The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-09-20
Johnson Wired to Continue
 on Trail of President.
 Democrats Remain Stead fast in Belief That Amend ments Will Be Rejected
BY Associated Prsss


 After the covenant of the league of nations, a part of the German peace treaty, had been read late today in the Senat /. republican leaders claimed votes enough to pass, probablI next week, an amendment which would give the United States equal voting power with Great Britain in the league as- sembly.
 While confident that the amendment would be adopted. the republicans he,u that it would not reopen the whole question of peace and force the return of the pact to the peace conference at Paris. as President Wilson and demo- cratic leaders have predicted.
 There will be no session of the Sen ate tomorrow, but the fight will open Monday in earnest, with prospect or d vote on the British American amend ment. proposed by Senator Johnson. re- publican of California, by the end or tne week Telegrams were sent Ihursoay to Senator Johnson by Senator Borah oi Idaho. after a conference with Senator Lodge, urging his immediate return here. but. today Senator Lodge, chair man of the foreign relations commit tee. in charge of the treaty on tbe floor and Senator Knox, republican oi Pennsylvania, telegraphed him that ne might proceed with his raking of the league fore and aft as he has been do ing for the last 10 days.
 It was assumed by republicans tonight that Senator Johnson would continue his speaking trip. AS he is paired witf Senator Martin. democrat, of Virginia on all treaty votes except final passage he would not be able to vote for his amendment, although his friends sale he would be prepared to make harc fight for its adoption.
 l DEMOCRATS CONFIDENT | Senator Hitchcock of Nebraska, ieade of the administration fight for ratilica 1 ton, was as steadfast ss heretofore l however. in the belief that all ame no lnents would be rejected. Democrat made no attempt to disguise the feelinI l of elation that their cause was in goo shape, citing the hurry call sent ' Senator Johnson as evidence@of doup in the opposition camp. It was whil they were still discussing this phase o ! the situation that word reached then of the Lodge and Knox message t' I Johnson to stay on the trail of the Pres
 dent in the west.
 l For three hours today the treaty hal the right of way, starting with Dit ter denunciation of its league cove nant by Senator Wadsworth, republican of New York, which was vigorously ap plauded by crowded galleries. Senato Nelson. republican of Minnesota belong ling to the mild" reservation camp attacked the reservation reported ou by the foreign relations committee re Iating to the refusal of this nation t assume foreign territorial guarantee without function of Congress under arti cle TO- Senator Nelson upheld the righ of the government to send and Keel 1 American soldiers in Russia, thus talk ing sharp issue with Senators Johnson Rorah and other republicans who hay been fighting to get them home.
 Senator Wadsworth, in a spirited at tack on the league covenant. declare it would have kept this country unde British domination and that if 1t ha been in existence at the time or tn | revolutionary war. it would have sen every European nation at the throa I of France because of the aid Franc rendered the American colonies.
 REED DIFFERS ATTACK Although he had expected to speal ltoday Senator Reed, democrat of Mis- souri, an opponent of the league, tol the Senate he was not prepared an would speak Monday
 With the formal addresses out of tn way. Senator Hitchcock called for tn formal reading of the spact, and whe the Senate quit work it had heard tn last article of the league covenan with less than score of senators in tn chambe CT.
 When article IS was reached. with 1t committee amendment relating to dis putes and their handling. Senate Lodge asked that it be passed over tenn porarily There was no objection. bu Senator Hitchcock first obtained fror Senator Lodge assurance that it coul be taken up next week at any tim either desired. exactly as is the cas with the Johnson amendment. Ther 1 was no intmation as to when the ca
 would come. Any time advocates or or
 ponents of the league think they nav lthe votes in the hall. seemed to be tn
 general view, as expressed in cloa
 room discussions.
 Republican leaders refused today
 consider shifting the British Amt erica
 voting amendment under the head ( reservations. Senator Lodge announcin
 that they would stand out flatly fo
 amendments and reservations precisel
 as written in the majority report. Agai
 there was more or less informal discus
 sion among senators in the hope (
 reaching a compromise, but as wor
 passed back and forth that the frs
 actual test of strength would come, pos
 sibly within a weeks~ leaders on bot
 sides held back to await development