The Washington herald., 1920-02-09
LODGE Is READY
FOR OPEN FIGHT
ON PEACE PACT
Many Organizations Plan
To Exert Every Possible
Influence on Senate.
WILL ABOLISH CLOTURE
Both Parties Firm and Pre-
diction Is General Treaty
Will Go to Polls.

The opening knoIl of the final drive
for ratification of the treaty Of Yer
saiIles with its leasne of nations
covenant will be sounded today when
Republican Leader Lodge moves the
suspension of the Senate rules so
that treaty reservations may be taken
up for debate in the open Senate.
n the Massachusetts leader sue
cceds in calling the treaty UP. and 1t
is nov admitted that there will be
Sufficient votes to accomplish this
purpose. he will move that it be
again referred to the Foreign Eela-
tions Committee. where the cloture
rule which will still be operative
when the treaty comes before the
Senate. will be nullified. The COM
mittee will Immediately meet and re-
port the treaty back to the Senate
free from cloture, and unlimited de-
bate will be renewed. probably to-
morrow.
Hitchcock Planned Tuesday
Since Senator Hitchcock had pre-
Niously announced his intention OF
moving that the treaty be called up
on Tuesday. II is thought that little
effort will be made to block the Lodge
move today. Both the Lodge and
Hitchcock plan would accomplish the
purpose of again bringing the treaty
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pIoyed by each differing from a par
liamentary standpoint.
One supreme effort will be made TO-
day from outside quarters to exert
pressure on the Senate when repre-
senIatives OF approximately thirty
national organizations meet here.
Todsy's meeting is an outgrowth of
a previous session fostered by the
League to Enforce Peace.
William II. Short, secretary of the
conference of national organizations
for the ratification of the treaty" ar
rived in Washington yesterday and
stated that representatives 0l The
American Federation of Labor, the
Associated Advertising Clubs. the
Council of Jewish Women. the Farm
CTs' Educational and Cooperative
Union. the Federated Council of
Churches and the National Council of
Women will participate in today's
ference have not yet sought an ap-
pOintmcnt with Senator Lodge Mr..
Short stated. but will go over the
whole treaty situation and determine
whether or not to seek an appoint
mcHt with the Republican leader.
Say Wilson Letter Hurt.
The impression prevails generally
in Senatorial circles that President
Wilson's letter has had the effect of
making Intellectual all efforts to rati-
fy the treaty when it again comes
before the Senate this week and will
throw the whole question into the
IRE sidenJia, campaign TO be decided
By the voters At the polls this au-
tumn. "a, I-Jdge SrUup ,Apress
themselves as never more deter
mined to stand by their guns in a re-
fusal to yield to Democratic inpor-
tUnitIes for compromise which
would change the meaning OF the
Lodge reservations. The followers of
Senator Lodge are further enheart-
ensd by strength gained from the
tanks OF the mild reservationists as
n result OF the publication of the Wis.,
count Grey letter. Several of the mild
reservation Republicans have also
joined the Lodge forces as a result
of President Wilson's letter to his
Democratic followers in the Senate
which was read by Senator Hitch
cock at Saturdays conference. The
Democrats in the Senate have agreed
upon no plan. are pledged to no par
ticular program. and a sufficient
number of them is expected to join
the -'IrrcconcilabIcs" ii the ensuing
Gays of debate fail to bring about
some SOFT of compromise. thus caus-
inE the Il, feat Of the treaty.
johnson to Make Fight.
Before the Inal vote ON treaty rati-
fcatiOn is called Senator Hiram
johnson will again make fight TO
the adoption of his amendment en-
equality Of voting His amendment.
ala, cuch defeated when the treaty
Was last before the Senate, received
stronger support than any other
teNtual amendment.
Ii the treaty IS defeated a second
attempt will be made to call up the
Knox resolution declaring the war at
an end senator Harding, of Ohio.
yesterday predicted that il the Knox
resolution is again called up IL will
be passed. The Knox resolution is
still on the calendar. and can be
Iallnh un ut anY time