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Show FORMER PISIHTI5 GftLLER AT CAPITAL WASHINGTON, Jan. 21. Former President Taft visited the capitol Friday Fri-day and conferred with senators active ac-tive in lhe movement for a peace treaty compromise. During his visit to the senate, Mr. Taft addressed briefly representatives of a local committee which had invited invit-ed him1 to talk at a mass meeting in behalf of the treaty. He said he did not believe a compromise on the reservation res-ervation affecting Article 10 of the league of nations' covenant would kill the treaty. "The ratification of the treaty is in the hands of the senators." said Mr. Taft. "It must be worked out by them. Everyone knows how I stand ' on the treaty. I believe that the best way is to let the knowledge of the public desire that the treaty be rati-I rati-I fied trickle into the 'senators. "At present about eighty senators I are in favor of ratification, about cven-,ly cven-,ly divided on the reservations. Only rthose fourteen reservations stand between be-tween them. It seems to me that compromise com-promise can be had and the treaty rat-I rat-I ified. j "The altitude of tho president in re-I re-I gard to what he will do is not clear, 'it hns been said that Article 10 of the league of nations covenant is the heart of the league. And it is. in that it embraces the intention of the members mem-bers of the league to co-operate in pul-I pul-I ting an end to war. But on the other hand, as a practical proposition, Article Arti-cle 10 will rarely, if ever be invoked, for under articles 16 and 17 any attempt at-tempt to bring about war will be put down. So I believe that a compromise. 1 on this Article 10 can be made yith- out killing the league." 00 can, criticizing conditions in the , southern republic. Turner was assist-ed assist-ed in translation by a Mexican Social- 1 ist, and the latter. Espena declared, (i showed him a check from the Stand- 1 ard Oil company which was said to Jj have been refused oil concessions in ,j Mexico by Diaz. 11 Espena testified that when "William 1 Bayard Hale, who was sent to Mexico las President Wilson's representative, 'became pro-Hureta, he was supersed- 1 led promptly by John Lind. Tlie latter, ,ji 1 Espena said, was given a cool recep- , tion by Huerta and wrote former Sec- llH retary" of State Bryan that "Mexico M should be humbled." ' |