Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-08-03
HOPE IS TO GET
70 REPUBLICANS
BANDED So As To
DICTATE TERMS
Seven Senators Who Favor
Ratification Of Treaty With
Four Reservations Are Co.
ing Out to Get Recruits,
WOULD BE ABLE TO
ASSURE PRESIDENT
Forty-FVe Democrats Stand
For Covenant and They
With 20 G, 0, P, Men Could
Put Across Terms Agreed on
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washington, Aug, Public hear
ing on the economic sections of the
Versailles treaty virtually were COM
pleted today by the foreign relations
committee and early next week Secre-
tary Lansing probably will be ques-
toned by the committee regarding the
treatys political features.
At todays session Bernard NJ. Ba-
ruch and F. w. Taussig, economic adj
visers to the American peace dele
gates, explained how the peace con-
ference reached some OF its decisions
regarding German customs regulations
and indemnity. Their testimony large
ly was technical.
The committees meeting was virtu-
ally the only surface development Of
the day in the treaty situation, the
senate devoting its attention to legis-
lation and reverting to issues of the
A treaty fight only once. That was
when, without debate or a roll call,
it adopted resolution by Senator La
Toilette, republican, of Wisconsin. ask
ing the president why Costa Rica
was not permitted" to sign the treaty.
Hope for Ratification.
Meantime the undercurrent of pri-
waite discussion among senator's con-
tnues to revolve about the program
of four reservations presented by seven
senator's as a basis for ratification of
the league ofnations. Plans were made
for conference Monday at which the
sponsors of the plan hope TO gain the
accession of other republicans who
have been friendly to the league.
1t was made plain today that it was
not the intention to try to preserve the
exact form of the four reservations, as
the negotiations to increase the number
of their supporters continue. All of
the seven are said to be ready to make
some concessions in pnraseology in or
der not to handicap the effort to bring
into final agreement enough republi-
cans 10 hold the balance of power.
Should the number of republicans
subscribing 20 this agreement reach
twenty, it was pointed out, the group
would be in position to place in the
hands of the administration a definite
offer of support for reservation pro-
gram insuring ratification of the cove
nant Forty-five democratic votes are
regarded by the leaders of this group
as standing now for unreserved ratifi-
cation, but capable of being swung in
favor of reservations not disrupting
the league principles. The total re-
quired for ratification is sixty-four.
1t developed today that the leaders
of the group of seven are making no
effort for the present to consider fea-
lures of the treaty other than the
league covenant. Some of them be-
lieve that the Shantung issue eventu-
ally will solve itself and that in the
end serious opposition to the treaty
will be limited to the covenant.
Although no decision has been
reached, members of the foreign rela-
tons committee generally expect that
the meetings at which Secretary Ian
sing is questioned next week will be
open to the public.