The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-01
PEACE TREATY MAY |BE S|DESTEPPED.F0R
 BUSINESS WHEN THE CONGRESS CONFINES
Recess Talk With the Home Folks Brings No Change of Hopes Among Sena- tors On the League of
 Nations
By Associates Press

Washington, November 30 AL though a new effort for compromise ratification of the peace treaty is ex- pected to follow closely the reconven- ing of Congress tomorrow. discussion among returning senators tonight re- vealsd little opsiri,sm that JAS sion would be brought to a decisive stage for some weeks.
 In the absence of information as to what President wilson will recom- mend in his messae, to the new ses- sion. republican and democratic lead CTS in the Senate were preparing to go ahead with long g-delayed general leg islation which many senators on both sides declare is urgently demanded by sentiment in their home districts. It was agreed that even if the Presl- dent asked that the fight be renewed at once the work in that direction would be carried on privately in con- lferences of the opposing Senate groups while other business proceeded without ] interruption on the Senate floor In some quarters the impression 1 gainad ground that Mir. Wilson would | touch but briefly on the treaty In his | message and would let further formal action regarding it wait until a com | promise plan had been perfected. In order to get 1t before the Senate again | in a parliamentary sense, 1t will be necessary, in the view of most sen ators for the executive to again sub init it for ratification.
 TO CONSIDER BUSINESS | At the White House there was no intimation of the Presidents probable course. though 1t recently was de- clared by officials there that the mes sage to Congress would lay stress on industrial conditions. It is believed by some senators that the international situation will be left entirely in the back ground for the time being and will be made the subject of later l special message to the Senate.
 i Since the last session on November 19 no senator has seen the President and Senator Hitchcock indicated to- night that he would make no further effort in the near future to secure a conference with the executive. He l would. not predict what the presi- 1 dential message would say on the sub | ject. but said he did not expect the | subject to come to direct issue unti lthe session was some weeks old. Com rromise efforts would be renewed pri vately. he added as soon as possible Senator Lodge. republican leader
 
 but other prominent republican sen ators concurred in the view of th' democrats that the treaty would no soon be brought again before the Sen ate. Everywhere the impression pre- vailed that extended debate on 1t woult not be revived It was pointed ou that if compromise were reached b, the two-thirds necessary to ratify clo ture could be invoked and the job ais | posed of quickly
 AUSTRIAN TREATY
 There also was belief among som of the leaders that the treaty witl | Austria, soon to be ready for submis sion to the Senate. might be the basi on which the principal issues of tn fight were next raiser. This treaty Like the one with Germany. contain
 the covenant of the League of Ma I lions. It has been suggested that dur ing it's consideration . way might b
 found for clearing up the whole treat
 situation in the Senate.
 So far as it had gor under way to
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