The Raymer enterprise., 1919-11-27
Treaty and Covenant Of League
Killed for Present by the Ac-
ton Of the Senate.
born SIDES DIsoWN BLAME
eatihcation With Modified Rsserva.
tons May Come at Next Session
Efforts to Avert Coal Shortage
Disaster-President vii.
con Summons New In
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BY EDWARD W. PickARo.


ii The treaty with Germany. including
The covenant Of the League of Nations,
Is dead for the present so far as the
United States Is concerned. Everyone
Knows that. but opinions as to who
Killed 1t differ irreconcilably.
4 The lethal dose administered to the
a pact In the senate was compounded Of
stubbornness. desire for revenge. per-
/. sonal pride. partisanship and desire
( to prc.ect America against the more
Il or less imaginary plots OF foreign ma.
tions. Who contributed these various
elements the reader can tell as well as
the writer.
Fl The firmness of the president and
his most ardent supporters lasted just
a little too long. Otherwise compro.
mise might have been reached which
would have been measurably satisfac-
I tory to all except few irreconcilables
so few that they would have been
\ showed under. But when Senator
Hitchcock took to Mr.. Wilson in his
sick room the news that Senator Lodge
and his followers had adopted the COM
mittee list Of reservations. the presi.
dent declared he would pigeonhole the
treaty II 1t were ratified In that shape,
and asked the Democratic senators to
vote solidly against the ratification.
He gave no hint that he would accept
amy compromise, and the Republicans,
with the few Democrats who had stood
with them all through the fight. there
ppon brought the matter to a final vote
Il ID once.
il For four and half hours there were
roll calls and parliamentary maneuv-
ers In the course of which Hitchcock
Yninly tried to get vote on mild
reservation resolution. but the Repub-
leans were too angry to listen to him.
Twice the senate voted on the Lodge
1os0ution of ratification with reserya-
pns and twice 1t was defeated, the
nj time by 30 to IS and the second
inc by Al to 81. Between these rol'
1ls vote was taken on Underwood.
olutlon for unqualified ratification
Ms was beaten. 20 to 80. On the
1rlge resolution 13 Republicans voted
the negative both times. These sen.
PRS had declared themselves against
4 - treaty and league unreservedIy
= mild reservation Republicans
Did have been captured for a com
pmise II Mr.. Wilson and Senator
tchcock had started on that line
her, but as It was Lodge was able
hold them In line throughout.
Vhlle the treaty Is admittedly dead.
may be brought to life at the regu-
session which begins Monday. De
Der l. II President Wilson re-sub.
II to the senate and shows dis
fion to accept modified reserva-
s 1t is not unlikely that It will be
ned in such way that the other
sers will acquiesce. The alterna-
before the senate will be adoption
the resolution introduced by Sen
Lodge just before adjournment
dnesday night and referred to the
mittee on foreign relations with
debate. This declares the state
war between the United States and
smany to be at an end. 1t requires
concurrence of the house but, ac-
Eling to general practice, no action
the president follows.
enator Borah. one of the irreconcil-
A es who wants to keep the United
,tes wholly aloof from the affairs of
C. rest Of the world. predicts that the
Aty. with the league covenant inelud-
and with the Lodge reservations
pewhat modified. will ultimately be
Med. According TO Mr.. Hitchcock,
ny Of the reservations are objection