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Show " LEAGUE "OBSTRUCTIONISTS" SCORED BY WILSON JOHNSON TO .RESUNETOUR OF TP EST California Senator Will Renew Campaign in; Opposition to Cove-! nant on Pacific Coast. i Ashurst Wires Wilson of, Purpose to Support j Measure as It Stands;! I Debate Is Continued. ! 1 WASHINGTON. Sept. Near the ! close of today s senate session. Senator j Johnson of California announced that he I i would leave tomorrow mornir.i; for San ' Francisco to resume his campaign against j ratification of the treaty covenant. j Senator Johnson's decision to resume j his western speakinjr trip set at rest a I whirlwind of rnmors concerning the j British-American voting amendment, .whl- h now, both Republicans and Democrat?' Demo-crat?' a-rree, w'.M no be taken up for sonu- weoks. The gn-.-ral talk was that Republican leaders frankly tol-l Senator Johnson that they did not have enouti votes to rass it, and that the senator replied re-plied he would go out In the country and , create such strong sentiment in its favor that the eenate would no, dare defeat it. ; Just before adjournment Senator Len- ! root. Republican, Wiscor.sin. made his! position clear by reiterating that he I would not vote to ratify the treaty if, j under article X. the United States was ! obligated to send Us troops abroad to j preserve the territorial Integrity of mem- I bers of the league. j DEBATE CONTINUES IN UPPER CHAMBER. Senator New, Republican, Indiana, and j Senator Smith, Democrat, Maryland, di- vtded the debate of the day, the former ! attacking tho treaty and the latter de- fending it and urging speedy ratification, j But there was no applause, the galleries evidently taking to heart the previous j warning of the vice president that thie would result in ejection of those violating the standing rule of the senate. In the house, Representative King, Republican. Re-publican. Illinois, introduced a resolution proposing the support of the body for the senators standing for Americanism. The resolution was thrown- In the house hopper, without discussion. I'nder unanimous consent agreement, the amendments by Senator Fall of New Mexico, proposing that the United States be relieved from service on foreign commissions com-missions created under the treat y. will be taken up tomorrow afternoon for discussion. dis-cussion. Senator Cummins, Republican. Iowa, will speak against the treaty and Senator Fall Is expected to champion the cause of his amendments. No vote !b looked for until some time next week. LENROOT DEFINES HIS POSITION. Senator Lenroot, in outlining his position, posi-tion, said the president had been rather I free in his declarations as to what was the heart of the league covenant. "Since the president started this transcontinental trans-continental trip the heart of the covenant has suffered several displacements," said the Wisconsin senator, who said It had been variously described by the president as the agreement not to go to war under nine months, article XI. and more recently,-at Salt Lake, as article X." The president, he said, in asking the senate to ratify the treaty with article X as it was written, would pledge the solemn word of the United States that If would engage in war to preserve the (Continued on Page 2, Column 4.) JOHNSON TO RESUME MUCH 111 WEST (Continued From Pago One.) territorial integrity of nation members. If this article stood, and meant that this country must send troops under it. Senator Sena-tor hrnroot declared he would not vote for the treaty. ASHURST WILL SUPPORT PACT. Senator Ashurst of Arizona, In a telegram tele-gram today to President Wilson, declared lie believed he could render the country and the wi-rld "a great service by voting for the peace treaty without amendment or reset' va tion." Administration leaders laim ;t distinct advantage in the fight by reat-n of the senator's announcement toil to-il a y. Senator Ashurst's message follows: fol-lows: "Although I have had, as you. of course, know, serious doubts and misgivings as to some parts of the league covenant, 1 am nevertheless convinced that Germany would obtain a material advantage and would come out of the war practically a victor were the treat y amended or were any reservations adopted To my mind, it is the trea ty or no treaty, and 1 for one am not willing to assume the frightful fright-ful responsibility of pre., ij. it a tin? chaos u po n the w o r 1 d by so :n e h a za rd o us amendment or reservation. I have studied thi tremendous question from every an-''e, and am sure that at tips juncture I can render my country, indeed the en-lire en-lire civilized world, a great service by vcting for the treaty w.thout amendment or reservation,' Discussion of the peace trea ty was to be continued today In the sen a te. with i Senator New. Republican. Indiana, and j Smith, Democrat, Maryland, prepared to j deliver addresses. Amendments offered by Senator Kali, Republican. New Mexico, and recommended by a majority of the foreign teiations committee, which would reliee the I'nr.ed States from representation representa-tion on a number of the reconstruction commissions c? eated by the treaty, will come up tomorrow under a motion adopted adop-ted Tuesday. Although a vote on the Pall amendments amend-ments is not considered likely until next week, they are expected to be the center of hot deba to w ith considerable jockeying jockey-ing of forces. |