Ogden Daily Standard | 1919-05-03 | Page 1 | League Will be Adopted

LEAGUE WILL BE ADOPTED I Hitchcock Sees Rock Which May Split Republican Re-publican Party. i WASHINGTON. Mav 3 Senator Hitchcock, of Nebraska, retiring chairman chair-man of the senate foreign relations committee, in a statement today upon I his return from a speaking trip In support of the league of nations, reiterated reit-erated his hehet that the amended co-' enant would he ratified anZ said he ' expected the document andie peace, treaty to be considered in open session of the senate 'If the Republicansshould BUCCeed in defeating the covenant," said th-statement, th-statement, "that will make it the issue in the next campaign and in my opinion opin-ion the rock upon which the Republican Republi-can party will split The amendments! adopted in Paris have removed ever objection hieh friends of the league j could hold fo. Those who now oppose it are irreconcilibles who are against any league. No attempt to amend the covenant in the senate will BUCCeed in my opinion opin-ion Efforts may be madejuto rSrifj with reservations, such reservation to be stated in tho resolution of ratification, ratifica-tion, but, oen that I believe will net! succeed. I do not believe it will be ! possible for those who desire amend-' ments to muster a majority of the sen-1 ate in favor of them. Some think the; Cnited States ought to have dictated, the league and ought to control it In1 that case there would have ben no' lcagu Compromise was inevitable." oo 1