Daily Kennebec journal., 1919-12-27

Washington. Dec. 26.-Dissatisfied
with the progress made toward So
ul.on Of the peace treaty tangie,
senator's of both political parties
moved today to bring greater pres
sire on their party leaders for COM
nrnmlse 10 insure ratification
promptly on the re-assembling Of
-png-ess early in January.
The mild reservation group of Re-
3ublicans. notifying their party lead
-r. Senator Lodge of Massachusetts.
aat in their opinion the time had
ONE 10 part company with the ir-
Is concilabIe foes Of the treaty, de-
ared that unless compromise neGo-
.tslions got more whole-hearted sup
por- from the Republican side, they
gvere preparing to act Independently
or an agreement with ne Demo-
ats.
Among the Democrats tie move
.1rnt was not so we'll defined but
-y-ticisrn of the course of President
Wilson and Senator Hitchcock OF Ne
br-aska. the acting Democratic lead
y reached proportions where some
PREDICTED that II soon would De gwen
-ang,bie form. One prominent Dem-
ac}Tat!c senator was said 10 nave 1olo
ne Republicans that more than 80
~ the 81 on that side would JOIN a
movement TO ratify the treaty at once
on the best terms they could get.
The effect was 4 scrambled sltua-
ION in both party ORGANIZATIONS
which the leaders seemed confident
hey could straighten out but Whici
3he cornuromiSe advocates prealcted
would strengthen greatly the move
ment TOR a bi- partisan conference OF
7hose determined 10 Tatify the treaty
evan at the expense of material con-
cessions on both SIDES
The feeling among those VINO are
-rzdv 60 go ahead without their lead
ars seemed to be that the treaty
5ead-iock already had been prolonged
unnecessarily by TOO mucn no-coH
-,r,rnise talk and that both SIDES hao
,x-arnlaved a waiting game In the
,,,na thar a break would come IN Ine
opposition. ;.,
Af-er their conference SUNDAY VIII
sa-.,or Lodge the mild reservation Re
,ublicans seemed conuuent lnae n'
,xo,,id take the initiative. If necessary
=, arriving the compromise negotla-
rms forward. On Monday he sa"
-e,a,or Underwood OF Alabama d
7-orninent Democratic advocate OF i
,-,,r,-,ise hut il was said today thai
heir talk got nowhere
Meantime II became known that the
,-e1oncilabje group of Republicans had
cen bringing pressure 10 pear 70 N
l-ce the party leader not TO consenI
% any compromise proposals which did
Mt meet their approval Senator Jonn-
.o7 of California. one of the leaders ol
ms group. teleg-aphed today tnat De
would change his plans and return 70
ne -apltal from his home state nex'
scek.
N The Democratic ranks the treaty
-.tuariun IS complicated by the contest
tween Senators Hitchcock and Cnder-
7vood for choice as party leader mucl
. he Talk for a Bipartisan agreement
ming from the underwood supporter
he party caucus has been called for
rauuar-v Is 10 elect leader and IN the
--santirne the Republicans and Demo-
-rals apparently are doubtful as TO VINO
an speak with authority on the Dem
-st.c SIDE
senator Hitchcock repeatedly has u.s.
red his willingness to make any COM
a~ornise which does not vitality harm the
-reat~. but has indicated that he ex-
se-.s the next move 20 come from the
Eepubiican side.
senator Lodge also has said he would
ret oppose a compromise so long rs
-Ha foreign relations committee reser-
a;iors are not vitaily impaired. though
se considers that the next move is m
ne Democrats
S with this situation that the oi-
a~-.saa movement IS calculated to deal.
.e 1ackers decia~in.- neither side should
.-nd upon forrnality but should earn
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