The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-12-03
LODGE IS BUSY ON
WAR RESOLUTION
Calls Foreign Relations
Committee Together for
Meeting Tomorrow U
Consider Joint Paper
Declaring the War AL
An End

Washington. Dec. THE surprise
manifested by senators today over
the laiinrn OF President wilson to
mention the peace treaty tn hts. naea-
sage to congress gave Way to action
tonight when Senator Lodge. chair
man of the foreign relations commit
tee. conferred with other members cf
that body. and later announces that
the committee would hpid meeting
Thursday,
Al that time 1t Ia expected -
COMMITTEES viii report out joint reGo-
luton, declaring the war TO be at an
END
Republican senators today discussed
this proposal With house leaders, and
the upshot oi these conferences waa
the decision to push the resolution
with all haste. Senator Moses. of Sevs
Hampshire, talked the matter over
with Representative Campbell of
Kansas. chairman 1T the house corr
roiftte on rules. and ii Is believed the
house viii vote in favor of such re2ss
tuition
Senator Moses and Fail we're ia
conference with Senator Lodge ".
night and the only thing that cal pre-
vent the meeting Of the foreign res
iations committee GU Thursday is tho
ahsehtsc nj Sotfre of it's mem hnrE
Several OF the Republican members
are now OFT of Washington
Entff senator Lodge and his col
leagues decided 10 push the tosnt
resolution, which may first be acted
upon by the house the treaty. Situa-
tton was one of stagnation aud tllys.
terry
Tbs presidents failure Il, mention
Y and the apparent inability Of lis
spokesmen in the ssens IN 10 learn hi
praaent. attitude toward 1t. created MI
distinct a'lvprissa Thef presidtntse
only word asl the s1leiesst according
10 one Republican senator. was 10
merely pass enEogy on part IA
Similar continents were reflected
IN tfa commend OF many Reuph,ican
senators on the prestde nts incssas,e In
its entirety They had expected The
treaty to occupy the foremost posi-
ton in the message and the preai-
dents silence was inexplica BILE 10
them
Senator Gilbert NJ Hitchcock, lac
administrations leader said that ne
expected the treaty to be made tha
subject Of another message, hut Ne
declared he did not expect any action
on the treaty for at least two OF three
weeks He said things at the pr1sanf
were inst simmering' The \ Nc
tNaals IL sssssssrs sysp sYe,' frffnsi vi III Sr
pointuent with the president at the
White House. and it is not knowo
when he will be able 70 confer with
him.
In the absence OF any word from
the White House thu Republicans ara
proceeding on the assumption that
peace should De declared fn,nrediatejy
and this accounts for the haste on
the resolution x3
REMAIN IN PARIS
Meantime there Is no Disposition
among the Republicans to CONF
promise,
Senator Moses said today that tha
comprornise had already been made Ii
the shape of the majority reservations
and senator Edge said the majority
reservations would have to be -
reptad by the other side before INV.
thing could he done sEs
IT was learned At the stare depart-
r,enf today that the administra1S0n II.
tends to keep itself represented ~
Paris on the peace conference ursffl
the last possible moment This WIN
be when Germany complies with III (
the terms Of the armistice
Under-SecretAry Of state polk VSd1s
u the head of the American dele I.
tion and who intended to return h6Y61 y
on December 8, has been author11x6
to remain in Parts until peceu6bSf
3. When the american DELEGATION II
finally moves out the adminixfra tf0N
VIII keep It's interests alive IN parin
by vesttng the American am ba ssa6or
with the powers Of the deicrattou. a
was reported here today