Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1920-02-05

Washington. Jan. 3O.-Enots to breal;
the peace treaty deadlock by unofficial
bipartisan negotiation ended suddenly in
failure to-day and democratic Senate
leaders began preparations to bring the
treaty back into the open Senate for
consideration.
1t was over the long debated article
ten that the bipartisan movement after
bringing republicans and democrats TO-
sether on many collateral issues finally
met disaster. The end came after Scna-
tor Lodge, republican leader. had renewed
his refusal to compromise on that arti-
Gle and had rejected a reservation on the
subject written by former President Taft
and presented to the bipartisan concilia -
ton committee by The democrats.
Walking out OF the conference with the
announcement that further deliberations
there were useless. the democrats quickly
drafted plans to renew the fight in the
open. The acting party leader. Senator
| Hitchcock of Nebraska. announced that
notice would be given in the Senate to-
morrow of his intention 10 move on FEB
ruGry 10 to take UP the treaty for ratit-
cation. Opinion was divided as 10 whether
auch motion would prevail
If it does. Senator Hitchcock expects
adopt those reservations on which ten
| tative agreement had been reached in the
committee and then fight on; differences
over the others. A draft OF the COM
| mittee's work made public by Mr. Hitch
| cock did not cores pond with q review OF
| its accomplishments given out by Sena-
! tor Lodge. however. and bitter after
math seemed in store should the demo
cratic plan of open discussion be carried
out.
Tentative agreement. senator Hitch
| cock said. had been reached by the com
mittee on the preamble and II of the II
! proposed reservations. the only subjects
| rema lining at issue being article ten and
| The Monroe Doctrine. Senator Lodge
maintained that there were in all six OF
| the IA on which no agreement, even of a
tentative nature, had been consumma ted
| The Taft reservation as presented
! to the bipartisan committee by Sen
| ator Hitchcock and rejected by the re.
/ publican is as follows;
/ The United States declines to as
sumo any legal or binding obligation
to preserve the territorial integrity OF
| political independence of any othe,
country under the provisions of article
| 10 or to employ the military or nava
! forces of the United States under any
article of the treaty for any purpose
but the congress. which under the con.
! sttution has the sole power in the
| premises will consider and decide what
| moral obligation II any, under the cir
! cumstances of any particular case
/ when ii arises. should move the United
states in the interest of world peace
and justice to take action therein. ant
| will provide accordingly"
The move of the democrats in champion
| ing this reservation came as surprise
| the leaders on both sides having indica tet
! before hand that any decision on article
ten probably would be put over until mex
week. In rejecting the proposed substtut.
Senate Lodge reiterated his announce
ment that no change would be considered
! in the article ten reservation drafted b,
the republicans at the last session o.
Congress. Agreeing to finally disagree
! the conference then broke up in less thar
AN hour after it had begun
! What happened was described thus b.