The Washington herald., 1920-02-10
Representatives Of 80. .o00.-
: 600 Demand Accept
ance Right away.
WISH IMMEDIATE PEACE
Copies Of Resolution for
Wilson. Marshall. Lodge
And Hitchcock.

The Representatives Of tveptv-.ix
national organizations. with a com
oined membership Of over 5o.cooeoo peo-
pie' were assembled at the Hotel WI
lard In Washington ana took
strong action In reference to the i'm.
mediate ratification Of the treaty with
The league Of nations covenant.
a statement was unanimously adopt-
ed by the conference and was pr.-
sented at the White House - after
noon by a committee consisting Of
PRESIDENT A. Lawrence Lowell. Of Hsr-
ward: Hon. Oscar S. Srtaus and DR..
Clarence J. Owens. The committee
went from the White House In IN.
Capitol where the identical statement
was presented to Vice President Mar
shall and to Senator Lodge and 70
Senator Hitchcock. This statement
was as follows:
To the President. the Senate Of the
United States and the American
People:
ii is with deep satisfaction that this
conference committee. representing
twenty-six national organizations, re-
assemblies in Washington on the day
that the treaty Of peace again comes
before the Senate. We come back 10
the National Capital, following our
conference OF January Il, with the
strong hope that the treaty Is soon
TO be ratified. The President Of the
United States. In his letter TO Senator
hitchcock. has said definitely that he
VIII accept reservations. Agreement
on the fact that there are 10 be reser-
vauons has been reached. leaving only
the matter OF their final form TO b.
determined. Authoritative intimations
come from England and from Prince
that the form Of the reservations a
wholly secondary TO the compeIling
importance and necessity OF having
America a member OF the leagae OF
naticns
We again invoke the fundaments,
demoerstlc.-1gh OF petition IN the
name &c ovfr sO.Oee. goo srrfertcs ns
belonging TO the organ iza tions We
represent. urging that. without fur
ther delay, the reservations be cast
in a final form.
All the reservations now under
consideration are the result Of a
long series OF compromises. The
original position Of the Republicans
that the Treaty should be adopted
only with amendments. and that
of the President that IL should BE-
adopted without reservations, have
both been abandoned. Conferences
OF the Bipartisan committee OF the
Senate have resulted in practical
agreement on all reservations ex-
cept those on Article Y and on the
Monroe Doctrine. In regard to the
latter. there has not been any doubt
that the Doctrine should be pre-
served, differences now being con-
fined to the method of expressing
that opinion without offense TO
friendly nations both in Europe
and America
As regards Article Y, the differ
ence between the reservation pre-
sented by Senator Lodge and that
submitted TO the President by SEN
ator Hitchcock seems to consist in
the fact that the former declares
that we assume no obligation un-
der teh article without the an
proval Of Congress in each specifc
case, and the latter that we assume
no obligation to take action un-
der the article without the approval
OF Congress in each specific case.
The real nature of this difference
is for us hard TO understand, and
we believe that il will be wholly
incomprehensible to the American
people. In any event the difference
is Insignificant in comparison 10 the
Importance OF the treaty and cove
nant Itself. We believe that IL is
not only for the interests Of the
country, but for those Of the Presi-
dent. the Senate. and each OF the
great political parties. TO ratifY
this treaty without further DELAY
We are confident also that when
the United States takes il seat in
the leageu OF nations il will not
be a silent partner in the league
but IL will exert an influence for
humanity and justice proportionste
with its resources. its population,
it's ideals and its traditions.
For the conference Of national or
ganizations favoring ratification OF
the peace treaty:
Dr. A. Lawrence Lowell. chair
man: Hon. Oscar s. Straus. Mr.. Her
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