, 1919-11-27
BY EDWARD w. pIckARp.

The treaty with Germany, including
b of the League of Nations.
is dead for the present so far as the
United States is concerned. Everyone
knows that, but opinions as to who
killed 1t differ irreconcilably.
The lethal dose administered to the
pact In the senate was compounded of
st~ubborDness, desire for revenge, per
sonal pride, ~partisanship and desire
to protect America against the more
or less imaginary plots of foreign ma
ions. Who contributed these various
elements the reader can tell as well as
the writer.
The frmness of the president and
his most ardent supporters lasted Just
q little too long. Otherwise a compro-
mise might have been reached which
would have been measurably satisfac-
tory to all except a few ir~reconcilables
Sc few that they would have been
showed under. But when Senator
Hitchcock took to Mr.. Wilson in his
sick room the news that Senator Lodge
and his followers had adopted the COM
.mittee list of reservations. the presi-
dent declared he would ~pigeonhole the
treaty II 1t were ratified in that shape,
and asked the Democratic enators to
vote solidly against the ratification.
He gave no hint that he would accept
any compromise. and the Republicans.
with the few Democrats who had stood
with them all through the fight, there
upon brought h matter to a final vote
at once.
For our and a half hours there were
roll calls and parliamentary maneuv-
ers in the course of which Hitchcock
vainly tried to get a vote on a mild
reservation resolution, but the Repub-
licans were too angry to listen to him.
Twice the enate voted on the Lodge
resolution of ratification with reserva-
tons and twice 1t was defeated, the
first time by 30 to IS and the second
time by Al TO 81. Between these roll
calls a vote was taken on Underwood
resolution for unqualified ratification
This was beaten. SO to So. On the
Lodge resolution ID Republicans voted
in the negative both times. These SEN
ators had declared themselves against
the treaty and league u~nreservedly.
The mild reservation Republicans
could have been captured for a com
promise If Mr.. Wilson and Senator
Hitchcock had started on hat line
earlier, but 40 1t was Lodge wa able
TO hold them in line throughout.
While the treaty is admittedly dead,
II may be brought to life at the regu-
lar session which begins Monday. De-
cember /. II President Wilson re-sub-
mits II to the senat and shows n dis
position to accept modified reserva-
tons, II is not unlikely that It will be
ratified in such a way hat the other
powers will acquiesce. The alterna-
tive before the senate will be adoption
of the resolution introduced by Sen
ator Lodge Just before adjournment
Wednesday night and referred to the
committee on foreign relations with
out debate. This declares the state
of war between the United States and
Germany to he at an end. 1t requires
h concurrence of the house but. ac-
cording to general practice. no action
by the president follows.
Senator Borah. one of the i~rreconcll-
ables, who wants to keep the United
States wholly aloof from the affairs of
the rest Of the world, predicts that the
treaty. with the league covenant includ-
ed, and with the Lodge reservations
somewhat modified, will ultimately be
ratified. According to Mr.. Hitchcock,
many Of the reservations are objection