South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-12-01
Expect Democrats to Renew
Fight for Ratification
of Treaty.
PRESIDENTS MESSAGE DUE
Wilson Note Expected to Lay
Stress on the Present
Labor Unrest.

By Associated Press:
WASHINGTON. Nov. 30. Al
though a new effort for compromise
ratification OF the peace treaty is
expected TO follow closely the re-
convening OF congress Monday, dis
cussion among returning senators
Sunday night revealed little optim-
ism that the question would be
brought to a decisive stage for some
weeks
In the absence Of information as
70 what Pres't Wilson will recon-
mend in his message to the new
session. republican and democratic
leaders in the senate were preparing
10 go ahead with long delayed gen
eraI legislation which many senator's
on both sides declare is urgently de-
manded by sentiment in their home
districts.
II was agreed generally that even
IL the president asked that the fight
for ratification be renewed at once
the work in that direction would be
carried on privately IN conferences
OF the opposing senate groups while
other business proceeded without
interruption on the senate floor.
Touch Treaty Briefly.
In some quarters the impression
gained ground that Mr.. Wilson
would touch but briefly on the
treaty in his message. and would let
further formal action regarding It
wait until n compromise plan had
been perfected. In order to get IT
before the senate again in a parlia-
mentary sense 10 will be necessary,
IN the view OF most senators. for
the executive TO again submit It for
ratification.
AT the white house there was no
lntimatiCn OF the presidents proba-
BILE course. though IL recently was
declared by officials there that the
message to congress would lay stress
on industrial conditions It IS be-
lived by some senator's that the in
teruaticnal situation will be left en-
tireIy in the back ground for the
time being and will be made the
subject OF a later message to the
senate
Since the last session ended on
Nov. 10. no senator has seen the
president and Democratic Leader
Hitchcock indicated tonight that ne
would make no further effort in the
near future TO secure a conference
with the executive. He would not
predict what the presidential mes
sage would say on the subject. but
said he did not expect the success
To come 10 a direct issue until the
session was some weeks old. Com
promise efforts would be renewed
privately. he added. as soon as pos
sible.
Dodge Absent.
Republican Leader Lodge had not
returned to the capital tonight but
other prominent republican senators
concurred IN the view OF the demo
crats that the treaty would not
soon be brought again before the
senate. Everywhere the impression
prevailed that extended debate on
70 would never be revived II was
pointed out that If a compromise
were reached by the two-thirds
necessary 20 ratify, cloture could be
invoked and the Job disposed Of
quickly.
There also was a belief among
some or the leaders that the treaty
with Austria soon 20 be ready for
subn1 ission to the senate might be
the basis on which the principal IS
sues OF the fight were next raised.
This treaty. like the one with Ger
many. contains the covenant or the
L.sague OF Nations and II has been
suggested that during its considera-
tion n way might be found for clear
ing NJ the whole treaty situation I'm
the senate.
G.. =. =. Holds Out
So far as 70 had got under way
tonight compromise talk seemed 20
be about where u was when the
special session ended with the re-
publican forces holding out for the
majority reservations and the dem
ocrats determined TO prevent ratifi-
cation unless these reservations were
modified
There We're many reports OF de-
fections IN the democratic ranks but
the democratic leaders benttled such
= stories and declared a compromise
was bound 10 come. Republican
Leader Lodge. however has declar-
ID IN the public statement that
there IS no room for further COM
promise.