Evening star., 1920-03-07
BY NEWBOLD MOVES.

TINE week. in 50 far as the peace treaty
was concerned. opened inauspiciously.
with the apparently we'll founded rumor
that tho President had notified certain
senator's that he would pocket the treaty II it
came to him with the Lodge reservation to article
~ This discouraging bit Of gossip was met by
the rreconcilables with a stiff counter when Sen
ator Borah. who rather enjoys the reputation OF
being the bad boy Of the Senate. issued an ult-
matum of his own--probably figuring that since
"everybodys doing it, why should not he The
Lodge reservation to article will remain as it
stands. said he. else the rreconcilables
will reserve liberty of action upon the treaty
when put to vote.
There is a very general feeling that Senator
Lodge. il previously inclined to yield bit
perhaps this crucial reservation will stand pat
since the Borah utimatum. Thus the bitter-enders.
to all intents and purposes, effectively control the
situation. 1t seems, according to those on the in
side. that their plan is a refreshngly simple one,
after all. The republican senators who profess
to favor the treaty with reservations are being
persuaded it is said. to cooperate with the bat
TALON of death in making the reservations as un
acceptable possible to the democrats Then the
battalion Of death Is to join with the oeHoci als
in rejecting the treaty as modified by the reser-
vations ..
Meanwhile the working agreement in the nortn
wing of the Capitol. whereby the treaty DEBATE
shall be continued till resolution of ratification
may be brought forward. continues in effect Hope
of any fruitful outcome Of the endless palaverins
again There is still in the hearts Of those eager
for peace the faint hope that before a M hnai vote
shall be cast side the other will yield enough
show true strength And meanwhile all con
cerned continue to wear poker faces blufing
stubbornly in a game where the white chlps are
political advantages and the pot the security OF
the world.
In the closing days of its deliberations. which
ended abruptly Wednesday. the allied supreme
council took up the question of according loan
to Germany as a means of averting the possible
ruin of that nation. Great Britain and present
Premier Lloyd George are credited with being the
chief forces behind the new policy. The French
delegation is understood to be moving toward the
proposition very reluctantly. Italy is supposed to
favor the British proposal and is said by some to
have originated the idea.
1t should be understood that the proposition of
rendering economic assistance to Germany is ad-
derness for Germany. Business considerations and
not sentiment generally accepted as being the
motivating influences The general line of argu-
ment in favor of granting such a loan is that a
Germany paralyzed industrially, however agreeable
it might be to those having only reprtsals in
view. would be a national turnip from which no
bankruptcy from an economic and political point
Of view to its neighboring states has been en-
phasized.
The loan. should the British proposal be finally
accepted. would. it is understood. only be granted
after the settling of the difficult question Of
curity. The ordinary commercial process Of maxi
ing the advances of materials lien the goods
made from the materials has been suggested
a possible solution. No final decision was reached
the matter by the council prtor4to breaking up,
found himself unable to % 70 London at tho Anal
moment The suggestion is reported to be current
in diplomatic circles that Premier Miilerand's alb