Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-03-16
"This il not acceptable to me.


Lodges estimate Of the result is the
defeat of the treaty by from four to ten
votes. He rcckons Wadsworth and Ball
of the near rcconcilables, for ratification,
but leaves Frelinghuysen and Sutherland
of the same sub-group in the doubtful
column.
The out and out irrcconciables say
there will be about five votes to spare
when the treaty is rejected. Penrose
is now one Of them, having tclegraphed
Yesterday for a pair in opposition to
ratification This telegram from the
Pennsylvania Senator repays Borah the
obligation incurred when the Republicans
organized the Senate. The two made q
compact then, under which Borah voted
to make Penrose chairman OF the finance
committee, and Pcnrose pledged himself to
vote for rejection Of the treaty when the
time arrived. He inadvertently forgot TINS
pledge in November last but remembers
it now.
HITCHCOCK SEES NO HOPE.
"The treaty easily will be rejected by a
margin of six or seven votes, said Senator
Hitchcock. "More than twenty Demo-
Gratis will vote against ratification with the
Lodge program, and these, with the irrec-
oncilables, will be sufficient for rcjec-
ton
Hitchcock anticipates losing two Of
those who voted with him today
Messrs. Simmons and King. Simmons
thinks there will be more than King who
will Join him. but even he does not speak
sanguinely of having 80 votes.
Iodays session was one roll call after
another, as amendments, substitutes and
notifications were offered and bowled
out The galleries were packed, and crowds
waited in the corridors for chance to
get inside. Still, the show was hardly
worth the effort. There was little debate,
and il was confined to brief matter Of
fact exchanges.
The Lodge program having been COM
pleted, various individual propositions
will be taken up and considered. OF
these it is said that none but the Owen
reservation declaring the British protec-
torate over Egypt to be but temporary
has any chance of adoption. When this
process has been sifted out the resolution
Of ratification will be offered and the re-
servations attached TO it, This must 30 TO
the subsequent day under the rule before
action is taken.
II is taken for granted by most of the
Senators that the Pre- sident will pigeon
hole the treaty if 1T comes TO him, but
few profess hope that the German situa-
tion may change even MIR. Wilson.
The record of the days proceeding is
interesting mainly as showing the de-
termination of the majority TO brook no
change in the program.
first proposition that came 10 vote was
substitute by Frelinghuysen that re-
moved any possibility Of an Obligation
of this country under Article y. IL was
rejected, IL to 50. only the Irreconcilables
voted for it.
The reservation which was all but
accepted by the bipartisan conference
was offered by Kirby and reiected,3l TO as.
The Taft reservation, also considered
by the bipartisan conferees, was offered
by. Kirby and rejected, 30 to 46.
A substitute for the Lodge compromise
was offered by Senator King Ii declared
that any suggestions made by the League
Council is merely advice which any ma
tion may accept or reject. In the case OF
the United States Congress must deter
mine that point Brandegee and others
insisted that the Substitute was textual
and was rejected, 81 20 az.
IRELAND AND EGsIT VOTED DOWN.
An amendment was offered by Senator
Frence and rejected without q division.
It WAS intended to protect the future as
,irations of such colonies as Ireland and
Egypt.
The Lodge compromise was adopted
as a substitute for the original T, s'rvation
carried in the program of las ovember
SO TO "a 1t then was ms part Of /
he pending reservation program Sc
o S6.
The two additional negative votes
we're cast by Wolcott and Jones of New
Mexico These had voted with the Re
Dublicans on the roll call adopting the
reservation. Their places in
making the aggregate OF 50 affirmative
votes were taken by Norris and Warren,
Who had not been recorded.
Senator Owen Immediately offered his
declaring that this country
the British protectorate
,ver Egypt to be but temporary and that
he country will be turned over for self
government to its people. This was
inder debate when the day work ended
{ probably will be adopted