Show WilSON FIRM FOR Ut UNALTERED Al PACT DECLARES RESERVATIONS ARE IN EFFECT NULLIFICATIONS OF TREATY ARTICLES Makes Statement In Letter to Senator Hitchcock That There Is No ing the Moral Obligation Expressed in Positive Terms in Article Articie Ten Washington President President Wilson r restated restated re re- stated for Democratic senators on March 8 8 his opposition t to any peace 5 treat treaty reservations which would weaken weak weak- en the full force of article X or materially mate mat Impair provisions of the league covenant Without saying a Ing specifically what qualification he lie would or would not accept he lie w wrote rote to Senator Hitchcock administration leader that almost all reservations ons he lie had heard sug suggested ested were In effect virtually nullifications of the time treaty articles to which they ap ap- ap- ap plied I hear of rE reservations and mild the letter added hut I cannot understand the difference between between be he tween a nullifier and a mild nullifier Discussing article ten the president wrote that there was no e escaping the moral obligations expressed In positive terms In this article though there could be no objection to explaining In Inan an nil Interpretation the tile constitutional I methods by which such an obligation i would have to be nullified The Tue very ery heart of the covenant co he reiter ted would be Imperiled by weakening article ar ar- ar tide ten tn The letter was written in response to a request that he lie confer w with ith Senator Sena Sean tor tar Simmons of North Carolina In charge for the Democratic side Elde of or the thes s senate In current neg negotiations for compromise |