Omaha daily bee., 1920-01-21
Disagreements in Bipartisan
Conference Looking to CON-
promise Create Acute Situa-
tion in Senate.
DIFFERENT SOLUTION
OF DEADLOCK PLANNED
Movement Starts Among
Rank and File Toward Some
Sort Of Agreement Other
Than Yet Promulgated.

Washington, Jan. 20.-Disagree-
ments in the bipartisan conferences
looking to@ompromise peace treaty
reservations today brought the sen.
ate leaders committees to the verge
of break and caused movemen,
among the senate rank and file to.
ward a different solution of the
treaty deadlock.
Open rupture today Of the leaders
conference was averted, temporarily
at least, by passing over the dis
putes on the Lodge reservation re-
garding equality of voting in the
league of rations. W
The bipartisan conference will
meet again late tomorrow, but with
leaders of both factions doubtful as
to the possibility of ultimate agree
ment.
Plan Independent Moves.
Prospects of failure Of the leaders
conferences and of formal suspen-
sion of their sessions today moved
mild reservation" republicans and
a few democrats not members of
the leaders committees to discuss
independent moves toward a solu-
ton of the treaty situation. One
mild reservation" republican spokes-
man said such a move would be
forthcoming if conferences of the
leaders fail within few days to
give more assurances of a conpro-
mise.
Two plans for future action were
considered by the senate rank and
file should the leaders conferences
fail. Several Of the mild reserva-
ton" republicans were said to favor
a combination with the democrats to
bring the treaty again to the foo.
of the senate for open consideration
of compromise reservations. For
effectiveness of this plan reliance
would be placed upon public pres
sure which, it is believed, would de-
velop in favor Of compromise.
Round Robin Petition.
Another plan, chanpioned by
democratic advocate of compromise,
contemplates a round robin" petit
tion to bring republicans and demo-
Gratis into joint caucus. The mild
reservation" republicans, however,
were reported opposed to the bipar-
tisan caucus plan and also to the
pending motion of Senator Under
wood, democrat, Alabama, for ap-
pointment of formal conciliation
committees. Followers of Republi-
can Leader Lodge as we'll as the re-
publican mild reservationists" are
said to agree that if the present BIZ
partisan meetings of the leaders shall
fail it will be useless to appoint
other conciliation committees.
Participants in today's conference
of the informal committees, of which
there were too, said an irnpasse and
suspension of the compromise move
ment was virtually reached at the
first session as a result of inability
to get together on the equal voting
reservation to the league of nations
covenant. After more than two hours
spirited debate, the whole subject
was put over.
Second Session Better.
Better progress, however, was re-
ported at the second session. The
preamble to the Lodge reservations,
requiring formal acceptance by three
of the five principal powers OF Amer
lean reservations was taken up and
it was said a tentative agreement
was reached The proposed COM
promise on the preamble was said to
provide that if the principal sigma
tories do not formally file, objec-
tions to the reservations before their
deposit for exchange Of ratification
the American reservations shall be
deemed to have been accepted.
Change in the Lodge reservation
to provide for different situations
arising when the United States is
and is not a party to disputes before
the league was urged by the demo-
Gratis, who. it was stated, agreed to
accept the reservation in cases where
the United States is a party to the
dispute. In such cases the United
States would assume no obligation
where a nation with colonies or do
minions cast more than one vote. In
cases where the United States is not
a party to the dispute the democrats
proposed that the United States
should be content to file objections
None of the democratic proposals
were acceptable to the republican
leaders aud the democrats n was