Evening star., 1919-12-31
P0MERENE SEES
HOPES OF EARLY
TREATY SOLUTION
Senator Is Optimistic After
Holding Conference With
Mr.. Lodge.

Senator Pomerene is expected to
lay before his democratic colleagues
on the foreign relations committee
the result of his conference with the
republican leader at a meeting tonight
called by Senator Hitchcock of Ne
braska, which. it is understood, will
be held at Senator Hitchcock's resi-
dence.
At this meeting tonight an effort
will be made to outline a program
of compromise that will be SatiSfac-
tory.
Following a conference with SEN
ator Lodge, the republican leader,
Senator Pomerene, democratic MEM
beT of the foreign relations commit
tee. today expressed himself as opti-
mistic of an agreement on the peace
treaty with Germany.
I'VE are going to get together"
was the emphatic comment of Senator
Pomerene.
will have to tie concessions on. both
sides. Eut / feel confident that We
viii be atle to reach compromise"
Senator Fcmerene said that he did
NOT feel At liberty at this time to
discuss the details of his converse
tion with the republican leader
Not Sure of Presidents View.
4 big STUN bling block in the way
of compromise today is the fact that
to what extent President Wilson will
go in the matter of reservations. AS
the President must make the eX-
changes of ratification OF the treaty
with the foreign nations, he has the
last say in the matter. In the alb
sence of any word from the White
House. Senator Hitchcock. the demo-
cratic leader. is placed in an embar-
RAISING position. However. the in
sistance that something be done with
the treaty is becoming SO strong that
the leaders on both sides realize, if
they are to keep control, some steps
must be taken.
1t was predicted today that either
some kind of an agreement will be
reached In the close of the holidays
or immaI j3tely thereafter. or the res
olutioI Uttered ~ Senator Underwood
of AlaSama providing for the appoln.-
ment of 8, so called conciliation COM
mittee, composed of five republicans
and five democrats. will be adopted
by the Senate. 1t was learned today
that if Senator Underwood presses
his resolution to a vote seven repup-
lican senators and possibly as many as
fifteen democrats will support it, The
democrats. whether they belong to
the Underwood faction or to the
Hitchcock faction in-the contest for
democratic leadership. would be COM
PEELED to support such resolution.
It's adoption would put SenatoS On
derwood in a commanding position for
the democratic leadership. it was said.
League Council Call Discussed.
President Wilson has not been in
yited to call the first meeting of the
council of the league of nations after
ratification of the trezcy-Uf versailles
has been completed, State Department
officials said yesterday.
There was q suggestion some time
ago that the invitation be extended
to him, but the question was not de-
termined at that time. Some admins
tration officials believe he would ac-
quieSce in the request from the allied
powers. but the United States will
have no part in the meeting of the
council by reason Of the fact that the
treaty has not been ratified by the
Senate.
The treaty provides that the first
meeting of the assembly of the league
shall be called by the President, but
the assembly is not expected to meet
in the immediate future. The councih
however, must assemble within a
fortnight after ratification is COM
pleted at Paris, as the carrying out of
some provisions of the treaty are in
trusted to it.