Salt Lake Tribune | 1919-09-27 | Page 2 | Democrats will Advise Accepting some Reservations

DEMOCRATS WILL ADVISE ACCEPTING SOME RESERVATIONS WASHINGTON. Sept. 26. Afier President Presi-dent Wilson's return to Washington. Democratic leaders in the senate plan to seek an earlv conference to advise him, lot the peace 'treaty situation in the sen-j sen-j ate and to discuss a possieie compromise I over reservations. Pome prominent Pemocratie senators said todav t'nev planned to advise tne president carefully to consider arcepiance I of some sort of reservations. ii::erpreia - l five in cha-,..e:er. at least. Tt was sain j to he possible that their advice would j evcr. I to recommendations that reservations reserva-tions be arointed or that the treaty be ! withdrawn from the .-cnate, at Last temporarily. tem-porarily. j , These Peivncratic spokesmen are eon- -lnced that the treaty cannot be ratified without reser. a'ions of some des,;r:ption. j Thev conceded, however, that there michl he a eonllict in the Democratic advice ' pien the president, in view of the aria-i aria-i mantle position taken against reservations bv Senaior l-litciu-ock. Democi-.it. N'e-hras-ia. '.he administration leader in the treaty tiitlil. In announcinir in the senate today that he would make known his position next week on the treaty and league covenant. Senator Jones. F.epubhcan, Washir.u'ion. declai'-'d lus recent vole anainst Senator t.-nice's motion to posipone consideration oi t le Kail amendments had no sism:'.-cance. sism:'.-cance. I ".iv vol" onlv meant 1 was in favor 'of pro, cedms quickly with the treaty." he said. Senator Poinoeytr, nemiMn-nn. a'so o. , Washington. olT.-rfd a i so'.i' i ion aslvini: l h.e -prt sideiit to transir.i copies of cables ca-bles from l,-e American minister lo China and American attaches at Tokio the last week in January, making reports on Jaoaneso-Ohincse iclat'ons It was referred re-ferred to the foreign re'aiions committee.