Show Sounds De Death Knell i S Of Treaty of Peace I IBY lii BY J IoS It IJ al S Staff lar aft Washington ton March tar h 8 S. President President Wilson Wilson Wilson Wil- Wil Wil Wil- son toda today performed the last act nee needed needed need need- ed ell to Insure the defeat of or th the tho peace treat treaty by advising hl hI his followers In tho the Senate that ho cannot accept the tho Lodge rc reservations er a S I The general view among senators of the Presidents President's restatement of at his opposition opposition opposition op- op position to the Lodge reservations is that It spells the end of all attempts i ito to acc accomplish ratification and will produce pro pro- pro pro-I produce I duce no result but the tho utter defeat deleat orthe of or I Ithe the tre treaty t- t I SenatOr Hitchcock discussing the I letter said he ho would be able abla to hold enough h of ot the Democratic senators Inline in inline inline line to defeat t ratification if tho Lodge reservation on Article X or an anything even remotely resembling resembling- It Is adopted I Although it is s conceded that I will be bc a L few tew Democratic senators hero here and there who will refuse to support the Presidents President's proposition there will not be enough In Senator Hitchcock's opinion to yield the tho necessary number i of or votes which h. h joined with the I lican lIean friends of oC the treat treaty might I Iu A. A 1 AL L pro- pro u aLS' aLS U L S IU 11 J I Senator Lodge asserted that the maJority maJority ma ma- I will refuse to yield one Iota lota from its support rt of tho tIm Lodge reservation I which denies tile tho existence of ot any ob obligation obligation ob- ob Us upon the United States under Article X X and refuses to submit to arl any dictation by the league of ot nations upon any of the tho matters which the article covers I I As soon as the letter had Iad been re- re I by Senator Hitchcock copies caples of or it ft were struck off oCt and dl distributed amon among the tho senators on both aides Idos Son Sen Senator on- on ator Lodge road it aloud to a group roup of oC senators In the cloakroom Including Senator Borah and other Ir- Ir The Tho latter expressed satIsfaction satisfaction sat sat- that the message accomplished pUshed th the defeat of oC the tho treat treaty J Arrangements were immediately t made for winding up tho treaty fight tight this week Four minor reservations relating to limitation of at armaments I I tho the right of nationals and alien property prop- prop I 1 I erty rights were disposed of or In short order This leaves but two of oC the tho Lodge reservations to b be disposed of oC I namely No 2 on Article X and No r-o. Hon 14 H on the voting yoUng powers In the league Debate on No r-o. 14 U was begun and probably will be bo finished tomorrow This will make it possible to bring the fight tight on ott Article X to a speedy conci conclusIon con con- ci u s to a Following were sonic some of ot the statements state state- ments meats made Senator Lo Lodge Lodge Lodge-I I gc-I I have havo rea read let tha t ter ler There Thero are some delightful passages passages pas pas- sas- sas sages sass s in It ft particularly the one In which he attacks France But I amnot am Rm not going going- to make mako an any comment to to- to night I dont don't know what effect it may have on on the situation in lathe the tho S Son Sen n- n ate Senator I Hitchcock I do 10 not think the Presidents President's letter will m change chango the situation There never was any chance of oC getting getling a sufficient number of or Democrats Dam Dam- to accept tho the Lodge reservation roser on Article X to ratify the treaty Weare We Va Weare are arc rapidly reaching a crisis The Tho compromise compromise compromise com com- promise negotiations will go on on but the letter discourages any further at attempt attempt at- at tempt to make mild reservations Tho The President declares that there Is hI no difference difference dif dif- i ference between having n no ad league leas an anan and an attempt to nullity nullify it with reserva It Is better for us us- to sta stay 1 out of at the tho league gracefully than to go It 11 11 I I I I Senator Borah Borah-As Borah As I understand it the tho President stands pat Tho The letter seems to me a vcr very pronounced pronounce statement statement state state- ment meat in favor of his position that he will reject the tho treaty if IC changed In an any respect He even een rejects mild res res- res- res The Tho President has made the tho I issue a league or no league which is In In the tho form in which I would woul like it Senator Moses I Moses I see sea b by the Presidents President's Presidents Presidents President's f dents dent's letter that the and mild mUd have been Joined in the bonds of ot political wedlock wedlock wed wed- edlock ed lock b by the tho Rev flow Woodrow Wilson If It Ithe he ho really means what he ho says sas about facing facing- the soldiers I hope that both he and our gallant heroes will be spared the necessity of confronting each other |