The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1920-03-13

MODIFICATION
| OF RESERVATION
Lodge Makes Effort to Re-
unite Republican Forces
OF Senate.
CLAIMS THIRTY SENATORS

Washington, March $50
gloomy dill the outlook Tor
peace treaty compromise become
today that republican and demo-
cratic ,eadsrs virtually agreed 20
vote Monday on all pending and
proposed reservations. The re-
sut they predicted, probably
would be a ratification vote be-
fore the middle Of next week.
Although some eompronisa
advocates stll oiunu to hope OF
success, standardization and "ira
reconGilable" leaders declared
they had positive pledges OF
enough votes to beat the treaty
with the X publican Article X
substitute as modified today at
the suggestion of the treatys
opponents.
Washington, March I3,-~ln an effort
to reunite the republican senate forces
Senator Lodge, of Massachusetts. the
party leader. today introduced an
amendment TO the Subartiele \ reEer-
walton offered yesterday,
The change, proposed at the sug-
gestion Of Senator Borah. republican.
Idaho, leader OF the irreconclables,
would insert tho words Including all
controversies relating TO territorial In
teBrity or political Independence" In de-
scrlbng the international controversies
In which the United States would not
interfere.
Introduction In the senate OF a mod-
fed reservation to Article y of the
league Of nations covenant caused spec-
ulation today as to whether President
Wilson would inform democratic Lead
ers OF his attitude toward the new
qualification. In the past he has uHu-
ally taken steps TO let his party know
whether pending reservations to the
treaty were acceptable to him.
The modified reservation did not serve
to clarity the befuddled situation, In
stead, It caused postponement Of the
expected vote on Article Y. which prob
ably will not come until Monday or
Tuesday.
Irreconcllabie opponents Of the treaty
condemned the sub qualifications as a
republican capitulation" 10 the white
House, while the mild reservationlats
Of tho party followed the leadership of
Senator Lodge, who introduced II. Dem,
oerats, generally had nothing 20 say
about It. except Senator Hitchcock.
woh declined to accept il.
Despite defections from tho repub-
lean ranks because of the changes tn
the reservation, the republican leaders
leaving "a votes for the democrats 10
deliver " the treaty is 10 be ratified
with the substitute attached. Efforts
TO amend the substitute probably viii
be made. Ia which case, all cxising line.
ups may be overturned.
Text OF Substitute.
The amendment to the substitute
proposed by him 10 the original res-
ervation 10 Article X submitted to
the senate this afternoon by Senator
Lodge, republican leader, makes the
substitute 10 read:
The United Stptes assumes no
obligations to preserve the terri
torial integrity or political inde.
pendence Of any other country
by the employment OF It's mill
tary or naval forces, its re-
sources or any form OF economic
determination, or 10 interfere IN
any way In controversies be-
tween nations, including all con.
troversies relating TO territorial
integrity or political lndepend-
enee."
Republican leaders predicted tie
amendment would bring back into line
some Of The reservation republicans VINO
have Indicated opposition TO tho draft
presented yesterday
The chnnge stirred up more trnuiii. an
The democratic side where compromise
advocates had not set completed their
poll on the original substitute