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Show ti Wilson Takes Hand in Fight fj Against Lodge Resolution For Ratification of Treaty President's Letter Laid Before Conference of Administration Senators Committee Program Pro-gram Would Provide Not for Ratification of Treaty, But for Nullification Sincerely i Hopes Supporters of Treaty Will Vote Down Lodge Resolution of Ratification. WASHINGTON" , Nev. 19. A let-I to from President Vilson advising I illustration senators to vote against j tiVieatlon of the treaty with the ! frrifli relations committee reserva-bcu reserva-bcu fas lead before a conference of tdmlnletration senate forces to- ttf bj- Democratic Leader Hitchcock I Tte committee program, the presi-wrote, presi-wrote, would provide not for rati- tatton "but rather for the nullifica- an of the treaty." ' "The conference has been called to ttcit upon the final administration UUci In the fiRht for ratification t!ch Is expected to come to an end :iiiy or tomorrow After the presi iM'.'s letter was read there were in 'iatlons that unless a compromise be effected the administration nutorj vould line up almost solidly inisst ratification President's Letter. The president's letter, addressed to fsutor Hitchcock and dated yester-i yester-i kf, follows: "X; Dear Senator "Tou were good enough to bring me I nrj tbat the Democratic senators 1 waning the treaty expected to hold woference before the final vote on k Lodge resolution of ratification i3d th the would be glad to receive twsrd of counsel from me. 'I should heBltato to offer it in any taill bet I assume that the senator1' Ij desire my judgment upon the all joruDt question of the final vote on lit resolution containing the many nations of Senator Lodge. On tot I cannot hesitate for in mv opln- the resolution in that form doer 'provide for ratification, but rath f 'Orthe nullification of the treaty. Iteeerelv hope that the friends and porters of the treaty will vote trie Loqrc resolution of rati min I understand that the door will JJJT then be open for a genuine lion of ratification trust that all true friends of the utkm fefUSe 10 support the LodSp 'Cordially and sincerely yours, "VVOODROW WILSON." . president's reference to an op as tovolf' on a genuine" ralifi-72 ralifi-72 rr;EOlu,'ljn refer, to ,hc plans c-irTT"11 ,0 on an 'rH"'HeIr?.5oIuUon aftpr thev had fa Lodge Proposal' That I KPren 8 been blocked. n-mWo he rk'Clsin of the mild 5in?, UadPr Lode a'ai Pro-fuch Pro-fuch an opportunitv I ihJv hTrttic (r;' however. W au Cn Promid a chance rWeih"3" unre6erved resolution ' roll ' rCjmiU resolution comes H i e? " and hhould e latter ' hernlPeri lh? mlld Proup to F Ow committee draft back before h4Tatter a mUon t0 reconsider.! tZ Tl vtualltv their plan lsl reSEnmentB Will 1: i. ,V en'aUon acceptable oZ,obphc Purpose of the adn.the ther hand- 10 1 thoir miDl9tra,,on Madera to mISirnla proposal8 b avoifpr.rcs''''on " voted J7 mieht ob,ain ad6rs hopGful that !r"ut?b'a n 6Ufh modification V for k aBWOuid enable theu,, b8SeWi'' Not Obey Juld n0t nh "d. that ,h l j!80n with regard .o t Simvliahb ?ral power a"d 1 Jklng ofrit. he. preBiden'. in 'ie o(a. 1 my opin-i opin-i remakes,!,' 0f lhe President, ' lDe 1raty without the reservations adopted by a large mo-jority mo-jority of the senate which Americanize American-ize it and make it safe for the United States What he commands will no', in my judgment, be done." At the beginning of today's session, the clerk's record of the treaty clo ture showed 1?, hours and 34 minutes total time consumed, although 18 sen lators had ustd none of the hour al lotted to eacn of them With one, Seirotor LaFollette, Republican. t consln, out of the debate by local ccn sumption of his time, others near the "dead line" were: King. Democrat. L'tah, 59 minutes: McCumber, Republlran, North Dakota, J 56 minhies Phelan, Democrat, Call fornla, 57 minutes; Reed, Democrat, Missouri. 5SV minutes, and Thomas, Democrat. Colorado. 51 minutes. Re-I Re-I publican Leader Lodge had used 16 .minutes of his hour and Administration Administra-tion Leader Hitchcock fv; minutes, Democrats who attended the confer 'ence were not bound by any confei-enco confei-enco agreement and said they were willing to acept innn of the major ity's reservations, but could not accept the preamble or those dealing with Article 10, Shantung, equality of voting vot-ing and one or two others. If possible i a motion to strike out the objectionable objection-able ones will be made. If the majority ma-jority declined to compromise, it was said, responsibilhv tor failure of the .treaty would rest on that side of the , chamber. Various compromise measures were considered at the cdnference Some , of those present predicted a working agreement based un a combination of j the Hitchcock and McCumber pro-jposals, pro-jposals, modifying the committee reser ivations, could be reached. WASHINGTON", Nov. 9 Defeat of the Lodge resolution of ratification of the peace treaty was urged bv j President Wilson in a letter to Admiri jistrntlon Leader Hitchcock which was read toda before a conference of Democratic senators. The president sa!d the resolution did not provide for I ratification, "but rather for the nullification nullifi-cation of the treaty." Immediately the president's letter became public. Republican Leader Lodge declared he did not believe ihe I senate would "obey the orders" of the j president, "who undertakes to com j mand the senate to ratify the treaty without the reservations vvhlch Amor-!lcani7' Amor-!lcani7' it and made it safe for the i United :-late&. ' j The decision of Democratic frlende I of the treaty to vote against a ratification ratifi-cation resolution containing ihe Lodge ! reservations waa affirmed at the conference con-ference of Democrats Senator Hilch-;cock Hilch-;cock said euough Democrats to insure ts defeat had agreed to vote against ;the Lodge resolution. No comoromise nlan was ilr-ai'iprl hv the Democrats, but Is waa suggested that after the prospective defeat of; the Lodge reservations, a committee of Democrats would be appointed to con-; ior with the Republicans to that end, Immediately the senate met, Senator Lodge formally presented the resolution resolu-tion of ratification containing the flf teen reservations adopted by a majority ma-jority of the senate. Although the Democratic stand was! declared in Republican quarters to have diminished the chances of (ll compromise, it was learned that a proposal to modify the preamble res- arvation of the lomiuittte so that the. reservations would have to have affirmative af-firmative acceptance by the other powers pow-ers had been under serious consideration considera-tion by the Republican leaders . It was understood that the Repub- licans had manii'osted a willingness to I insert a proviso by which the reserva-j lions could be accepted by the other' powers by their merely "not objecting" to them. At the outset Senator Lodge asked r unanimous consent for an immediate vote on unqualified ratification. Ad ministration Leader Hitchcock said the Democrats preferred to wait until the Lodge resolution had been voied l on Senator Lodge then withdrew his 'request and the debate on the Lodge resolution began. |