Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-03-10
ARTICLE TEN Of
TREATY BECOMES
DOMINANT ISSUE
IN SENATE FIGHT
G. 0. P, Leaders Agree On
a Substitute But Are Un-
able to Marshal Much Sup
port From Opponents.
RANKS OF DEMOCRATS
ARE STRENGTHENED
Presidents Letter Has Had
Effect of Stiffening the
Administration F 0rCeS
Against Reservations,
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Washington, March 9.-Article
ten, more than ever the dominating
issue in the peace treaty fight, to-
day became the unfinished busi-
ness of the senate.
Several of the republican leaders,
convinced that ratification would
be impossible with their article
ten reservation of last November
unchanged, agreed on a substitute
and made an active campaign to
line up the necessary democratic
votes behind it. But they did not
succeed and although the compro-
mise negotiations will continue, no
one had much hope tonight OF an
agreement.
The new republican reservation
follows the general outline of the
one adopted in November, but 1t
puts into different and more spe-
cific form its declaration regarding
the articles obligations. Some of
the democrats We're satisfied with
it, but twenty EIGHT was the peak
of democratic votes, which its re-
publican advocates claimed for IT,
and it would take at least thirty
and probably thirty-four for ratl-
fication.
1t was indicated that President
Wilson's new letter on the subject,
although it failed to stop the com
promise negotiations, had not been
without effect in stiffening the ad-
ministration ranks against any
thing like the old republican reser-
walton. Democratic senators were
in disagreement over what the
president would do in the event of
compromise ratification, and
many of them declared their inten-
tion to let the doubt resolve itself
in favor of conservative course.
So discouraged were the, .fepub-
lican leaders that theMillHd not
decided tonight whether - sub
l,tit tute i iasefNStiSl N9 Ei,lf WI lof
fered atfall Inf the senate. They in
dicated, however, that they would
not long delay action in the inter-
ests of compromise and that the
debate to begin tomorrow probably
would last but few days.
The way to consideration of the
subject on the senate floor was
cleared, just before adjournment
by re-adoption in a modified form
of the reservation on voting power
in the league. AS it finally pre-
vailed the reservation, the last eX-
scept that relating to article ten
on the republican program, de-
clares that until the covenant is
amended so as to give equal voting
power, the United States declines
to be bound by decisions to which
congress has not previously given
consent.
The vote on re-adoption of the
reservation was fiftyseven to
twenty, with seventeen democrats
voting for it, nine more than sup
ported 1t in November. The only
changes made were on motion OF
Senator Lodge, of Massachusetts
republican leader, a substitute of
fered by Senator Hitchcock, OF
Nebraska, democratic leader, fail
ing, Al to "a, and one by Senator
Mccormick. republican, of Illinois
81 to 10. The reservation on the
subject urged last session by Sen
ator Johnson republican, of Cali
fornia, also was re-introduced by
Senator Phelan, democrat, Califor-
mia, but was voted down, 70 to A.
In the course of the days de
bate on the voting power reserva-
ton, Senator Lodge told the senate
that the presidents letter had en-
phasized the features of article ter
to which republicans were object.
ing and thus had touched upon thf
vital agreements of the whole
treaty controversy. The article
Mr.. Lodge described as a binding
agreement based on "naked force
and characteristic which, he said
the president apparently regarded
as essential but which the senate
majority never would accept. He
also criticised the presidents re.
ference to France and to the Adri
attic question.
In presenting the new draft tt
the democrats the republican lead
ers are understood to have repre-
sented it as embodying the farthes
step they were willing to take II
the direction of compromise and t
have refused a plea from demo
craic senators that the words 90
to interfere in controversies be
tween nations, whether members o
the league or not" be stricken out
In these negotiations both Sena
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