Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1920-03-08
ARMAMENT CLAUSE IS
ADOPTED BY VOTE
OF AZ TO 26
PUT LID ON DEBATE
CLOTURE APPROVED ON MOTION
OF SENATOR LODGE DEMO
Gratis VOTE WITH REPUBLIC
ANS m APPROVING AMEND
MENTS.
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Washington, March s Ou motion
OF Senator Lodge the Senate agreed
today 70 limito debate TO an remain
ing reservations OF the peace treaty
except those TO Article X ard th" ypt-
inc power in the league OF uatI04@.
The amendment dealing with national
armament was adopted - to 20.
The reservation declaring that th"
treaty should be not construed as val
idating any illegal acts IN dealing with
enemy property in this country was
re.adopted without change by vote
of H. to -. seven democrats support
ing it. The Senate thea readopted the
labor reservation which had been the
subject of long and bitter discussion
last fall. The vote was ~ to =. Thdt
left only Article \ and voting power
reservations to br acted upon and de-
bate was begun on the latter
Reserved on Ao.iatic.
Washington, March S-Whiie cS-
pressing satisfaction at the "unadui-
terated desire Of the allied leaders
to reach IAN equitable solution Pres
ident Wilson in his last note to the
French and British premiers accepts
with reservations the proposal that
Italy and Jugo-SlaVia themselves be
permitted TO settle the Adriatir dis
pute.
Expressing the view that il const-
tutes more than mere exchange OF
views and is in fact statement OF
principle the President refused L
,,~;t ~ Of : F.lt
FrenchAmerican memCrandCm aF
Dec 8. At that time he indicated his
unalterable opposition to the eNetU
,ion OF the terms Of the treaty OF Lon
don except in so far as the United
States government may be convinced
that those terms are iutrlnsicaNy Just
and are consistent with the mainten
ance OF peace and settled order il
southeastern Europe.
While he said he would gladly ap
prove a mutual settlement between
Italians and the JugO-Slays which
would be without prejudice to the in,
terest of any third nation, the Presi-
dent declared he cannot possibly ap
prove any plan which assigns TO Jugo
Slayia in the northern districts OF Al
what she is deprived of elsewhere"
Albanian questions, he further said
should not be included in the proposed
joint discussions.
If Italy and Jugo- -Slavia he said
prefer to abandon the So-Called buffer
state and desire to limit the proposed
free state to the Corpus Separatum OF
Finme, placing the sovereingty in the
league OF nations, the United States
is willing to leave the determination
of the common frontier to Italy aad
Jugo-Slavia
The text OF the Presidents reply to
the premers which is now being con
sidered by the supreme council at
London, was made public here last
night
viii Not Accept Changes.
Washington, March S.-Presiden
Wilson will state his position on IN
Lodge reservation to article y. Lrol
ably today. il was announced at tn.
white house. His attitude on this ant
other reservations will be outlined j.
a letter to Senator IItchcock Th,
Presidents letter was put in iina
form this morning. In il he Pres
dent was said to have made his pos
,ion equally as clear as he lid in hi
conference with Senator Glass TIVE
weeks ago.
Administration officials said th'
President would not accept the Lode,
reservation to article y They dis
closed that he had discussed the So
called Taft reservation to article \
with Senator Glass and that While h,
had not stated his approval Of it, hc