Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-01-15
TREATY AGREEMENT
BELIEVED AT HAND
BY COMP PROMISE
Senators of Both Parties STRIVING
to Get Together on Terms tor
Ratification.
LODGE MAKES A PROMISE
,ro,, rhc Now York World today.

From The New York World today
Washin cton, Jan. 14.-Senators are
10 try To re ach an agreement on the peace
treaty through non-partisan in5'tlhG 81
an The friends oi the pact. Senator
Icnyon. for the Republicans. and Senator I
owen for the cmocrats. have been
charged with getting the Signatures OF I
.ioht Senators of his own party to call /
for this Meeting. which may SStmhle /
an rday
T. = beloved siNtV OF seventy Senators |!
VII ati.rd and th, hope Is that ont oi F.
ia. session will roln. tho compromise
I'm, viii II tm9oll. Il ~ the iiual rc.oill- I
ttu' 81 ratification
The plan Is nrctne with opposition !
sv,u i,ctor, II l4 completely framed.
otfrctlon II mad that slch Il gathering
VrI =. thiuG NOR thau the senate m
,tuafl,lil session and that the most that
,tn -. eNTretcI ni II Is "a resumption q,
f.. irtt.t1tirsl,Ir debates II l~t Year
vitl nn particular prospect II 2ttalnnG
,.5, .l.hrj.c results than we're o1talncd
h.a Nevertheless the rtIort (, 70 hc
n...r
lEI ItYes>RIr RIFT.
Ihc Trends 81 the plan say there has
hc.a ! change II the ~.uttotut atmo-
.phcrs. and that mcu who. ~ December
W,l, ctuatcd almost entirely hy the
dom. r., prevent tht opposition from
ha1Iur it, WY arc HOW moving "tth The
lne,Ifle,. of reconciliation and tlt1 add
ther,. IS i large and increasing wtnl'cr ~
both -idca Of the chamber who would
ratIiy ON the oppo,ltlons s tcrnl9 rathor
thau not rutliy II all
This sort oi talk i. ~ least N part. ?
reaction to tho visit t. the Nenatr 81 the
sprc .cutatiycs Of twonty SIX national
organizations. speaking for 10000 600
persons with the demand. courhcd ~
III, form Of a plea for the carly ratiilCa-
tioa al the treaty That visit has shaken
nc determination Of many Senators
vho thought thsy had thcIr Tags nailed
10 thu mast.
Possibly al even more Slgniilcancc
Than IT,. proposed Senatorial massmcct~
Inc !, a con 'crfncc scheduled for tonor
row, after The Democratic leadership has
becn decided amoug l.odgc. Owen
I4nroat md two ~ three moro his
Will IL tho first conference - whlch ali
the groups except, oi course. the ir-
rrconciahlcs. who flock ~ themselves
have been represented
IocGp MAKrs 4 PROMISE.
II Is in some measure sequel -
snort session today when Kenyon 8nd
owen went to Lodge and urged hum ~.
permit some modification ot Article 30
witch Is the poin! ot widest separation
between the factions They told HIM II
the general uucaSncss and rcstlcssnc>s
III the Scnat rs and the growing dcnand
.nr ratification Lodge listened sYmpa
thetleally-at least his visitors felt he
was sylnpathctlc--hut when they LETT
fhcv we're unable a. recall anything
more comforting than the Republican
leaders promise to take thC matter
,lp with some If those who had hcCn tor
the Lodge reservations all the way and
ascertain from them how the Idca ot
donarture from the bedrock II treaty
scripture struck them Il ism much,
hut It IS something.
Tomorrow meeting tS scheduled MS
4 real conference. with Ill factions pr, sent
and the declared purpose If reaching ~
lC..st q place to start from on the tourney
to agreement Il all hands arc III earnest
IN The effort to come 10 terms more is t.
l,c expected from thus gathering % not -
,xcrcd half dozen than from tho mass
meeting day or 50 later.
WANT TO FXcIUnE Ir,nrRS
II IS the announced intention oi cv-
cludInR Lodge Hitchcock and | nier-
wood from the mass meeting, III order ta
avoid any appearance % frammcl~ Il Is
I,lcniSe meant t0 leon thc Battalion ci
Death away but the latter 5 clamormg
tar bid IN the last ANALYSIS Il W'ii bc
tins rrnIu hat has Ia b1 SqIcichcd i the
r-unran1~c comes to pass. and fllclT
capacity IL mix things III and compass
uc:av iseXteI~Ivc. eIeturc or no cloiurc-
III, Observation-Disclosures proposition.
Whfeh bcca}sse II Its d,tnilcnCs>. r1scd
Greet hops for Il white seem, - hc DRIFT
.ue baek - The litter q discard The nIid
~r-..rz-attonI>f~ SAY the trouble Is that the
Democrats themselves aro not agreed Oh
.ne ros arvatI0ns as ihe-t tV" framed
them and they say 1h.t uniI. the Demo
graf ar, IL accord i Is useless for thCm
u submit 4 counter pToDa> tl4I
another hurdle Is The feeling now
sntore rlany d mocrats that fts PTcsI-
ae1f mu~t he consulted IL advance al any
eemp4e mee. The Republicans say if
every tentative suggestion Ls> II TIC
carried 10 IN. White llog>, before il Is
acted "a that negotiations caIl never get
.uyWLere. They tIutk III. Democrats
should FIST agree y an offer tLeH cet-
-4ler hy themselves tie cellttr IraIpsI-
tI,n .ud subni, iii, completed Tlal 81 Tire
T., sacLt, i they -ce th1T laze ta
1IG Horf- ron CoNrLaaff~Ia
1, is an confused a- yt.. ana nobody
..a.. -ay Ju~t what ro8d VII tl.4li> lead
s.t t thf pucle hut sNcert tar hc ~
S ii, frrceonciale~ thor hatdN
senator Who docs irt .Hah i@f s1u.-
u-a-.I~. a-s-,.cn.cn; t,ciora q gseat aa..
~.uatof Underwood heclI'a- 50
ia. croucG tI1re his beet ..IHa 4
- .he volunteer rccon"I,ers II .<-' t.i-
,...arIty aud ;ilat the pgHd s,t,l
MI. 4 ii. would not MAJ - press lsl- p.an
..taIt 1t au ,ild il1- yes Iut4of sHf-
tess.,...t.- & cou4rufftt. 81 courIfatI0 I0l
c0r-.-ttug b iiE rom earI partE regular
N.-a urbcsail> designated ID compo,, fAt
difference.
IN resolution would af iea~ pro-
,ua .hc niar ucI, necessary fnr cut
..a.n- /. earf..4soull-,. l,.an Ilo said u
fs.ah tbs Vot.td p, batter than ID 20 Al
.t., laa.f.. 81 + .i4 pilasaTu II
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