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PEACE TREATY
CHANCESBR|CHTER
Latest Democratic Proposals
=. Accepted by Mild Group.
RESENT BRYAN CLAIMS
Early Ratification With Reservations
is Assured, Senator King Declares.
New Proposals Carefully Guarded.

Washington, Jan. 13.-The latest
Democratic proposal for a compromise
on the Lodge reservations to the peace
treaty was accepted by the Republi-
can mild reservationists."
An announcement of this by Senator
McNary, of Oregon, one of the lead
ing mild reservationists," furnished
concrete evidence Republican and De-
mocratic senators working for rati-
fication were approaching a final
agreement.
Democratic senators were to carry
their proposals to Senator Lodge, of
Massachusetts, the Republican leader,
at the suggestion of the mild reser-
vationists."
Senator King, Democrat, Utah, de-
clared he was confident early ratitica-
ton based on substantial reservations
was assured.
Mr.. King took a fling at William
Jennings Bryan. He denied Bryan had
originated the idea of Democratic ac-
ceptance of the Lodge reservations
with certain notifications, pointing
Gus he and other Democratic senat-
ors had repeatedly urged such accep-
lance.
The Democratic proposal was agreed
to at a caucus of Democratic senat-
ors held at the residence of Senator
Owen, of Oklahoma.
The caucus, regarded as unusually
significant because of the presence of
both Senator Hitchcock, of Nebraska,
and Senator Underwood, of Alabama,
was considered the first concerted step
of q majority of Democratic senators
toward acceptance of the Lodge reser-
vations.
The exact nature of the Democratic
proposal was jealousy guarded by
those who sponsored it, but it was
not denied a counter proposal of Mr..
Lodge himself to notifications sug-
gested by Senator Kendrick, Of Wy
oming, and Senator Mcclellan, of Ten
nessee, to the Lodge reservations
formed its basis.
In having adopted policy Of "give
and take" in their present negotiations
with Republican senators bent on rati-
fcation, the Democratic senators have
swung almost completely around 20
the Lodge reservations which the
president declared would "nullify" the
treaty.
1.-THE treaty will be ratified with
substantially the Lodge reservations"
Mr.. King said.
do you believe if the Democratic
side were to agree to accept the Lodge
reservations substantially the presi-
dent would refuse to deposit the
treaty with such reservations attached
to it?" Mr.. King was asked.
"He would not dare to-" was his
lIuick response.
Mr.. King reflected the view of a
number of Democratic senator's in
stating that whatever compromise was
worked out which received the support
of two-thirds of the senate essential
to ratification would not be turned
down by the president.
Mr.. Bryan's interference with the
treaty situation, Mr.. King said, was
resented by most senators who were
determined to keep the treaty out
of politics." and prevent it from being
made a campaign issue.
Both Republican and Democratic
senators Joined in predicting ratifica-
ton with reservations. The demo-
Gratis seemed to have come around to
the original position Of those Repub-
lican senator's who saved the treaty by
preventing its being amended taxtu-
ally during the early stages of the
treaty fight.