
GLASS PROTESTS.
Senator Borah became involved in
controversy with Senator Glass when
he undertook to read to the senate q
newspaper version OF the lGtter's visit
ito the White House. Senator Glass bit
terly protested it was breach OF pro-
pretty for one senator to discuss what
another senator might do He declared
he had right to visit the White House
| whenever he chose and objected to the
espionage" OF the newspapers over
such visits.
Senator Borah replied In good humor
and said he trusted the newspaper ac-
count. because the newspaper men
we're ia a. position to get great deal
OF Information which was denied to
senator's. A reference BY senator
hn -ta;R -
Simmons brought the latter to his feet
with the statement that he had no i'm
formation a. to what the views OF
the president were. He said. more.
over, that X he should sec the presi-
dent he would not discuss with him
the acceptance OF the Lodge reserva-
tions but would sock to ascertain how
ter of accepting compromise reserva-
Questioned by Senator Hitchcock az
to whom Senator B0rah represented,
Senator BorAh made this reply:
- represent those who stand for
Americanism and patriotism---the irre>
concilahlesr M
The senator went on ID say that the
mild reservatfonists. AZ well as the ir-
|rHcOnciiables had committed themselves
to the support OF nothing but the Lodge
reservation on Article X. and renewed
his statement that the vote on the
reservation should be taken at once In
nEdsr, that, Ma. whole 4rea tys splikht he
disposed 81. Senator HitchrsocstE = HI sai q
forty Democratic senators we're ready
to vote for tho compromiae reservation
proposed in the bt-pArtisan conferences
and would do 30 without waiting to
hear from the president, hut, he asaded.
they would not support the Lodge
reservation, 2s5 81 Il
Senate adopted reservation No. :. Elv-
Ing ccnEress the right to pass on all
xHproptfa ti0ns fdt ~ pNnditufex hi fha
league Of nations. the vote being for
ty-slx to twenty Ave. M