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EVENING PUBLIC LEDGER PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1919
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TUFTS EDITORIAL
HURTS LODGE PLAN
Denunciation Has
Effect on Effort to Enlist
Mild Reservationists
SEES PLOT TO KILL LEAGUE
By CLINTON V. GILBERT
Staff t'orreiondfnt of the KtctiIiik rnbllc
l.rdcrr
Washington, Sept. 11. Kt-l'rpji-
dfnt Tnft'R vlRoroiiR denunciation of
thf I,o(1rp reservations in the l'l line
TjKDOEn this morniiiK will hnve n big
effect upon the effort to enlNt the
weaker of the mild rescrvntionlMs for
Mr Lodge's program in nnj form.
Mr. Tnft sn.is what every friend of
the league here knon. thnt the purpose
of the Lodge reservations is to kill the
league, send the treaty back to Vcr-
1 sallies and nftcr that the deluge. Hut
fMr. Lodge does not piped to achieve
all this. Up does not expect to have
his reservations accepted unamended.
' Mr. Lodge'R purpose, then, is to do
the league as much damage as he can
I morally, while attaching to Us accept
ance merely interpretative resolutions.
I A man mny accede to n proposition
In such a way as to throw fcuckets of
eold water nil over It.
is to make an Interpretation reservation
with a very "wry fi.ce." It is probably
the most that Mr. Lodge hopes or ex
pects. He Is fighting for the wry face
thnt won't come off. It is a great fight
Take Article, X. a much sharper
source of dicpute. Mr. Lodge's reser-
ration reads: "The I'nlted States de
cllnes to assume, under the provisions
of Article X. or under nny other nrtlclc
Deterrent any obligation to preserve the territorial
integrity or political independence of
any other country or to Interfere in
controversies between other nations,
members of the league or not. or to
! employ the military or naval forces of
the I'nlted States in such controversies.
, or to adopt economic measures for the
protection of any other country, whether
a member of the league or not. against
external aggression or for the purpose
of coercing any other country, or for
the purpose of intervention In the In
ternal conflicts or other controversies
which may arise in any other countr ,
and uo mandate shall be accepted hy the
United States under Article XXII.
Part 1. of the trenty of peaco with
Oermauv. except by action of the Con
gress of the I'nlted States."
HARDING SAYS PAG
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world to make the covenant right, or at
least free from perils which would en
danger American independence," the
senator said. "Hut," he added, "it
, wero better to witness this rhetorical
(tragedy than destroy the soul of this
great republic."
1 NO BRITISH PROTECTORATE
Ohio Senator Regards Covenant
in Presont Form a Peril
to Republic
Statement of Fact
Take out of it the words
'or to
WILL VOTE TO AMEND IT
H the Associated Press
Washington. Sept. 11 Declaring his
intention to Mite for amendments to
the peace trenlv. Senator tlnrding, Re
puhliian. of Ohio, told the Senate tn
dav that cer day of discussion, presi
dential utterance- Included, and ccrj
hour of st ml) combined to persuade him
that "the league of nations enture. in
the form in whifh the covenant has
been negotiated, is one of peril to the
republic."
To accept it unaltered, lie argued
adopt economic measures and it is n , n.ouW hr bctnnnl of America
statement o a fact which every signa- .., on1 lrvrr V()t( to IlU.if, without
tory of the treaty knew, namely, that ;,afrRllnnl(li.. vni( th( sol,t,,r. "and
the Tnited States cun participate in r ..... ,,. ,... fnP ,i, nlp,impnts nrn
Hopes lo Damage League
Mr Lodge hop"s to do as much dam
age to the league by the way he ac
cedes to it when he is forced to accept
, amendments to his reservations as If he
refused to accede to it. As Mr. Taft
' sa)s, this course is much less manly
) and courageous than thnt of Senators
i Borah and Johnson, who are honestly
' and openly for the defeat of the treaty.
) The handling of the Oerman treaty is
I a fair example of that favorite octupa
l.tton of the I'nlted Stntes Senate, "do
' Ing big things In a little uny."
I It is the biggest thing thnt was ever
I before the Senate and the way is the
littlest way. The issue now all that
1 Is reallv left of It if you get down
I to the bottom prices of Senator Lodge
and Senntor Hitchcock is. "Shall we
enter the league of nations, making a
1 face over it. or not?" If wo mnke a
face it is n great Ileputilirnn victnrv
If we do not it is a greut Democratic
victory.
There are many words about "mild"
and "wild" reservations, nbout "gut
ting" the trenty and pnssing it as it
stands, but the real.nupstion is "Shall
there or shall there not be n grimace,"
u one pnny ones mi uint 11. i win
ing to do the I'nlted Stntes will be
come n member of the league saying,
"We enter the league, but we reserve
clearly the right to withdraw from it.
If, on experience, our expectations nre
disappointed." If the other accom
plishes the utmost It really expects to
nccomplish. the I'nited States will be
come a member of the league saving.
"Wp enter the league, but if we don't
like it. we'll get out damn qu'ek." That
"damn quick" and the expression of
I countenance that goe with it is the
. height of statesmanship, ns AVashlng
I ton goes now.
J Would Modify Reservations
1 Senator Lodge Is prepared to modify
J his reservations, offered in his report
yesterday. He has said so, himself.
f publiclv and privately. He will have
to modifv his reservations. Kvery one
knowR it They have been carefully
drawn, so that, with n slight change.
they will become merely interpretative
will avoid the danger of having to be
passed on by foreign powers, and that
f Is the only question of importance, nud
i when so chnnged, the public will notice
' the difference, There will be the vic
tory. I asked a Democratic lender yester
day whether. If so changed, the "Lodge
reservations would not come within the
administration description of reserva
, tlons thnt merely interpreted the treaty.
"Tes." he snld. "but they will still be
put In an offensive way." The "wry
face," that I spoke about ! If the
Democrats succeed, "the -wrv face" will
he smoothed and changed to a smile.
That Is what we arc going to spend
weeks upon. It isn't any question of
defeating the treaty, it isn't nny ques
tion of amending the trenty; it Isn't nny
i aerlous question of passing reservations
I that Invite action by foreign powers.
This last is highly improbable. It Is a
' question of the "wry face" or not.
Gentle In Interpretations
Take Lodge's reservation Number 1.
I "the I'nited States reserves to itself
the unconditional right to withdraw
from the league of nations upon (he no
tice provided in Article I of said treaty
of peace with fiermany." The "uncon
ditional" In that article probably makes
the Reservation in effect nn amendment.
This is a nice question for constitutional
lawyers. But it is to be observed that
Mr. Lodge himself does not intend that
It shall be nn amendment. Mr. Lodge
is fierce In his adjectives and gentle In
their interpretation. lie writes the ad
jectives for Borah and Johnson and the
1 Interpretations for McCumber and Kel
, log, lie writes explainin: his reser
tatlon :
"It must be made perfectly clear that
the United States alone Is to deter
, mine as to the fulfillment of its obli
gations." Now the administration has
" no objection to just that very thing
being said In the way of o reservation,
fjfo tribunal Is provided, let It be said,
and, wth Mr. Wilson's cordial approvnl,
that the United States is the tribunal
for Itself, the sole judge of Its own ac
tions, No Change in Treaty
Now it may be taken for granted that
' much of the language of the Lodge res-
I rvations will prevail. Three thing
may be done with reservation No. 1 :
It may be accepted as written, which
' will be a Lodge silctory and highly un
likely. Again the word "uncondi
tional" may be stricken out and these
words ndded : "Itself being the sole
judge of whether or not its obligations
hive bccil fulfilled," so that the res
ervation as a whole will read: "The
United States Reserves to Itself the right
I to withdraw from the league of nations
, upon notice provided In Article I of said
treaty of peace with Germany, Itself
being sole judge of whether or not its
' obligations have been fulfilled," a fair
Interpretation, not worded in the kind
liest language, but one in no way
' changing the instrument as the Pres
l ident protests he understands it,
1 The suine words may he added to the
WmUn rnuftliitlnn with inn wnrrl "nn
,3lr conditional" retained, the added words
Interpreting the "unconditional" as
Mr. Lodge makes them interpret it la
his' explanation of the reservation. Tub
no military or naval movement without
actiou by Congress. Thus changed, it
becomes purelj interpretive in reality.
But sa)s my Demorcrat lender:
"Look at the word 'declines,' It pur
posely goes at the thing from the wrong
end. It Is deliberately put in to pro
duce the effect of great reluctance."
The wry face again '. Like number one.
this resolution may be amended, as I
hnve already suggested, by striking out
the words "or to adopt economic meas
ures." It will then preserve an ex
tremely "wry face." Mr. Lodge will
I 1. .. II 1 l..u...l lli nlliAl I
oc iiappj. u mny in- ui. u.ii n.v "" urr,l nt guarantee.
end to, put into positive, insieaii m
negative language "the United States
accepts, etc. subject to the constitu
tional condition thnt no such action may
be taken except without action by Con
gress, otc," and the "wry fare" will
disappear. That is the Issue, "wry
face" or no "wry face"! The lle-
, publicans nre very "bitter-enders on
I tliis subject.
I When the reservations are adopted,
' "wry face" or no "wry face," the
Republicans all and sundry will shout
! that they are not "mild" but "wild."
i anil thnt through them the nation has
i been saved. And the Democrats, tak
j ing their cue from President Wilson's
Dnkota speech, will declare that they
I mean nothing, being just so much
i verbiage, adding nothing to the clarifi
cation of langungc already plain bejonU
dispute, and the people will pay
attention to either of them.
Persian Minister Says Persia Took1
Initiative for Own Protection I
Geneva. Sept. 11. (By A. P.l ,
Prince i'iroui! Knhn. Persian foreign I
minister, speaking In behnlf of the shah,
told the Associated Press todit) he could
not understand why reports that the
Anglo-Persian treat) had created a
British protectorate in Persia were
given credence in Ktiropc.
"This is entire!) incorrect." he de
clared. "It was Persin which took the
initiative and asked the help of Great
Britain because Persia was ruined and
in a state of nnnrchv with lunds of
brigands infesting the countrv. destroy
ing commerce and endangering the lives
of the people."
BRITAIN TO ASK SHIPS
Daily Mall Says Nation Will Demand
, Share of German Fleet
I Ixinrion. Sept 11. (By A. P.1
' That Great Britain intends to insist
upon hnving -,2,"0,000 tons of the
':!. (Kill. 000 tons of German shipping to
I be divided .among the Allies l the
I icpariition commission after the ratifica
tion of peace is tlie statement made to
the Daily Mail by an official of the min
istrv of shipping, who ndded that the
ptsition was delicate nud complicated,
itid that intricate international nego
tiitbins were )ct to lie completed.
Neertheless, he was confident thnt
(iri'nt Britain ultimntel would obtain
PER IDIFICARE IL I
TRATTATO Dl PACE
La Coinmissione del Senato
Americano Propone 4 Riservo
e 45 Emendamenti
mission! per le rlparazlonl, cccettunto
per quauto nbbia kttlnenza alia marina
tedesca.
II rapporto della mlnoranzn si limitn
a proporre la ratlfica del trattato senzn
modlfirarione ill tunls!asl specie.
tlene cbe te i proprletarl non accoglla
'riintio 1c domande del glovanl harhlerlt
L'AGITAZIONE TRA I
BARBIERI.DI PHI LA.
perantl al compagni dl New York e dl
altra tltta' vlclne perche' non occetllno
rffist n dt In itnrn Via ntt a i a riliin' i
siano solldnli con 1 bnrbieri in iscloncro. In sciopcro nssumera' vaste proportion!.
II scrvizio nelle barberle del centre Icri s' "leolava che circa 1400
della citta' e' nggl pnrallzznto. SI rl- barblerl avevano nderita alio sciopcro.
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A S llt"KI K.SON
t'ostnimtfr llfTura!
posed by the committee. If the Presi
dent is correct in declaring the proposed
reservations will send the treaty back,
then amendments will not unduly delii).
If the world is to start all ncr again,
it ought to start with the squnie deal.
The treaty has not written it: the
square deal was reserved for informal
promises "
Pointing out that this countrt had
sought no tcrriton. Senator Harding
said if Liirope "will barter in terri
tories ami peoples, we cannot hinder.
but we need not approve and surely we approximate!) what she demanded.
Lven then her loss in shipping during
Washington, I). ('., 10 settemhre-
La Commissione per gli Affari Ksteri
del Senato drgli Stiiti Uniti ha. oggi
rnpportato nll'nlto Consesso il testoi
degli emendamenti e delle riseive np
provate dalla mnggiornnza della Com
missione stessa. rlguardo il trattato di
pace con la (Jermnnin c lo statuto della
Lega delle N'azioni. I
11 rapporto dellu iniiggiorania e' stnto
preparato dal Senatore Lodge e con
esso si rhecomnudii l'npprovaione di
qunttro ri-rnc e (. emenilainenli. jl
mini! comitrciidnno la rci,titii7.ioiic alia
Sin dal pomcrlggio di innrtedi' i
gioanl delle principal! barbene della
citta' si sono post! in isciopero e cio'
dietro delilii'rnrlnnp presn In seno nil
una organizziijiione sorta mesj or sono
per tiilelare gli interessl della classc
dellu quale e' president!' Sig. Michele
Ciicelli.
I bnrbieri sostengono che le nttunli
paghe e condirionl di lavoro sono tall
dn non poter pcrnicttcrc di nfTrontnre le
prescnti coiidizloui di ita, per gli
elevnti pre7.i del vlverl e dei generi di
prima uecessita ' P.vsi chieono una pnga
ill S2." la setliniann. otto ore di laoro
ed il TiO per cento siill'accedeii7n di S4II
die il barbiere puo' Incavsnrc durante
una settimana.
I'll impoiiente comiio si e' tenuto
icri sera nelln Garrick Hull, all' ottavn
strrtda presso South, o ad esso presero
parte circa 1.100 barhieri. i quail si
sono t tit 1 1 iscritti uH'organizzazionc II
enmlzio si svokc ordlnataiiiente c trn il
niassimo entuslnsino e con una unltii'
di intenti e snlidnrieta' degnc di notn .
lll.l Vilintti ,1 ikix iiui fiipiiim tinn ituvln 1 i ilnl
t'iim della peni-olu di Shnntiing. eguabsi ij,.lrt(, dr. II,. ihe narlo' luugn-
intcrrotto da
It is my deliberate conviction." he
said, "that the league of nations cove
nant, as negotiated at Paris, either
created a supergovernment of the na
tions which enter it. or it will prove
the colossal disappointment of the ages.
I cannot believe this republic ought to
sanction il in either case.
"It will not break the heart of the
TAFT SCENTS PLAN
TO DESTROY LEAGUE
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Hy WILLIAM HOWARD TAKT i
Copuriaht. MID. bu J'ublfo l,rtlocr Co. I
Senntor Lodge is reported to hnve said
thnt the second reservation framed b)
the Senate foreign relations committee
iu respect to Article X only differs in
phraseology and not in substance from
the reservations in respect to the same
article of the mild reservationists. Such
a statement cannot be supported.
The reservation of the foreign rein- I
tlons committee in effect is n declination I
on the part of the United States to be
come bound in nny way by the obliga- i
tions of the league so far as It provides
a union with other nations to secure the ,
pence of the world. It is a notice to
the world thnt wp arp willing to pnjoy
the benefits of the league for ourselves,
but that we are not willing to obli- i
gate ourselves iu nn) way to aid the j
rest of the world in securing those bene
fits. It is n reservation thnt no one i
of the other nations could accept with
any sense of self-respect.
It is a reservation which, if it passes, .
will certainly require the reassembling
of the conference at Paris and probably j
the negotiation of a separate peace with '
Germany. It is a reservation drawn iu
such a way as to take the heart out of
the league, so far ns the United States
and its participation are concerned. Any
senator who votes for it votes to defeat
the league. He may just as well vote
with Senator Knox and Senator Ilorah
and Senator Johnson against the whole
treaty as to vote for this reservation,
and he would take a much more candid
nnd courageous course in doing so.
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