The Washington herald., 1920-06-11
BY ROBERT T. BARRY.
public Ledger Seryice.)

Chicago, June Io.-The Repub-
lican national convention adopted
today, as a party declaration OF
principles, a league of nations
plank dictated by the irreconcil-
able opponents of the covenant.
After a wild night and strong
prospects for a split, the man
ayers of the convention yielded
to the bitter-enders and turned
back the drive of the leaders who
urged an affirmative declaration in
favor of ratification of the league
with the Lodge or some other
proper" rese-va hons
The victory of ne league opro-
nents was complete. senators viii
liam E. Borah, of Idaho. Frank
Brandegee. of c lnecticut; AediIi
Mccormick. of Illinois and Hiram
w. Johnson, of california. ali of
whom threatened asst night to
leave the Republio4n party, had
nothing but smiles Inis afternoon,
after they had boNyso the resersa-
tions committe to Their Nst'
Aided by Senator EeTry Cabot
Lodge, who voted il lna senate 20
ratify the treaty with the eserS2-
tions which bear his name and
Senator James Z. Watson. of In
diana, chairman of the resolutions
committee, and Senator Boies Pen
rose, of Pennsylvania, the irrecon-
ciliables swept aside the domin-
ance of w. Murray Crane, former
senator from Massachusetts,.
Ratification sidestepped
The party will 20 to the country
on a platform that neither de-
clares for or against raG1cation OK
the treaty with -ue LoEse reservs-
tions. 1t is simp,Ited Version CT
the Indiana platform. which. Il vss
forecast from Washington, several
weeks ago, would prevail as-e.
The platform condemns the treaty
and the league covenant as presenet
ed to the Senate by President VIII
son. 1t indorses the action .. the
Republican Senators In refusing 10
ratify the treat as Presented TO
them by the Pre.i.eu.. y co anfrlts
the Republican party TO work for
the establishment of an interna-
tional court of justice and the codi-
fication of international law. 1t
reaffirms the adherence of the Re
publican party to the principles of
Washington and Monroe.
The plank is in effect the foreign
policy urged by Senator Knox. of
IL 80,
substitute for the Wilson league
of nations. 1t is the plank that has
been condemned by VIM. Howard
Taft and other supporters of the
treaty in the Republican party. 1t
was in part that proposed by Elihu
Root before his departure for
Europe.
ReconciIes All Factions.
The right t-about-face and the
rout of the Craze forces was ac-
complished by Mr.. Lodge after sew
eral stormy sessions at the Black
stone Hotel. Mr.. Lodge was COM
mitted to the Flank, as adopted,
lonb before coming tc Chicago. be-
cause he did rot desire to ostracise
the irreconciliables from the party
campaign any more than he fav-
ored rrpudiation of the reservation
Republicans who voted to ratify. by
condemning the treaty even with
the Senate reservations.
The party leaders who made the
fight for a declaration in favor OF
ratification yielded when il was as
certained positively that Senators
Borah. Mccormick and Brandegee
were not hluffirg ard that they in
tended to seek other political asso-
Citations if the convention favored
ratification.
tMr. Crane took his defeat with
a grim face. His supporters de-
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