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Show WILSON EXPLAINS. President WiL-mii and tho iiKiinburs of dm scn.'ito foreign relations eoinniitloo havo had a ronfurcncR, durin;,' which I ho lnaf.;iio ef nations covenant was fully discussed. Tho senators asked a k'i'i.ut varioly of questions, which wero answered without hesitation, and there does not appear to havo lioeu much room for argument, lly the express direction of Mr. Wilson stenographers wero present, in order that a full and e.qrrect report of this all-important conference con-ference nii'ht bo k'iven to tho public,. It is published in full ley Tho Tribuno this morning, and thoso who road it can j lid no for themselves us to how much merit thero is in tho contentions of thoso who maintain that tho league is unconstitutional, that tho rights of tho United States will not bo preserved if the pact is ratified, and that wo shall bo unablo to withdraw if we go in. These points and many others wore fully covered in tho diae.usaion between tho president and tho members of the foreign relations committee, and tho wholo matter has been cleared up to a very groat extent. Tho president told his visitors at the outsot that ho could hoo jo reasonable objection to interpretations inter-pretations of how- tho "United Statos accepts tho leaguo of nations, provided tiuch interpretations did not form a part of tho formal ratification itself, so it may bo nssumod that thero will be interpretations. Just what form they will tnlio it is impossiblo to say. Wo believe, however, that tho president and tho opposing senators have been drawn closer together ns a result of tho conference, con-ference, which augurs well for the pact. Nevertheless, it would be unwise to make any predictions as to how long tho de-bato de-bato in the senate will be continued. |