The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1919-11-05
DEMOCRATS PUSH
TREATY Fight
viii Not Agree 10 Lodge
Reservations.
PLAIN TALK
TO SEN. LODGE

.EUrCrS u h0dWe RpSrrNntiOns,

the Treaty ii Majority OF Senate
Agrees 10 Lodge Reservations.
Washington, Nov. AdminiStra-
! ton senators bluntly informed Rcpub-
! lic&n Leader Lodge in the senate Mon
day that they will vote TO kill The
treaty if a majority Of The senate
agrees TO the Lodge reservations
Unless these reservations, which are
now before the senate, arc submitted
to compromise or amendment, Scna-
tors Hitchcock and Pittman said, the
treaty will not be ratified. They plead
ed with Senator Lodge to give them an
opportunity to offer substitute rcserv-
ations or to have a vote by the senate
on ratification without reservations.
Let us not adopt the methods Of a
political convention; let us give some
rights TO the minority who sincerely
desire to bring about ratification Of
the treaty" Senator Hitchcock urges.
There is no chance on earth of rat
liyinS this treaty with the rcServa-
tlonS the committee has proposed and
il" supplemented Senator pittman.
Senator Lodge made no response to
these urgingH except TO say that he
Favored carly action on The treaty and
thai tho minority would be given cv-
cry opportunity TO offer substitute
reservations before the resolution Of
/ ratification was voted upon. lie de
I Cfncd, however, 10 give assurance that
If the resolution as drafted by him
failed TO receive the necessary two
thirds vote he would permit the mi
nority to substitute reservations to
their liking without the consent or
approval of the majority, which is al
ready pledged to support the rcscrva-
ti0ns Of the committee.
Senator Borah, one Of the irreconcil-
, able opponents OF the treaty, smiled
broadly whom the democratic leaders
made their threats TO defeat the treaty.
He said 10 others in the group OF treaty
. opponents: :.
I'll sounds too good to be true"
Although il has been generally
{ wmorad that The administration fol-
= lowers would vote to reject the trcatv
before !!"% would accept The Lodge
, reservations, tn declarations made by
;, Senator'S Hitchcock and Pittman were
9 the first open Acknowledgement that
@ this would be their course. Their
statements were made in the midst Of
o 4 cross fire Of debate between Senator
@ Lodge and Senator Hitchcock, the
l. rival leaders, over a proposition sub
+ mtttcd by the former for a final vote
|. on the ratification resolution on No
:. vcmbcr 18TH.
n When Senator Lodge made this re-
y quest for unanimous consent Senator
Hitchcock objected because, he said.
Il il would deprive the minority of an
d opportunity to present an alternative
l. sci of reservations after the I4odgc
1t resolution had been voted upon. lie
declared that if the senate bound it.
self to vote on the Lodge resolution at
certain date, the agreement would
max" ii impossible for the "rcaI
friends Of The treaty" to alter it.
This position was dcridcd by Scna-
:, tor Lodge, who said that The minority
would get its chance while the com.
mittcc reservations we're boin@ consid-
cred.
- "Hut SUPPOSE the resolution after
: the reservations had been incorporated
:. into ii failed to receive the two