Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-02-06
PRESIDENT AGAIN MAY TAKE PART IN THE TREATY DEBATE Wilson to Take Hand is Report as the Lines are
 Drawn GREY LETTER SUBJECT
 OF WIDE COMMENT Plans to Party Leaders for the Re- sumption of Debate Begin to
 Take An Active
 Form

Washington, Feb. 5.--Plans of the party leaders for resumpr1on o1 the peace treaty debate began to take form today, although it was said there probably would be no definite decision as to exact procedure on either side until the treaty actually is called up for consideration Mon day.
 Senator Hitchcock, the acting democratic leader, returned to Washington after a weeks absence called party conference for Satur- day to sider some of the points likely to be raised when the treaty comes back to the senate floor. On the republican side there were numerous consultations.
 Indications today that the influence of President Wilson might again be felt developed an angle full of in teresting possibilities. It became known that he had been in communi- cation indirectly with some demo- cratic senators and the republicans heard report, which Senator Hitch cock declined to discuss, that lette, setting forth the executives views on compromise reservations had been sent to the democratic leader. The White House also took notice today of the recently published letter of Viscount Grey, former British am- basador to the United States in re- gard to reservations, officials close i n cially that they felt the ordinary de- gested that this government be con suited before such document was made public. While taking the posi- tion that they did not care to speci- fically deny them, White House officials said there was no founda- tion in fact for reports that the president knew of the Grey letter prior to it's publication. Lodge to Start Fight.
 Among senators the Grey letter continued subject of widespread discussion, apparently forecasting that it would play a prominent part in next weeks debate.
 1 Although there has been no formal agreement between republican and democrat leaders regarding the me- chanical progress of getting the treaty back before the senate, it is expected on both sides that when it is called up it will be referred to the foreign relations committee, which immediately will report it without any attempt to frame reservations. This step, it was explained will be merely technical one in order to get the treaty out from under the cloture attached to it before it failed of ratification in November.
 When the committee reports, Sena- tor Lodge of Massachusetts, the re- publican leader will move the adopt ion of reservations, which are yet to be decided on by the republican senators. He may present the ori- ginal republican reservations, adopt ed at the last session of congress,
 but some of his advisers want him to submit in their place the modi- fled draft as far as it was agreed on
 by the disrupted bipartisan com promise committee
 On the democratic side, it is said
 the procedure vii not be determined
 until the plan of the republicans is
 revealed, although some points may
 be settled at Saturdays meeting. The
 reservations of the compromise com
 mittee, it is expected, will in any case form the pasIs of the demo-
 cratic program.
 Grey's Conversation.
 ! Unless present indications fail
 the treaty debate will begin withou,
 any limitation on debate. The ques l tion of modified cloture was taker up today at meeting of the rules
 committee, but the only action was reference of the whole subject to 2
 subcommittee which does not ex
 pect to act until after consideration
 of the treaty is well under way. l, the debate runs away with the lead CTS, however, it is believed that some I effort will be made later to get 1 1, cloture.
 : In discussing the letter of Wis : Ecount Grey, Senator Hitchcock re vealed that he had talked over thu 3 question of reservations, with thu British statesmen before the latter !. departure from this country. Th' senator said that most of the con ] versation, related, however, to tn
 reservation regarding voting powe in the league, Viscount Grey indicat ' ing that it would be acceptable t London but would be expected t bring strong protests from the colo nia1 governments.
 "Lord Grey was very careful il : his conversations, concerning tn
 treaty and all proposed reservation while in this country, Senate y Hitchcock added. "He said the onl 2 reservation which concerned his cour {; try directly was that which declare y that the United States would not
 bound by an ydecision or election i
 which the colonies cast separat 5. votes. This reservation did not al V feet the another country, but ! l. thought the colonies might strongl
 |object at having their voting rigf
 thus attacked"