The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-01-27
Lodge Facing
Treaty Crisis
By DAVID LAWRENCE,
(copyright BY The IntelliSeneer)

wASHINGTON. d. c., Jan. 2S.-These
are critical moments in the rate OF tne
Peace Treaty in the United states SEN
ate. The opportunity before Senator
Henry Cabot Lodge, leader or tne NJ
publican party, Is without precedent or
narauel Pressed on the one SIDE o!
"trrcconciliableS, who demand 'Ne huI
uficatiun OF the League uf Nations Sn9
threatened uu the other side oy mlIu
r"ssrys,tnntsts"' who want compro-
mise effected. MIR. Lodge IL Steadliy
trying To hold both groups or NepuohiI.
cans and preserve party Sotu3E's'
gives some idea OS what the MaSsachu-
setts senator has been going Ihrouss
from the beeinnlnG, his trials aAu trLV t
ulacions, his emharrasSmentS ana set
backs In trying to steer ms par! ~ @SNS.
the most vvXinG question th2t mas oee"
iutcrjccted IN American poHHSH H's
tory in a generation. -, ..
Senator Lodge has come 10 thc cross
roads. Either he or the s"-SA.Iee ', mrS
cuncilablrS" Or "oitter-"ndcrS' Soth-
nrising men like Senator's BU-ah, hira.l
Johnson. BrardrGce. Knox. MctorintcN
and Others, are 10 interpret the poSllIoh
and duty OF the Republican, party on
quest on that may be an issue. IN lnt
urged 10y the forces outside ut ConsrrSS'
men like Chairman Hays. OF the liepuo-
lican National committee. former Atlof
ucv General WtckerSham. oscar StVauS
and former IreSiOtUS ldkN ''NN ~ >S'''
unit the Republican party TO any pro
grarl that may mcan the death OF tnS
peace treaty. He Is on the Cthcr manu-
Threatened by revolt and th1rd partS
II he doesn't side with the FrScohct'-
RblcS. IL is perfectly possible that thc
Influence Of the Hearst newspapers
win be thrown 10 the side OF Senator
Johnson IL Gc maNcS an inuepehUct-
rac, for the Presidency and that some
of the elements in our population VINO
hrap fiphtfng the peace treaty anu
who have been counted upon To supper,
the Republican party may De- a~lenSSSu ~
from the Republican party. kesaruiesss
Of how distaStviul the political aspect
NAV br, il is there staring leaders on
hCtl Sidrs Ia the face. ,., 4.
For the present, President Wilson Is
In the background. To many tricnds OF
the Peace Treaty. he has seemed an
thrr k:md of "trrecOnCilaole. but his
party has gone ahead without hts sane
tivn aud entered into negotiations iuT
cnIaprum!sc not only on the assumption
that he will accept what they negotiate
hut ,Nat nubltc opinion will compel HIM
10 60 so. ~ =.
\, senator Lodge must choose be-
tween two groups and TO many persons
who hav" followed the treaty 'tiSht
closely from IN" beginning. the, choice
he must naturally make ~ on the Sloe
of the Treaty He debated with former
President L"wvlL OF Harvard anu
argued cnat hr was for a League ot Ma
IIHnS ,,ut with reservations. These res
rry1t.ulS w,r" finally proposed In t"e
senate and they failed because inc
|, .r"t~ w'rr not SATISFIED. .lee
even these reservations were hot sup
pCrt-d by the Republican irreconcIi-
abl,S They said they would vote
aua.uSt the treaty with or without re-
-rvatiuaS-thcy would Fight I" the b9-
ter r"d againSt the whole tainS:
tor Lodge could. therefore. afford 70
lose the support Of these twelve Eeruo-
li-aas and get enough Cf his own party
and the Democrats I" put through tae
senate. the cnmprom.Se which now -
whether the President would accept
would come up separately and SuoSe-
.urlv and II Mr.. Wilson refused, IN"
cuurt~y would know definitely ana
fikI,ly were T. place n" responsibility;
: Mad unrur~ ti"nahly the Pres dent would
ma. ,...l- his reasons In any cast"
Eu: ,ra";h"r "r not Il has been neC"S-
Sary. ,.,,. ia", = the compromise "hlch IL
N-.r- L.r-t',;rd At present has hcrn
,cf.l . c.,ntiG,utAl matter. The puo!%
u...l.', &n,w wat has been conceded
~ add~d hy ihvr sid. From the fat
,ng; H., .s.rc"ncilable Republicans
hty.. threatened u bolt the RepubilcaE
r;.~ry. i - kl"wa that Mr.. Lodge mas
r,. Il Solu. cnur,SS,n"& but whether
;nry ar, "uIrrtri - because they are
G.,S; ;.rt.;L IA rHara ter "r h"'anS" tAeS
urra,s "t~i." ;,'d 'Nrr"f"rc become
rruai,v obj"r'..u.,Hi" D" th"~" VIII" r"3l-
~ want ,o N~.u 49," Trcaty from bcthg
.lri"d upou - .a"d :" s%y til the de
;a,'s are revealed.
The ;n!c:ul mrul,Ht. however. for
,sa,lrrsa.n ~ ~" Repuhlirau side to
sNrrnSS itsr'r has como. viii Senator
l.uIr" IL. - n" "sCaS!cn and say that
~" ErpHhli'an r@rtY does not n"l'ct %
=, League ut NatlunE properly safe
..r2-Lrd ~ RECOMMENDATION has
Hr..r th, position uf pr, mincnt Rrruo-
NrrnS FROM the beginning" or Will SEN
,,nr H,rah and senator Johnson pre-
y.t and thllS actually become the true
leaders OF the Rcrublican party in the
senate" ON" irCIneS /" III" view tha,
Senator Lodge will win out and VIII
stand his guns simply because talk OF
rcvnlt has been heard before and has
amounted 10 nothing and while senator
Borah and Johnson might scc"dc. It is
doubtful whether tried old party men