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Show SEA SAFETY TREATY DOOMED TO FAILURE Legislators rtnd That Sevrral Nations Cannot Attend Conference In London. WASHINGTON, Dee 23 Wli e President Wilson is consulting senators and legal omeers as to the probable efiect ot the senate resolution attach ing onditions to the ratification of the safety at sea convention an n qnirv into the status of the treatv has convinced officials that it probably n doomed to complete failure on account of the European war It appears that it will be impossible to complete the exchange of ratif a t ons and give v tahty to the treat because neither Germanv Austria nor ! Turkey is in a position to send plem poterft lanes to London to sin tie tech n cal act affirming the exchange of th ratii cations. CndeT these conditions, and with the ' eertamtv that the American resolnt on 1 cannot reach London in tune to rece ve cons deration at the hands of other sag natones it is believed that not even ' by resort to a protocol extending the period of time allowed for exchange of ' ratifications can the treaty be rescued from failure at this juncture Upon termination of host lit es and J restoration of diplomatic relations be twecn the warring powers an effort may bo made to resurrect the treaty I and secure its general ratif eat on I |