Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1919-12-18
FRIENDS OF TREATY
SEE COMPROMISE TO
Be NEAR AT HAND
Democratic Leaders Are Support
ING Plans for Reaching Basic
Agreement on Pact.
UNDERWOOD DENIES BOLT

Washington. Dec is Developments
IN the senate Yesterday, both upon the
floor and IN the cloak rooms, added mo
Inontum to the treaty compromise move
raent those ScnatoTs who are working
hardest Tor ratification declared last
nght
The belief u growing among Senators
who arc closely IN touch with The gossip
aud discussion of both cloak rooms that =
-cttlemcnt Is m SIGHT either upcn the basis
II reservations o. the kuoN proposal tor
ratification Of al The treaty except the
portions dealing with tn, League ot Ma
uons.
The developments included hrlci DIS
CusSion of The treaty N the opcn sen
aie IN the cmIr-ro ol which one Republican
and one Democrat announced thrmSclvcs
~ favor of IA, knoN proposals q ali
others faIl the prcseutation bv senator
knox II his proposals fur "a Scooud time,
and their reference - the Foreign Re
leuons Commtto, thus p.pc1rg them
before thar ho,y and he ScUate Tor dch-
mt acuon. and further discussion by
volunteer coucillators IN toth partics,
eliminating ~ suggestion Tor g non
plrtlSau compromise conference 81 son
ators t. be held soon
The coufprofrise couftrcuc, Designed
~ brur ;ogrtA,r arouuI tlblc Ncn-
stcrs rom boih psrtlcs who ~, WllIitg
n forget partisan ean-iI, rarous a the
deere IS get th. tratN rarnrd vii hc
bold during la bolnlls Il III ~"ua'ors
.pnusauns ,5s r,,n aa -, h''.l'ri
upT.a~t fortt ) he 4Lc, t..'n 'a WadC tN
n, mocrttc ~raah.r
rhl, u tseh Wis .arpiei hv thc
Rrrublcau frIcna- .t Fl. treaty IS one
10 - 4. iATspA
ThsN has !, t0r ..n.c taic. ihCsc hc-
puhlt,an- senator iti tlat Whcn the
rael an ne 81 ~,r.t Democrats t'aA
nlg,r~ irta thttr aWu band Without
;. 4. 1itna trn th,r leaders tn.h moro
ras3 proven toward t'',n' i Meiid
+ aadc
Iben, arc uao t dls.u,' effort
unl>r Vav ,u fto lnuurratlc -.ig .l
h.4dcd far fta o4r.rr.u -usI ~ com
p.a-rl-c 4e1 raf1t- -.t.ar Win, tr'u,ncrs
ar ~ uork rs rtr. i .tift, that this
4 v.-~tty 81 ,"..f r,-l.t- from lach ~
nlruo,ts 81 ' II ra rt rnA- tins
a r.aa.ta o.fae3 Yesterday hv
-.flt.r- rar.tf.. 'hr,v mos,
gi
-.aaor li..Hsa. ,F Democratic
Cadet i ,'lr- q. movement Tic
a.~ tr,sdy h,Ia ae.'.t 4rN ccuf,r, noes,
autconl, 4 v.,. not $40 cuurrk
9- paYenf huf vlt. rll.,e hayn re-
suited n suts'antla progress
~nator nd,rVaod l.' 'i'rr another
4a,troeut, bot p ta 'a- ta ,ninrr;AsS
III Iiurarncl or result against
President Wilson hc a.v 4-5 to9ry IA
answer to rrVorts 'a ti.t .''o' lut
NTH the sale purpose - crttHg results
a quickly As puselhh
Tbrec other Democratic Senators. Who
for the present pref n WarA unknown.
ar- hehind tic thlrd rnov, nert winch
uav ccntrrs On tho proposed non ,ril-
san conference. "a tahr 'hs trcaf. 0at 81
unhtlcs and consider i in tt. aeat II
ihe country nc,s7> and vciiarc
Tho minute a0v of those movement,
promises surcceS ftc icadcr- of thr other
Two are perfect, Yelling io cooperate
ia making thaf ~acr,-s conrl a h' s4id
Yesterday
M knox vcSttrdt> presented ~ the
senate both The propp,aE which bo offered
Oh SATURDAY, and consideration II which
senator Hitchcock tlo.Eel III ftlt time.
Yesterday Senator Neh.l.ar of tennessee
81 Jcctrd when Sonstcr knpN a-hrl l1an-
iuo-s consent for consideration II IA,
resolution 20 rauty tlt Isar, settlement
and lcsvC olf the leaCt Nj ha,N then
ofFe rcd his rcsolatio- declaring the Wa-
a. sa end and 10th -, ,etar Nrk"llar
snd senator %e.soa Republics % Mn
ncsota objected
Scnator Knox tbc1 eskCd th7t t3.h
resolutions tle ?, Z. -red - thf 1omnIttec
on Foreign Relations .or seton There
was 70 objection, and this vas done Mr.
knoxs proposals, the hrzt dehnIt" ones
Tor wav out n the d.adlock aTc nov
where thev can IL ml1e tile last rteort
ni eenators determined Oh action.