New Britain herald., 1919-10-03

 breath has been wasted, many other lations have been insultcd by those vho would defeat tho Treaty, and it ppears that all Of this has been in ain; there has been littlo political ,ain.
 There are several tests of strength o come yet one of the most im- oortant Of which will be upon the IohnSon amendment, which plans to sliminate the voting strength of ireat Britain, or, rather, ncutralizc ts six votes
 "I am delighted beyond meas
 uro at the showing made in the
 votcs," said Senator Lodge. "Our
 test votes came on the weakest
 Of all amendments for we had
 not expected to obtain a great
 support on tho Fall proposals.
 The vote today, when analysed,
 shows COnrlusivelY that he
 Treaty must be radically changed
 through reservations or it will be
 rejected nN toliSlNcTaDlN more
 than the thrty-three votes neces-
 sary. That may be taken as
 assured.'
 Senator Hitchcock argued that
 tho votes gave no indication of
 the lineup of the Senate on drns-
 tic reservations, excepting for the
 statement made by five Rcpubli-
 can senators.
 "The votes show a we'll -detincd
 determination of the Senate" he
 said. mot to do anything that
 will send the Treaty back to the
 principal signatories or to the
 Paris Conference"
 We note in the remarks attributed to Senator Lodge by the New York hat recalled his utteranccs anent the of the documen He has stated that the Treaty must be radi- rally changed through reservations before its acceptance, it is true, but it is not long since he was calling for textual changes in the document itself, which would warrant 1t back to the other nations involved for acceptance by them in the revised form. The opposition agrees with him thus far. There is & trend to agreement throughout tho discussion, anyhow and this forecasts the ultimate action
 Reservations will not affect the q ocument 10 any great extent, will not impair it's usefulness. There is nc particular reason why tho United States should not define it's construr- ton of certain clauses of the League of Nations document. In fact, it is order that there may be no possibility for a misunderstanding later. A clause. if the Senate so wishes, might be made. If there are points which are not clear and capable of scvcra constructions. let us place our owr upon each of them. It is time tc ratify, however.
 France, he nation most concerned has taken the preliminary steps toward a final and complete agree ment with the League of Nations bS ratifNing the Peace Treaty, which is so intermiXed with the League that there may be no definite divisio, made. The opposition to the Treaty in that country arose largely througf the feeling that Germany was no sufficiently punished--nOt through z fear of the League of Nations. Ten. tative feclers have been thrown ou by the Senate here which are the op posite to the French attitude. They have favored the Germans, have sa |, that their fate was too hard on them However, there was no response to speech to this effect In the Senate anc it was quickly abandoned. Grcn Britain has ratified; France, in one o her Parliamentary chambers, ha, ratified and is expected to do so il the Senate soon; a number of smaller countries have ratified. How about 1t Washington?
 Good evening, we are still on the job.