Arizona republican., 1920-01-01
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All Ohtre Difficulties Easi- ly Ironed Out Is Belief Of Conferees-Wilson Sends Tumulty To Confer With Hitchcock - Democrats Draft Plan
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WASHINGTON, Dec 31.-Getting down to cases in their discussion Of a peace treaty compromise, republican and democratic senators found today that article ten continued a stumbling block in the way of an agreement.
 Senate leaders of both parties again were active in the negotiations and the succession of conferences indicated that the situation might take more definite form It was said that all though no agreement was in sight, the sitting process had cleared many col lateral points and had centered atten tion on few reservations. notably the one relating to article ten
 Democrats Seek Modification
 It was the reservation on this point, as framed by the foreign relations committee, which President Wilson characterized meaning a rejection of the treaty. Determined to get some presented several suggestions but all so far have been regarded on the repub- lican side as going too far. The re- publicans, in turn. have suggested changes which the democrats regard as notifications of language only.
 Three conferences attracted particu- lar attention among the many which were held today. Senator Lodge Of Massachusetts, the republican leader. went over compromise suggestions with Senator Pomerene of Ohio, a demo cratic member of the foreign relations committee.
 Tun1uIty Meets Hitchcock
 Later, Secretary Tumulty went to the capitol. and speaking for the president. discussed the situation with Senator Hitchcock of Nebraska, act ing leader of the democrats. Tonight MT. Hitchcock called into consultation all democratic members of the com mittee in town.
 Details of none of these meetings were revealed but it was understood that specific reservation changes were discussed and that in each case ar ticle ten figure dprominently-
 As a committee member who worked for unreserved notifications and later voted for acceptance of the republican reservation program. Senator Pom eren is understood to have given Sen ator Lodge comparative estimate of compromise sentiment among the dem ocrats and to have outlined how far he thought the administration sena tors would be willing to go in regard to article ten
 Secretary Humility said his call on Senator Hitchcock was to obtain. at President Wilson's request. the lat est information about the situation. He said he did not take to the capitol any new scheme. though it is assumed that the democratic senate leader in quired about MT. Wilson's attitude to- ward a compromise.
 Draft Democratic Proposals
 The meeting tonight of the foreign relations committee democrats was nm derstood to have taken steps to re- duce to definite form democratic proposals for redrafting the repub- lican reservations The subject was considered in the light of the informa- ton obtained during the day by Sen ators Hitchcock and Pomerene and with a view to framing a program be- hind which the administration forces could unite.
 It was the first attempt of the demo- cratic committee members to get to-. gether on such program. Those who were present declined to discuss the meeting, but said some progress had been made.
 Besides article ten, the majority reservation regarding voting power in the league of nations figured in the days discussion Some administration