Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-12-23
HITCHCOCK SEES
PACT PEACE SOON
Predicts Settlement of Fight
in Senate During
January.

Settlement OF the treaty fight in
January was predicted today by Sen
ator Hitchcock of Nebraska, leader of
the administration forces. and also by
some of the so-called mild reserva-
tionists on the republican side OF the
chamber. Senator Hitchcock sees
that there must be some middle
ground reached between the reserva-
tions offered by him in the last ses-
sion and the reservations included in
the Lodge resolution Of ratification.
He reiterated his statement that the
President has never said he would not
accept reservations. He added that ne
believed that his reservations. which
he laid before the President would
not be rejected by him.
Predict C. o. p. Compromise.
Discussion of the treaty situation at
that when the proposal for a COM
promise comes it will come from the
republicans. and will be offered as
their own proposition. 1t Is believed
that the republicans desire to offer
the resolutions Of ratification and
reservation as purely republican meas
ureS.
There is no doubt that strong pressure
is being brought to bear upon senators
in both parties to ratify the measure.
In making the compromise on the
treaty, it appears now that little con-
sideration will be given to the views
of those senators who have been
against the treaty in any form. The
senators in favor of ratifying the
treaty with reservations are now ask
ing themselves what good purpose II
could serve to obtain the views OF
men who are against the treaty en-
tirely.
Tnd0A and IInAap-AnA
Senator Lodge of Massachusetts, the
afternoon with Senator Underwood of
Alabama, who is urging that speedy
compromise on the treaty be reached
and that it be ratified. They are said
to have considered the whole range of
possibilities for bringing together on a
common ground enough senators to in
sure ratification.
In his talk with Senator Underwood,
Mr.. Lodge had before him the views of
the mild reservation group Of repubE-
cans, who presented to him a plea for
support of the compromise negotia.
tons that have been proceeding ever
since the treaty failed of ratification
at the last session of Congress.
Notifications in the language of the
reservations as agreed on by the Sen
ate majority are understood to have
been suggested by the mild reserva-
ton of the language to be adopted
would be left open for the present.
1t was not revealed which Of the
fourteen majority reservations the
mild group would be willing t.
modify, but compromise discussions
heretofore have centered about the
article x qualification and the pre-.
amble, which required that the reser.
vations must be accepted by three o,
the great powers before the treaty be.
comes binding. There also has beer
talk of changes in regard to Shan.
tung and several other subjects deal
with in the majority program.
Seen AZ Hating Action.
A protest against the action of the
foreign relations committee in report.
ing Saturday the resolution of Sena
tor Knox, republican, Pennsylvania, t
to have been made to the republican
leader by the mild reservationists. They
are understood to have removed al
possibility Of Senate action on the
measure in the near future by serving
notice that they would not support Il
unless and until it became certain
the treaty could not be ratified with
reservations.
There was wide discussion today OF
the activities of Bernard NJ. Baruch OF
New York, a financial adviser to the
peace commission at Versailles, who
has seen several senator's during the
ed the treaty with them. Senator
Hitchcock, the minority leader, said
however, that he did not regard Mr.
Baruch as speaking for the President
with whom he recently had con-
ference.