Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-03-13
MAJORITY LEADER
SUBMITS CHANGES
Yields to Pressure From Mild
Reservationists, but Starts
New Storm.
DEALS WITH ARTICLE X.
Recasts Original Reservation,
Making 1t Less Objectionable
to Friends of Pact.


Lodge yielded TO the .mlio-
Repg6liGans siGd "a, and 70 the pressure OF
treaty ratified. by Offering in the SEN
ate today a compromise OF his original
reservation on Article "
As foInSs Iprssenisd, Td the rsse!yation reads
no; no o,biisation to preserve the terri
torial integrity, or political independ-
pioyment of it's military or naval
torces. its resources. or any form OF
eeonomiG nnn, discrimination or to interfere
whether members of the league or not
under the provisions of Article " or
OF the United States under anv article
/ OF Inc treaty for any purpose unless
IN IN, az any @ particular case. the Congress,
| sole power to declare war or authorize
the employment Of the military or
| in the exercise of full liberty of ac.
tion' ,' by act or joint resolution so pro-
Does Not Alter Substance.
IN presenting the substitute senator
Lodge declared il did not alter in any
tion or weaken the denial OF the ma
tron ions 9bliSatlon under Article y. Iie
did ae not tne feel {HsiosS hS said because no
mere matter Of phraseology.
! t, naardiy had this compromise been Of
than violent storm broke out. which
on1rreatened o1res @ TO POSTPONE for at least an
] otuti week tne un1l vote np
! tlon OF treaty ratification.
-, OPPOSITION to the proposed compro-
mise mise came first from the Republican
side and was so pronounced as to con
vince even Senator Lodge thar he bat
small chance of getting ANYTHING cven
aappToximating the full Republican vote
TOT II. Not only were the irrcconcilable
| GUppSments OF the treaty aligned against
IL, but senators who have heretofore
! ZION came out fatty In opnositfon 20
H. and denounced the conlpromise as
republican surrender.
| Democrats Also Protcxf
From the Democratic side came onno-
ssaGm ssnimst ehbnalg ibo ngn, Vigorous. SPECIFIES
cred by Senator McKeilar. oe'nS % s1;nnnrio Ie!i%.
., .h, .he ,rssldent. and by Senator Reed.
one Ti,h Gi me leeadins treaty opponents
Win ihe issue hanging i'm tho hal
ance and likely to be determinea bW VA =
veTy SnLic close vote, the treaty opponents
discussion until Senator's La FoIlcttn ,.e
nohns0n, &c i'm on poindexter and Fail are ais
feen' Sast haas bnsI 5neir votes agnnst
psSnrSse Sa and La Le"ftErs foiIst,s Joapson All ai
"hom are against the treaty. " "
AS result the possibiiitics .,
as as ever. and party leaders S'G.UIssI revissI
Article Y, 1t had been honci 70 V,r r,,", Oh
a roll call today. but tonight no one
WI was s,,i predicting action before AIonJav Jav
Mccormick Leads Attack
Charaeterizing the proposed cb,nros
ation ,o te'ms ms or wbii iRep,n,bliean lcap!iu-
Mettormifk, ;act RI ,, Of Illinois, led in the at
n'k SEQ G' Of the kepgb,lsan irreconeilabies
senator BranLegee. Republican Cnns
nccticnt; described the con,prnn,,ns
nronosai: while Senator Knox. Rspub.
! ,n' tcan' pennsylvania, asserted il wouId
cavc upon the United states the mani
Hho!'sa,,om h!,l .n,,ta for which President Wiison
Ia genera firm, h.,
| .omows the language worked out by
1r,.hntor 1,n,, Watson. OF Indiana. for tia
Morth hi- carolina, for the Democrats, in
,heir compromise negotiations I,nr
arn' ,p,s umnG. 'mnnsuage thirty Democratic votes
but several last minute chancss j.,
wording, made by Senators Lodcc and
n.a asSon before the reservation vas
ed tho Democratic pledge and - NC
nanSass had not been completed to-
~ Former Supporters Change.
on the Republican side the deiec,jo,
10 nnS "oS confined to the rrcconcilabIcs
it,Gne; t,'En senator Frelinghuysen. of New
.,G!He!' "io mad voted for ratification
with the original reservation dcci,rl
,hhs on the floor he never would take
worth, @ h"of';inv of Nnw vans aId Senate Senator Wads
leaders he could not see whereIn thcy
mre maa 'mTproXsa Thr on their original meas
msis,c: they could hold at least thirty
votes IN line and the Democrats wbS
favored the substitute hoped to deliver
!nolc tnan thirty from their side IL
takes sixty four to ratify
only two Democrats EXPRESSED ,b,;r
0piiion on the moor, Senator Smith OF
Georgia. who ma supported the origi-
nai reservation, declaring himself for
IN 69e Tnna TSnhstitaie. and Senator McKoliar.
'cntly with ;ho administration forces ,
announcing his opposition 10 the new
II was. understood, however. Senator
Hitchcock, of Nebraska the adminis
tTation leader, objected to the slhsti
tmte as he had to the watson simmons
line UP enough Democrats TO prevent
adopted.
Took IrTeeoncilnbIes by Surprise.
senator Lodges presentation OF the
substitute apparently took tho irrecon-
cilables by surprise. and aside from
their declarations on the floor there
were many private expressions OF
stantly and successfully eXertcd pres
sure during the bipartisan ncrotia-
tons and during the Watson Simmons
negotiations TO prevent any modifica--
and until today they apparently bc-
lievcd they had convinced him he
should not put In the new substitute.
AS It finally stood tho substitute
sideration by the Republican leaders.
in which. Senator Lodge and Senator
Watson are understood to have had
the advice Of Ellhu Root, former sec-
however. attempts might be made to
amend II on tho floor. and evcrs. ore
admitted ihat IN view of the unsettled
situation and the even balance OF vot-
contained many possibilities.
In some quarters there was much