The New York herald., 1920-01-26
PARTY SPLITS
AGAIN MENACE
PEACE TREATY
Pact Apparently in Greater
Danger Than Any Time
Heretofore.
NEGOTIATION FAILURE
Bipartisan Committee Likely
to Hold Last Important
Meeting Today.
DEMOCRATS MUST GIVE in
Johnson Starts on Campaign Tour,
Confident Danger" of Com
promise Is Past.
NEGOTIATION FAILURE
DEMOCRATS MUST GIVE in
Especial Despatch to the Hero1d.J

Especial Despatch to the Herdld)
WASHINGTON, D. c., Sunday.-It has
again been demonstrated, after eight
weeks of Informal conferences since the
beginning of this session of Congress. that
the peace treaty cannot be ratified with
out the acceptance of the Lodge reserva-
ton programme practically intact. The
events Of the last week, eliminating in
the threatened Republican revolt against
the leadership Of Senator Lodge. of Mas
sachusetts, because of his efforts to COM
promise with the Democrats, have cinched
the matter.
The meeting Of the bipartisan commit
Tee tomorrow is likely to be the last of
any consequence which these particularly
voluntary compromisers will hold, Sena-
tor Lodge has given new assurances
within tho last twenty-four hours to the
Republican strong reservationists and
"irreconcilables'' that he will not yield to
the Democratic demand for the softening
Of the reservations.
Republican leaders read today with deep
that, as the result of information taken
to London by Viscount Grey, British AM
bassador to the United States, a public
announcement of the willingness of the
Allies to accept the proposed American
reservations is soon to be made. 1t was
known here at the time of the departure
of Viscount Grey that he was prepared
TO give this advice to his home govern
ment because he had become convinced
That the United States never would be-
come party to the peace settlement
without the Lodge reservations.
Tn Urcater Jeopardy Than Ever.
The threatened split in the Republican
party and the accomplished split in the
Democratic party seem to have placed the
treaty in greater jeopardy than it has
been heretofore. Under the surface, how
ever. there Is an ever-increasing tendency
on the part of the Democratic Senator'S to
accept the substance of the Lodge reser-
vations and take a chance on getting the
approval of President Wilson when the
treaty is ratified on that basis. During the
last few days it has become just as APP
been to the Republican leaders that the
treaty cannot be disposed of except by
this sort of Democratic surrender.
Furthermore, the most recent efforts at
compromise have demonstrated that In
reality the Democratic position is not
much removed from that of the Republi-
can, and that fear of what President Will
son will say and do is the only real de-
torrent to Democratic acquiescence in the
Lodge programme.
Having received Senator Lodges assur-
ances that the reservations will not be
alter, the ''irrsconcilablcs' have agreed
10 keep quiet for n while and let Senator
Lodge remain undsturbed in the party
leadership. Senator Hiram Johnson, of
California, who took a prominent part in
warning Senator Lodge against compro-
mise on Friday, left tonight for the Middle
West, where he will continue his stump
ing campaign for delegates to the Repub-
licau National Convention. lie will go
first into the Third Congressional District
of Missouri, where a special election is to
he held for n successor to Joshua w.
Alexander, Democrat, recently appointed
by President Wilson as Secretary of Com
mcrce He will speak against the treaty
and urge the election OF the Republican
Congressional candidate.
Senator johnson expects to be away from
treaty situation should again become
acute. He will go into Nebraska and the
Dakotas, and on his return will speak in
Indiana. Senator Johnson made lit clear
before he left Washington that he would
not 20 IL he did not feel certain that the
danger of compromise on the treaty was
past, for the present. at least.
"TaiIure I'm Advertising"
Senator Miles Poindexter, of Washing
ts,I
pirant, addressed a letter tonight to Rob-
crt e. Ramsay, editor Of Advertising and
Selling a New York magazine. in which
he said the reason the peace treaty was
not put over" as an advertising propo-
sition was because IL is always essential
in a. successful advertising campaign 20
have something worth advertising" lie
referred TO an article on the peace treaty
i'm the publication written by Edward
Hungerford. and entitled, "A Failure in
Advertising"
Undoubtedly there is much truth in Mr.
ITungcrfords conclusion as to the fas
reaching effects Of the neglect of the cor
respondents by tho delegation" writes
senator Pondexter. "Thc secusion and
I, ,bscurity with which our delegation sur
rounded itself and the difficulties which il
took pains 10 put in the way OF the obtain
ing Of news about tho progress of the con-
ference were quite in contrast with its
promises as to publicity of public proceed
ings, open covenants openly arrived at,
hc.
Personally, while I readily admit tht
truth of Mr.. Hungerfords explanation Of
the failure OF the peace treaty. I believe
1t would have been a colossal misfortune
Tor the world had 1t succeed I'd as il was
drawn. one of the elements OF successful
advertising is to have something worth
good article to sell.
''I doubt very much whether all OF the
propaganda and advertising which the vast
machinery at hand put at the disposal of
cur delegation, had II been wise enough
to use IT, would have succeeded in per-
suading the American people to give up
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