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CRUCIAL CONTEST
ON LEAGUE TODAY
Two FTGpOsIt O1S Are Before
The SeRato.
s XIV Offer ON ARTICLE X
..iId Rescrva.ionists Frame New
Draft Which They Hope Minority
WIN Accept.

Wash n@.on. March lO-The senate
81 AIRED The. drc,lS fnr acton up the
r. S,.ry.tion to arr Gle ten "f tile league
o, na,ions 60, ei.ant, and today the
t.r,.ct;l con cS. VIII begin.
ON til qucS .on, two propositions
or. before The senate. Senator L+d2e,
spt aEing for d mojority of the Re
ruh,i,ai.s. mS.S,S that the Un.teu
: atrS must be relieved by Il reserva-
lion from every shadow of obligation
under that article. The pres dent con-
tends that 10 obliterate that obliga-
zion i, To cut the heart and life out
Of the covenant
There is no question as to which
yo-e. No reservation Unacceptable TO
Senator Lodge can possibly receive>a
majority. Thee is not much ques-
ton that the test vote on this reser-
yaf ON will show whether the treaty
can be ratified or not. Senator Lodge
is not convinced that it cannot be
COMPROMISED. ComprOmisers are slli
neg tiating in an effort TO draw to-
relher enough Republican and Demo-
cratic votes on Il resolution to article
trn To insure ratification of the treaty.
The latest attempt al compromise
over The reservation to article ten IS
draft submitted by Senator Wilson,
nj Indiana, To Senator Simmons, OF
North Carolina. 1t is said to be the
Joint production Of Senator kellogg and
other mild resewationistS, and was
offered to Senator Simmons because
he is more i'll touch with Democratic
senators who are wiling to accept re-
servatiOns than is Senator Hitchcock,
.,.e leader OF the administration
forces.
The reserva' ion reads:
1.-THE United States assumes no Cd
,iga ion to employ its military or ma
val forces, its resources, or an! f9f!n
of economic discrimination to preserve
the territorial integrity or polltscai
Independence of any other country, or
To Interfere in contrnVerS- eS between
uoTionS, Whe her member Of The league
or not. under The provision OF article
ten, or to employ the military or naval
forces of the United States under ans
article Of the tre.Ey for any purp Sc
unless in any particular case the e1h-
GROSS. in the exercise of full Liberty
of action, shall by ac' or joint reso-
luton so provide"
Ii is stated by Democratic SEA- 0,
who are leniently d saosed toward
reservations that this form Is not
entirely acceptable, and efforts VIII
continue to change the verbiage 10
suit both sides. Meanwhile, Senator
Hitchcock. TO whom this compromise
| reservation has been shown, declares
| that it is not acceptable to the friends
| of the president. He declares that Il
will not receive any more Democratic
| votes than the original Lodge reserya'
ton.
Senator Hitchcock points out that
both of these reservations start with
the words 'the United States assumes
| no obligation" which would make
| each of them equally objectionable to
| the president.
The senate adopted, Wy vote OF o.
to 20, reservation No. IA, that the
United States assumes no Obligation
| TO abide by the decision of the counci
| or assembly of the league of nations
| until the covenant has been amended
TO allow the United States an equa
| number of votes with Great Britain.
100000 in Gems in Fire Ruins.
Old Point Comfort, Va, March TO-
Two hundred thousand dollars worth
of jewelry, property of guests at the
Chamberlain Hotel, destroyed by fire
Sunday night, was recovered when the
hotel safe was unearthed from be-
| meath the ruins. Hotel records also
aare recovered.