THE PEACE TREATY.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIII, Issue 1680, 20 November 1919, Page 5

THE PEACE TREATY.

AMERICAN SENATE’S RESER.

VATIONS.

PRESIDENT WILSON’S DETERMINATION. >

By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright. Australian-New Zealand Cable Association. NEW YORK, Nov. 17. The Now York Times’ Washington correspondent states that President Wilson’s determination to reject the Treaty if tho Senate adopts it with Senator Lodge’s re starvations seems to leave a compromise as the only other alternative.' Senator Hitchcock announced that ho was organising minority' forces to ' reject - the ratification of the resolution. There are 45 Democratic votes, of which some will probably be oust with tho Republicans, but there arc sufficient remaining, however, to defeat tho ratification. The basis of a possible compromise has not yet 'been formulated. There is an unconfirmed rumour that President Wilson might possibly accept tho Treaty if' tho ..reservation requiring the assent of three other Powers were omitted. The Democrats, before they succeeded in passing any compromise programme, would bo compelled to obtain the support of more than a third of the Republican Senators. Senator Hitchcock intimated that President Wilson was unalterably opposed to tho reservation requiring the assent of tho other Powers to the reservations, because Britain and France would object. Senator Hitchcock said that the Democrats, after defeating the Treaty with Senator Lodge's reservations, would attempt to gain the ratification with Senator Hitchcock’s mild reservations, but in the event of the latter being defeated, they will then_ seek a compromise. Ho added that President Wilson would prefer to have the Treaty defeated in the Senate rather than assume the resfionsibility of rejecting it himself.

SENATOR LODGE’S PREDICTION

Australian-New Zealand Cable Association. Received November 20, 12.15 p.m. WASHINGTON, Nov. 19. Senator Lodge predicted that the Senate would not obey President Wilson’s orders. The Senate had equal power and responsibility with the President, therefore it intended to see a safe Americanised treaty passed whatever the President thought. DEMOCRATS WANT VOTE TAKEN. Australian-New Zealand Cable Association. Received November 20, 9.0 a.m. WASHINGTON, Nov. 17. Senator Hitchcock has requested Senator Lodge to agree to permit a vote, probably on Thursday, on the resolution to ratify the Treaty without reservations. ULTIMATUM TO ROUMANIA. Australian-New Zealand Gable Association. PARIS. “Nov. 17. The Supremo Council ultimatum to Roumania regarding the evacuation of Hungary and the signing of tho Peace Treaty has been despatched to Bucharest.