The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1920-03-12
Lodge Takes Active m
In Effort to Satisfy
Sides.
PENROS TO VOTE 4
AGAINST TREAT
Simmons Renews Fill
to Keep the Measured '
an Issue From E.nte .
Campaign.

Washington. March l1.--vTguc<
efforts to bring about compf04aa1&T1
the article ten reservation whlo1
command the votes Of enough e1N
to. ratify the treaty were made ~
by group in the senate which N
Guided senators OF both par1fea 2s
1t was a day Of many conkoe
and in order to permit these 0oa&ST
ences to go on the session of IN @
ate was given over to tim1-kfI1
speeches. The prospects OF ! nnS1
by Saturday faded Aconsiderablx ~
now appears as II the vote VIII %
until Monday. sSS2I
The best opinion ON both ss4dk
that there will not be enough voeA6N
change the Lodge reservation ~ n1fS
ticle ten and that with the LSx
reservation adopted there win ~ y
few Democrats voting for II 10 Aeoe1
plish ratification.
LODGE Is ACTIVE. sSl
Senator Lodge took an activo ra1f
In the negotiations Tor comprosnleeE
He was closeted during the day N3E&
groups of mild reservatlonists Il
with the middie-grounders who ~
vote for ratification II the Lc&M
reservation remains UNCHANGED, ~
viii Join the irreconcilablss n
reservation II altered. ma
It was stast positively thAts
tor Lod1e's negotiations With sAho
ators IN the latter group NJ
pIetaIy tailed ard fhak &he ~
nfna senators In this group wo6l
yield. Among them are Ban. IL x
ware: Freiinghysen. of New JexS
Eikfns and Sutherland. Of West W
ginia. and Kenyon. OF lows IA
They are said to have informed 0GS
tor Lodge they will part company MJ
him X he submits to any change yM34(
reservation pertaining to artic1o 1
Another interesting bit Of ne
that reached the senate during
day was that Senator Boiee
OF Pennsylvania, had gone OVER ~
irreconcilables and would yot1
kin the treaty. It was stated 11
senator in his confidence that Sa1l0 &
Penrose voted under '4miaappreS
sion" when he cast his vote Cor
fication last November. sss
EFFORTS OF EnnEOua
Senator Simmons. Of North 60
lima renewed his efforts %
about a compromise, 20 that
treaty shall not become an iG1uo
the campaign. He conferred
Senators Lodge. Watson and a4ha11
but admitted that little had 49,
complished. He il disinciined 1pR1
lieye that enough Democrats
tors will vote for the LOdEo fSS1
vation to make ratification poanloG
The position In which many 6f n
administration senators and fAS5
selves as the result Of the pres1AAsix
refusal to accept strong resorva41
was expressed on the floor "a
senate by Senator Ashurst, OF Ariz6
with this statement: III
LAS friend OF the preaideu44s
as one who has Loyalty followed l(
solemnly declare to him thl9 -
ing: IT you want to XIII yotft -
child because the senate stralenl
out its crooked limbs. You must e RI
the responsibility and accept the y
dict of history
Senator Amhurst uttered t1,fS ~
mark during a brief speech III IA
he urged that the treaty BE- ~
out of the way 90 that some attea1SS
might be given to important d0S
tic legislation. SSsggJ
The substitute reservation fu9As
ticie ten proposed by Senator
mons and Watson was lenOune 4
Senator Brandegce IN speesAa SS n
ing complete surrender to the III 1ix6|
of the president He warned ~
pubiicans that IL they rntifsad ssssj
treaty with this reservations Il N
be just what the president vanx&
and he would surely deposit thu xAtt
cation. M