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Show Lodge and Other Republican Repub-lican Chieftains Invited to Talk Over League of Nations Covenant. Chamberlain Confers With Wilson Regarding Regard-ing Executive's Forthcoming Forth-coming Trip to West. WASHINGTON, July 16. In an ag-gressivo ag-gressivo effort to diminish senate opposition op-position to tho treaty with Germany, President "Wilson will begin at the White House tomorrow a series of personal per-sonal talks with Senator Lodge and other Republican senators. With his reitercted offer to consult with the foreign relations committee unaccepted, and with his opponents on the Republican aide cvidcnc'ng no purpose pur-pose to seek his counsel", the president decided today to adopt the more direct method of inviting Republican members mem-bers to the White Ho-isr and laying before them, one after another, his reasons rea-sons for asking that the treaty be ratified. rati-fied. A half dozen senators 'uhose names were withheld were ask:'.! to meet: tho president tomorrow and it wns indicated indi-cated that the invitations would be a daily feature until Mr. Wilson had seen most of the Republican membership of the treaty ratifying body. During tho day he selected fifteen whom he desires de-sires to see this week. SPECULATION AS TO FIRST TO BE CALLED. There was much speculation as to (he choices he had made for tomorrow's conferences. In some quarters it was thought likely he had invited Chairman Lodge and other members of the foreign for-eign relations committee, but it also was suggested that he may have chosen to talk first with senators who are inclined in-clined to be friendly to the treaty, and have taken no definite stand regarding regard-ing it: Republican leaders opposing tho treaty in its' present form, did not hesitate hesi-tate to predict the White House talks would fail to lessen the opposition to unreserved ratification. Democratic senators supporting the president, however, how-ever, declared his e'oursc undoubtedly meant that ho had convincing arguments argu-ments to offer. Those in the president's confidence indicated the burden of his appeal to (he Republican senators would concern the league of nations and the Shantung settlement, the twn provisions which have aroused great v . criticisms in the senate. It was predicted that, he would toll his callers the complete details of the negotiations on these points and on nay others that might be brought into question. SHANTUNG QUESTION TO BE DISCUSSED. That it mijjlit be in a better situation situa-tion to consiikT tlic Shantung provision, provi-sion, tho foreign relations committee agreed to. lay to ask the state department depart-ment for copies of all available treaties bearing on Japanese and German interests in-terests in China. Jn its preliminary reading of tho Versailles treaty, however, how-ever, the committee passed over entirely en-tirely that part of the treaty affecting .Shantung and other former possessions of Germany, reserving the whole subject sub-ject for future discussion. Shantung will be the subject of more discussion tomorrow in the senate, 'Senator 'Sen-ator Sherman, Krpublican, Illinois, having hav-ing announced he would speak against acceptance of the treaty provision giv- (Contlnued on Pago 2. Column 6.) r l ' i SENATORS INVITED TO DISCUSS TREATY (Continued from Pago One.) ing control of the peninsula to Japan. In this connection Senator Borah, Ee-publican, Ee-publican, Idaho, may call up his resolution resolu-tion asking for a letter said to have been written by General Bliss, Secretary Secre-tary Lansing and Henry White, protesting pro-testing against the Shantung agreement. agree-ment. The resolution, .which also asks whether the Chinese delegates were "intimidated" by the Japanese, is expected ex-pected to arouse bitter opposition. The resolution of Senator La Fol-lette, Fol-lette, Republican, Wisconsin, asking why Costa Rica "was not permitted" to sign the peace treaty, also is to be called up, and its adoption without serious opposition is predicted by its supporters. During the day Senator Colt, Republican, Rhode Island, expects to make a speech declaring for the first time his position on the league of nations. na-tions. . The senate was not in session today. In its jcading today tho committee made slow progress end it was predicted predict-ed that, with daily meetings, the whole text will not be covered the first time before the end of the week. Still to be read a,re the financial, economic and labor sections, regarded by committee members as the most intricate of all. During the day President Wilson saw two democratic members of the committee, com-mittee, Senators Swanson of Virginia, and Pomereno of Ohio, and talked over the senate situation with thorn. It was understood he reiterated his opposition to any reservations in ratification of the treaty. |