The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1920-01-27
Senate Bipartisan Committees
Finally Decide to Meet
Is Again Thursday.
DEADLOCK UNB ROKEN
Hitchcock Agrees Not to Move
for Action on Senate Floor,
Meanwhile.

tlce was served on republican leader,
of the senate today by Senator
Hitchcock, of Nebraska, the admin
'istration spokesman, that unless com
promise negotiations on the peace
treaty were continued he would carry
/ tt, fight to the senate floor by NOV.
ing to take the treaty up there.
The notice was given in the reply
of the informal democratic compro
mise committee to the refusal of the
republicans to compromise on Ar
ticIe X of the league of nations cove
nant. Out of the discussion which
followed came an agreement for the
Bipartisan committees to meet again
Thursday. Thus the door to a COM
Promise was not entirely closed.
SenaTor Hitchcock agreed that
meantime he would not move for
senate action.
He did not indicate the democrats
would recede from their position, and
senator Lodge, the republican leader,
said after the conference the repub-
,-s@ @an conferees had not changed their
\ stand against compromise on Article
\ and the Monroe doctrine.
Democrats UItimatus1.
The democratic members of this
conference have considered the an
nouncement made by Senator Lodge
mat he and his associates are not
willing to consider any compromise
OIL the Lodge reservation concerning
article y nor on that relating to the
Monroe doctrine" said Senator
Hitchcock in, the democratic reply to
the republican ultimatum.
In reply we desire to say that we
entered upon this conference without
any reservations or restrictions in the
nope that we could compromise diff
terences not only on Article X, but
on all other reservations. We as
sumed that the other side of this
conference had the same purpose.
The unexpected interruption of
the conference and the decision to
refuse any compromise on Article X
is all th9 more surprising because it
seemed from expressions on both
sides of the table that we were close
10 a possible compromise on this very
important reservations by means of
tho following draft prefared bv sew
eral senator's and already assented
to by most of the members of the
conference on both sides of the table
before the interruptions
The United States assumes no
Obligations to employ its military or
naval forces or the economic boycott
TO preserve the territorial integrity
or polltlcal independence of any other
country under the provisions of Ar
nv fA .Y,1 l..
naval forces of the United States un-
Ter any article of the treaty for any
purpose, unless in any particular
case the congress, which, under the
constitution, has the sole power to
declare war or authorize the employ
ment of the military or naval forces
OF the Uni. ed states, shall by act or
JOINT resolution provide. Nothing
hereln shall be deemed to impair the
A1igaton in Article NNI concerning
the economic boycott"
The ultimatum was intended as
reply to Lodges announcement that
would net agree to any material
change in the reservations of Article
\ of the league of nations covenant
and the Monroe doctrine, but would
insist upon the American principles
involved in them being preserved in
tact.
Behind Lodge on the question of
American principles were reported
the entire repuhl can side of forty-
nine senators, The Republican ir-
reconcilables' and the republican
mild reservationists" were said to
be united on one proposition: That
there would be no sacrifice of Amer
lcan principles which were involved
IN the Lodg4 reservations voted down
by the democratic side on Nov. 10
last
The democratic side was said to
be divided between Hitchcock and
ms followers who were rcported 10
regard as logical" the presidents
position that the Lodge reservations
would result in a 'nullification" of
the treaty. and Senator Underwood
ol Alabama, and his supporters, who
were salu TO favor Concessions"
which would lead to an agreement
with the republicans.
Grave Doubts Expressed
IL was predicted that unless Hitch
cock could rally around him suHi-
cient number Of democratic senators
to develop real attack upon the
Lodge reservation, Senator Lodge
would refuse to take his ultimatum
seriously. '''''
Grave doubt was expressed by both
republican and democratic senators
as TO whether a solution of tho
numerical problems involved in nut-
ting the treaty across would be
found.
Ihe situation resolved itself in the
old question Of sixty-four senator's
being found to vote for ratification
for reservations acceptable to all.
Approximltely forty republican
senators-and at least two demo-
cratic ones-were known to be
pledged to support any move made
by Senator Lodge toward the pres
ervation of the American principles
wrapped up in the reservations
bearing his name.
II was again pointed out that the
reservations represented com
promise-after many weeks OF effort
of conflicting views with regard to
the league Of nations covenant.
While it was felt Senator NIcNar,-.
republican, oregon. and his mild"
reservauoaists might go far with
ratification it was not believed they
would desert Lodge on a final show
down of strength between repub-
Leans and the democratic side.
Senator Colt, of Rhode Island. who
has repeatedly expressed himself as
being willing 10 make many conccs-
siousT in order 10 bring about r8tif-
--aaiau was said fo be of the opinion
THAT unless the democrats showed "a
genuine disposition to accept rne
principles involved in the Lodge
,serNatiuns be fsr one would vote
nrafnst ans notifications in them
the demoC-Itic side NAV propose.