Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1919-12-25
CHIEFS
MEET TO FORCE
TREATY ACTION

Compromise efforts for raticafitiOn OF
the peace treaty moved forward with
Increased impetus on Monday al
Washington when the leaders OF both
lparties in the senate released from
executive duties by the holiday SEES
sion of congress, came actively into
negotiations for an agreement on res
ervations.
| As a result of these conferences and
OF activity among the democrats, the
whole subject of reservations seemed
to have opened with both sides pro-
Tossing willingness to enter whole
heartedly into an effort at compro-
mise.
| Some of the more optimistic ex-
pressed confidence that the ratification
would become effective before Jan. Is.
/ thus formally establishing peace and
permitting the president to lift pro-
| hibition for brief wet spell.
OTHERS ARE PEssIMisTic-
There were other senators, however.
who took less stock in the compro-
mise measure, predicting that in due
time it would collapse.
For the present, however. there was
every indication that senators would
go ahead with their compromise nego-
tiations without further hight from the
White house.
There was wide discussion of the
activities Of Bernard M. Baruch OF
New York, a financial adviser to the
| peace commission at Versailles, who
mas seen several senators during the
past week and is, said to have dis
cussed the treaty with them.
! CANVASS is COMPLETED.
| Senator Hitchcock has about com
| pieted a canvass of those republican
senators not irrevocably opposed to
ratification Of the treaty.
| He found that there was still a
clashing of opinion over Article X.
which, he said, made it "a pretty seri-
Gus stumbling block
| President Wilson, the senator said.
would, in his opinoin, accept a reser-
walton on this point. But the presi-
dent would not accept reservation
!, that took out of the covenant the di-
rect notice to all nations that any war
OF conquest would bring on them the
combined retributive force of the
world, Senator Hitchcock declared.
! Notable in the days series of con-
Citation conference was a meeting
between Senator Ladge, of Massachu-
sets, the republican leader. and Sen
ator Underwood of Alabama, demo
crat. They are said to have discussed
the whole range of possibilities for
bringing together, on a common
| ground, enough senators to insure rat
| ification
PROTEST. KNOX RESOLUTION
| Meantime, the acting democratic
leader, Senator Hitcock of Nebraska
canvassed sentiment on 10th side of
the controversy.
In his talk with Senator Underwood.
Mr.. Lodge had before him the views
OF the mild reservation group of re-,
| publicans, who presented to him at a
conference on Sunday plea for sup,
| port of the compromise negotiations.
Modification in the language of the
reservations as agreed on by the SEN
ate majority are understood to have
! been suggested by the mild reserva-
| tionists.
A protest against the action Of the
foreign relations committee in report
ing on Saturday the resolution of Sen
ator Knox, republican, Of Pennsyl-
vania, to declare state of peace also
is said to have been made to the re-
publican leader by the mild reserva-
tionists. They are understood to have
removed all possibility of senate action
on the measure in the near future.