Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-01-25
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... (By Morning journal
Washington, Jan. 24.--Compro-
mise pegotiations in the senate on
the peace treaty were halted tenn
porar1ly today while republican
senators took stock of the situation
caused by the protests against fur
ther compromise made yesterday
10 Senator Lodge by Senators John
son of California, Borah of Idaho
and other republicans.
To give opportunity for the re-
publican senator's conference, Sen
ator Lodge cancelled the meeting
OF the bipartisan conference of re-
publican and democratic leaders
considering compromise reserva-
Vations. Another meeting of the
conciliation committees was called
for Monday, however and mean
time informal conferences on both
sides were planned.
Numerous consultations between
members of all senate factions were
held today and leaders generally
agleed thai the outlook for an
settlement was unpromising 1t was
conceded in all quarters that the
protests by Senators Johnson and
Rorah had made further negotia-
tions more difficult.
Senator Lodge conferred today
with the other three members Of
the republican committee and pre-
pared an answer to democratic
proposals for composing differ
ences over the reservations to ar
ticle ten of the league of nations
covenant and that regarding equal
ity of voting in the league. This
answer will be transmitted to Sena-
tor Hitchcock of Nebraska and his
associates on the democratic COM
mittee Monday.
viii Not Yield Principle.
Although no authoritative state
ment regarding the nature of the
republican leaders plans were Civ
en-, it was intimated that the re-
publicans would agree only to
changes in language of the two ma
jor reservations and would not
yield any of the principles in
volved. Assurances to this effect
were reported to have been given
Senators Johnson and Borah at
Yesterdays conference with Sena-
tors Lodge and New.
Today the controversy cropped
out briefly in the senate. Senator
Reed, democrat of Missouri, an OPP
ponent of the treaty, criticised the
bipartisan negotiations. declaring
they were being conducted in secret
by "self-appointed' committees
having no authority TO act
"They are not discussing princi-
pies" said Mr.. Reed, "but how
changes in the reservations can be
made which will catch some
votes.
The mild, reservation" republi-
cans, Senator Reed added, "insist
on yielding only part of our sover-
eighty while advocates OF un-
qualified ratification of the treaty
wish to yield il all"
"There is another class of old
fashioned wicked people contin-
ued Mr.. Reed, who would not sur
render single star of the Ameri-
can flag to live under a banner of
interna tionalism."
Praises Bryan.
Senator Reed also commended
William j Bryan for his position
against ratification of the treaty
without change in article ten of
the league covenant and in oppos-
ing assumption of mandatories by
America.
"Mr. Bryan has done one or two
things lately said the Missouri
senator, with which | am greatly
pleased. He said article ten of the
league would not do. That state
ment would cover u multitude of
sins. Thus Mr.. Bryan condemns an
important part of this document
we are asked to accept"
Commenting Mr.. Bryan's oppo-
sition to mandates, Senator Reed
said the word mandatory" was a
polite name for conquest.
In view of the prospective atti-
tude of the republican leaders,
speculation today in senate lobbles
centered on the question of the
outcome of bipartisan conferences.
1t was believed, however, that they
would continue Tor a rev DAYS at
least until all chance of agreement
was precluded.
Other Negotiations.
Besides the conferences of the
republican leaders today the mild
reservation" republicans and also
a number of democrats consulted
separately and with each other.
The mild reservationists'' were
sounded out by Senator Hitchcock
and other democratic leaders and,
it was stated, gave assurances that
if the opposition from Senators
johnson, Borah and their adher-
ents to further compromise blocked
the conciliation movement, some of