Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-03-16
DEATH OF TREATY
SEEN BY LEADERS;
CHANGE ADOPTED
"Not Acceptable to Me" Wilson
Writes Sen. Hitchcock on Reser-
walton Adopted by Senate.
pRODDING DEMOCRATS

Washington, Mar. 16.--Senator Lodges
reservation dealing with Article x
which President Wilson declared cut the
heart out of the German peace treaty-is
now part of the resolution Of ratification
It was adopted toward the end of long
session Of the Senate, plus an extra cutting
edge suggested by Mr.. Borah, by a vote
of 56 to "a. With single exception, Mr..
Norris Of Nebraska, every Republican
voted for it, as well as sixteen Democrats.
Today will be devoted to 'mopping
up" clearing away two or three little
reservations of minor Importance, and on
may be expected.
The indications arc that sixteen Demo-
Gratis who voted for the Lodge reserva-
tions will also vote for ratification. The
irreconcilables, who number fifteen, will
vote against it, and if to-day's balloting IS
repeated on the Democratic side there
viii be total of thirty-eight votes for re-
lection, four more than the number re-
quired TO insure defeat of the treaty.
GREAT PRESSURE ON DEMOCRATS.
All to-day's estimates contemplated
rejection, the only variance being in the
number on excess Of the necessary one
third of the Senate.
Yet it is unsafe to figure the treaty rs
dead. Between now and the final voting
the most tremendous pressure will be
brought 20 bear on the Democrats to
accept the treaty on the ground that 1t IS
better to put the United States in the
League even under the terms extorted by
the Republicans than to allow the present
condition of technical war to continue
for another year. with only the chance of
the election to get anything different at
4 ~C Lot h, ,r..I,a hill
are, of course. that The treaty will be re-
iected, but the incident Of the new German
revolution may work a reversal of proba-
bilities.
HOW THE RESERVATION READS.
The reservation to Article as adopted,
with the portion interjected by Mr..
Borah in black type, reads;
The United States assumes no obliga-
tiou to preserve the territorial integrity
or political independence of any other
country by the employment of its mill
tary or naval forces, its resources or any
form of economic discrimination, or to
interfere In sny way IN controversies be-
tween nations, including all controversies
relating to territorial integrity or political
Independence, whether members of the
League or not, under the provisions of
Article Y, or to employ the military or
navs1 forces of the United States, under
any article of the treaty for any purpose,
unless in any pacticular case the Congress,
which under the Constitution has the sole |
power to declare war or authorize the |
employment of the military or naval /
forces Of the United States shall, in the /
exercise of full liberty Of action, by act or |
Joint resolution So provide.
SIXTEEN DEMOCRATS WITH LODGE.
OF the twenty-four negative votes,
twenty-three were cast by Democrats /
and the other by Senator Norris, Repub-
lican Cooperating with the Republicans |
were these sixteen Democrats: Ashurst, /
Garry, Gore, Henderson, Jones of New |
Mexico, Kendrick, Myers, Nugent, Phcla0. /
Pittman, Pomerene, Reed, Shields, Smith /
Of Georgia, Walsh Of Massachusetts, and (
Wolcott
1.-The twenty-three Democratic votes,
which are held to represent approx /
nately those who will stand by the Presi-
dent in opposition to ratification with the I
obligation imposed under Article X des-
troyed, were: Beckham, Chamberlain, /
Conner, Culberson, Dial, Glass, Harris,
Harrkison, Hitchcock, Johnson of South
Dakota, King, Kirby, Mckellar, Owen,
Robinson, Sheppard, Simmons,
Smith of Maryland, Stanley, Trammell,
tnUeTNpOQ tiiu w stiSl oi /
irreconcilable Republicans and Democ-
rats, who voted today for the reserva-
ton and will be against the treaty, are
expected to add about twenty votes to the
Democrats who stand by the President.
SIMMONS STILL WORKING
Senator Hitchcock expects TO hold
m the final vote all but one or two of
the Democrats who were with him to-
lay, but the indefatigable Senator Sim
mons Dem, n. c. is again at work
trying to get total Of thirty-two Demo-
srats to save the treaty. His high water
mark on compromises that were less re-
to the Democrats was twenty
seven. This means that he must get all
but fifteen of his party, desperate en-
terprise in the light of the Presidents
attitude on the reservation that was adopt
ed today.
Hitchcock sent this reservation to
the White House and it came back with I
a marginal note reading: