Evening star., 1920-03-13
|ART|C[E X CHANGE
| OFFERED BY LODGE
TO REUN|TE PARTY
Amendment to Substitute
Reservation Suggested by
Senator Borah.

| IN an eHort TO reunite the rppuhl-
can Senate forces. Senator Lodge O.
| massachusetts. the party leader, to-
| day introduced an mendmcnt to tn.
substitute article X reservation offer
ed yesterday
The change. proposed a, the sug-
gestion of Senator Eor.h renuh,ican
| idaho. leader Of TIL. irrcrorc,ahlcs
would insert the words ..including all
controversies relating to territorial
integrity or political Independence. =
in describing the International cor
troversi"S in which th, United States
would not interfere.
Whether the irreconciiablcs would
be notified hy thu change or would
r"ftlHnc taeir war on the sub ls.itut @
did not Immediately appear but it
was predicted by the republican lead
"rs that the amendment would bring.
back into line some "f the reservation
republicans who have Indicated tney
could not support the draft presented
yesterday.
Stirred Up Democrats.
Al thr same time the change stirred
Hr more trouble on the democrat it'
side" whore compromises advocates has,
not Yet completed their poll On the
substitute. II WIS said the change
had been made without consulting the
democrats and that no one yet could
precinct what the alignment now
mich become.
The effect of the amendments the ir-
reconcilAblcS said, Nvould he to Stiffer
the reservation against the specific
prov lsicnS of article X, by naming the
two subjects with which, the articl.
d cstls---terri;nrial integrity and pofiti-
cal Independence. Otherwise. Senator
H"rah argued, it might not be positive
that tn" denial Of obligation referred
effectively to article X
In presenting the amendment Sena-
| Lodge made no statement, except t.
say that 1t had been suggested by
some of his associates
me udT debate was opened hv
senator Wadsworth, republican. New
York, in opposition to change in the
substance OF The original Lodge res
original. he said. and announced thai
n" would make frequent inquiry for
explanations Of the substitutes diff
| ference.
II cant believe any senator will
change his vote because OF mere
changes in phraseo.ogy OF the reser-
vation,' he said. IF there is no diff
! ference in substance. why should any
votes be changed and why should tn.
| reservation be changedo"
| In view of the contentious that the
substitute is weaker than the orig
NJ
Wahsworth declared. by adherence
to the original
Attack by lrrcc"nciInbIex.
The i-reconclables attacked vigorously
the proposed compromise reserva ton on
article \, presented by Senator Lodge
CharacteriZinE the proposed changes
as the terms Of n republican capItrla- :
ton to the White House. Senator Nc
Cormick of Illinois led in the attack o,
he 10:
weasel words" was the way Senator
Brandegee. republican. Connecticut. de-
Scr1bed the compromise proposal. whiiC
Senator Knox, republican. Pennsylvania ia,
! asserted that il would leave upon the
United States the moral obligation fn.
which President Wilson has contended
! On the republican side the detection
was not confined to the irreconcilitles
! alone. Senator FrelnghuySen of New
Jersey, VINO had voted for ratification
with the original reservation, declaring
on the floor that he never would take
| the substitute, and Senator Wadsworth
| of New York telling his party leaders h.
could not See wherein they had i'm
! proved on their original measure.
The republican leaders, however. in
sisted they could hold at least thirty
votes in line, and the democrats who
favored the substitute hoped to de-
j liver more than thirty from their side
1t takes siNty-four to ratify.
senator Lodge Explains.
In presenting the substitute Sena-
tor Lodge declared il did not alter
i in any respect the substance of the
reservation or weaken the denial of
the nations obligation under article
Y. He made the move. he said be-
cause he did not feel justified in in
sisting on mere matter of phrase
ology.
Two democrats expressed their
opinion on the floor. Senator Smith
Of Georgia. who had supported tn.
original reservation. declaring him
self for thu substitute and Senator
NICK ellar OF Tennessee, who has stood
consistently with the administration
forces, announcing his opposition to
the new proposal. It was understood
however. that Senator Hitchcock of
Nebraska. the administration leader
objected to the substitute. as he had
TO the Watson Simmons draft. and
would make an effort to line up
/ enough democrats to prevent ratiri-
cation should the substitute be
adopted