The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-01-23
lEAT PROGRESS
\ IS BE E|NG MADE.
Conferees on Peace Treaty Say
They are Making Much
Headway Toward
Compromise.
WAIT LITTLE LONGER
Mild Reservationists Promise to Keep
Patient and Not Call Treaty
Up in Open
: Senate.
WAIT LITTLE LONGER
By l.. C. Martin, United Presss Staff
COrresuOndent I

VII CopohuNAs-J
WASHINGTON, Jan. 23-Bi-parti-
san treaty conferees today had sue
ceeded in staving off for the present
the calling up of the treaty In the
open senate. a move planned by the
mild reservationists.
BY assuring the mild reservationists
that great progress" is being made
on Article Ten, the conferees won a
promise to wait little longer.
Senator Lodge was asked to define
great progress" in more explicit
terms. He said he was unable to do SO.
81 think" said Lodge, that it is
going to work out all right. hope so"
While the conferees were spreading
their optimism through the senate,
preparatory to another meeting this
afternoon, Senator Frelinghuysen,
New Jersey, was threatening to bolt
to the Borah group If Lodge agrees to
any fundamental change in the Lodge
reservations.
Frelinghuysen said "a considerable
number" would join him in a bolt
from Lodge if the republican leader at
tempts to commit them on anything
they regard as less mindful of Amer
lean rights than are the Lodge reser-
yations.
Il wish to state" said Frelinghuy-
sen, that / Will not be bound by any
agreement made, tentative or other
wise, which in any way materially
changes in substance, the reservation
adopted by majority vote of the SEN
ate. There can be no compromise
upon Article Ten.
IF reservations sufficient to pro-
tect the sovereignty of our govern
ment are not contained in the resolu-
tion of ratification, / shall vote to re-
ject the treaty in its entirety"
Aroused to HIGH Pitch.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 23.-Repor+s
that q treaty compromise is about to
be- reached in the bipartisan confer
ence in Senator Lodges Office today
reused the Borah-Johnson group Of
senator's to a high pitch Of indigna-
ion against Senator Lodge.
They obtained all possible informa-
ion concerning the secret confer.
ences from senators attending them,
and then declared that they have
Notified Senator Lodge that If he
.betrays" them by agreeing to the
now proposed, they will
-efuse longer to recognize him as
party leader and will carry the party
,chism into the republican primaries
md the republican national conven-
Ion, fighting Lodge all the way.
This determination, 1t is under
stood, was the reason Senator Borah
yoted yesterday with democrats
against calling UP the Hale resolu-
ion to authorize the naval sub-com-
nittee to employ counsel in its navy
,robe. Borah was carrying out a
hreat made earlier to Lodge, 1t was
tated and took this means OF letting
1odge know that he was not bluflng.
The irreconcilables of the Borah-
Johnson group claimed TO have proof
hat Lodge is weakening on the reser-
-ations on article 10, voting powers
nd the preamble
They criticized him hotly for hav-
ng said that the Lodge reservations
Constituted the "irreducible mini
mum" of safety to the United States
md then being willing to recede
rom that stand Senator Asiaurst,
Arizona, democrat, declared the
reaty should be ratified promptly re-
ardless OF President Wilson'S views. !