New-York tribune., 1920-03-14
Senate to Vote
Tomorrow ON
Compromises
Final Ballot on Adoption
of Reservations to Article
x Before Midnight, by
/ Agreement of Factions
Lodge Proposal Amended
Leaders Concede Resolu-
ton to Ratify Will Fail;
@Bitter-Enders' Recruited
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From The Tribunc's Washington Bureau
: WASHINGTON, March 13.-The Sen
ate late to-day adopted unanimously an
agreement to dispose of the reservation
I to Article X on Monday, 80 that final
vote can be taken on ratification of the
peace treaty with Germany before the
! end of next week
/ The agreement was made on motion
! Of Senator Lodge. 1t provides that all
amendments and substitutes to the
! Lodge re ;ervaton shall be voted upon,
/ and final vote be had on adoption of
! q reservation to Article X before mid
night Monday.
/ the day, as the compromise reservation
! introduced yesterday by Senator Lodge,
/ the bipartisan conference and Taft
reservations offered by Senator Hitch
: cock, substitute offered by Senator
Frelinghuysen, and many amendments
to each of these reservations must be
disposed of before the final vote is
: taken.
Would Strengthen Compromise
) Senator Lodge to-day introduced in
. tne Senate an amendment to his com
promise reservation, designed to
/ strengthen the proposed compromise
The amendment was drafted by Sena-
tor Borah, leader OF the irreconcil
abies," and was approved by the treaty
] Senator Lodge. 1t provides that the
! United States assumes no obligation to
. interfere in controversies between ma
tlons, "including all controversies re
iating to territorial integrity or polti-
/ cal independence" of any nation un-
! der Article X.
BY offering the amendment. Senator
; Lodge partly solidified the ranks of the
] Republicans who were split on the COM
promise reservation by regaining the
support of the Middle ground' Re-
publicans and the "irreconci.ables" for
his program. bat he failed to assure
; himself sufficient support.
The Democrats refused to accept the
amendment. and several Democrats who
had said they might support The com
promise in lis original form. declared
amended form.
Leaders Of all factions declared to-
night that there is little prospect of
ratification if reservation to Article
is adopted Monday in any form that
thus far has been suggested.
The Republican managers who have
polcd the Senate on all phases Of the
Article K controversy estimated that
at least thirty-siX votes, or three more
than enough to defeat ratification, will
be cast against the treaty on the iinal
roll call
They predicted the adoption Of the
amended compromise reservation by
bare majority. On the final vote or
ratification they estimated that four
s teen Democrats, including four "irre-
.concilables," and twenty-five or twenty
three Republicans, including at least
5 fifteen "irreconcilables," will vote no.
'Irreconcilablcs" fetal Nineteen
The number of 'irreconcilables" has
, increased from fifteen. who voted
against ratification on November 10, to
at least nineteen.
The additional "bitter enders" are
Senators Penrose, Wadsworth and
Frelinghuysen, Republicans. and
1 Thomas, Democrat The "irreconcila-
bles" assert that Senators Sutherland
and Ball, Republicans, and Shields,
Gore and Walsh, of Massachusetts, also
will vote with them
Announcement of these figures was
made after Senator Swanson, Of Viz