PEACE TREATY.

Press, Volume LVI, Issue 16722, 3 January 1920, Page 8

PEACE TREATY.

AMERICA'S ATTITUDE

(flr CV-"c—!>/■«• J (Antral: in .r.d N.Z. Cabl* , W VSiriMITON. j Viscount orcy has departed °r j Now Yoik papers state that ho pm,.m to the BritUli Cabinet what ho considers the final attitude of A,1,0r ' toward tho Treaty, and will - 1.1 y I G.vrge just what conditions th. Allies 111:1 v expert to have to ma vi ' they want to brim; America. into League of Xat ions. , i LEAGUE OF NATIONS. | __ I AMF.RHWS MORAL OBLIGATIONS. i W VSIIIXCfTOX. Decemvir ai. Report* are' current that diffomuos over Article X. of the league °f J': tions Covenant are delaying am ■ ct.ing to defeat the efforts to secure # ; compromise. ... r,,.,,,.: ' I The nrin-ipnl difference is with Pro ■ dent Wilson and those who a pro his construction, and who procet*. JV J the assumption that Article X. P , I moral obligations upon America to lielp to nrevent. external aggression ngains a:iv member of the League <>1 - •• ; Senator Txuk'e. the reservat.on.ss. land the inild re«orvationists. have «h - clined to accept obligations. The IV'niTrats admit the obligations, while the Republicans deny them. BRITISH DOMINIONS' VOTES. WASIIIXGTON, December .11 Mr Hcnrv White, a member of the American Peace Delegation, conferred with Senator Hitchcock, pointing*; ou that one of Senator Lodge's reservations which contemplated limiting trie voting strength of the British colonies m the ly-ague Assembly, would totioiisly menace the solidarity ot the League, since Canada, Au-tralia, and Xow Zea- | land would strongly protest against any | American effort to disfranchise them. ; Senator Hitchcock said he had discussed the same matter with Yiscount Grey, who also pointed out tho serious results that would accrue should this ; reservation l>o adopted. Senator Hitchcock added tlint Yiscmint Grey's departure for England was partly for tho purpose of discussing this matter with the British Government-. (Received January Und, S."*> "WASHINGTON, December 31. Tho negotiations for the resumption , of consideration of the Peare Treaty: are progressing rapidly. I The chief obstacle at present is the : reservation by which the United States refuses to lx> hound by any decision nf tho league of Xations where the Brit-, ish Dominions possess collectively nioro. than one vote. j The Demor-rats contend that such a j reservation will nullify the voting power of the Dominions in all instances. — i