Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-01-31
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Washington. Jan. ae-Eforts TO
break the peace treaty deadlock by
UNOFFICIAL bipartisan negotiations
ended suddenly II failure TO-DAY and
democratic Senate leaders began
preparations TO bring rhe t-eary back
INTO the open Senate for considsra
tion
was over the long debated art;-
Gle ten that the bipartisan move
merl' after bringing Republicans
Democrats together OF many coElat-
eral issues. finally met disaster The
enc came after Senator Lodge Of
MASSACHUSETTS,. the Republican lead
e.. had renewed MS refusal to com
promise OF that article and had re-
Jecled q reservation or-he subject
WRITER by former President Taft and
presented 10 tbs Bipartisan conCiIIa :
non committee by the Democrats
Walking OUT with the announce
ment that further deiinera tloDs there
Il
drafted plans to renew the fight IN
the open. The acting party leader,
senator Hitchcock Of Nebraska. an
noUnced that notice would pe given N
the Senate tomorrow Of his Intention
TO move on February 10th to take I'D
Inc treaty for ratification OnirIon
was divided as 10 whether such q
motion would prevail.
i II does. Senator Hitchcock ex-
poets 70 propose. ne SAID. that the
Senate adopt those reservations or
which tentative agreement mad been
-eac-eo II the committee and then
Tight out differences over the othrs.
"A draft Of the comm1rree's work
made pubic by Nj Hitchcock die
not correspond with e review Of its
accom- piishmenrs given out by Sena-
tor Lodge however, and a bitter
aftermath seemed II store should
the Democrats plan Of open discus
sion be carried out
! Tentative agreement. Senator
Hitchcock said. had been reached By
the committee ourhe preamble and
twelve Of the fourteen proposed res
ervarlons, the only subjects remain
ing al Issue being article ten ana the
Monroe Doctrine Senator Lodge
maintained that there were II al SIX
Of the IA OF which no agreement ever.
! o. e tentative nature, had been con
summarized
The text Of the Taft reservation as
presented by the Democrats IS as fol
lows:
The United States declines 10 as
sumo any legal OF binding obIiga-
| ton 70 preserve the territorial in
tegricy or political independence OF
any other country under the pro-
visions OF Article Ten Or 10 employ
the military or naval forces Of the
{ nited States under any article Of the
treaty for any purpose. but the Con-
! CESS. whct., under tbs constitution
has the sole power N the prem lses
viii consider and decide what mora
obligation # any, under the C.-cun =
stances Of any particular case when
il arises should move the United
States III tae interest Of world peace
and justice, 70 take scti0n therein.
Z
The move Of the Democrats in
ctampionInE chis reservation came as
I surprise, leaders If both sides hav-
ing Indicated beforehand thai any de-
cisior or article ten probably would
be put over until next week In re-
jecrIng the proposed substitute
Senator Lodge reiterated his an
uouncement that no change az all
would be considered II The article ten
reservation drafted ny the RepubE-
cans II the last session Of Congress.
Agreeing 10 finally Disagree. the cor
ference then broke up III less than
an hour after Il had begun
On the question Of bringing the
treaty into the Senate II was appa-
ert that sent lnent was in an indp-
cisive state. There have been some
I Indications that there might not he
undivided Democratic support for
the move bur some Of the mid reser
vation Republicans and some senator
Of the irreconcilabie group hava
| looked with favor upon It Senator
Hitchcock said he did not know
whether a majority favored il, but
believed such was the case. He
added he would confer with various
Democrats and Republicans before he
! made his motion