Show r Y LJJ r f. f ew CW H 0 p L e C I s Held e Out u for Treaty ARTICLE X X ClAU CLAUSE E IS ITTEN Senator Lodges Lodge's Substitute I Is iatter Matter of Phraseology He Says Democrats Ara Ar Pledged to Support Ig I BT nT A. A Press w WASHINGTON March Marcil 12 A A substitute for the Lodge reservation reser tion to article which has stood unaltered for many ninny weeks as ns the thOi s storm rm center of tie the peace treaty con- con was proposed in tho the Senate t today d y by its author Senator Lodge of or Massachusetts the Republican leader Tho The move described by th the Republican Republican lican managers as 53 a step toward har bar harmony harmony mony and compromise at first led the Senate nate in exactly the opposite direction direr direr- ion tion by starting a discussion whether hether the now draft was weaker in its terms than the old The mild mUd reservation reservation- backed backell by b- most oC ot tho Republican Republic an mem membership said sald It H was not noL T The e Republican irreconcilable s eaid it wasand was wasand wasand and served notice they would adopt it It a as they did tho the original The Democrats Democrat k k keeping studied th r rI proposal with apparent suspicion I Agreement Heroin As a result possibilities of ot a a. final agreement remained beclouded a arid and d party leaders revised their predictions of ot an early carly vote voto on article X Tonight Tonight To- To To To- night no ono one was predicting action before londay Monday or Tue Tuesday day Characterizing tho the proposed changes as tho terms of ot a Republican capitulation capitulation capitulation lation to the thc White House Senator i j McCormick of ot Illinois led Jed in tho the attack at- at j tack of tho the Republican bles A A set of ot weasel words words' was the tb I wn way Senator Republican of ot Connecticut described the tho compromise I proposal while Senator Senator- Knox Knoz j lican Hean of or Pennsylvania assorted d that It I would leave upon the United States i the tho moral obligation for tor which dent Wilson has contended D Democrats Mn- Mn Un- Un Not ot I Keep p Pledge In general form tJ the e now reservation follows the language worked out by byj Senator Watson atson of Indiana for tor tho the Republicans and Senator Simmons of or North 1 Carolina for tor tho the Democrats in In their compromise negotiations For or orthis this language thirty Democratic votes I are understood to have ha been prom promised lcd r but several last minute changes changes- wording made mado b by Senators Lodge and I Watson before the reservation was as presented wee were held to have J h n or u. u u U J 1110 a. a u Dew canvass had not been completed tonight to to- I night nightOn On the Republican side the defoe deec tion was not confined to the tho les alone Senator nj of or Nc New Jersey who had voted to fo for rati- rati Uon with tho the original res reservation 0 r declaring on the floor Joor that he be would take tho the substitute and Senator r i Wadsworth of ot Now York saying he 4 hei bej could not see wherein they had Improved Ira Ira- I proved on their original measure Tho The Republican leaders insisted however they could hold at least thirty votes In Jn line Uno and the tho Democrats who who- whoa ta fa favored a- a orell the substitute hoped to deliver Continued on Pago Page 2 i EW HOPE IS i HELD I L 11 IL FOR TREATY OF PEACE i Continued from Page 1 1 than thirty from Crom their sid side It to ratify hakes four sixty r r. Text of J Tew Jen en Reservation Re t Th rh Th text teat of ot tho the new reservation follows fol fol- lows ob obligation ob- ob T The rho United States assumes no ig tion to preserve e the territorial In- In of political independence ee or till gay other co country b by tho the employment t its military o or naval forces its re resources re- re t economic dis dis- sources or any form of crimination or to Interfere in contro contro- between nations whether members members members mem mem- bers or of tho league ue or not under the provisions of ot article X 1 X or to employ gi o military or naval al forces of ot the ru anted States under an any article of ot the treaty ty Jor for foi any purpose unless in any particular case the Congress which tho the constitution Uon ha has tho the solo power to declare war or authorize tho the of ot the military or naval forces of the thc United States shall shallin In In tho h exercise of ot full liberty of or action U act or Joint resolution so pro- pro i s k In IU presenting I tho the substitute Senator Lodge Lode said he hc did so in tho the interest A compromise L and not because the thene new ne draft represented an any substantial change In n the meaning of ot reserva reserva- tion r lolY OnI Only Change t S LL do this he said in full conc con con- with what I have stated on floor floor of ot tho the S Senate nate several s times I do do donot not feel that I should be justi- justi tied in Insisting Insisting- on defeat of oC tho the ty on oa a mero mere qu question of or the tho I reservation If H I 1 pm of oC any a I fl the modification made mado any Shange an in tl tho o substance oC ot res reservation I l only should not offer H. H it but I Should vote voto against the tho treaty with it included I I On Only two Democrats expressed their opinion amnion on the floor Senator Smith of oC ty who tv s h s supported Bupp the original nal l res reservation r declaring himself for and Senator tor McKellar ori of or i Tennessee ric sec nho vrho has stood consistently with tho the administration forces forceS an announcing an- an Jouncing an-Jouncing his opposition to the tho new proposal It was understood however S drat Itt Senator Hitchcock of ot Nebraska t administration leader objected to tora I ra as he had to the tho Watson Watson- t Simmons draft and would make an cf- cf sort to lino Une up enough h Democrats to ratification should the 1 be adopted Surprised d Irreconcilable t. t Senator Senator Lodges Lodge's presentation of oC tho the Sliu apparently took the tho m by surprise and aside from their declarations on She floor there many private expressions of their od Ks s It finally stood hc the the substitute represented J long lon consideration by tho the leaders In which Senator Lode and Senator Watson Vatson arc are understood under- under stood 8 d to have bad had the advice of ot Elihu Root former secretary of state It was understood however that at attempt attempt at- at tempt might mie-ht bo be made mado to amend It on that tho the floor and every one admitted in view of or tho the unsettled situation n and tho the even balance of ot voting power In Inthe Inthe inthe the Senate tho outlook contained many possibilities Await A. Presidents President's View Yle In some quarters was much speculation tonight as to whether President Wilson now that the Republican Republican lican modifications have taken loken definite form torm might ht not take some somo step to in inform inform In- In form fonn Democratic senators as ns he ho has done In the past of oC his attitude toward the substitute It was said by the Democratic leaders however that they would make no effort to ascertain his views and that they thoy had no knowledge of or any Intention on his part to make them known either publicly or Poincaire Denounces Revision of Treat Treaty Y Paris March 12 Former l Havas Former President Poincare in his first political article In the Revue Des Deux denounces Germany for Cor her attempt to secure a n revision of tho the treaty of oC v Vcr Ver er- er I sailles He asks s tho the Saxon Anglo friends of oC France before beCore being moved to pity at Germanys Germany's fate to look at Frances France's devastated regions and agree reo that having paid with our blood and tho the and our property for freedom of oC nations we vo havo aa in inalienable ion ion- alienable and right to to recover damages on tho Victory Ictor Tho The former Cormer president sharply criticises criticises the stand of ot the tho supreme council with regard to tho the eastern situation tho the Adriatic tho the Russian soviet let government government gov JOV- and Its attitude concerning small nations In conclusion M M. Poincaire Poincaire Poin Poin- caire expresses the wish that th tho the su supreme supreme supreme su- su preme council will soon sleep its last sleep seep New Ne Hungarian o Treaty Agreed Upon London March A 12 1 12 A now Hungarian Hungar Hungar- ian peace treaty has been definitely agreed upon by the peace conference and placed In tho hands of or a a. drafting committee which has gone to Paris It Itis ItIs Itis is expected the treaty will bo completed completed completed com com- within a week The territorial terms against which Hungary Huns protested so vigorously re remain remain re- re main unchanged but various arlous economic concessions have been granted s-rante It is stated that in retraining the economic clauses the conference took tooka a much more lenient attitude than prevailed prevailed pre pre- In Paris The completion of or tho the Hungarian document l aes the conference at liby lib liberty Hb- Hb crt erty todeal exclusively with the perplexing perplexing per per- Turkish treaty which was discussed discussed dis dis- dis cussed today at a two-hour two session |