Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-01-01
ARTICLE: TEN
 STILL. BLOCKS
 PEACE TREATY
Republican Democratic Con ferences Soon May Clear
 Up Situation
PRESIDENT KEEPS
 TAB ON PROCEEDINGS
Redrafting of the Republican Res- ervations is Proposed-Vot- ing Clause Topic of Con-
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Washington, Dec. 31.-ln thelr discussion of a peace treaty conl- promise today, republican and democratic senators found that Article X still presented the big pest stumbling block in the way of an agreement.
 The succession of conferences was regarded generally as indicat- ing that the situation soon might take definite form. On all sides, it was said, the shifting process had cleared away many collateral points and had center ed attention on a few reservations, notably the one relating to ar ticle X.
 It was the reservation on this point as framed by the foreign relations committee at the last session which President Wilson characterized as meaning a rejec- tion of the treaty. Three conferences attracted par ticular attention among the many which were held today regarding the treaty, Senator Lodge of Mas sachusetts ,the republican leader went ever compromise suggestions with Senator Pomerene of Ohio, a democratic member of the foreign relations committee.
 President Informed.
 Later Secretary Humility went to the capitol and, speaking fol the president, discussed the sltua tion with Senator Hitchcock of Ne. braska, acting leader of the demo. crats. Tonight MT. Hitchcock called into consultation all of the democratic members of the com mittee who are in town.
 Details of none of these meet ings were revealed, but it was un- derstood that in each specific res ervation changes were discussed and that article X figured promi- nently.
 As committee member who worked for unreserved ratification and later voted for acceptance ot the republican reservation pro- gram, Senator Pomerene is under stood to have given Senator Lodge comparative estimate of com promise sentiment among the democrats, and to have gone into details in outlining how far he thought the administration sena tors would be willing to go in re gard to article X.
 Secretary Humility said the pur pose of his call on Senator Hitch cock was to obtain, at Presiden Wilson's request, the latest infor maticn about the senate situation He said he did not take to tn capitol any new compromls
 scheme.
 ' Voting Clause.
 The meeting tonight of the for , eign relations committee demo crats was understood to have talk en steps to reduce to a definit form democratic proposals for re drafting the republican reserva i, tions. The subject was consider ed in the light of the informatio
 obtained during the day by Sena } tors Hitchcock and Pomerene, an } with view to framing a program l which the administration force - could unite.
 Those who were present decllr
 ed to discuss details of the meet
 ing, but said some progress ha
 been made. ..
 Besides article X the majorit
 reservation regarding voting pow , CT in the league of nations figure prominently in the days discu:
 sion. Some administration sens :. tors took the position that the re: t ervation would disqualify such d, e minions as Canada and Australl 9 from voting on any question f Among the republicans, howeve | there was feeling that if u l, article X qualification could '- smoothed out, the issue over vo ]. ing power easily could be dispo Il ed of. Much the same opinie l. seemed to be held by both dem $ crats and republicans in regard l. suggested changes in regard l- Shantung. and in the preamble r
 ouirement that the other powe IS must accept the senate's action a n firmatively.
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