The Washington times., 1920-02-10
PRESIDENT WILLING
T0ALTERA ARTIClEX
Would Aoospt HltOhaoOk's Res
eryatlon-T -Tseaty, Again IS :
,e~ Before the Senate.
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few days because so many Senators
on both sides are absent. About thiI-
ty-nve In all are sway and others are
afoat to 50 away said Lodge.
.Fs~S Bi.s.s6 for Delay
II was said that the "nu" was one
of the prineipai causes OF the post
ponenaent or .fuytber action until Mon
day. Several OF the Senators are suf-
feriaE from had colds" with symp-
toms OF influenza. Among those on
the sick list are: Reed of MISSOURI,
Johnson OF California and La Fol-
lette Of wisconsin. f-.
No objection to postponing action
was offered by Senator. Hitchcock, the
Administration leader, the Senate
taking up other legislative busineSe
As Lodge reported the treaty, II
carries the Lodge reservations with
II, hence discussion Monday VIII CEN
ter on them. Lodge intends to ask
that the reservations be considered
slnEiy, beginning with the preamble.
or resolving clause Of the resolution
Of ratification. ..
CsmHittee Acts UaaninousIy. :
The Senate Foreign Relations Com
mittee met according to schedule to-
day and voted unanimously to report
the treaty back to the Senate with
the Lodge reservations. as II was In
structed TO do by an overwhelming
majority OF the Senate which recon-
nsitted the treaty to the committee
yesterday TO rid IT OF cloture. Z
1t was also decided to return the
resolution Of ratification. embodyipg
the Lodge reservations, with sanction
Of the allied agreement for the polio
ing of the Rhine territory and the
protocol involving the enforcement
Of certain other provisions of the
treaty, also incorporated In II.
This, 1t was agreed, would serve to
bring the Rhine agreement and the
protocol. like the treaty itself, before
the Senate for action, CO. '-'
Lodge Modiaestions Ready.
Lodge has decided on the modifica-
tions of his reservations he will pre-
sent They include the changes de-
cided on by the bipartisan confsrees
and, in addition. an amendment OF
the Lenroot reservation on voting
power. This 10 the reservation which
Lord Grey said in his letter the Brit
ish Empire cannot accept. Lodges
proposed anne nd ment would give Great
Britain the option of having six votes
her own and those of her five col
Onld6-ln tne league asSeHnUiyp III
which case she must give the United
States six or Of disfranchising her
colonies and using but one vote. in
which case the United States would
have but one vote. This option could
be exercised in each case arising in
the league assembly. under Lodges
plan.
lodge himself will not propose any
change in the Article x reservation,
but has agreed to let mild reserya-
tionists present; to the Senate pro-
posals they have drafted for modih-
cation of this reservation. .'.
To Fight Textaal CAangeA. q.
Democratic Senators are preparing
to oppose any effort to make textual
amendments to the treaty. Senator
johnson of California has announced
he will again offer his amendment on
voting power. The Democrats wish
to limit the proposals TO reservations;
Democratic leaders have conferred
with Vice President Marshall to get
his idea of the rules on this point.
Marshall is Understood to construe
the rules as prohibiting textual
amendments II the treaty comes back
to the Senate with the resolution Of
ratification attached to 1t, as II will,
under the Instructions issued yester-
dau fo the copniffee nv fhe Senafe