Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-03-10
WNSON'S MOTT: HAS ST|FFENED HACKERS
 0F PEACE TREATY
Article Ten Becomes the Un- finished Business of
 Senate
MOVE TO COMPROMISE,
 HOWEVER, CONTINUES
Several Republicans Form New Res
 ervatian but are Discouraged at Failure to Line Up Democrats


 Washington, March 9.-Article X. more than ever the dominating issue in the peace treaty fight, became the unfinished business of the senate to- day, while republican and democratic senators who want the treaty rati fled worked for compromise with redoubled efforts, but with fading hope.
 Several of the republican leaders, impossible with their Article res ervation of last November unchang- ed, agreed on substitute and made an active campaign to line up the necessary democratic votes behind it. But they did not succeed, and although the compromise negotiations will continue as the question is de bated on the senate floor, no one had much hope tonight of an agreement
 The new republican reservation follows the general outline of the one adopted in November, but 1t puts into different and more specific form of it's declaration regarding the ar ticle's obligations. Some of the democrats were satisfied with it, but 28 was the peak of democratic votes which it's republican advocates claim ed for it in any eventuality and 1t would take at least 30 and probably 34 to make ratification possible. 1t was indicated that President Will sons new letter on the subject. al though it failed to stop the com- promise negotiations, had not beer without effect in stiffening the ad- ministration ranks against anything like the old republican reservation. Democratic senators were Tn dlsa- greement over what the president would do in the event of compro- mise ratification, and many of them declared their inclination to let the doubt resolve itself in favor of a conservative course.
 So discouraged were the republic an leaders that they had not de- cided tonight whether their substi- tute reservation would be offered at all in the senate. They indicated, however. that they would not long delay action on the article in the in terests of compromise and that the debate to begin tomorrow probably would last but few days. The way to consideration on the senate floor was cleared just before adjournment by re-adoption in modified form of the reservation on voting power in the league. As it finally prevail ed, the reservation, the last except that relating to Article X on the re publican program, declares that until the covenant is amended so as to give equal voting power, the Uni ted States declines to be bound by decisions to which congress has not previously given consent
 The vote on re-adoptlon of the reservation was 57 to 20 with IT democrats voting for it, nine more than supported it in November. The only changes made were on motion of Senator Lodge, the republican leader, substitute offered by Sena- tor Hitchcock of Nebraska, the dem ocratic leader, failing, Al to 34, and one by Senator Mccormick. republic an of Illinois, 57 to 19. The reser- vation on the subject urged last ses- sion by Senator Johnson, republican of California. also was re-lntroduced by Senator Phelan, democrat, of Cal ifornia, but was voted down, 73 to Riot for Revision.
 | In the course of the days debate on the voting power reservation, Senator Lodge told the senate that the presidents letter had empha- sized the features of Article X to which republicans were objecting and thus had touched upon the vital agreements of the whole treaty con troversy. The article, MT. Lodge described as binding agreement based on "naked force" characteris- tic which he said the president ap- parently regarded as essential, but which the senate majority never would accept.
 The revised Article X reservation is said to have been given the ap. proval of Elihu Root before it finally was agreed upon.
 l In presenting the new draft to the democrats the republican leaders are understood to have represented 1t al embodying the farthest step they were willing to take in the direction l of compromise and to have refused a plea from democratic senators tha the words Cor to interfere in con troversies between nations, whether members of the league or not" b' stricken out.
 I In these negotiations both senators
 Lodge and Hitchcock refrained il !. taking an active part, but friends O , the republican declared they fell cer } tain he would give his assent to tn
 substitute. Mir. Hitchcock. on tn } other hand, was represented as un willing to accept the proposal. , It was announced tonight that conference of democrats in favor o ; reservations would be held tomorrow at the office of Senator Owen o
 Oklahoma to "trv to find some wa,
 out of the wilderness"
 l MICHIGAN SEWERS.