Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1919-12-27
LODGE IS WARNED
ON TREATY DELAY,
TOLO:yOU MUST ACT
Republicans Demand Speedy Prog
reSS in Ultimatum to Viii
sons Foe.
MAY JOIN THE DEMOCRATS

Washington. Dec 2T-Aa utinatum
was sc-vcd on Senator Lodge, the Re
unhli an leader, Yesterday hy n coalition
II mild rcscrvatjonists and middle
groundeis IN The Senate. informing hum
that unless b. speedily reported actual
progress toward treaty compromise the
a,alitlon forces would treat directly with
he Democrats and ignore Mr.. Lodge s
lcalr sup
Nhlc the uItimatum did not set tune
limit, tho senators who sent 1t defined
speedily to mean the tIrno between the
present and the reConvcning Ot 0ongrCTSs
au January 3 Progress. they atined
n. at the very least the discussion oi
~ompromlse with Senator Hitchcock the
trtlnc leader of thr DcmocratIC minority
speaking very frankly Of the situation
Whch they SAY Mir lodge inactivity
ms created w!thin hS own party IN the
So9atc. RcpuhlIcln Senators Yesterday de-
~la.sd that unless he vcut To Senator
Hitchcock before January ;, or made
.ornc other definite move toward the
initiation of discussions for m agreement
that would result III ratification. they would
90 Ia the Democratic leader soon after
the recess ended
I. wou'd not 10 for Mr. Lodge 10 talk
with Senator Underwood or .auy Other
Democrat no matter how prominent he
mgat hC ia the party ranks, 50 long ~ he
"A ia The ranks, the Republicans sand
NJ Lodge thcv declared. must talk
compromise with some ono Who WAS cm-
auetrd to make compromise. and
ono was thus empowered. under the
theory az party organ zatiou IN tho Senate
cNrcp. the duly constituted party leader.
" ord to tins effect Was sent 10 Senator
oigc YESTERDAY. following q number Of
,anfcrpnccs, attended by a dozen or
more Senator'S composing tho two groups
~cnato- Ieuroot. to whom was given the
lark Of delivering the ultlmatum. is con
sldcrcd ono NJ the most forcCful and out
.puhcu And - the same time ono of tho
n,psf Diplomatic 81 senators. Personally
ni, relations with Nr odgc arc pleasant,
and ~ said Yesterday that he was pro-
ctedng upon the assumption that tho
Bcpuhlicau lcadcr wanted ratification.
srd hr would continue n proceed upon
that assumption until be had evidence 70
tho contrary.
l}ccause he IS known to hold this view
and at the same tune II believe that
senator Lodge should immediately prove
The assumption correct tins Senator was
chosen ~ present the views of tho mild
nservatonists and middlcgroundcrs
Leaders among tho mild rcscrat1ontsts,
discussing their decision tn push aside
senator Lodge i he stands in the way Of
progress toward compromise said that
the time for Iockcylng for position had
passed
II senator Lodge and Senator Hitch
cock would meet they predicted tho
~hole matter could he arranged IN al
hour They deprecated Mr.. Lodge $ ap-
psrent unvIlllngncss IL meet the Demo
-rBtic lcsdcT. which they said was based
upon personal grounds. which should not
be allowed to enter into consideration Of
aiCh a question
senator Lodge q spo- soring Cf the Knox
resolution declaring peace has called upon
his head the wrath of many Senators
among the rcServationlsts. They agn,e,
however. that the presentation of the
Foreign Relations Committee S favorable
report on this resolution has probably
helped rather than hurt the cause OF
rat tQcation ~ creating more sentiment
Tor ) compromise upon . reservation basis
as against tho knox proposal
Nhilc the rcsfTvatIonlsts we're con
hdcnt that their message to Senator
Lodge would cause action, they also said
that the situation m the Democratic
ranks was somewhat unfsvorable st
present ior negotiations. They limited
that senator HitckcoCk vas not display
ing appropriate eagerncss for q com
promlse because of his ambition 10 DC
elected per1nanC7t leader of the Senate
minority ST the caucus on January Is.