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ment, although he Is somewhat wabbly
| in regard to the adequacy Of the pro-
lection of the social integrity of
America. which the lax provisions for n
nation restraining immigration seem to
| threaten
Majority Is Now Assured.
The Republican missionaries are work
ing night and day with Senator McNary
and II is regarded now as assured that
the Oresonian will stand with his party
In the demand for revision OF the pro-
visions of the part regarding a nations
right to protect itself against immigrant
| flooding and also the I'll framed guar
| antee of the integrity of the Monroe
| Doctrine
Thus forty-seven Of the forty-nine Re-
publicans are accounted for. and these
with the known certainty that at least
| two Democrats will vote with the Re
publicans 10 the limit Of their efforts to
revise the league covenant insures a ma
| jority of the Senate ready to compel
| the Improvement OF the document
through the excision of Objectionable
anti-national and anti American en-
Ibarrassments.
on the other hand, word from the
| Democratic camp weT of the most en-
| couraging character for the Presidents
l
| be accepted by the Senate without
change. Senator Hitchcock (Neb). who
Is acting floor leader for the Democrats
in the absence of Senator Martin (Va) =.
| expressed the greatest degree of salts
! faction with the situation.
| NO compromise is possible on the
League OF Nations" said Mr.. Hitchcock
! THE Democrats will not consent to any
| proposition OF that kind. 1t has be-
come thoroughly apparent that the Re-
pubicans viii accomplish nothing by
their opposition. They will go all up
and down the fence trying to pull on the
plckets, but viii be unable to remove one
| OF them They never can obtain a ma
! jority for the Knox resolution, the Fall
| resolution, tho Sherman resolution or
any of the reservations suggested by
| Elihu Root. These will be voted down
by the Democrats with the assistance Of
| Republicans. II Is certain there will be
more than two Republicans who will aid
US in accomplishing this result.
sixteen Negative Votes.
| when all efforts in the direction of
amendment or reservation have failed
the treaty will be ratified by a sub
/ stantial majority. In my opinion not
more than fifteen Republicans and but
one Democrat will vote against ratia-
| cation.
From my point OF view the sItua-
ton is very satisfactory. We are for
the league solidly and there is no d.
vision of counsel on our side. The on
position evidently Is disturbed by their
very division Of counsel. Senator Lodge
announced that ne favored the Knox
! resolution, but that he was going to Law
| IL aside for the present Later Senator
Knox comes out and says the Republi
cans favored tho Knox resolution and
| that he would take it up as sosn ss
possible Then Senator Fall comes In
with his resolution and announces he
mas procured majority OF the Foreign
Relations Committee in favor of II
Then Mr.. Root comes 10 town with
hiA amendments and Senator Lodge eives
| his endorsement to the Root progra n,-oe
Thus there are three divisions among
| the opponents of the league. not count.
| ing those who follow Senator Boreh IN
! opposing any league We could not have
better encouragement than this Not
| only are the league opponents divided
in their councils. but THERE has grown
| up among them lots of personal feeling
as the result of their differences.
Senator Lodge in trying to keep them
| together favors them all. He is like a
| hen with brood of chickens He can
not keep them together and make them
| follow him and he cannot follow each
| of them"
Hamilton Holt, editor of the Indspen-
| dent who recently returned from Paris
conferred at length this afternoon with
Senator Hitchcock and number OF
( Democratic Senators. He gave them
much information regarding the extent
TO which he believed the suggestions OF
Messrs. Taft and Root had been en-
bodied in the League of Nations coven-
ant during its revision, 1t was the judg-
ment OF Mr.. Holt that the changes
recommended were made effective to a
considerable extent. II did not explain
just why Mr.. Root apparently does not
agree with him.
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