The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1920-01-08
DEVOTE DAY TO COMPROMISE
DISCUSSION.
Stumbling Block Article 10.
Reservation Framed at Last Session
President Has Declared Means
Rejection Of Covenant.

down to cases in their discussion of
a peace treaty compromise, Republi-
can and Democratic senators found to-
day that article ten still presented
the biggest stumbling block in the
way of an agreement.
The senate leaders OF both politi-
cal parties again were active during
the day in the compromise negot.a-
tions and the succession of confer
ences was regarded generally as in
dicating that the s'tuation soon might
take more definite form. On all
sides it was said that although no
agreement was yet in sight, the shift
ing process had cleared away many
collateral points and had centered at
tention on a very few reservations,
notable the one relat 'ng to article 10.
1t was the reservation on this pom.
as framed by the foreign relations
committee at the last session which
President Wilson characterized as
meaning a rejection of the treaty.
Determ med to secure some mod.ica-
ton Democratic senators have pre-
sented a number of suggestions but
all of them so far have been regarded
on the Republican side as going too
far. The Republicans in turn, have
suggested changes which the Demo-
Gratis regard as notifications Of Ian
guage only.
Three conferences attracted par
ticular attention among the many
which were held today regarding the
treaty. Senator Lodge of Massachu-
sets, Republican leader, went oveI
compromise suggestions with Sena-
tor Pomerene of Ohio, Democratic
member of the foreign relations COM
mittee. Later Secretary Tumulty
went to the capitol and, speaking for
the president, discussed the situation
with Senator Hitchcock of Nebraska,
the acting leader Of the Democrats.
Tonight Mr. Hitchcock called into
the Democratic members of the COM
mittee who are in town. Details OF
none of these meetings were revealed,
but it was understood that in all OF
them specific reservation changes
we're discussed, and in each case
article 10 figures prominently.
Estimate by Pomerene.
As a committeeman who worked
for unreserved ratification and later
worked for the Republican reserVa-
ton programme Senator Pomerene is
understood to have given Senator
Lodge a comprehensive estimate OF
compromise sentiments among the
Democrats, and to have gone into de-
tails in outlining how far he thought
the administration senators would be
willing to go in regard to article 10.
Secretary Tumulty said the purpose
of his call on Senator Hitchcock was
to obtain, at President Wilson's re-
quest, the latest information about
the senate situation. He declared he
did not take to the capitol any new
compromise scheme, though it is as
sumed that the. Democratic senate
leader took the opportunity to inquire
about Mr.. Wilson's attitude toward a
compromise.
The meeting tonight of the for
eign relations committee Democrats
was understood to have taken steps
to reduce to a definite form Democrat
ic proposals for redrafting the Re-
publican reservations. The subject
was considered in the light of the in
formation obtained during the day by
Senators Hitchcock and Pomerene
and with a view to framing a pro-
gramme behind which the admins
tration forces could unite.
Some Progress Made.
It was the first attempt of the
Democratic committee members to
get together on such a programme.
Those who were present declined to
discuss details of the meeting but said
some progress had been made.
Bes des article 10, the majority
reservation regarding voting power
in the league of nations figured promi-
nently in the days discussion. Some
administration senators took the po-
sition that the reservation would COM
pletely disqualify such dominions as
Canada and Australia from voting
on any question. Among the Repub-
licans, however, there was a feeling
that if the article 10 qualification
could be smoothed out, the issue over
voting power easily would be dispos-
ed of. Much the opinion seemed to