The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1919-09-22
BIGGEST TEST
OF STRENGTH
Will Come in Vote on Johnson
and Norris Amendment to
League of Nations.
WILSON HEADED FOR RENO
(BY JOHN EDWIN NEvIN.)

On Board the Presidents Train
Enroute to Reno, New, Sept. a.
(By International News Service.) 49,
With his train definitely turned
northeastward, President Wilson to-
day made a start for home, per-
sonally to assume command of the
final days battle for the ratification
of the treaty of Versailles.
Fresh from what was in his opin-
ion and that Of the members OF his
official staff, "a complete triumph on
the Pacific coast, the president was
extremely confident that he had his
fight won. He believes absolutely
that the votes are available for com
plete ratification, and he remains ex-
tremely confident that the vote to
reject any and all reservations and
textual amendments that go to the
heart of the treaty, and which would
require resubmission of the treaty to
the signatory powers for approval,
will be an overwhelming one.
Johnson's Amendment.
The biggest test will be on the
johnson amendment, to demand for
the United States the same number
of votes that are given to Great
Britain, and on the Norris amend
ment, that would substitute the name
of China for Japan wherever the lat
ter nation is mentioned as a bene-
ficiary in the Shantung provisions of
the treaty.
A count in the senate. made by
senators who worked independently
of the party poll, is stated to have
shown that both amendments would
receive from three to ten votes less
than a majority. Names naturally
are withheld, but ii is positively
claimed by members OF the presidents s
7 official family that the opposition
cannot win.
While the president was continu-
Ing his trip eastward, speaking on
the league Of nations, he was also
| watching with the most earnest at
tention, the developments in the very
threatening industrial situation. Re-
| ports that as a result of the de-
| velopments of the last weight
hours he would cant short his trip and
| hasten to Washington, We're fatly de-
| MED. 1t was said that the president
! can do no more in Washington than
| he can here.
Keeps in Touch.
AS an indication of the manner in
which the president Is Keeping track
Of developments in Washington, it
can be stated that three members of
his personal staff of secretaries and
stenographers are being kept busy
translating code messages dealing
with developments in the United
States and Europe.
1t is no secret that the president
believes that in the steel industry and
other lines of work where trouble
either has started or is impending
both sides took advantage of him
lie has and is building up the great
es. hopes that the Industrial confer
ence called for Washington on Oct. {
will find a way out OF all the present
troubles that confront capital and
labor. And the fact that his appeals
that all planned strikes be postponed
until after that conference were dis
regarded had not added to the presi-
dents pleasant frame Of mind. That
he will make plain his opinion OF
these men in the very near future is
considered a certainty.
Stops at Sacramento.
The first stop OF the presidential
Specldl IIdin tOuuy WAS 10 ne Dflei
halt at Sacramento. This was not
the original program, but was ar
ranged when Ben S. Allen, publisher
of the Sacramento Union, personally
appealed to the president to make a
brief halt so that his admirers there
might have an opportunity of shnk-
ing hands and listening to a few
brief remarks.
The president took occasion during
his stay in Los Angeles to thank
John d. Elliott, former newspaper
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