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Show ; vv Myy liJiyjM!o il lull ii juitiy IiUM bt!IFiiliij Leaves Washington for Ohio Capital, Where He Makes First Speech in Support of League. Has Conference Wilh Hitchcock; Expresses Determination to Fight Opposition to Finish. WASHINGTON", Sept. 3. ITcsMout "Wilyon left tonight on his western speaking speak-ing tour in behalf of the peace treaty, confident of ultimate ratification of tha instrument by tho senate without amendments amend-ments or "destructive" rcser atton.i which would requiro renegotiation. The president and his party readied tho station at 6:43 o'clock and wer given an ovation by the crowd. After escorting Mrs. "Wilson to the private ear, tho president returned to the platform, where he eliattei. with frjends until the time for his train to leave. Accompanying the president, in addition addi-tion to Mrs. Wilson, were Joseph 1'. Tumulty, Tu-multy, his secretary, and Jtear Admiral Cary T. Grayson, his phjsieian. .Nearly thirty newspaper correspondents also were aboard the tmln in addition lo the foreo of official stenographers and secret se-cret service men. The trip, perhaps the most arduous ever undertaken by a president, will carry Mr. Wilson and his party as f,ir west as the Pacific coast, almost to tho Canadian border on the north and almost to Mexico on the south. PLANS TO SPEAK IN MANY STATES. He will speak in every state west of the Mississippi except four, and w ill make up for the omission of these speeches in Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky and Tennessee. Although tho detailed schedule was held In confidence in the interest of safety safe-ty to the presidential train, it is under -stuod that most of the Ktopa will bo only for three or four hours. In 1 es Moines, Seattle, Los Angeles and Louisville, Louis-ville, however, where Sunday .stops are made, the president will have oppori u -nlty for brief respites. In .Seattle 1m will review the J'aclfic fleet. Tho fcpeech-mukint? schedule is a vigorous vig-orous one from the start. After Ills address ad-dress at Columbus tomorrow. Mr. 'Uh"U will go to Indianapolis In time f- ;m evening mass meeting. Then ho wllf continue con-tinue westward, reaching Ies Mohie:-Satuiduy Mohie:-Satuiduy fur the week-end. The following wuek will tnHc him far into the west by the northern route, with speeches in Omaha, yioux FnlN, St. Paul, Minneapolis, Bismarck, IStJ-liiiKs, IStJ-liiiKs, Helena, Coeur d'Alene, .Spokane, Tacuma and Seattle. After that will come Portland, San Francisco, San ii j; Los AliL,'.-ics, Hcno, Salt Lake ity, f'li. ;. -emu-, I'i-nv.'r, I'ui-Mo, Wichita, k i -noma '.'ity, Little JtoU, M "nip his a no1 Louisville. The ret urn to Washington will be on Scplem Ijcr 0. SENATE SITUATION FINALLY SURVEYED. A filial survey Of tin; senal'j muatl"li was slveii I lie. " pr-'-i'h-nt Jale p ,; v ! . Senator H !t encode t,r , ,-tn a ykn . ra n It i i w. I 't-njocrat. of the for-inn rc'atKMiS coirrnU-te. coirrnU-te. v.-io .-ailed at the Winle hou- m ,m , . Wilson's jequi-fU. Toe p nidm! way io-formed io-formed ti-at IP publican l-a-l'-M wan report out I 'e tr.-aty within a '(.- ia prohatiiy ii"1 law-;- t-,an n.t W.diMla . and was assun-d that, ev ry a na-nd me m i ii vol vli 1 1: uuv "J; i !1 1 :m" r j a l j oj i ioimkI he d-J-.ii.-d ov.-j whidminu-.y. Sp df c r--f-rvation.", It was saM, U'-ie u d:-rii'-l. 1 w-fo-e conf. niiitr will. t:,e pi . -O'l'-nt . Senator i ! i ' ) a i: mad" a -i,i,''hy Hp"'-'-.( in toe filiate Io remy lo !-. -nt attnckr on tne treaty by J;.:pub!ican Leader Lodio-and Lodio-and S'-r;a tor Kr.ov, I : -pu 1 1 -,i) i. I'.-miMi. ania. Tno laser's pro"-a) f or d -f -a l of the tr'-alv v as dia ra e i cj-j,.--1 lV Mi ll!leh- o.-k as "a inxt ir of poltroons-a poltroons-a :,d f-. a ' d v, a f-: it' uia I d t o make the I "nit-jd States "a u rt r." HEARINGS CONTINUE BEFORE COMMITTEE. Hearings ok Ijm'iI" ;ui t - rr ; t --ir a , q-.-e;:-lions. l:c m)vi:i- the A and Mrni'i.s aia put ; lif-.vi '."i H unra rv and '.', i - o- S .o -va kui. we Mi eont:nued t o-1 a v bv t ..e .,- e-fii r'-':i ' i'Ul.': co ! t , v i ', 1 : . 'I V-r n o" io-,- rep- ;,nd I rai.iv t: " j;innitt-e pia:,s i '., p Ji.-arint-s and "o- r 1 ;.- a"--.iul on o T.ie So-'a;e.d ;?,',, Ui ".Mroii.: r-f-, r ail on )y ' - a oion l; 1 1n- K'-iMihliea n M-ua-nrs f ord hioc, i ;a i i on to. la. v.-ard a r oinpr. a i i ' avl'y m-nt, rci'l ei-a-tf.i Lorj-: ;v;..s ;d t i a ' a:pioetj (Continued, oa Paj:c7, Columu iij WILSON STARTS DPJ GREAJTOUH President Leaves for West to Carry Pact Fight to the People. (Continued From Page One.) three of the former's proposals those : dealing with the Monroe doctrine, domestic domes-tic questions and withdrawal from the league, but with agreement still to be , reached on a reservation affecting article X of the league covenant. Following; conferences of Republican leaders late to- j day, it was said that, if possible, the proposed pro-posed reservations would be made public ! texiuaily tomorrow. The president and Pfr.ator Hitchcock j were said to be in complete agreement j that the immediate fight should be pressed against the five amendments j adopted by the foreign relations committee. commit-tee. PRESIDENT TO FIGHT ALL AMENDMENTS. The president, It was stated, endorsed the view expressed by Mr. Hitchcock today to-day in the senate that any amendment, no matter how trivial, would have the effect ef-fect of withdrawing this nation from the ' treaty and require separate negotiations with German v. "The president," said Mr. Hitchcock after af-ter leaving the White house, 'is gratified that the issue has been drawn on amendments. amend-ments. He believes the people realize tho danger of adoption of any amendment or of a reservation which would have a killing kill-ing effect. He takes the ground that amendment would cause our withdrawal from the treaty." Action on reservations, the president was said to feel, can be left for future consideration after the outcome of the fight against amendment. President Wilson also discussed with Mr. Hitchcock his plans for his tour in behalf of the treaty. The president, it was said, will discuss the treaty and especially es-pecially the league covenant in every address ad-dress of the trip. WILSON TO ANALYZE TREATY PROVISIONS. Senator Hitchcock said the president would analyze the treaty in detail and emphasize that delay in its ratification was holding up a return of the country to normal conditions and also blocking many reconstruction matters, including virtually all legislation such as bills to reduce the cost of living and solution of the railroad problem. Personal attacks, however, upon senators opposing the treaty are not planned by the president. Senator Hitchcock said he told the president pres-ident that the plans of Republicans to follow the executive on his trip and reply to his speeches had been abandoned, because, be-cause, Senator Hitchcock said, he understood under-stood "important influences in the Republican Re-publican party had killed the plan." The president is expected to discuss the opposition to the treaty of those advocating advo-cating home , rule for Ireland and other European peoples, and Senator Hitchcock Hitch-cock today advised Mr. Wilson that the foreign relations committee hearings on those questions were "useless," because, he said, the committee does not intend to report any amendments or reservations to the treaty which have been asked in that respect. EXPECTS TO DRAW OPPONENTS' FIRE. The president's treaty discussions on his trip are expected to evoke prompt replies re-plies from Republicans in the senate. The final step of committee action consideration considera-tion of a resolution of ratification with reservations is planned for Friday, and submission of the treaty for open senate debate is to follow as soon as possible. In the negotiations of the Republican factions on reservations, the present stumbling block is said to he on a reservation reser-vation affecting article X with its foreign territorial guarantees. The tentative reservation, res-ervation, said to have been drawn by senators demanding "strong" reservations, reserva-tions, is understood to declare emphatically emphati-cally that the United States "will not" and "refuses" to undertake obligation of the territorial guarantees in advance of specific action by congress as required by the constitution. ' The three reservations on w'hich the radical and moderate Republican groups are said now to have reached an agreement, agree-ment, are snid to propose to declare that the United States shall be the sole interpreter inter-preter of the Monroe doctrine, shall decide all domestic policies, such as tariff and immigration, without intervention by the league, and upon deciding, without judgment judg-ment of the league, that national obligations obliga-tions have been fulfilled shall be privileged to withdraw from the league upon notice. Plans for Conference. The president wrote today to the Chamber Cham-ber of Commerce of the United S-tatcs. representatives of the leading agricultural associations, investment bankers, and to Samuel Oompers, president of the American Ameri-can Federation of Labor, asking that they submit nominations for delegates representing repre-senting each group. After receiving this list en route to the Pacific coast, the president will then select a list of his own and combine the two. Forty or forty-five forty-five delegates will be chosen. Preliminary arrangements for the conference were discussed dis-cussed at yesterday's cabinet meeting. While Republican leaders hope to report the peace treaty to the senate Friday, they said today that discussion of tho resolution of ratification in which reservations reser-vations will be incorporated would take some time and might delay a report until early next week. They believe it is certain, cer-tain, however, that the treaty will be brought into the senate not later than next Wednesday. Will Close Hearings. The committee plans to close its hearings hear-ings Friday and, probably after adopting Senator Fall's amendment to eliminate the labor section, proceed to frame the resolution reso-lution of ratification and the proposed reservations. Progress was reported today among Republican leaders toward a "harmony program" on reservations. A compromise compro-mise between the Republican- reservation- ists is being negotiated, with much prospect pros-pect of success, it was said. Republican Leader Lodge was reported to have accepted three of the four reser- . vat ions proposed by the group headed by ' Senator Mo Nary of Oregon and dealing with the Monroe doctrine, domestic questions ques-tions and A merican withdrawal from the league of nations. The reservation reported still In disagreement dis-agreement is that dealing with article X of the league covenant. Negotiations on this clause were said to be still In progress. prog-ress. These four reservations were said to comprise the present program for inclusion inclu-sion in the resolution of ratification. Others Oth-ers may be offered later, however. No reservation on the Shantung provision Is plnnned in the committee, it was said, in view of its action spool ficaUy amending this section of the treat y. If the senate rejects the Shnntung amendment, however, how-ever, a declaration or reservation will be offered In the senate, some senators said. |