The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-11-19
PRESIDENT SENDS
NOTE 0SENATo6s
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Democratic Hosts Have
Hopes Of Satisfactory
Compromise
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LODGE DECLARES
NOTHING DOING
..&.. a '4N s."9NE III AN g
Lenroot Reservation On
Voting Is Adopted By
Vote Of IS to 48--AH
Guns Are Now Set

Wasnington, NOV. E-Tith tbs
adoption Of two Additional resolutions
the Lodge program for treaty ratii-
cation was completed by the senate
today. The final phase of The battle
over ratification will be ina0gurated
tomorrow, when the resolution ems
bodyin= the fifteen reservations will
be considered.
The vote will be taken probably
Thursday,
The situation With respect to ratld-
cation with the Lodge reservations
appears II be unchanged.
.It~appears to be probable. accord.
ing 70 the. reseryationi-tE. r1iAtr 50 stt6
ftrst vote on the Lodge resolution
there will be more than one-third OF
the enate voting in. .thA negative.
thsreby dsfeatinE- ratification. Rutit
q second vote is obtained BY mean
OF reconsideration OF some other par
liafnentary ~maneuysr, rhey hope tina
enough of the Democratic senator's
will change 70 the affirmative to erect
ratification.
An important Development of the
day which mas have a good deal to
do with the position which the al
m~inistration senators will take on the
question OF supporting or defeating
the Ledge resolution Was the recipe
by Senator Hitchcock, the adn,inis-
tration leader, Of a letter from Fresi-.
sent wilson 10 be delivered TO the
Democratic conference.
Senator. Hitchcock joculAriy- refer
ed to ms. latter as MS sealed orders
He declared that he had not broken
the seal Of. the envelope and would
not do go until the administration
senator's meet IN. conference. tomorrow
L. decide upon What they viii do
EIo asserted that he did not have any
mixing of the contents. OF the. presi-
iont's letter, but assumed" that il
had something To do with, the course
he president was DESTROYS Anf AL
ing his supporters in the senats fol.
low in tbs event that they failed 10
bring about anS compromise or mode
t~ication OF the Lodge set of reserves
tons.
Whether the p~resident has advastsd
his supporters to vote against ratif.
cation or to vote to ratify and allow
hirn to decide whsthef the treaty
should be ~piceonholed OF deposited,
are questions which aroused tho
greatest speculation an,onE Demos
cratic senators. Bu. Senator hitrf.-
cock declined to impart any inlor-
nation or to permit the text or tnA
letter to he made known in advances
Va wv = ~ ~ AEa-ee .MN%
CHANCE FOR COMPROMISE
senator Hitchcock was askeA
~hcther>tner> still existed any chancs
Tor co~mrromtse Of the Reservations,
He replied that some OF the Re-
p~ubiicann, meaning the mild Hetsr-
~vstionists." thought there was
Asked whether "a cnanye in the
wording of the preamble OF rhe res,r.
yafions would SATISFY rhe prcsdcnt
ths senator iepiied that 1t Would ncas
Wonld elimination of the preamble
snH acceptance of your reserN alton on
article ten be satisfactory TO ths
president
That would help very much Ii
would give a pretty strong hasis of
ccrapron1ise.'
Senator Hitchcock wsnt on to
plain, however. b a the reservation
70 article ten which he eubrristsd wAa
fully "a objectionable to hinfg ais the
one which the senate has adopted.
He said he put it in in a hurry Il
had no intention OF accepting It Or
sta nding sponsor for IL The lam.
guage Is almost Identical With that
adopted by the senate, although
Senator Hitchcock believes II might
be construed by foreign powers a.
less offensive.
Would the Lodge program ~
reservations be satisfactory to the
president il the hrst reservation were
changed so. that acceptance of The
American reservation by the. allied 1
powers might he obtained through
acauiescsnoe instead IT through, Az
hrmative acceptance in writing III
Hitchcock was asked.
LIKE OTHER TREA1IES
Well, l DO not think thai would
mean anything. II would, b 3uSE
like all other treaties where Me-
Qnieseense is acceptance. Mere stl@l
ences on the part Of the other sienSe
tories Is equivalent TO acceptances6&s
the reservations, 1852 s@ssSS
There we're numerons conferen064s
fcday between administration FonnMss
tors and the mild reservation. 9RoGoN
among the Republicans in Whtch I'M
enort VA made by the nem4ee