Show which brings us to the second great event of the week tile the unprecedented meeting vf of tile the benante committee on oil foreign relations with allson in the lii white for the ali elfelda elucidation of runny many points in connection with tho the pence treaty and league coventino coven int tint la in accordance with tile destro desires of both part parties leti tho the entire were given full publicity baft f study of them and of the suase quent comments of the participants does not show that enuch was in the hie way otro movIng the obstacles to ratification of the treaty clr wilson ronde made a long preliminary statement to tho these natora senators and then pit nir their many questions elih kill ilia position reg ara lav interpretations and be summarized thus if ordin itry common sense la Is used in reading the treaty and covenant they are unnecessary t they merely accompany the act of ratification there la Is tio no objection to them but it if they orf anre alrin part liburt of the lie of ra sidn klays I would result tise till nil tile other nations would have to be asked to accept the jun language of tic the senate us its the language of the tr treaty nty it t would bp be especially humiliating to have ive to ask tit the asset of the german aerman assembly senator fall called tile the presidents attention to the fact that hint germany Gerini iny Is not to lie be nn an original member of the league and consequently any amendments to the tie covenant proposed before tier lier slon would not licit lie be submitted to tier her mr wilson admitted this was true ind that tile thu point ind had not occurred to hlin him but lie ho insisted lint germany iiii anly lias fins a relationship to the league and that it was tile the plan to admit tier her immediately As for article 10 the crux of the file W whole holo light fight president wilson interpreted cited it as follows it if tile hie league calls on oil tile the united states to send troops abroad to preserve the territorial integrity of another member state from external aggression the united states will be under till an ubbo infeld compelling moral obligation though not it a legal obligation 0 to o comply hut flat the lie league cannot call on tile united states for such all aid unless the american Ani erlean member votes its ills ap lit in accord with american public sentiment after it was all over senator ilitch cock said the president had clarified many involved questions quest long in ili a wonderful manner wid that rati flea tion would ho be lie he result senator lodge sald said sir wilson had not given them much real information and that tile admissions lie had find mode made had vindicated the criticisms leveled at the league covenant these extremes stand the mild reservation lats j to capture their heir votes senator of nevada took the lie reservations they advocate culled called them chent interpretations or understandings mid put them into a resolution which lie presented to tho the senate for its adoption apart from the resolution of catl fl fi catlon cation lie he asserted that lie was 11 act et ing with the presidents president a approval where tipon senator Ilitch coch administration lender leader felt himself ignored und and showed that resolution was not much to tits his liking the opponents of the covenant were brutally outs outspoken in ili condemning tile resolution in tile the course of the lively debate mr ir admitted that the league of nations was hardly enore than a meeting place where tile the consensus of the civilized world may be 10 obtained and its moral force brought to bear if write that into the league covenant there will be no difficulty about its ratification interrupted senator flood of missouri deni dem |