The Washington herald., 1920-03-04
FATE OF TREATY
AGAIN PWOTS ON
WILSON DECISION
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ineut administration Senator sought
his views.
The President told the Senator.
and the conversation has been re-
peated in Democratic cloak-rooms'
that he regarded the principle in
volved in the Article X and Mon
roe doctrine reservations as of such
vast Importance as to pocket the
resolution of ratification should IT
be based on the Lodge program. Tho
very nature OF this determination
on the part of the President has
made the latest pressure upon him
more formidable. Democratic lead
ers desirous of saving the treaty.
but unwilling to break with the
President, have called out the re
serves" and put them in the hrst
line of the new drive against the
White House.
Defeatist Drive Pushed.
The second offensive against the
White House comes from a very dif-
ferent quarter. 1t has a decidedly
opposite purpose. 1t aims to defeat,
not to ratify. Its superstrategists
are the irreconcilable Republicans
in the Senate. There were rumors
fitting about the Senate lobbies
Yesterday afternoon of Democratic
connivance in this latest play or
parliamentary tactics.
The plan is to predict revolt by
a sufficient number of Democratic
Senators, to ratify the treaty with
the Lodge reservations. The emo
sought is to draw from the Presi-
dent a formal reiteration of his un-
compromising opposition to the
Dodge reservations, and thereby 10
hold in line" enough Democrats
against ratification as to make the
necessary sixty-four votes impossi-
BILE of attainment.
Senator William E. Borah. Of
Idaho, launched this flank attack
Yesterday. He declared public opin-
ion was being aroused in opposition
to the league and that the fall
in. away of the vote on the Demo-
cratic side" was an indication OF
the ground swell. He said the
Democrats stood as a solid pha-
lanx' six months ago. against the
Lodge reservations that they now
are coming to indorse and accept.
He charged that they are falling In
line now to ratify on a basis that
six months ago they declared would
be treason. He predicted that any
time we come to a shown-doWn
the Democrats in sufficient numbers
would vote to ratify.
. Senate Loses Spotlight.
This sort of an attack. coming
from Mr.. Borah, led to the instant
conclusion that an effort was being
made to force the President to issue
a formal ultimatum to his party as
sociates in the Senate.
Democratic Senator'S want to rati-
fy the treaty. Senator j. Z. w.
Beckham. of. Kentucky. supporter
of the President throughout the hve
years of his service, yesterday an
nounced he would vote to ratlty
with the Lodge reservations. MT.
Beckham soon will go before his
constituency for reelection. He de-
clared he had voted against reser-
vations, but that he believed 1t bet
ter to ratify the treaty, despite the
Lodge reservations than to keep
the whole question in. suspense IN
definitely.
The answer of the President will
come in a few days. The Senate
is rushing toward the final roll call.
only casual interest is being
taken in the readoption of the
Lodge reservations. The issue can
not be postponed longer than few
days, possibly a week at most. All
ewes are turned toward the White
House. The Senate has been pushed
from the spotlight.
(Copyright 1870, by Pnblie Ledger COL