El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-10-30
TREATY To Be
RATIFIED soon
Senate is Wearying Of De
bate and Vote VIII Come
During November.


during the last part Of November,
though debate and voting on reser-
vations viii no doubt begin early in
the month.
The treaty situation Il simply
thIss The Republicans have been
successful IN making IL plain to
their Democratic colleagues that
the treaty will not be ratified
without some reservations The
Democrats realize that they can
not Eet enough votes to add 10
their own strength TO secure the
adoption OF the treaty without
qualification and are In the mood
10 accept reservations. But here
is where the mistake made by the
Democrats in insisting on an M
qualified treaty may be repeated
by the Republicans FOR the latter
yvUuld appear TO be Insisting on
their own reservations without
dottiur Of an eI- or crossing Of a
aT1 While the Republicans may
not realize It, yet they will dis
cover before long that more than
1-3 Of the senate VIII refuse to
vote for ratifying resolution
that contains reservations 50 FAR
reaching rs TO amount TO amend
ment Of the treaty Itself.
Conservative men in the Republican
ranks who refused 10 Join with some
Of their colleagues i'm killing the
treaty by means OF drastic amend
ments are still counted upon 10 stand
with the Democrats as against reser-
vations that would Indirectly strange
the whole treaty. But the price OF
ADOLESCENCE on the part Of the con-
serratiTe Republicans is an accept
ance by the Democrats Of cerLain res
creations. This the Democrats are
prepared TO do. unQuestionably, so il
at ION I1I#
ervations shan be made. The ex-
tremists on the Republican side who
were defeated in their efforts 70
amend the treaty directly, VIII not
cease their efforts 70 tack On reserTa-
tons that mean the same thing.
Nay Create A blockade.
Unless the conservative Republic
cans who really went 70 see a league
of nations established and the treaty
ratified at an early date Join with
the Democrats In voting down sucn
reservations, they viii find that q
ratifying resolution containing the
drastic reservations viii not get the
necessary rWo-thirds vote for one
third VINO are Democrats are enough
10 block it. Those Republicans VINO
are clinging 70 the notion OF putting
drastic reservations in the ratifying
resolution are doing so on the sup
position that the Democrats VIII not
care TO vote against any ratfying
resolution that is put up them ana
that responsibility for the delay or
the treaty viii then fail on the heads
Of the Democrats but the curious part
OF It is that the Democrats VIII dare
10 DO So
Hour Tor Compromise Near.
And the moral OF the situation is
compromise. The whole thing could
be ironed ont in five hours If the
men who really want the treaty ratt-
fled and the league established could
sit down together and form an iron
tight coalition The trouble is that
some OF the men who have proposed
extreme reservations are insisting on
a record vote so the senate may have
10 20 through the process Of ToFng
down the various reservations and
even possibly a ratification resolu-
tlon containing extreme reservations
until the hour Tor comprimise arrives
But it is near.-Copyright, 1913, The
FL Paso Herald