New Britain herald., 1920-01-14
PROVES NEW ENGLAND
 DESIRES RATIFICATION
College Mems Opinion In- dicates People's Wish For
 Treaty and League.

Boston, Jan. 14.-A decided prefer ence for a compromise that would lead to the immediate ratification of
 the peace treaty, including the league of nations covenant, was expressed by New England colleges yesterday through referendum conducted among students and faculties accord ing to returns that were compiled today.
 This preference, as expressed in the fourth proposition, received the heaviest vote at Yale. Harvard, Smith, Mount Holyoke, Bowdoin. Bates. Colby, University of Maine and New Hampshire college. The sixth prOpo- sition, declaring for specific reserva- tions which, it was claimed would 1 "Americanize" the treaty. was favored by Brown and the Massa chusetts Agricultural college.
 Amherst Favors Outright Ratification. Amherst was the only college to favor outright ratification without reservation or amendment. Holy Cross and Boston college were the only institutions to favor ratification with the senate majority reservations. Only four propositions were voted upon by most of the colleges, the eX- captions being Brown. Amherst and the Massachusetts Agricultural col lege, where the. complete list of six was on the ballots.
 Middletown. Jan. '14.-Wesleyan
 university's vote on the peace treaty proposals taken last night was an- nounced today. The result: Student Note-tor ratification by compromise, 132: for ratification with Lodge reservations, %; for ratification ap1andv1antS rpipc- tion. 21.
 Faculty Vote-For compromise, 2t: for Lodge reservations, 1 for ratiti- cation. 10; for rejection, 1. New London. Jan. 14.-The vote of Connecticut college on ratification Of
 the peace treaty was as follows:
 No. 1, SC; No. ?, ,; No. 3 36; No. 4, 12S.
 The faculty vote was: No. 1. 12; No. ?, 3; No. 3, ?; No. 4, 16.
 New York, Jan. 14.-Incomplete returns early today from 53 of nearly
 400 colleges and universities whose
 students and faculty members voted
 Yesterday on four questions concern ! ing the peace treaty and league of | nations showed that out total or l 41,SS9 votes cast 22,643 favored any | compromise which would make pos ! sible immediate ratification. 1 The wording of the proposition i winch was generally favored follows: II favor a compromise between the 1 Lodge and the democratic reserva- , tions in order to facilitate ratifca- 1 ton of the treaty"
 The proposition favoring ratifica- ! tion of the league and treaty without | reservations got S,979 votes; that op- 1 posing ratification in any form 1928 ! and that favoring ratication, but only 1 with the Lodge reservations, 7,344. i New England FavOrs Compromise In New England there was a de- ! cided preference for the compromise l proposition, which was shared gen. 1 orally by the eastern clleges. In the l middle west the early returns showed l a preference for the same proposition 1 while the votes were quite evenly ] distributed between ratification with 1 out reservations and ratification with ] the Lodge reservations for second l place.
 | In the south, early reports from l2 1 universities and colleges showed d 1 large plurality for ratification without 1 amendments Those faVoring the 1 compromise plan came next.