Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-01-17
SENATORS CHARGE LODGE
WITH UNFAIR TACTICS
Say He Named ''Hardboilcd"
Members to Conduct Ncgotia-
ton on Treaty Agreement.

Washington, Jan I7-Tlc friends of
the peace treaty are beginning TO wonder
| If somebody has not been playing horse
| with them Whenever an apparently
! workable scheme has been developed
toward getting compromise agreement,
| something has happened to 1t, and the
| folks who were enthusiastically progressing
toward harmony find themselves aide
tracked. while another plan looms up on
the right Of way.
4 comprehensive plan had developed
when Congress assembled, by which
Senators Harrison and Smith Of Georgia
for the Democrats and McNary and Hale
| for the Republicans. were to formulate
| a basis of compromise. There was lot
! of enthusiasm which persisted until II was
determined "a get the signatures ot sixty
four Senators pledged 90 agree tn what
ever form of compromise resulted. No
| body definitely opposed II, hut somehow
II f0underod. and the Underwood schene
| for an official partisan Conciliatinn
| committee was talked ot for day
| Senator Lodge contented himself with
expiring q hope that n way would hc
| found 10 ratifv tho treaty, meanwhile
| drnrecatiue tho idea of an official cOnCilia
| tion group. and pointing out that moro
could he done hv an Informal body 0t
! volunteer rcconCiers. 50 IN turn. the
| Underwood plan was postponed,
| Then along came Senator ktng WITH
| 4 complete program of reservations, and
| thcy had not been generally circulated
! before we learned that thirty-one Demo
| cratic Senators hal signed pledge to
| 20 through with whatever compromise
| 7lan should he adopted This looked like
i real formidable movement. for II the
mild reservatlonsts had come together
in a similar agreement they would have
been pcrllotislv near majority. hut before
any such agreement could be completed
ii was suprlanted ny an exceliontly
thourht-out scheme 0f having Senator
KENYON for The Republicans and Senator
Owen FOR the Democrats Obtain the sigma
tures Of eight Of the respective partiSans
to a call for general non-partjsan caucus
from which The leaders should nc excluded,
and AZ which the whole controversy was
Ia he fought ont to n satisfactory con
Clusion
Meanwhile Senators Mckcllar and
kcndrick had produced their modlhca-
lions "a the Lodge resolution and the
mild rcserv ationlsts were canvaSsing with
4 view 10 submitting counter compro-
mlse proposal, and il looked as Il ratifca-
tiOn was just beyond the horizon
No MEETING CAIIFp.
The day was sent for the nOn-partlsan
mass meeting. but II came and went
without any call. and suddenly Il develop
cd that Senator Lodge, with Senators
I,enrnot. New and kellogg were meeting
with Senators Hitchcock. simmons, Nc
Kellar. Owen and Walsh Of Montana
and considering the Mckollar- kondrick
compromise. uhch was supposed to bo
submitted tn a leaderlcss caucus
The most interesting point about the
Republican group Of the new conference
Is that with the exception 81 Senator
Kellogg il Is composed OF the three oi the
stiffcsf non-Coupromiscr of the whole
Republican outfit. Senator Lodge has
often said the Lodge resolutions furnished
the only acceptable compromIse OF which
he had knowledge: Senator New Is very
near the irTcconCllablc attitude and Scna-
tor Ienroot Is about as stiff as Mr.. Lodge
himself about permitting any change III
the sacred reservations. Just how the
substitution of these COMMISSIONERS OF
Veace for the agreement-sceking McNaTy
Colt McCumber, Kenyon. Hale CT ais
was effected is not clear, but there they
are. with only kellogg possibly LETT on the
plate for good Manners to weep the
hoyeS of the cornpromiscr sal1ve-
Senators Lodge. l4enroot, New and
Kellogg got the Mckellar-hcndrlck draft
ol notifications on Thursday. 1esterday
thev considered them IN the absence OF
the Democratic members oi the confer
encc and reported q harmonious meeting
senator Lodge said he and his associates
maintained an open mind, but thcrc Is
not Tho slightest manifestation OF any
intention Of coming 70 terms unless
those terms aro practical surrender by
tho Democrats
In other words Senator Lodge has KID
mapped the Cancellation movement and,
for the moment. az least, Is guiding It
along channels that lead nowhere
il must not be supposed that Senator :
Hitchcock and the other Democrats are
obilvIous To what Is gong on. They know .
what Is being done t. them. but IS moth I
lnc would be gained by kicking over the
traces they are gong along smllngy,
expressing the hope that all will eventuate
for tho best Any other course would
cause the breaking of Of diplomatic rcla-
tions and The tossing Of the last hope Of
compromise into the discard
The fiat charge Of unfaITness was made
against Senator Lodge yesterday by some
ot the Democrats most vltaily Interested
In the compromise negotiations Il was
pointed out that senator Hitchcock
selected as his associates the strongest
advocates Of compromise on his flock
II was Naturally expected by them that
Mr. Lodge would do the same Instead
hc chose Senators New and ienroot both
Of whom are pronounced 'hardboiled
For that reason the conference was pro-
nounced disappointing and the prediction
made that nothing satisfactory can come
from such meetings