Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-03-12
; VOTES LACKING
TO RAT|FY TREATY;
CANADIANS WARN
Democrats Claim 80 and Repub-
licans 81 for Compromise
on Article Ten.
BALL STICKS TO LODGE

Washington, March 12.-Though align
mcnts shifted somewhat during another
tay OF the most energetic compromise
effort in the Senate treaty fight, leaders on
both sides declared last night that the Ga
votes necessary To ratify have not beer
found.
The treaty is now in the "if' stage
n leading Republican Senator said. If n
few more Democratic Senators agreed to
vote for the Simmons Watson compro-
mise reservation on Article y, it might
be adopted and with it the resolution of
ratification. IL three or four Republican
Senator's would acceptit, the thirty Dem
ocratic Senators who, said Senator Sim
mons yesterday, were ready to vote for
it, would be enough. Though all the Sena-
tors concerned in the negotiations for
compromise kept busily ut work the ''ifs''
in the situation contr He'd them.
To avoid any possibility of the Article
Y question coming to vote in advance
of some definite decisi as 20 the posi-
biltiespf compromise, ,SenatorLodge agreed
not To rall up the treaty at all today.
If was briefly discussed, nevertheless, by
Senators Ashurst and Brandescc, but 1t
was not formally before the Senate. An
other reason for staving OF a vote was the
absence of certain Senators for whom
pairs have not been arranged.
Early in the day Senator Simmons
stated emphatically that he had thirty
votes for the Simmons Watson reservation
and could get more. He said there would
he no let up. as far as he was concerned,
in the efforts To reach an agreement. In
any event. he said, the proposed compro-
mise would bc presented to the Senate
unless the Republicans formed close
corporation" against any modification of
the Lodge reservation ON Article y.
BITTER ENpERs ACCUSE LODGE.
Conflicting reports OF the activities of
Senator Lodge were current. lrrecon-
cilabIes accused him of helping along the
efforts to compromise and said that he
was yielding. Democrats said that he
was trying To keep some of his follow
ers from boltiDg TO the irreconeilables in
the event that the Simmons Watson pro-
posal was presented.
Mr.. Lodge declined to discuss tho stu-
alton. But those closest to him de-
clared that the Republican leader was
earnestly desirous of bringing about rat'-
fication, if that could be done without
giving up the principle of the Lodge reser-
vatIons. To those who are IN his CON
fidenee Mr.. Lodge is understood to
doubtful to him that such compromise
could be arranged but that he was
willing to give time for every possible
effort to be made to bring it about.
As the situation stands now, If Sem
ator Simmons is able TO deliver thirty
votes Senator Lodge would be able TO
muster not more than thirty-one, it was
stated by Senators who had carefully
canvassed the situation. This would
leave the treaty three votes short of the
sixty-four needed for ratification.
There are thirty-five Senators in the
so-called Lodge group, but three of these
cannot be counted on, IL was stated. If
there is any ehahge in the Lodge reser-
walton. and one more is said on good
authority to have joined the irreconcila-
bles, who are against all reservations
and the treaty.
The three who are stated to be stand
ing out against modification of the
Lodge reservations are Senators Wads-
worth, Sutherland and Frelinghuysen.
Senator Ball of Delaware was a member
OF this group. but is understood to he
willing to accept change in wording.
providing it does not devitalize the
Lodge reservation. The loss of these
three Senators would reduce the Lodge
group to thlrty-two.
CALI PENRosE AN IRRECoNCrABLU.
In addition, it was stated by well-in-
formed Senators on both sides that SEN
ator Penrose OF Pennsylvania has joined
the bitter-enders. and has stated that
he voted for the treaty last November
under a misapprehension," His loss
would bring the Lodge total to thirty
one.
On the Democratic side, of the forty
six Senators now sitting, Senators Reed.
Shields. Gore, Thomas and Walsh of
are said to be irreconcili-
ably agai nst the treaty. That would
reduce to forty-one the number of Dem