TTIE SUNDAY OREGOXIAX, PORTLAND, FEBRUARY 8, 1920
A
moots letter:
; subject of talk
Democratic Senators Called
irt Conference.
COMPROMISE IS DEBATED
Wide Disag-reenwnt Revealed ' on
Probable Effect on Treaty's -Chances
of Ratification.
WASHINGTON-. Feb. 7. A letter
from President Wilson renewing his
objection to some features of ,the
peace treaty reservations framed
by the senate republican majority fur
nished the basis of earnest discussion
today In a conference of democratic
senators called to" consider what
course the treaty's friends should
pursue when it again comes before the
senate next week. - 1
The only decision reached was to
co-operate in the parliamentary ac
tion necessary to reopen ratification,
and to work for ait acceptable com
promise on reservations. Just what
compromise should be considered ac
ceptable was debated in the light-of
varying interpretations of the. presi
dent's letter, but there was no at
tempt to frame a programme.
(hill to Relations Feared. ' ' --Striking
at' the republican-reserva
tion on article ten and proposed sub
stitutes, Mr. Wilson wrote thaj any
reservation which said that' ' "the
United States assumes no obligation
under such and such an article unless
or except," would be likely' to -"chill"
the relationship between this, coun
try and other powers. A substitute
articlejten reservation containing this
language under "consideration 'by -the
recently disbanded ' bi-partisan com
promise., committee,. the. president
wrote, was "very unfortunpte" in
form, though he agreed with its sub
stance. :
The letter was written on' January
29 while bi-partisan negotiations
were in progress and before publica
tion of the letter of Viscount Gray,
former British .ambassador to the
United States on the acceptability -of
the republican reservations. It was
addressed to Senator Hitchcock, dem
ocratic leader, who laid it before the
conference today.
Wide Disagreement Revealed.
Wide disagreement was -revealed in
the conference and in private discus
sion among senators, regarding the
probable effect of the communication
on the treaty s chances of ratinca
tion. Some interpreted the letter as
a reiteration of the president's views,
while others professed to see in It a
tendency toward compromise. Com
paring it with former utterances,
these senators pointed 'out that it
contained no statement that he con
sldered the language quoted as nul
: lifying the treaty or consittuting a
rejection.
Senator Hitchcock declared that no
change in the democratic attitude was
indicated. The democratic forces re
mained determined, he said, not to
accept the republican article 10 reser
vation unless modified.
Ite of letter Significant.
In some quarters significance was
seen in the fact that the letter of
the president was written four days
before the bi-partisan negotiations
collapsed, following refusal of the re
publicans to consider modification of
the reservations on article 10 and the
Monroe doctrine.
Besides article 10 the president
touched on the reservations respect
ing withdrawal and mandatories, say
ing h had no objection to qualifica
tions on them.
The letter was made public by Mr.
Hitchcock in the ' following state
ment: ''The president's letter dated Jan
uary 26 was called forth by a letter
which I wrote him on the evening of
the day in which the bi-partisan con
ference in Senator Lodge's office
came so near to agreeing to a reser.
vation on article 10. ,
Hitchcock's Letter tiiven Out. -
' "My". letter to him was as follows:
."My dear Mr. President: The. con
ferences between Ixdge and his, three
associates and myself and four, demo
cratic senators have now reatjhed the
sixth day.
. " On article 10. the effort, to reach
a compromise has now reached a
stage where both sides ar seriouslv
considering a proposition us indicated
by the enclosed clipping.
. " 'We resume consideration of it to
morrow afternoon.
" 'Your tr'jlv,
" 'G. H.. HITCHCOCK. -;
"'January 22, 1920 "
Proposed Compromim Stated.
.The clipping refrred to in the let
ters was the following proposed com
promise reservatvon on article 10:
" "The United States assumes no ob
ligation to enploy, its military or
naval forces or the economic boycott
to preserve tjie territorial integrity
or political independence of any other
country untfer provisions of article
10, or to enjploy the military or naval
forces of the United States under any
article of the treaty, for any purpose,
unless in any particular case, the con
gress which, under the constitution
has the sole power to declare war or
authorize employment of the military
or naval forces of the United States,
shall-by act or joint resolution so
provide. Nothing herein shall .be
deemed to impair the obligation in
artjele 16 concerning the economic
boycott.'
i "The reservations which the presi
dent refers to as mine were the five
reservations which I presented to the
senate November 19. after they had
been approved by the democratic
caucus.
"In the senate they received 41
Totes.
Fom C-onfiidarrd- I'aforiaiMtte.. -
"The president's 'letter .follows:
."'January T920. My Dear Sena
tor Hitchcock -I have greatly ap
preciated your thoughtful kindness in
rping me informed concerning, the
conferences you and some of yourcol
leairues have had with spokesrfien.' of
the reinjblican party concerning 'the
possibility of ratification of the
treaty' of peace and send this line in'
special appreciative acknowledgment
of your letter' of thi 2a,' I 'return
tthe .clipping you -werekind enough
to enclose. ' ' '" ' '
" "To the substajve ft it X. ot course,
adhere;-1 am bound to. Like your
self, I' am solemnly sworn- to obey
the constitution of the United States.
But I think the form of it very un
fortunate. Any reservation or resolu
tion stating that "the United States
assumes no. obligation under such and
such an article unless or ' except',"
would, I am sure, chill our relation
ship with the nations with which we
expect to be associated in the great
enterprise of maintenance of the
world's peace. "... J. '
Hitchcock Reservation Accepted.
"'That association must in any
ease, my dear senator, involve very
erious and far-reaching implications
of honor and duty which I am sure
we shall never in fact be desirous of
ignoring. It Ui mora impcrtant
not to create the im. ression that we
are trying to escape obligations.
"'But I realize that negative criti
cism is not all that is called 'for in
so serious a matter. I am happy to
be able to add, therefore, that I have
once more gone over the reservations
proposed by yourself, the copy of
which 1 return herewith, and am glad
to say that I can accept them as they
stand.
'"I have never seen the slightest
reason to doubt the good faith of our
associates In the war, nor even had
the slightest reason to fear that any
nation would seek to enlarge our ob
ligations under the covenant of the
League of Nations or seek to commit
us to lines of action which, under
our constitution the congress of the
United States can in the last analysis
decide.
"'May I suggest that with regard
to the possible withdrawal of the
United States it' would be wise to
give the president the right to act
upon our resolution of congress in
the matter of withdrawal?
Veto Power Reserved. .
-."'In other words, it would seem to
be permissible and1 advisable that any
resolution giving notice of withdrawal
should be a joint rather than a con
current resolution. I doubt whether
the president can be deprived of his
veto power under the constitution,
even with, his own consent. The use
of a joint resolution would permit
the president, who is of course charged
by the constitution -with the conduct
of foreign policy', to merely exercise
a voice in saying whether so Import
ant a step as withdrawal from the
i league of nations should be accom
plished' by a majority or by a two
thirds vote. The constitution itself
providing, that the legislative body
was to be consulted in treaty-making
and having prescribed a two-thirds
vote in such cases, it seems to me
that,' there should be no unnecessary
departure from the method there in
dicated. '. ".'I see no objection to a frank state
ment that the United States can ac
cept a mandate with regard to any
territory under article 13, part 1, or
any'other provision of the -treaty of
peace,, only by the direct authority
and. action of the congress . of the
United States.
" '1 hope, my dear senator, that you
will never hesitate to call upon me
for. any assistance that I can render
in this or any other, public matter.
." 'Cordially -and sincerely yours,
"'YOODROW WILSON.'
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thousands, of church goers and Sun
day school children throughout t'nc
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coln-Lee. legion, the Christian en
deavor and other religious societies,
as a prelude, to the celebration of
Lincoln's birthday Thursday, wl'tf, sign
tomorrow, "Law and Order" )e"dges
obligating themselves to uphold the
constitution and particularly tlie 18th
amendment.
Children over 10 years oI4 will be
asked to commit to memory the fol
lowing words attributed to. Lincoln:
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breathed by- every American mother
to the lisping- babe that; prattles- on
her lap; let it be taught n schools, in
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Interstate Association Decides to
Ask Submission of Amendment '('
to Vote of People. .
ALLEGED ROBBERS HELD
Duo Said to Have Confessed to At
temried Holdup.
John Strerann and Emery Brannen,
two men r4vrested for investigation
by Patrolmen Perkins and S. F. Tully.
confessed to Ketectives Morak and
Howell sterday that they had at
tempted to hold up a man last Tues
day niht, according to the detec
tives. i
Bra,nnen, who was holding the re
volver, ran away when the would-be
victim showed fight, according to the
all ged confession. The man who was
h'4ng held up is then said to have
1 nocked . Strcmann down and made
Ais escape.
A revolver which the men are said
to have used was secured at 753
Thurman street; where Stremann is
said to have had his trunk.
PRINTERS TO GET RISE
Coos County Scale to Go to $36
Week oh March 1.
MARSHFIELD, Or., Feb. 7. (Spe
cial.) The union printers' scale,
which had been $30 a week since last
September, will go to $36 on March 1
according to arrangements made at
their February monthly meeting. The
printers are drawing an agreement
for the employers' signatures.
The union has jurisdiction over
North Bend and included in the ter
ritory are three job shops, two week
ly papers and two dailies. One daily,
the Evening Record, advanced its
scale to in a day on February 6. Two
job shops and one weekly have not
signed any agreement.
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Governor-Hart, of Washington will
b: asked to call a special session of
the legislature to draw u.p a consti
tutional amendment to be submitted
to the people providing for a change
in methods of taxation in the ever-,
green state, according to the decision
of the executive committee of the
Interstate Realty association, which
closed a two days' conference, here
yesterday. Under the leadership of
the Washington delegation a resolu
tion was ado.pted urging each mem
ber of the board from Washington to
write to Governor Hart urging a spe
cial session. .
At present,' real property in Wash
ington bears 85 per cent of the tax
ation, it was declared, while repre
senting but a small fraction of the
wealth. j The purpose of the consti
tution amendment being urged by the
realty mem would be to allow a
greater' burden of taxation to rest
upon stocks, and bonds, deposits in
the banks. Incomes and other sources
Of wealth.
The single tax, which it is expected
will be before the people at the next
general election, through an initiative
petition, was vigorously rapped, as
was the new Orego"h Land and Labor
league, which has a revision of state
taxation along single tax lines as one
of its planks. It was voted that a
committee be appointed in the near
future to outline a definite plan for
fighting the single tax propaganda
which it was declared the. northwest
will be flooded with in a short time.
The time for the annual conven
tion of the association was set for
July 15, 16 and 17, at Spokane, and
W. B. Chandler, of .pokane was named
as chairman of a publicity committee
to inform. all realtors who are mem
bers Of the interstate association; of
the meeting and attempt to secure
thejr presence. Taeoina was decided
upon as tne location tor lire urn.
quarterly 'meeting of the executive
board, the dates being May 7 and 8.
Three directors were named for the
association, to fill vacancies, as fol
lows: Charles T. Cross, of Victoria,
for British Columbia; Ira High, of
Boise, and R- H. Wallace of Lewiston,
for Idaho.
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pit In Portland.
VANCOUVER, Wash., Feb. 7. (Spe
cial.) Rev. L. K. Grimes, pastor of
the First Presbyterian church of thiB
city "for the last three years, has re
signed his .pastorate here to accept
one in Portland at the Kenilworth
Presbyterian . church.
A congregational meeting will be
held tomorrow when arrangements
will be made to accept the resigna
tion. During the three. years Mr.
Grimes has been pastor here he has
been chairman of the Red Cross for
the county, and chairman of the Ar
menian and Assyrian campaign for
relief, and- was acting camp pastor
for the Presbyterian synod during
the war.
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