Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1920-01-25
JOHNSON -BORAH
PROTESTS Make
FOR MOREDELAY
Compromised Halt
Temporarily While Repub-
licans Take Stock
nj ANY CONSULTATIONS
Outlook for Early Treaty Set
Element UnprOmising

/ MASHlNGID IDN, Jan. Z4.-tDm-
promise negotiations in the senate
on the peace treaty We're halted TEN
porarily today while republican sem
ators took stock of the situation
caused by the protests against furth-
er compromise made yesterday 10
Senator Lodge by Senators Johnson.
OF California; Borah Of Idaho, and
other republicans.
TO give opportunity for the repub-
/ lican senator's conferences, Senator
Lodge cancelled the meeting Of the
/ bipartisan conference Of republican
and democratic leaders considering
compromise reservations. Another
meeting OF the coIciliation commit
tees was called for Monday. however,
and meantime informal conferences
on both sides were planned.
Numerous consultations between
members of all senate factions We're
I held today and leaders generally
agreed that the outlook for an early
settlement was uupromising. Il was
conceded in all quarters that the
protests by Senators Johnson and
Borah had made future negotiations
more difficult.
Senator Lodge conferred today
with the other three members of the
republican committee and prepared
mn answer To democratic proposals
for composing differences over the
reservations 70 Article 10 of the
/ League OF Nations covenant and that
/ regarding equality Of voting in the
League. This answer will be trans
mitted to Senator Hitchcock of Me-
braska and his associates on the dem
ocratic committee Monday.
Changes in Language, Not Principles,
Agreeable
Although To authoritative state
mant regarding Che nature of the rc-
\ publican leaders plans were given.
it was intimated that the republicans
( would agree only to changes in Ian
guage Of the two major reservations
and would not yield any of the prin-
ciplcS involved. Assurances to this
4 effect were reported to have been
I given Senators Johnson and Borah at
/ yesterdays conference.
Besides conferences Of the repub-
lican leaders today The mild rescrva-
\ zionist" republicans and also W num-
ber If democrats consulted separately
and with each other The "mild
! reservationists" were sounded out by
\ Senator Hitchcock and other demo-
cratic leaders, and, IN was stated.
VI 4N Ky
\ tion from Senators Johnson. Borah
and their adherents 10 further COM
promise blocked m conciliation
movement. some IF the "mild reser-
vationists" were prepared t0 treat
with the democrats independently in
an effort To bring about ratification.
] Warfare or Senate Floor Prohabic
Both republican and democratic
leaders agreed today that The situa-
tion was developing where the war
fare soon might hrcak out on the
senate floor, despite democratic hopes
tnat the treaty would not De- made
a football in the senate until set
Of compromise reservation could he
agreed upon. Today .ha treaty con-
trovCrsy cropped out briefly in the
senate, Senator Reed, democrat Of
Missouri, an opponent OF the treaty.
criticised the bi-rarti. an negotiations.
declaring they were being conducted
in secret by "seif-anpoirtad" COM
mittces having no authority to act.
''They are not discussing princi-
pies" said Mr.. Reed, "but how
changes in the reservations can be
made which will catch some votes. .r
The mild reservation" rcpubI-
cans. Senator Reed added, "insist on
yielding only part Of our sovereign
! ty' while advocates Of unqualified
ratification OF the treaty wish to
yield IL all"
There IN another class WI cold
fashioned wicked people" continued
Mr.. Reed, ''who would not surrender
q single star Of the American flag
70 live under banner Of interna-
tioHalism."
Senator Reed also commended VIM.
J. Bryan for his position against rati-
fication,of the treaty without change
in Article % of the league covenant
and for opposing assumption Of man
datories by America.
Commencing Mr. Bryan,s opposi-
ticn 70 mandates, Senator Reed said
the word mandatory" was a polite
name for conquest.
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