The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-08-16

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/ flie NDMsr OF congress. to decide &Ques-
fi0ns sof peace or war under Article
ltMas declared the information that
opsats were in Tecertive. mood
tpWard such a. proposal die. not come
S6sl itchcosk. effNetraska,
af hlinisfra alton leader, shiit from; a
S1dtoe SEtnsfderetd entirely authoTita5;
s&iya IIie Nebraska senator; himself
16Kfedsfha he had taken part5zin any
St1sh snsgo tiations and his advocacy OF
ajfnserved fra atficatioh remained un-'
7jfefet3 Mr.. Lodge Also denied that
Kb had given assent to the. proposed
reservations. -
Meantime, however. after a meet
in6sof the foreign relations coramittee,
Z SSnator Hitchcock gave notice that
& Hess the committee completed with
6ut undue delay its considerations OF
Z HE treaty, some independent action
faiEhf; be expected on the floor OF the
Ehenate. I'm the suggestion for speedy
3 action Chairman Lodge concurred.
6ishs the upshot of a heated discussion
gas an announcement that the COM
fAitttee would begin tomorrow the
c5nsideration Of proposed amend
fnents:
ssAithough Senator. Hitchcock said no
xshnite plan for Independent senate
AEtion had been formulated, It is
i Known that the possibility Of taking
I fAe treaty away from the committee
I xhd bringing it to a vote has been dis
I; tf7ssed informally in many conferences
xsnong senator's. Both the Democrats
Ana the reservation Republicans have
I beer insistent that public sentiment
dsfnands disposition OF the treaty
%tthout delay. ~ s.,
= = Among many. senators the days de-
: syelopments were Interpreted as marx
inR the beginning OF the end OF the
]. Hong treaty fight This prediction was
sby no means unanimous, however;
s;Same Republican members OF the
& s,enmmittee believe they should have
1ddre information before they~act and
two OF them, Senators Johnson and
Borah, of Idaho, wrote a letter TO
s Chairman Lodge today asking that
General Bliss, Colonel House and 9th
els connected with the Versailles ne
,gotiation be asked to appear before
The committee.
The general expectation was. how
ever, that the committee would not
!, change the plan to proceed to ,dec1s'
ion on the. treaty and that outside
4 the committee events might shape UP
even more rapidly. After they heard
Z from: the Democrats today the reser-
tation Republicans began a poll to
ascertain just how many of their party
shey could count on in their negotia-
Z ton.
q was asserted there has been sew
efai additions to the group, but no
Senator has publicly announced his
adherence to the plan since it was
Agreed on by the original seven sena-
tors. These seven are Senator'S NC
Cumber, McNary. kellogg, Colt Cn1ii'
Minis, Lenroot and Spencer.
The exact basis fer their hope tha'
Senator Lodge will join in the move
Ynetlt was not revealed by the reserVa
fion leaders. 1t was pointed oo
however, that in his adress TO IN.
senate Yesterday he did not plead lo'
e rejection of the league entirely. ou
,oi1flined objections to the coyenan
provisions death with by the proposed
reservations. In one instance Ok
spoke of changing one of these pro
visions
Friends Of the foreign relations
=. chairman have declared that he wouh
- .insist at least on reservations o
amendments with teeth in them
$s and Republican members OK rhe com
Tr,sttee who want to defeat the ieasu
covenant entirely declared tonlsn
s they were confident that Lodge t#oai'