The Washington herald., 1920-03-02
Original Eliminates Obligation.

Original Eliminates Obligation.
The original Lodge reservation to Article takes
entirely the obligation OF the United States do anything the
preservation OF the territorial integrity existing political indie
pendence OF other countries under Article X
dispute between other countries under that article
furnish military force under article the league. leaving
wholly the discretion OF the Congress take such
it chooses, freed from such obligation.
The Democrats with the which the
United definitely any obligation
the territorial political independence OF other
country and reserves 70 Corgoss 70 dacd b.ber should
Left in Hands Congress.
In other words both reservations end all obligation
tce OF legal moral character Congress
particular its judgment determine whether should
There the slightest difference effect and
law between the In each
is wholly to the judgment Of Congress un
embarrassed by 1t apparent therefore,
Democrats have the original Article legal bind
obligation.
has doubt that these could is not
much therefore that Sides forty
and the forty Republicans who
not differ in substance what those
Why then there
One reason is that the matter has subject
and bitter controversy heightened by the conduct of
President making of the treaty
and consideration by Senate members Of that bodv
nave LOST slgh OF substance and acrbe verbal differences
the authorship OF the Importance in respect
which had the unfortunate history treaty
would be wholly absent The danger that this verhIy
point OF view the sides sacrifice the world
and OF the and fail register they
have actually reached This the Senate makes
for the the who wish
to defeat the treaty altogether.
Treaty's Threatened
In discussions has deveoped evidence Of
an onous and unnatural cooperation between and
the bterenders threatening the defeat and
venting ITS rahcaon with reservations for the action
ue senator Kellogg has charged that Senator Hitchcock
Senator Boah have been subject with view
to beating the and Washington correspondent Of the
New York Tribune positively what seems to he qood
authority that the Democrats who follow
Hitchcock the meeting the oues;or
whether the ratification of the reay with the
hv the
nor Senator Bora has denied the
"o Kellogg and remains to be how subsequent
votes IN the Senate the justify it.
If be that with the approval Of the P;
u having agreed which the same as the
reservations proposes defeat the treaty. of only
@ uneree and TO carry the issue into the campaign,
dhcut for Mr. Wilson and the Democrats to escane the
charge that they responsible for the failure treaty. Senator
ehcocks statement that will destroy the value treaty the
United States does bear responsibility in the
under Article X utterly without face of his PROPOSAL
to consent to modification of Article which equally Lodge
relieves the from doing its equal mart in the
maintenance of the guaranty of that article
Yet it looks the Senator Hitchcock had
about concluded that rather than the Lodge
tons they will defeat the and the campaign
mere reason believe that the President takes the
deed that he vigorously Democratic yielding
Majority Logical Authors
Republicans majority: therefore If reservations are
to be framed they naturally the where there
difference in effect between the proposed side
the other failure of the majority
be justified The friends the influenced politics
and who regard the ratification above political
ions well marvel the Presidents refusal the treaty
with the reservations when Lord
possible that the treaty with the Lodge would
accepted by Great Britain.
familiar treaty any such
difference between the two sets OF as to justify the President
in saying that with the the would be
while with the other it would be failure
President blinded by personal political
feeling that he will wreck his handiwork?
If Democrats enough
pride political authorship
needed % surely the President will dare withhold the
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