Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1920-01-03
LODGE REVIEWS EFFORTS TO
END TREATY MUDDLE.
Confcrs With Underwood, Who Ad-
vocatcs Speedy Compromise
Action
KNOWS MOVE is ATTACKED

NE.
Notice Served by Some Senators
That Treaty Must Have Right O
Way.
Washington. Dec. 22.-Compromist
efforts Tor ratification of the peace
tiea"y moved forward with incrcas
ing impetus today whom the leader,
OF both parties in the Senate, reicas..
ed from Legislative duties by the hol
day recess Of Congress, entered act
lHely into tho negotiations for an
agreemcn" OH reservations.
Notable In the days long series OF
conclliatlon conferences was a NEE,
ing between Senator LODGE, (Mass }
tho Republican leader and Senator
Underwood, (Ala.) prominent Dem
ocratic advocate Of a speedy compro-
MISE. They are said to have discuss
OIL tho whole range of possibilities
for bring together on a common ground
enough Senators TO insure ratifical
ion.
In his talk With Senator Under
wood Mr.. Lodge has before him the
views of the mild reservation group
OF Republicans, who presented Ia
him at conference yesterday Il plea
for support of the compromise nego--
tiations that have been proceeding
over since the treaty failed OF ratifi
cation at the last session Of Congress
Qualifications In the language Of the
reservations as agreed Oh by the Sen
ate majority are understood to have
been suggested Ivy the mild rescrva
tiOniSts, although 1t was said the
GcS,ion OF the language to lie adopt.
cd would be left open FOR the pros
ent. Redrafts of some of these re-
servations have hecn submitted to
various Senators by pominent Repub
licans outside Of Congress while many
suggestions for changes have been
received from other sources. All of
these it is understood will be taken
into consideration as the negotiations
proceed.
TALK OF RESERVATION CHANGES
1t WAS not revealed which Of the
fourteen majority reservations tho
mild group would he willing to modify
but compromise discussions here 0
fore have centred about the Art Gle
x qualification and the preamble,
which requires that the reservations
must he accepted by three Of the
Great Powers before the treaty be
comes binding. There also has been
toll Of oh, tn
tung and several other subjects dealt
with i'll the majority programme.
protest against the action of tho
Foreign Relations Committee in re
porting Saturday the resolution OF
Senator Knox (Pa.) to declare n state
OF peace also is said to have been
made to the Republican leader yes
terday by the mild rescrvationists
They are understood to have remov--
ed all possibility of Senate action on
the measure In the near future by serv
ing notice that they would not sup
port it unless it became certain the
treaty could not be ratified wi ii re
servations.
AS result Of yesterdays confer
encc and OF activity among tho Dem
ocrats the whole subject Of rcserya
tons seemed tonight to have been
opened wide with both sides profes
sang a willingness to enter whole
hc"rtedly into an energetic give and
take effort at compromise. Pred c.
Tons OF early action on the treaty
multiplied many Senators declaring
action was likely before the end OF
January.
OFFERS RNY OF HOPE TO VETS
Some Of the more optimistic ex.
pressed confidence that the ratificat
ion would come before January 16,
thus formally establishing peace and
permitting the President to lift pro
hiDitlon for Il brief wet spell before
TIL institutional prohibition amend
ment becomes effective on that date
There We're other Senators however
who took less stock in the compro.
mise movement, predicting that In
due time il would collapse like all its
forerunners 1t was pointed out tina,
President Wilson might again int,
cedo if reservations accepted by men
bers OF his party In the Senate die
not meet with his approval.
For tho present, however there
was every indication that Senator,
would go ahead with their compr,
mise negotiations without furthe
light from the White House Senate
Hitchcock said he had no apo nj
mcnt with the President and indica
cd that no did not now intend to seel
one.
There was wide discussion today O