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mise must be perfected before we
came to VOTE" said Senator Lodge.
Says Lodge Planned Defeat

Says Lodge Planned Defeat
Senator Hitchcock criticized Senator
Lodge for having Conferred with those
who wanted to kill the treaty, instead
of with the Senators who wanted the
treaty ratified"
II consulted chiefly with those Scna-
tors who were known as the mild res
crvationists,' Senator Lodge insisted.
The Senator from Massachusetts
made no effort to secure the support
OF the fort. five Senators on this side
who wanted ratification" said Senator
Hitchcock. III the Senator wanted
ratification, here was his field" waving
his arm over the Democratic side Of
the Senate chamber. But the Senator
from Massachusetts. instead of wanting
the treaty ratified, was inviting and
planning the destruction Of the treaty"
The Senator has no right to charge
motives" holly replied Senator Lodge.
My object all along was to get the
treaty ratified with reservations that
had been adopted by majority of the
Senate. | didn't consult with Senator'S
on the other side because their votes
We're not their own
Did the Senator from Nebraska, I'D
to the last minute, tell Senators on
this side that the time had not yet come
when they could consider reserva-
tlons!' demanded Senator Lenroot, of
Wisconsin, spokesman for the "mild
re 9ervationists." THE Senator from
N, oraska absolutely refused to con-
slider any proposition that might lead
to the ratification of the treaty with
reservations"
Calls Statement Untrue
"The Senator's statement is about as
lar from the truth as the insult of the
Senator from Massachusetts,, that the
votes OF the Senators on this side OF
the chamber arc not our own," rejoined
Senator Hitchcock. 81 told the SEN
up reservations when the time came.
The whole conduct of the Senator from
MASSACHUSETTS, in cooperating with the
enemies of the treaty makes it almost
impossible to believe that he wants to
ratify the treaty. 1t is the Senator
from Massachusetts who now stands
here and proclaims that the treaty is
dead.
Eve recognized long ago that reser-
vations were inevitable. myself Of
tered reservations when the treaty was
before the Senate In committee of the
whole, and they were rejected one by
one. | offered them again en- bloc
when the treaty was before the Senate,
but they were rejected
IL want to ask the Senator from
Massachusetts if he is willing to take
the reservations offered by me and the
reservations offered by him, and with
them az basis, to meet in give and
take conference. am willing to sit in
give and take conference with him.
| believe the all important question ia
20 have the treaty ratified. There are
economic and material reasons why
both sides should make concessions.
| hold out the olive branch, am will
ing to submit the differences to con-
ference. am willing to Ind out if the
spirit of compromise is on that side.
the country will Judge who is sincere"'
Will Be Reoffered, He Says
81 knew very well all along that the
treaty would be brought before the
Senate again by the President" said
now. It will be withdrawn and resub-
mitted."
Senator Walsh. Democrat, of Mon
tana, objected to Senator Lodges state
ment that the votes Of the other side
were not their own" and asked him
to withdraw it, Senator Lodge finally
withdrew it, after he had repeated it
several times and as often had met
with the objection Of Senator Walsh.
presiding. said that the statement was
a violation Of the rules of the Senate
II hope that Senators will take the
rule to heart in the uture, and W 1
neither tell the truth nor Talsify about
each other" he remarked.
Senator Walsh then protested against
a reported newspaper interview with
Senator Lodge, in which the majority
leader had called the Democratic SEN
ators who voted against ratification
with reservations, "simply automa-
tons"
Senator Knox. Republican. of Penn
sylvania, at this point submitted
proposal for the immediate ratifica-
ton of the treaty, without the league
of nations covenant, in order to es-
tablish status of peace through the
medium of the treaty. He asked Sena-
tor Underwood if he would support q
motion to adopt part of resolution