Bisbee daily review., 1919-08-23
Public Hearings By the Senate Committee Abruptly End in Effort to Rush Pact to the Senate Floor For Big Test
COMPROMISE SOUGHT
 BY WILSON C0LLAPSES
Republicans Insist That Their Reservations Be Included in The Peace Treaty As Part
 Of Its Formal Ratification

WASHINGTON, Aug. 2.-In a de- termined effort to report the peace treaty before the end of next week. the senate foreign relations commit tee suddenly interrupted it's public hearings today and arranged to go to work tomorrow on proposed amendments and reservations.
 Although one witness will be heard Monday. members thought that might be the last hearing before the treaty was reported.
 Senator Hitchcock. of Nebraska, the Democratic leader, declared his belief that the report would be laid before the senate during the coming week, and asserted that he had been assured the Republicans would CO., operate to that end.
 Some Repu0Iican members agreed with his prediction, but Chairman Lodge declined to say when he thought the committee would act.
 Urge Return of Shantung.
 Late today plans to expedite the consideration of amendments were discussed at a conference of Repub- lican members of the committee. It is likely that among the first amend ments voted on will be one propos' ing to strike out or modify the ar ticles giving Japan control in Shan tung province, China.
 The story of the negotiations re- sulting in the Shantung provision was told to the committee by Prof. E. T. Williams, who was technical Ir.fgl fA hn dnla gation.
 He said he had strongly objected" to the settlement reached, and thought the American delegates should not have assented to it.
 Criticize Labor Program.
 During the day there was more de bate on the treaty in the senate. Senator Thomas, Democrat. Colorado, criticising the provision for an in ternational labor organization and Senator Fall, Republican, New Mex ico, taking exception to informaton given the committee by President Wilson, regarding the resumption of trade with Germany.
 Although he refrained from say ing whether he would vote for the treaty, Senator Thomas expressed grave doubt as to the wisdom of the labor provisions, and said there were articles in the labor section which seemed to violate the American con- stitution.
 Senator Fall, referring to a state ment by the president tht so far as he knew the United States was not ryff dnnlQrn6 there had been a suspension of the trading with the enemy act which could be effected only by presidential authority and that merchant vessels were sailing direct between Ameri- can and German ports. The export trade to Germany in June he said, amounted to $S,OOO,OOO
 Compromise coIIapses.
 Developments today pointed with increasing certainty to the complete collapse of the effort to pass a com promise resolution along the lines of President Wilson's suggestion for reservations apart from the ratifica- tion itself Republican leaders de clared presentation of the resolution only had cleared the air so far as they were concerned, and had reveal ed beyond doubt that the group of Republican reservation advocates would insist on having the qualifica tions a part of the ratification.
 On the Democratic side it was as serted the move had accomplished its purpose of showing that a large number of Republicans stood for ratification with reservations of tlE same sort. differing only in the methods to be pursued, and that textual amendment of the treaty was out of the question.
 The Democratic leaders indicated however, they had no intention ol bringing the resolution to vote.