New-York tribune., 1920-03-06

ator Townsend considered the proceed
1ngs of bipartisan conference and
earnestly urged that the Senate should
hasten its consideration Of the reserva-
tiona, and get the treaty out of the
way. He analysed the .enate situation
and said that while large majority Of
the Senate was in favor OF ratification,
minority on the Republican side and
another minority on the Democratic,
actuated by entirely different purposes.
might in the end prevent ratification
= For himself, he said, it seemed that
the Senate was wasting time in consid-
ering minor matters at great length,
instead of taking up Immediately Ar
,ticle x and determining whether there
was possibility of agreeing to a reser-
walton dealing with it. This article, he
said, was still manifestly the crux of
the entire situation, and agreements on
everything else would be entirely USE
less unless finally there could be an
agreement on reservation as to Ar
ticIe x which could command the
necessary thirds vote to ratify. He
declared the managers on both sides
had made a mistake in determining to
get everything else out Of the way first.
Says 1t Is Lodges Program
Senator Hitchcock replied that he
was not responsible for the arrange
ments to take up Article X last. He
said that had been the program of Sem
"'ator Lodge, there had been no seeming
opposition to adopting the unanimous
consent agreement which provided this
program, and he had acquiesced along
with the rest. Senator Hitchcock
pointed out that he had himself offered
f1x,o tow, A-t,n IL
TX, one of them by former President
Taft, Republican leader, to which no
serious objection had ever been raised,
land he could not understand why one
or the other of these should not be
accepted.
- with all respect" replied Senator
Ledge, 81 do not take my opinions from
othe former President any more than
take them from the present President.
I simply do not agree to the reserya-
tion that has been advanced in his
name, believing that it does not prop
erly protect American interests. 1t is
true that | favored the program of
taking up the minor differences first
and disposing of them, believing that in
The end We should make best progress
by getting everything else agreed to
before we dealt with Article X"
= Again discussing reservation No. g,
Senator Hitchcock said that if the
United States should not ratify the
treaty of Versailles we should be in
volved in the greatest difficulties in
negotiating separate peace with Ger
many He said that Germany is so
Involved in the commitments under the
Treaty of Versailles that it would be
nearly if not quite impossible for her
TO make q separate treaty with the
Dnited States that would be consistent
.with all her engagements Under the
Treaty of Versailles.
Hitchcock Management Scored
s. Senator Smith, Of Georgia, attacked
the Hitchcock management of the
minority, declaring that Senator Hitch
cock is now. and for some time past
has been, imposing positive obstacles
generally with the statement of Sen
ator Townsend and insisted that
more sincere effort actually to get to-
.gether was necessary to safeguard the
interests of the United States in
future relations with Germany.
Z '.It seems to me- Senator Smith said,
Sthat we should get these reservations
adopted, that the country may see
precisely what we have done, under
fact that these reservations aim SIM
ply to protect American interests.
When it realizes that the country will
Want them adopted and the treaty rati-
fed"
= Senator Knox, of Pennsylvania, in
Produced a reservation declaring the
credit of the United States shall not
he pledged to assist Europe without
she consent Of Congress. The reserva-
tion follows:
"The credit of the United States
.sshall not be pledged by or through
Pan action of any representative of
sthe United States or by any Of the
organs Of government of the league
&of nations without the prior affirma-
stive authority of Congress-"