Show PRESIDENT URGED URGED TO TO ACCEPT LODGE TREA TV PLAN Americans Send Sent Plea in Behalf of League WASHINGTON March 29 Through Through a a. petition signed by a a. number of oC the mos most prominent men and women of oC the country country coun coun country try President Wilson was appealed to to today today to to- day to accept the Lodge e reservations to the treaty of oC Versailles and to Join the league of oC nations forthwith reserving his fight tight for his own conception of ot the covenant covenant covenant cove cove- nant until later Cof The petition t wY was presented esl by Samuel Samue ar Colcord o of New w York Tout Among the signers sign sign- signers ers were A. A Lawrence Lowell president of oC Harvard university Cardinal Gibbons Jacob H H. H George W W. Wickersham former attorney general Augustus Thomas playwright The plan presented to the president was that by understanding understanding- between the president and a a. sufficient number of oC the majority majority and minority I senators we a at once once oce ac accept pt the inevitable and join the league of oC nations up upon n the basis of oC what wha are known as the Lodge reservations In part the tho letter of oC appeal to the president read What we offer is more than an ap ap- ap- ap peal As devoted friends of oC the league o of oC nations we respect respectfully Cully propose a plan by which the world and we as a party o oit of oC it may way be membership in the league o of oC nations of oC whatever basis of oC agreement may be definitely reached and the irreconcilable Irreconcilable irreconcilable irre Irre- points of oC difference be settled later by referendum d or otherwise as may i b be d deemed desirable desirable lr le We might take the question of ot the adoption of ot your highest Id ideals als respecting respecting respect respect- ing the league of oC nations before the electorate electorate elec elec- and the tho h opposing view be e presented presented pre pre- on the other t fh hand without m ou ouk k keepIng keeping keep keep- Ing th the World waiting for our aid am and without subjecting the vital question of It our becoming a the league of oC nations nations nations na na- na- na to the uncertainties and perils of oC a partisan political campaign |