UNITED STATES AND TREATY.
DISPUTE ON ARTICLE TEN. By Talwraph.—Preij Asm.—CopTtieht. Washington, March 9. In a letter to Senator 6. M. Hitchcock (Loader of the Democrat*), President Wilson reiterated his unqualified opposition to the attempt by the United States to evade the obligation under Article 1A
there are some Senators, however, who profess to read in President Wilson's letter warrant for continuing their effort* to arrange a compromise on the article. Hence the negotiations, which have been going on between the Republicans and the Democrats, ore continu-
on the letter, Senator H. C. Lodge (Leader of the Republicans) laid that he did not know whether the letter would nuke any difference in the Senate.
Senator Hitchcock said that the President had pointed out that there was no difference between having no League and attempting to nullify it with reservations, therefore he thought it was better to stay out gracefully rather than enter' Cable a lfr
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TDN19200312.2.28
Bibliographic details
Taranaki Daily News, 12 March 1920, Page 5
Word Count
155UNITED STATES AND TREATY. Taranaki Daily News, 12 March 1920, Page 5
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Taranaki Daily News. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.