Omaha daily bee., 1919-11-22
G. 0. P. Leader, in Statement,
Favors Transfer of Peace
Controversy to Political
Arena-Confers With Hays.
WILSON TO AIR VIEWS
IN ANNUAL MESSAGE
Many Republicans Favor
Plan, But Democrats Hold
Hopes of Compromise on
Terms at Next Session.

Washington, Nov. 2l.-Compro-
mise efforts to ratify the peace
treaty were thrown into the back
groundN today by developments
strengthening the possibility that the
whole controversy might be trans
ferred to the political arena forS1
decision by the people in 1920.
Senator Lodge, chairman of the
foreign relations committee and re-
publican leader of the senate, de-
clared in statement there was mo
room for further compromise" and
urged that the reservations of the
senate majority be carried into the
campaign.
There was no formal expression
to determine whether like stand
would be taken ultimately by Presi-
dent Wilson and the administration
senators, but it developed that the
presidents stnate supporters had no
definite assurances as yet that he
would reopen the subject for COM
promise by resubmitting the treaty
when the new session of congress
begins December |.
Reversal of Position.
The declaration of Senator Lodge
reversed the position he and most
other republican senator's had taken
toward injection of the treaty info
politics and was accepted in con-
gressional and official circles as
clothed with an added significance
by Senator Lodges conference with
Will H. Hays, the republican na-
tional chairman, just before the un-
successful fight "Wednesday for
ratification with the majority reser-
vations included. The statement
follows:
II have no especial comment to-
make. The case is very simple.
After four months of careful con-
sideration the reservations were
presented to the senate. They were
purely American in their character,
designed solelyto Americanize the
treaty and make it safe for the
United States.
Under the presidents orders the
followers of the administration in
the senate voted down those reser-
vations. 1t was also shown by
vote that there was decisive ma
jority against the treaty with the
reservations.
No Room. for Compromise.
Those reservations as presented
to the senate will stand. There IS
no room for further compromise
between Americanism and the
super-government presented " the
league. All l ask now is that we
may have the opportunity to lay
those reservations before the Amer
ican people. To that great and
final tribunal alone would l appeal.
Il wish to carry those reserva-
tions into the campaign. wish the
American people 10 read and study
them. They are not like the cove-
nant of the league. They are SIM
pie. / do not see that there is one
OF them to which any American can
object. | want the people to see
them, understand them. and think
Of them in every household, on ev-
cry farm, in every shop and fac
tory throughout the land. Then let
them decide"
Still Talk Compromise.
In his letter advising democratic
senators to vote against ratification
with the majority reservations,
President Wilson characterized
them as constituting a notification
Of the treaty and some of his senate
followers do not consider it 4 re-
mote possibility that he may decide
to join the issue and let the major
ity program stand or fall by pop
ular decision in the campaign.
Should he take such stand, and
declining to resubmit the treaty, let
matters stand for the present as they
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