The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1919-10-18
FIGHT ON TREATY
.NEARS COLLAPSE.
Even "Bitter Enders" Admit
Their Cause Received
Staggering Blow. r
PROPONENTS ARE ELA7
fRY J. BART CAMPBELL

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Washington, Oct. 18.-There re
abundant indications today tf he
long fight in the senate to he
treaty of peace with Germany on
the verge Of final collapse.
Even senators belonging to Il CUP
known as bitter enders" adm the
defeat of the Shantung ariie..~ment
on Thursday had dealt their oppose
tion to ratification staggering blow,
from which it was unlikely to recover.
An eleventh-hou filibuster, with Sem
ator LaFollette, republican, of Wis
consin, speaking for four or five days,
was threatened by some of them, but
the republican leaders expressed the
belief that they would be able to stave
it off.
Senator Lodge, the majority leader,
declared that final action on the
treaty might be secured within two
by the plan of the republican leaders
to speed further consideration of the
treaty, it would fulfill Senator Pen
ment would be disposed OF zone way
or the other by Nov. l." Penrose still
stands by his prediction.
ASVhdtOi oSO 10 6iNCI SiColI AOA
having counseled his colleagues to
expedite final action in view TO the
growing demand from every section
posed of and railroad and other i'm
portant legislation be whipped into
shape for the regular session, which
begins in December.
Senator Watson, Of Indiana, who
Hnc n1, nF ha y, lit rAvr
the. republican side, although origi-
would be acted on finally by Nov. 1,
again expressed the fear that the
middle of November would be nearer
the mark.
He and other republican senators
agreed, however, that all textual
amendments still pending would be
disposed of by the end of rext week.
They had planned to take up today
the johnson amendment to equalize
the voting power OF the United States
and Great Britain in the league of ma
tions assembly. They changed their
plan. however, when Senator Curtis,
of Kansas. the republican whip, rug
gested that the formal reading If the
treaty be completed first. AS Curtis
estimated that it would require prob
ably eight hours to accomplish this,
1T was de ,idee to devote most of to-
days session ~ the tedious. task. Few
'xenn2prs weroexpe ected TO tarryiss the
senate chamber while the clerk was
wading through thousands of words,
however, number of them having
planned to leave Washington for the
week. end.
.Iohnsop Anendrent. /.
The Johnson amendment will be
called up on Monday. AS it virtually
involves the same proposition as the
Moses amendment, which would stip-
mate that the United States would
refuse to abide by any decision Of the
league council or assembly when any
nation cast more than one vote, re-
publican leaders planned to have the
senate vote on the two amendments,
either en- bloc or separately, on the
same day next week. Debate on the
Johnson and Moses amendments was
rot expected to continue beyond
Wednesday or Thursday. next, so that
a vote on both of them was antici-
pated before the end of next week.
Reservations would then come to
the Forthcoming week, and, with the
republican side reported to have at
lest agreed to support solidlv def
mite reservation program, the repub-
i!can leaders expressed the hope that
enc week would be sufficient to dis
pose of them and reach a vote on the
resolution of ratification itself.
With Reservations.
The peace treaty will be ratified
with reservations by Nov. 5, accord
;pr 10 ha x,iau in, tn
House circles today. The fact that
the administration circles admitted
there would be reservations, was
generally interpreted as indicative
that the White House has been in
formed by administration leaders in
the senate that compromise on
reservations which will be hardly
more than interpretative, has been