THE PEACE TREATY.

Lyttelton Times, Volume CXVIII, Issue 18353, 10 March 1920, Page 7

THE PEACE TREATY.

— 9 AMERICAN ATTITUDE. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyrigll*. Australian end N.Z. Cable Association. WASHINGTON, March 8. Many keen observers express themselves puzzled by the various parties to tho Treaty light spending so much lime on a discussion on the fine points of phraseology in some of the reservations \o tho Treaty. It is pointed out that if President Wilson and Senator Lodge could agree to certain word changes, Senator Hitchcock would become a partisan to the reservation of Article Ten, which would probably gain sufficient votes to assure its passage. It is felt that tiiese changes will not have any influence on the effectiveness of the League of Nations, while the delay entailed by the discussion on words is working the greatest injury.

United Samoa. (Received March 9, 7.20 p.m.) WASHINGTON, March 8. President Wilson has written n letter to Senator Hitchcock regarding Article Ten, saying: ‘‘Any League of Nations which does not guarantee the independence-and integrity of ita members would be a futile scrap of paper.” The President’s letter tp Senator Hitchcock states: ■” Article Ten represents tho renunciation by Britain, Japan, Italy and France of political conquest and territorial aggrandisement.” A modified reservation was adopted by 49 votes to 26, affirming the right of tiie United States to control its own armaments. A Labour reservation, refusing. assent to the Labour Treaty, was readopted by 44 to 27,