New-York tribune., 1920-02-03
Plan Contemplates Rati.
fcation Under Modi-
fled Lodge Program in
Two or Three Weeks
Grey Letter Makes
Republicans a Unit
Viscount Is Said to Have
Discussed the Pact With
Leaders of Majority
NeU York Tribune
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NeU York Tribune
Washington Ruredv
WASHINGTON, Feb. 2.-The en-
tire treaty fight will be renewed on
the floor of the Senate next Mon
day. On that day Senator Lodge.
chairman of the Foreign Relations
Committee, will seek to have the
pact brought up again for discussion
in the hope of obtaining ratification
with modified reservations within
two or three weeks time.
Senator Lodge in the Senate to-
day announced that Monday he
would ask unanimous consent to
have the treaty placed before the
Senate for reconsideration. Should
unanimous consent be refused. he
told the Senate he would move the
suspension of the Senate rules of
procedure, by two-thirds vote of
the Senators present, so that the
votes of November 19 last, when the
treaty failed of ratification both
with and without reservations, can
be reconsidered.
Senator Lodges notice TO-DAY fore
stalled Senator Hitchcock, acting leader
of the Administration forces in the
Senate, from taking control of the
treaty situation. Senator Walsh, of
Montana, informed the Senate Satur-
day that Senator Hitchcock would seek
to have the treaty revived in the Sen
ate February 10.
Democratic Aid Pledged
The support of many Democratic
Senators was pledged to Senator
Lodges move. After a conference be-
tween the Foreign Relations Commit
tee chairman and Senator Underwood,
of Alabama, Senator Hitchcocks rival
for the position of Democratic leader
of the Senate, it was declared that the
Democrats would vote to take up the
treaty again in open sessions of the
Senate. Failure to support the Lodge
move, Democratic leaders declared.
would place responsibility for defeat
ing possible ratification upon the
Democrats
Senator Lodge made the preliminary
move toward reviying consideration Of
the treaty as the direct result of the
letter of Niscount Grey recently pub
llshed in THE London Times" in which
Lord Grey defended the Senate's de-
mand for reservations to the treaty
Publication of the Grey letter united
the Republican Senators of all factions
IN support of any move Senator Lodge
may make, and, according to the Re-
publican leaders, assured the support
of many Democratic Senators to rcser.
vations
Viscount Grey discussed his letter
with number of Republican Senators
before he left for England, it became
known to-day. He talked it over at
length with Senator Lodge among
others
Hitchcock Expected to Resist
Senator Hitchcock, it is expected.
will oppose Senator Lodges motion to
suspend the Senate rules, and will
seek to take charge of the treaty fight
in the Senate by majority vote after
appealing to the president of the Sem
ate for ruling that the rules do not
have to be suspended. But whether
Senator Lodge or Senator Hitchcock
y,
brought before the Senate again for
action some time during the week
Senator Lodge plans to move to have
the pact recommitted to the Foreign Re-
lations Committee Immediately. The
committee will then report it again to.
the Senate, with a resolution of ratifica-
ton embodying the original Lodge reser-
vations. Such move. Senator Lodge said
to-day, would untangle the parliament
tary snarl into which the treaty was
thrown before Congress adjourned last
session.
The mild reservationists" TODAY a.
sured Senator Lodge that they would
support his motion to have the treaty
sent back to committee, and that they
would support notifications of the orig
inal reservations which Senator Lodge
will propose.
When the treaty comes up again on
the foor the reservation to Article X is
expected to be the pricipal stumbling
block. Senator Lenroot, of Wisconsin;
Kellogg, of Minnesota, and others who
have been working actively on the Re-
publican side for compromise. are
preparing the draft of a modifed form
Of the original reservation, which they
will submit on the floor as q COM
promise proposal. Senator Lodge said
to-day he hoped the Democrats would
be able to accept the new draft that 10
being worked out.
The Grey letter was discussed in the
Senate for three hours by Senator
Reed, Democrat, of Missouri Senator
Reed, who is one of the ''irreconcil-
able" opponents of the treaty. declared
1t showed that Great Britain is willing
to take the United States into the
league OF nations on any terms.
ut is an effort plainly to get US into
the league" said Senator Reed; ITO
coax US into it, to take charge Of the
affairs of the Senate, and to tell US
how to compose our differences. 1t is
the last bit of evidence to prove that
Great Britain and France want us in
this league on any terms whatsoever.
We can write this document any way
we desire and they will accept it."
Senator Reed served notice that the
"irreconcilables" will reopen their
fight for the adoption Of the Johnson
amendment on the voting power Of
Great Britain and the United States
when the treaty is brought up in the
Senate again. He interpreted Lord
Grey's statement that Great Britain had