Great Falls daily tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1895-1921, 1920-03-07
President Shows No In
clination to Receive
Senator Simmons and
Hear His Proposal.
Republicans Hope Stand
Of Wilson May Loosen
Other Democrats From
Backing His Attitude.

Washington, March 6-The move tc
bring President Wilson actively into the
peace treaty compromise negotiations
got such setback at the White House
Saturday, that irreconclable senate OPP
ponents of ratification again pronounced
the treaty dead and gave notice that
they would move on Monday to bring
the debate speedily to an end
Officials close to the president declar-
ed that Democratic senators already
were fully advised Of the attitude Of
the executive through revelation 10
Senator Glass. and that compromise
proposals should be addressed not to
Mr.. Wilson, but to Senator Lodge of
Massachusetts, the Republican leader in
the senate. 1t was not revealed wheth-
er the president would grant the re-
quested conference with Senator Sim
mons, of North Carolina, representing
the senate Democrats. in final effort
at compromise. but the White House
officials intimated that they thought
further efforts to inquire the president $
views would be superfluous
President Causes Disappointment.
The presidents attitude toward fur
ther conferences with Democratic sena-
tors as reflected at the White House
was learned with manifest disappoint-
ment by Democratic and Republican SEN
ators who have been working for a com
promise. Ii was said these negotiations
would continue. but many senator's pre-
dicted that if Mr.. Wilson declined 10
consider further compromise proposals
the hope Of ratification would be greatly
diminished
Among some Of the Republicans. how
ever, it was predicted that a refusal to
see Senator Simmons would result in
further defections from the administra-
tion ranks and might lead to a break
sufficient to secure acceptance Of the
Republican reservations.
The compromise proposals Senator
Simmons had planned to present to the
president were worked out in negotia-
tions between substantial groups of the
two parties with Senator Simmons act
ing for the Democrats and Senator Wat
son, of Indiana, for the Republicans.
Dead, Say Borah Group.
Among the irreconcilabes however. it
is confidently asserted that no agree
ment ever could be reached on such an
uncertain basis. and that if the decara-
ton of the White House officials re
flected the views of the president,
further delay of the ratification vote
was only so much time wasted. The
notice Of their intention to force final
action was given in the senate by Sena-
tor Borah, Republican. of Idaho, who
said he would move on Monday to take
up at once the knotty problem of Arti lie
10, which had been put over in the hope
that compromise on it might be as
sured while the senate worked its way
through the long list of collateral reser
vations.
Senator Borah's proposal at once was
indorsed by Senator Hitchcock. Of Nc
braska. the Democratic leader, who said
he and his colleagues were ready TO
vote "at an early date aud that it was
UNNECESSARY" to seek the views of the
president before taking final action.
Senator Lodge, however. suggested
that the quickest way now TO reach
Article 10 was to proceed with the pro
gram as it now stands. Six reservations
besides that relating to Article 10 r.
main to be disposed Of, the senate hav
ing acted early on the seventh Of tho
list Of fourteen adopted last November. !
Another Proviso Adopted
The reservation voted on was TINT /
exempting the United States from pay
Continued on rage Two,