Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-10-20
TREATY FIGHT IS
ABOUT To ENTER
FINAL STRUGGLE
IN UPPER HOUSE
Leaders Hope During This
Week to Clear Away All.
Proposed Amendments and.
Make Way for Ratification,
OPPOSITION MANAGERS
DEMAND RESERVATIONS
Fate Of the Document Seems
to Be Very Uncertain, As
Only Thirty-three Votes
Would Prevent Its Approval,

| 10y MORNING JouRNAL SPECIAL LEASED wlRel
Washington, Oct. 19.--The long
| treaty fight in the senate is about to
enter its final phase, Leaders hope
during the coming week to clear away
| all proposed amendments to make sub
stantial progress IN the framing of a
ratification resolution
Virtually eonceding that no amend
ments will be adopted, the opposition
managers are determined TO qualify
! the ratifying resolution with reserya-
| tons and Senator Lodge, the republi-
can leader declared in statement to-
night that decisive majority would
! stand for reservations that would be
| ''unequivocal and effective"
Privately the opposition leaders de-
clared Mr. Lodges claim was backed
! by an understanding amounting vir.
tually 10 complete agreement among
| forty nine republicans and six demo-
Gratis to stand together for reserva-
ton program evolved after many
weeks of conferences. 1t was said not
all of the details had been agreed
upon though on general principles and
in some cases on phraseology itself the
fifty-five senator's had been brought
very close together.
How far the remaining senators will
go In their opposition to reservation IL
an uncertain question, even in the
minds Of some of their leaders. They
have stood unanswering!y through the
long fight for President Wilson's pro-
gram of ratification that would not
require the treaty's resubmission to
the other powers. But it is for the
president himself to decide finally
whether any reservations adopted do
require such resubmission and his i'll
ness has left the administration lead
ers somewhat in the dark
There have been intimations that
should reservations unacceptable to
the administration be put into the rat
fficati0n resolution, the administration
forces would vote mo" on the ratifi-
cation roll call, but their leaders are
not ready to say how they will cross
that bridge until they come to it, II
would take only thirty three votes to
prevent ratification
In his statement tonight Senator
Lodge declared opponents of reserva-
tions would be responsible for any fur
ther delay in senate action, indicating
that the whip would be applied to
hold down debate quick action also is
slogan of the administration forces
Their hope is to get started tomorrow
on the last of the committee amend
ments proposing equalization of voting
power in the league OF nations.
Senator Lodges statement follows;
"A decisive majority of the senate
for reservations, attached to the reso-
luton of ratification, which will pro-
tect the peace, safety, sovereignty and
independence of the United States.
The one object or these senators is
to Americani2e the treaty, and they
believe that by SO doing they will also
serve the cause of general peace of the
world. Whatever delay there may be
in final action upon the treaty will be
by those who are resisting the Ameri-
canization of the treaty by proper res
ryations-reservati at once une-
quivocal and effective"
The two amendments for equalza-
ton of voting strength in the league
may be considered together, though
1t is thought more likely that the one
proposed by Senator Johnson, republi-
can, of California, to give the United
States six votes in the league assem-
bly, will be taken up first. The other
is by Senator Moses. republican, of
New Hampshire and would prevent
dominions from sitting in the league
council.
About three hours work remains to
finish the formal reading of the treaty
text, and it Is the purpose to take up
these two amendments Immediately |
after. The general prediction is that
both of the proposals, as we'll as other
to be offered by individ
ual senators later will be defeated.