The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-01-27

| diplnmatir relations, so to speak. was
given BY Senator Hitchcock in state
: mcut which broadly intlmated that
! failure Of Republicans To give Erouno
! in an effort to reach basis OF COM
! promise was due IL the threatened re-
volt of Republicans.
Senate leaders. including many ar
IDENTIFY seeking an end to the long pro
tractcd treaty debate. frankly admitted
, tonight that thcy could see no nope ot
agreement. This meant they salo' thaS
the question would be fought OUT on
the floor. beginning probably tomorrow.
Senator Hitchcock declined to speculate
on the possibility Of 50 carly re-
newal OF hoStilities. but most Demo,
Gratis declared nothing was 10 pe Salheu
by further secret conferences.
Both Democrats and Republicans pro
fessed to see quite a difference IN IN"
, situation as expressed by the TWO lcau-
ers. Hitchcock and Lodge. IhcE ana
! lyzcd the statements and c"ininehteu On
them. but the comment almost without
exception was along party lines OF
treaty division lines.
1T looks as if the jig,s up declared
Senator MCNary. Republican, or ore
gon, a leader OF tho mild reservation
ero,,n and this seemed to hit the nail
on the head. in the opinion OF most
Democrats discussed generally their
line Of procedure, and II was tcntatlFcIE
decided the event tl ulNCA "
I the conference tomorrow to present tn
thr senate notifications to the treaty
agreed upon by Democrats. and insist
| upon vote. -
! Senator Lodges statement was lEr-
| mulatCd after his conference Saturday
with Senator's Rorah, Idaho: johnson.
California. and other Republican scna-
] tors opposing the treaty.
Senator Hitchcock later issued TINS
statement: c.
J atCr Lodge advised the senators present
! that he had been called into meeting
| BY certain Republican senator's ana lot
| that reason had not been aoie I" Az attehn M
| the conference last Friday. lie Sald ne
| had regretted to say that h3 found II
! impossible TO resume the conference Tor
| q compromise except upon tnc uhue.
| standing that no change snail nc inade
| In tho reservation on article ten or on
! the Monroe doctrine. The Democratic
| members retired for a private confer
encn and will make their reply to SEN
ator Lodge Tuesday morning at a meet
ing at 1880. 49, "a.
meeting was interrupted had tentatively
agreed upon the preamble and All sec
tionS Of the reservations except that re-
J latinc TO Article 10, the Monroe doctrine
and one or two minor matters and an
agreement was apparently about con-
summatcd on Article 10 when adjourn
ment suddenly came. followed by the
intervention of the irreconciiiaole Re-
publicans."
Senator Lodge issued the following
statement:
81 have only this to say about the
committee meeting this morning: That
I said to the committee that there IS
very strong feeling among many sem
ators against any change in the Lodge
reservations. either in words or in sub
stance and that l thought 1t only fair
TO say now what have already said in
public that there can be- no compromise
Of principle and that 1t would be i'm
possible TO secure. in my judgment. two
. thirds OF the senate II any change was
! attempted in such articles as two and
| hvc, those relating TO Article 10 and tho
Monroe doctrine. I said this was mere
statement OF the situation"