Show i J r. r 7 P GT l IN INi MfT i LES' LES NEED N i iI I r dent A ks d b bt by Be Adopt Adopted c y could t It t Ou as Well ell as r Nations d Correspondent I Says id Lawrence awrence Da ael Herald staid y Jako II Salt live nO bY tho 11 H-As H As fl Feb os p. p Co re tho job of oC h once c the cp on OD tat agreement shall ho ac treaty to bC thO h i piece if III t Wilson has ident Pre reservations allons day his advisers ad h pUgh months to toJI toa 14 for tor n a urging him reasons of his hisor JI lson f for tor refused to erase crase tJ the impression impressions U publiC mind mid ratified by bye the tte a treaty the theo s so much as e out so dotting orb or of of o 0 a a t or r the concession is b h the Presidents President's vital Ilal a and It H Ls n to this extent ere ts the and d his opponents e dent and the do debate bate noW there shall beI be bet on how ho many contain The rho Sen- Sen t I tb t ey shall shaH refused by br Its in cd d again treaty treat and Mr Ir Wil- Wil amend am tad Ibe under the tho guise that determined amendments shall shall validity that Impair r the a 3 y undo made bole oo L Uncertain I n cf of C Ck fk R orJI e owe cr have been VIs-I VIs utterances S 0 of C Vis the tho r effect that Europe the Guy to Everything E inept tM the form tonn In which pads upon Senator hedge adD ad- ad r reservations D his ot Of o tome one rather hastily and put r debate at a a. moment when e Once reTIe was not possible they could not be reI re- re detate e the tbt bipartisan confer confer- though I made de good progress to- to rising the Lodge reservations S article X Y that the tho break break os 0 Wilson that President n fact tact m t r at that time tIme January January UI his hie views flews on r reserva- reserva ns got made known until last ir to tl the Democrats or p y r. Here litre tre Wig was a a. tactical l error o of f ibis ble proportions proportion The Thc II d on the shoulders of for Senator Hitchcock TT wasted to make that letter 1 lIT lay Hurt Harr Work orl i mil mitten before Viscount Gr Grey Is Utter letter tUt to the London Ti Times meso would tate have revealed rc th that a t thet the t was ss rot not t stubbornly trying the lit trtat treaty Oth through without any tl Ion wh whatsoever tso it t might th have e t t the e bipartisan parleys parle's fra from ir IP tD Anti And there th rl Is no telling j advanced the treaty treat situation how far have been months ago if Ir the would had permitted Senator Hitchcock Hitchcock Hitch Hitch- President November r what he last cock coele to 83 say authorized him to tell teH the Senate now nameh- nameh namely that the President approves of reservations to tho the treaty which Here are aro th tho ee e er reservations President Wilson r refers to in his letter letter letter let let- etter et- et ter to Senator Hitchcock as those on which he stands That any an member nation proposing g to withdraw from the tho league on two is the solo Judge as to years years' notice to In whether its obligations referred article I of ot the tha league of oC nations have I been performed as required In said article article ar ar- That no member nation Is la required to submit to the league Its council orIts or orIts orIts Its assembly for decision report or recommendation an any matter which It considers to bo In International law a domestic question such as Immigration tion tion labor tariff or other matter relating re relating relating re- re lating to its Internal or coastwise af af- fairs Monroe Doctrine Protected That the national policy of or the United States known as tho the Monroe doctrine as ns announced and arid interpreted b by the United States State Is not in any wa way impaired or affected by tho the covenant of tho league of nations and Is not subject to an any de decision report or In Inquiry in- in toy tho the council or assembly That the advice m mentioned In article X t of tho the covenant of or the league which the council may give to the member nations as to the employment of or their naval or military forces Is merel merely adIce advice adNice ad- ad vice Nice Which each member nation Is freeto free freeto to accept or reject according according- JC to the thc conscience or judgment of or Its then eXIsting ex existing eX- eX sting ex-sting government gO and In the tho United States this ice advice can n be accepted on only 1 by oy action of Congress which alone under under un un- der ler the constitution of tho United States has the power to declare war That in the case of a a. dispute be between between be- be tween members of the l league ague If It one of f them has self governing colonies dominions or parts which have representation representation in the all an are to tobe tobe toe be e considered parties to the dispute and Ind the same shall shaH be the rule If one of oC It the parties to the dispute is a a. self self- governing go colony colon dominion or parts as Is well as the tho nation as aJ a a. whole shallIe shall be Ie considered parties to tG the tho dispute and nd all aU shall be disqualified from havIng having hav hav- ing ng their votes vote counted in case of oC an any inquiry on said dispute made b by the assembly sac Other Nation Included It will be noted that tho the foregoing reservations are aro so drawn that any naion nation nation na na- tion ion may avail itself of oC the same ame In Interpretation Interpretation In- In of the covenant which the States reserves to itself Under Uner Under Un Un- der er the Lodge reservations it is not clear hear whether the United States alone alono would could have hae the power to decide concerning concerning con con- advice given b by the council or r whether every even nation Is free treo to accept ac accept ac- ac ept or reject the tle advice of ot t 1 the t-he council council coun coun- cil tl when that nation is not a D. party to o the dispute and Is asked to contribute contribute con con- tribute toward preserving ing peace In other words the President seems to tobe tobe toe be e anxious not to convey the Impression Impression sion Ion that America is selfishly asking for or reservations and is not willing to tot let t other countries apply appl the same In Interpretation In- In of tho the peace treat treaty In their own wn countries This is brou brought ht out In tho difference between tho the wording of tho the Hitchcock reservation given Iven o abo and the phraseology n of oC the Ix Lod Lodge o r reservation which starts out with the declaration The i United cited States assumes no obliga obligation alion a- a lion tion lon under article X XI unless tho the Congress Con Con- gress ress shall authorize What hat tho the President seems to fear tear Is that at If Ir the reservation in question Is specific it will convey p the tho idea that the thel l States is pulling out or of the league lea vague uc before It even ven gets started and that at other nations will be begin in to S1 say they icy assume no obligations either until un un- til lH 1 tho ho whole hole structure of oC moral force which has been built up In an effort to prevent future futuro wars warp will not be worth t orth the paper upon which it Is writ writ- ten n. n For instance the value of article X as tho the President sees secs it is that whether pother or not there thero is a a. pledge c toso to uso so the arm army and navy of oC tho the United States Slates to preserve the territorial In Integrity In- In of nn any nation whose whoso boundaries have havo are been violated b by an invading army rm m the mere expression by the tho United Unit Unit- ed d 1 States of or Its disapproval through the ie medium of a a. world-wide world tribunal like ke the lea league ue of nations would be bo sufficient to deter an imperialist na na- tion from making making- war on a weak neigh neigh- bor Roosevelt Pointed Out Error If H tho the United States had simply ut uttered uttered ut- ut as President Roosevelt elt so 50 long contended an expression of protest against German Germanys Germany's s 's prospective Invasion of or Belgium the fear feal might havo have been engendered in tho the hearts of oC German statesmen that America was on the alert and that its public opinion might become so Inflamed as aH as to cause Con Congress gre gress s to recommend even oven further steps strips to preserve peace Tho The Presidents President's approval of or the Hitchcock reservations is a step to toward to- to ward ard and real compromise It brings s tho the Issue out in the the open The fhe debate before be before before be- be fore the country now will be what kind of oC reservations shall bo be adopted |