The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1920-01-28
LODGE T0SIA1E
TREATY TERMS
Republican Leader Preparing
Ultimatum to Democrats
On Reservation Com
promise.
THERE MAY BE
ANOTHER BREAK
Prospect Of Ratification of Yer
sailles Treaty in Modified
Form Not Bright

washington. Jan. 20.-LlnltS 10
which Republican senate leaders are
willing to go in modifying the Lodge
reservations to the peace treaty will
be transmitted to Democratic mem
berS OF the bipartisan compromise
committee tomorrow at meeting up
on which may huge the success or
failure Of the recent compromise ne
sotiations. Although there was no
official definition o. the limits set by
Senator Lodge of Massachusetts and
his associates available tonight, it was
understood that the Democrats would
be told that changes III the two main
reservations, those relating to Article
10 and TO voting power in the league
OF nations, must be changes in lam
gUage and not in iE principle Such an
answer to Democratic proposals for
composition was said by several mem
bers of the Republican committee to
reflect the majority of sentiment on
the Republican side Of the senate and
also to be agreeable fo- the most
part TO Senator Johnson Of Califorz
MIA, Borah OF Idaho, and the others
OF that group who Friday called Sen
ator Lodge and Senator New OF In
diana, into conference and demanded
to know whittier the negotiations for
compromise were going and how far.
Neither Senator Lodge nor Senator
Hitchcock would predict tonight the
outcome of tonlorrowS' meeting, the
former confining his remarks to the
statement that he was "a poor pro-
phet in such matters" and the latter
asserting merely that he was hopeful
but not confident" In other quarters
the belief was expressed that even
though an agreement on the basis Of
the Republican answers might be.
viewed by the Democratic conferees
as hopeless the negotiations might be
continued for several days before the
final break came.
Should 1herc be a break between
tha two informal committees it was
considered possible that the mild res
ervation Republicans might again send
out ''feelers" among the Democrats
and new negotiations be started.
Adoption Of tho Lodge reservations
by the senate would require ;he re-
submission Of the reace treaty to the
allied nations and Germany in order TO
make the treaty :, legal and binding
instrument George ". Wicker
sharl. former attorney general Of the
United States. declared in a statement
tonight which he has prepared for
Yhe League to Enforce. Peace
The fourth reservation by which the
n
exc!ucivelv the :icht TO decide that
questions are within It's domestic
Jurisdiction" Mr.. Wickecsham declar-
ed. would remove from The jurisdic-
ton Of the league q. sc ,es OF ques-
tons Of the highest importance" and
peculiarly provocative Of information
al difficulty"
The tenth reservation which gives
the United States The right to increase
it's armament wh. never threatened
with invasion or engaged in war, Mr..
Wickersha:n maintained is against the
spirit Of the covenant and amounts to
al amendment Of the treaty. He also
objected 70 the eleventh reservation
which says the United States will use
it's own judgment about boycotting
offending nations. stating that it mod
flied Article 16 of the covenant.
These examples appear to me to
be sufficient continued Mr.. Wicker
sham. ITO demonstrate that the res
| ervations as proposed involve a modi-
fcation in essential particulars Of pro-
visions of the trcal:' and ratification
upon condition of me, adoption, in my
opinion, would be invalid until &C
/ cepted by the other powers to the
peace treaty. Ny opinion is that a
ratification Of the treaty including the
:; Lodge reservations would require re-
submission Of the whole treaty to
those powers which shall have accept
cd it, including Germany