The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1920-03-03
CHANCES REMOTE:
TO RATIFY TREATY
Split Kills Hope for Early
Agreement
SENATE LEADERS
ARE DEADGOCkED
Hitchcock "iObn0bS" with IIrcc0n-
cradles. Leaders See Prospect OF
Treaty Fight Going Into CAMPAIGN,
Hitchcock and BOrah Confer

'f'"iNH' i"ddViS see If0SpcEl OF
Treaty Fight Going Into CAMPAIGN.
Hitchcock and Borah Confer.
| Washington, Feb. 2S.- Another dav
or oratory and mancuvcring in the
senate ended tonight with virtually
all elements in the treaty fight agree
in& that ratification seemed far away.
| Getting down to rock bottom in
their calculations, the leaders are un-
dcrstood to have agree that, unless
some unexpected circumstances alters
the senate alignment enough votes
can not be brought together to either
modify tho Republican article 10 res
crVatlon or secure ratification of the
treaty without such a modification.
IN this situation, disposition be-
came apparent among the treatys
friends and foes alike to bring the
senate debate to an end, and let the
issue go undecided into the political
campaign. BY unanimous consent it
was aSfecd to vote Monday on the
reservation, which has been pending
for two days, and in some quarters it
was predicted that final vote on the
treaty itself would be reached before
the end Of next week.
at least twenty Democrats, it was
said on both sides apparently were
determined to stand steadfastly with
President Wilson in opposing ratifica-
;i0n unless change could be made
in the article 10 reservation which the
President had said would cut the heart
out Of the treaty. In administration
quarters 1t was predicted that the
number would be we'll in excess of
twenty, but the latter figure was ac-
ccDted generally as an absolute min
mum.
In addition there are at least four
teen Republicans and Democrats
banded together in the irreconcilable
camp against ratification in any form
and it would take total of only
thirtythrec votes to defeat any rati-
fication resolution.
The determination Of the admins
tration Democrats to fight to the last
ditch for their position became mark
cd during the days conferences and
in SCmc quarters it was intimatcd that
they had heard again from the White
House regarding article 10. The party
leader, Senator Hitchcock of Ncbras-
ka, said no new communication on the
subject had come through him, but
added that he had no reason 10 be-
licve the President had changed his
mind
AS one result Of the situation the
administration forces and the irro-
concilablcS, who have been arch-cnc-
mics throughout the long treaty con-
.trOvcrsy, have been thrown together
in interest and through their leaders
are understood to have agreed to keep
in close touch during the next weeks
mancuvcring. They did so today, Sen
ator Hitchcock and Senator Borah.
Republican, Idaho, a leader among the
Iirrcconcilablc group, holding frequent
consultations
In the same way the break between
Senator Hitchcock and the mild res
crvation Republicans, with whom he
has worked for many weeks for q com
promise. was brought to an open
breach during the days debate. In
sharp clashes with Senators kellogg,
both Of the mild reservation group,
the Democratic leader declared that
while they had posed as friends Of the
treaty they had worked by "contem-
tiblc" means to line up the Repub-
Leans for destroying reservations.
Senator Hitchcock also charged that
Senator kellogg had conspired "to
pack the foreign relations committee
With enemies Of the treaty an as
sertion which drew a heated dcnial
from the Minncsato senator. He said
he had wanted ratification from the
first and added that while he Con
graduated" Senators Hitchcock and
Borah and their new alliance he
could not wish them success
The exchange between Senators
Hitchcock and Kellogg recalled the
fact that the Minnesota senator had
himself been unsuccessfully urged for
place on the foreign relations com
mittco by his friends in the senate,
Senator kellogg made no reference to
thiS IN the floor however