The Washington herald., 1920-03-13
SENATE GREETS
new ARTICLE X
WITH DISTRUSI
Lodges Heralded Revision.
Only Serve to Cause
More Difficulties. -
NEXT MOVE DOUBTFW
Each Party Charged With
Ulterior Motives In Seek
ing Adoption.
BY ROBERT r. BARRY.

The senate Is befogged- 1t fs suD-
picious. The much heralded com
promise on Article x appeared yes
terday. Senator Henry Cabot Lodss
presented 1t with a few weIl-choser
words. The irreconcilables sprane
for 1t. They sought to tear it to
shreds. They were not so choice az
to language. Senator Irvine l. Len
root, of Wisconsin, undertook its de-
fense. His reward was charges OF
deception" bad faith" "subter-
fuge." "camouflage" and other spicy
selections from the vocabularies OF
voluble bitter-enders.
Mutual Distrust Visible.
Both sides appeared to be skat-
ing on thin ice. Neither trusted the
other. The compromise and it.
sponsors. instead of being hailed a,
Daniels come to judgment" found
themselves in a lions den. When
Senators defended the rephrasing OF
the original Lodge reservation, they
were accused of conniving to save
the faces" of Democrats; they were
assailed. as trying to fool other
Senators and the country" by chang
ing a reservation" to mean the
same thing as BEFORE" their con-
tention for the Americanization OF
the league in language acceptable to
Senators unwilling to support the
original Lodge reservation was de-
nounced ''as sensible as trying 10
make a domestic animal of a rattle
snake" Impugning of motives was
"a favorite pastime in the Senate
lobbies.
Mr.. Lodge was accused in some
quarters as hoping the compromise
would be rejected, and his original
reservation preserved, so that he
would stand before the country as.
having made a sincere effort t.
save the treaty. Among some of HE
close associates he was charged I
with playing a dangerous game
The caginess of the Democrats lee
to speculation as to their reported
plan to impose the burden for de-
feat of the treaty on the Repub-
licans.
Der erats' Motive Hinted.
1t was stated they might vote
for the substitute, and having done
that then turn and vote against II :
on the subsequent roll call, hoping
thereby to kill the whole reserva-
tion to Article Y. Republicans then
would not vote to ratify. Demo.
Gratis denied any such plan. 1t wa,
insisted they wer about evenly
divided as to voting for the com.
promise. but that with fifteen Re.
publicans and five Democratic ir.
reconcilables to vote against rati.
fication if the Lodge reservatios
were modified, Senator Gilbert NJ
Hitchcock is quite confident OF
having more than the necessary
thirteen votes to kill to the treaty.
1t is very doubtful that the Re.
publican irreconcilables would vote
in such a manner as to kill all res
ervations to Article Y should the
Democrats support it only as a SUBJ
stitute, as this would make the Re-
publican party technically RESPONSE
BILE for failure of the treaty
FreIinghuysen Announces stand.
Senator Joseph S. Frelinghuysen,
of New Jersey, a Republican sup
porter of the original Lodge reser-
vations, declared today he would
vote against ratification If the COM
promise were adopted. He proposed
a reservation that was a fiat re-
pudiation of any obligation. He
quoted the opinion of an interna-
tional lawyer on the compromise as
being that lit is artfully drawn and
leaves the implication that the Uni
ted States assumes a moral obliga-
ton. Mr.. Frelinghuysen declared
Senators were playing with fire."
and that he could not accent the
preteNts urged by Republicans for
supporting it. He said he did not
consider the possible effect in the
coming campaign, adding. II will
not place my party above my duty
Demands Reason for Compromise.
Senator James w. Wadsworth.
Jr.. of New York, another of the
Republicans threatening to vote
against ratification il the compro-
mise is adopted, undertook to force
sponsors for the compromise to jus.
tify its presentation. He demand
ed to know of Mr.. Lenroot and Sem
ator Kenneth Mcclellan, of Tennes-
see, the reason for the compromise.
if there was no substantial modii-
cation of the Lodge reservation.
Mr.. McKellar said he thought there
was little change in a modified
sort of way, but 1 say even that
with reservations"
He said he would not vote to
ratify even with the compromise
Editors Come I'm for FIaying.
Senator James A. Reed, of Mis-
souri,, began a long attack on the
reservation. He had not complet-
ed his address tonight and will re-
sumo tomorrow. kilograms sent to
Democratic Senators by the Louis
vile Courier-Journal urging ratifi-
cation with the Lodge reservations
drew vigorous criticism by Mr.,
Reed and Senator Charles S Thorn
as. of Colorado. When Senator
Hoke Smith. of Georgia, quoted re-
cent expressions by the Atlanta
Constitution and Atlanta Journal
favorable to ratification with the
Lodge program. Mr.. Reed paid his
respects to editors generally.
The opening debate on the Lodge
compromise gave every indication
of developing bitterness. The pros
|, week.