Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-12-23
MAY COMP PR0MISE
ON PACT AND END
SENATE DEAp'!9rH

lsY MORNING JouRnAL SPECIAL LEASED wiat,
Washington, Dec % (By the Asso.
ciatCd Press - Compromise effort.
for ratification Of the peace treaty
moved forward with increasing i'm.
netus today when the leaders or both
parties in the senate. released from
legislative duties by the holiday recess
of congress. came actively into the
regotiations for an agreement on RES
ervations.
Notable in the days long series of
Cancellation conferences was a meet
ing between Senator Lodge of Massa
chusetts, the republican leader and
Senator Underwood of Alabama. a
prominent democratic advocate of a
speedy compromise
They are said to have discussed the
whole range of possibilities for bring
ing together on a common ground
enough senators to insure ratification
Meantime, the acting democratic
leader, Senator Hitchcock Of Nebras-
ka. canVassed sentiment on both sides
of the controversy and arranged dur
publican senator who remains in
Washington over the holidays.
TO Hold General Conference.
AS soon as congress rC-aSSembleS he
nlans TO have a general conference of
those who favor ratification with or
In his talk with Senator Under
wood, Mr.. Lodge had before him the
views of the mild reservation group
of republicans, who presented to him
at conference Yesterday plea for
tions.
Notifications in the language OF the
reservations as agreed upon by the
senate majority are understood TO
have, been suggested, by the mild res
ervationists. although 1t was said the
question of the language to be adopt
ed would be left omen for the present,
Re-drafts of somW of these reserva-
tions have been submitted to various
senators by prominent republicans
outside congress- while many sugges-
tlons for changes have come from
other sources.
Al of these. II is understood. will
be taken into consideration as the ne
gottation, proceeds II was not reveal
ed which of the fourteen majority
reservations the mild group would be
willing to modify. but compromise dis
cussions heretofore have centered,
about the article ten qualification and
the preamble which requires that the
reservations must he accepted by
three of the great mowers before the
treaty becomes binding.
Nav Chance Shantung Clause.
There also has been talk of change
in regard to Shantung and several
other subjects dealt with in the major
itv pre- ram A protest against the
action of the foreign relations com
mittee. In reporting Saturday the res
olutinn of Senator Knox. republican.
Pennsylvania TO declare a state OF
peace also Is said to have been made
TO the republican leader Yesterday by
the mild reservationists. They are un-
derstood to have removed all possibi1
ltv of senate action on the measure in
the near future NV r'@ inc notice that
they would not support it unless and
until 1t became certain the treaty
could not he ratified with reservations
The whole subject of reservations
seemed tonight to have been opened
wide with both sides processing n
to enter wholeheartedly
into an energetic give-and- take effort
at compromise. Predictions of early
action on the treaty multiplied. many
senator's declaring action was likely
before the end OF January
Nav RatiRv in January.
some or tho more. optimistic eX
nressed confidence that the ratifica-
-hus formally establishing peace and
permitting the president to lift pro-
hibition for a brief wet spell before
he constitutional prohibition amend
nent becomes effective on that date. |
There were other senator's however
who took less stock in the compromise
measure. predicting that I'm due time
II would collapse like all its forerun- |
ners, II was pointed out that Presi- !
1ent Wilson might again intercede ifl
accepted by members of |
his party In the senate did not meet !
with his approval.