Evening star., 1920-03-05
Simmons T0SEEK
WHITE HOUSEFAvOR
Of ARTICLE XPLAn
Compromise Reservation
Said to Raise Hopes of
Treaty Backers.
WOULD REFUSE US. FORCE
FOR MEMBERS DEFENSE
New Reservation Offered Is Design
ed to Curb Further.
Credits.

| Credits.
| Another effort is being made today
by senators desiring the ratification
! of the treaty to obtain from the
! President his consent to a COM
promise on contested reservations
which SO far have blocked action on
the treaty.
Senator Simmons of North Carolina
will be the emissary sent to the
White House to confer with tho
President. provided the President q
willing to discuss further a com.
promise on the treaty.
| Senator Hitchcock, the democrats
leader. it was learned today, has writ
ten to the President suggesting that
the President talk over with Senator
Simmons the treaty situation. II ~
understood that Senator Simmons has
concrete proposition to lay before
the President if the conference h
held. H
These proposals are said to contsm-
plate change in the republican artt-
| Gle X reservation SO that military
force and other specific agenct1o
would be named as means which toos
United States would decline to use -
preserve the integrity of other leag0p
, members.
! Awaits Appointment.
Some of the senator's who have been
working on the proposed compromises
! and who had expressed Nwillinguom,
| to vote for 1t are anxious to know
whether. II it should be adopted. tn.
! President would exchange ratihcAtio0
or pocket the treaty. Senator Stm@s
hear whether the appointment wou9
| be made for him to see the Prestdo0&
F.! Many of the senators who are sups
! porting the compromise are reaoY -
go ahead and vote for 1t withoue
any word from the White Houe&
However. it is recognized that a SUD
cient number of votes to bring ab0ue
ratification in all probability Wul
not be forthcoming unless the PreeL<,
! dent should give his assent.
| Supporters of the treaty. senate
| who desire to see it ratified WJ
! reservations, were inclined TO VI
the situation today as more hopeful 3dA2
for some time past. ~
was continued on the floor Of tie
Senate Immediately after the Sena$s
met today. s.....ss ,,.,y.,,.eS -
! wou1d Curb Credits.
A new reservation designed to pres
vent further extension OF credit -.
| foreign governments without co1-
| gressiOnal action was introduced to-.
day by Senator Knox. republicea.
Pennsylvania 1t provides that ths
| credit of the United States shall net
be pledged until Congress has affirma-
lively given authority. Sss
Additional Reservations Adopted.
Two more peace treaty reserva~
tions were adopted by the Senate yes
terday after their original terms ~
framed by republican leaders last Mo-
vember had been modified to conform
to agreements of the recent bi-partt-
San compromise conference.
One Of them. Withholding assent
from the Shantung settlement. was
changed on motion of the republican, :
unanimous vote. Consideration OF
the other, however. providing that
American representatives in the
league of nations be chosen by con-
gressional action, raised a bitter con-
troversy. which in the end broke down
for the first time since early November
the solid republican lineup behind
the republican reservation program.
The language finally substituted
for the republican draft of the league
representation reservation was writ
ten by Senator Walsh. democrat. Nom
tana, and by him was laid before the
bipartisan conference. Yesterday it
was offered in the Senate by the re-
publican leader. Senator Lodge OF
Massachusetts. was objected to oy
Senator Hitchcock of Nebraska, the
administration leader. was withdrawn,
re- offered by Senator Walsh, accepted
by the Senate over the republican
leaders opposition. and then finally
adopted with the republicans voting
solidly for it and with Senator Walsh
and thirteen other democrats oppos-
ing it.
Statements Are Contradictory.
The maneuver brought out many
shap contradictions as to what trans
pired behind the closed doors of the
bipartisan 4 conference and prompts
ed Senator Lodge to declare that
do with the compromise agreements
reached while the nego-
tiations were in progress. His dec
laration Immediately drew f1re from
the mild reservation republicans. SEN.
ator Kellogg of Minnesota. member
of that group. asserting that he never
would be bound by his leaders deci.
sion. 1t was the mild reservationists
who, a few minutes later. made pos
sible the adoption of the Walsh reser-
vation.
The modification Of the ShantunG
SO as to eliminate refer
ence to Japan and China by name was
agreed to by the Senate with little
debate and by = vote OF 90 to 2. ana
the reservation was readopted, 4S to
q l.
Eight Republicans Aid Democrats.
On adoption Of Senator Walsh.s
change in the league representation
reservation eight republicans voted
with the democrats in the affirmative.
and the result was majority OF 81
TO 32. The vote on final adoption Of
the revised reservation was 55 to II.
all of the opposition coming from
democrats, while seventeen democrats
voted for adoption. -
AS adopted, the Walsh reservations
.eads:
mo person is or shall be authorised
o represent the United States. nor
hall any citizen Of the United StateS
De eligible. as member OF any body
,r agency established or authorized by
aid treaty. of peace with Germany.
Except pursuant to an act of the Con-.
,ress Of the United States providing
or his appointment and defining h10
,owers and duties"
The eight republicans voting for ft
s a substitute for the Lodge reserva-
ion were Senators Cummins, lows: d
Iale. Maine: Edge, New Jersey: Kel.
ogg, Minnesota: keyes, New Hamps
hire: McNary. Oregon: New. Indians,
On the final roll call the democrats
yho voted for adoption were Senator'S
Ieckham. Kentucky: Chamberlain.
,reRon; Fletcher, Florida: Gore, Okla,
oma; Henderson. Nevada: Kendrick.
wyoming: Kirby. Arkansas: Myers
Iontana: Nugent. Idaho: Overmant
Iorth Carolina; Phelan. California,
'ittman. Nevada: Reed, Missouri;4
hields. Tennessee: Smith. Georgtas
'homas. Colorado. and Trammsil
'lo-ida. y