Norwich bulletin., 1920-02-03
Treaty Back in the
 Senate Next Monday
Republican Leaders Have
 Joined Forces With Demo
 crats in Setting That Date.

Washington. Feb. 2.-Republican leaders of the senate joined forces with tlfe democrats today to bring the peace treaty, back into the. open sen ate. at the beginning of next week.
 Countering the democrats plan to reopth the debate a week from tomor- row Senator Lodge of Massachusetts, ne republican leader, served notice that he would make a similar effort week; from today. The earlier date was promptly accepted by democrats and Tn many quarters it was predict ed that consideration of the treaty would te esumed then by unanimous consent. -.
 It was emphasized on all sides. how ever, that the agreement to again put the treaty formally before the senate did. not mean the leadrs wre optimis- tic oH,eI the prospects of it's final dis DOS! !tien.- It was predicted that some Of the minor points at issue, tIresh- ed out in the private and informal ne gotiations of the past two weeks, might soon be agreed on by the sen ate itself;, but senators were not so hopeful .in5 regard to the agreement over Artlcle Ten and the Monroe ociTine,
 As soon as a resumption of open discussion set med assured leaders of the two tarties put their heads to-
  keeping the ecb4le within reasonable boG9ds Revival of the cloutre rule which was apn'ieo during the closing hours; of the. last session was suggest ed. altt mary sendtors thought it too drastic and sit wits generally predicted that some other method would be found
 :. Two resolutions to, amend the sen ate rules and mabe possible a modi- n nnn hxF republican, Kansas. and one by. Sena- tor Kellogg. republican. Minnesota are before the rules committee which plans to meet within a. few days to consider them The leaders also went over the possibilities of ringing one 9f these: measures up for senate ac- tien without waiting on the committed and it was said to move might be made tomorrow.
 H Meantime discussion of the treaty broke out aliead of time on the floor Sana.cr Reed, democrat of Missouri, mixing a speech Cf two hours and a half in reply to the recently published letter of Viscount Grey. the British ambassador to the United States, re- .arding senate reservations
 Quoting Viscount Grey's statement that there could be no objection in principle to equdi American and E,ss. Sti rel,ffSaataticls in the League If Nations. Senator Reed continued: Nhat stnatcr .tw will vote against tho Johnson amendment? If any more N'ite aga .i:st 1t. I think we ought to rltakt a vacancy. herc in the senate ard irSta II. Lord Siley. who Wollid fept+"scnt' An4Iiea hAtIer than some Ie2t the American senator's have. been ,r7nr reseni itg. Ter. It is pitiable 1 thing that the American senate had : to learn the lesson of American rights from tlae mouth of a British diplomat. [. ''
 9 The Grey letter Senator Reed chara cterized as another evidence that Great Britain and France Sva Tt us in the league on our own terms , Tt is an effort of England.' he added, to coax us into the league | and by. indirection to take charge of | the senate and tell us how to com 1 pose our differences
 s'f l were lawyer representing 1 client" Senator Reed continued who had made a proposition so l1n- l fair to my, client that the lawyer on the other side of the table had said : Oh. that isn't fair to your client ! I'd quit the practice of law Yet Lord 1 Gray tells the American senate that's l just what's happened in the League 1 of Nations negotion.
 Nations look out for themselves 1 Tin getting a little tired of being
 
 | the United States will be dragged in- ] to the next war. There have been 10e war between 1872 and 1914 in Europe, fifty of major importance, and we kept out of all but two.
 Great Britain dragged us into the ] first. don't think she'll repeat the mistake, and if she would, don't want her as a partner in the leagIe. Will France? The bodies of our, dead would GTy up to her people from her soil. | the dead who died stemming tide | that threatened to flow over her,
 Will Japan? Well Japan may; I am one of those. sir. who neither want, Japan as an enemy outside of the league nor partner within.
 Will Germany? Germany cannot 1 cross the seas to injure this country ever. We have 8 fleet superior to hers. and it should always be maintained to the point.'