Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-01-24

Democrats Cancel Their Meet
Ing to Allow Republicans Free
Swing in WrangIe.
Bu The Associated Press.


WASHINGTON, Jan. 24:-Repub-
lican senators met in informal con-
ference today to consider procedure
with the peace treaty in view of the
protest against further compromise
made yesterday by the eight Repub-
licans headed by Senators johnson
and Borah.
In order that the Republican con-
ference might proceed freely Senator
Lodge cancelled the meeting plan
ned with the Democratic committee
headed by Senator Hitchcock to dis
cuSs compromise reservations. Mr..
Lodge called a number of Republic
cans, including those of the mild re-
servation group, to his Office to con-
slider the situation presented by tho
threatened dissention in the Johnson
Borah group.
No announcement was made by
Senator Lodge regarding renewal OF
the compromise negotiations, but it
was believed the Republican COM
mittee on compromise would meet
again next week with the Demo-
Gratis. There were Indications that
cancellation OF todays, bipartisan
meeting was to give Senator Lodge
time to confer Wigs sank and Ale of
Republican Senas sors.
By The Associated Press.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 24-With its
reported progress believed TO have
been almost hopelessly blocked as re-
suit of the concerted protest Of
number of influential Republican SEN
ators, the fate of the senate leaders
bipartisan committee negotiations
for q settlement of the peace contro-
versy today hung in the balance.
The Republicans, number. .ng eight,
and headed by Senators Johnson OF
California, and Borah Of Idaho, have
served notice that they positively will
not agree to any modification Cf the
so-caIed Lodge reservation. as pro-
posed with a threatened split in the
In this attitude they claim to have
support of thirty other senator's
emo gh to defeat ratification Of the
treaty If presented with the Lodge
reservation compromis ed, the re-
ported bass of the tentative agree
ment reached in the 9eries of bi1par-
tisan committee meetings.
Resumption of the bipartisan ne
gotiations postponed yesterday be-
cause two of the Republican confer
ees. Lodge and New. were called into
the meeting of the eight anti compro-
mise leaders, was scheduled for late
this afternoon. 1t was believed, how
ever, that the meeting would be post
poned in order to permit Serat tor
LOuBo dllQ OJHSE IkSpupllCdu iHelH-
bers Of the committee to feel out the
strength of the new group.
The meeting Of the eight senators
was held yesterday 1t was explained
by Senator Johnson, because Of press
reports that the bipartisan confer
cnce was nearing O. compromise on
the points at issue in the majority
party's list of reservations, and 1t was
desired to know the basis Of the pro-
posed compromise. Lodge was first
called in and after session lasting
2 hours Senator New also a Republi-
can representative on the bipartisan
committee, was called in and the
meeting continued for still another
hour.
The eight senators including besides
Messrs. Johnson and Borah, Senators
Knox, of Pennsylvania; Poindexter, of
Washington: Sherman and McCor-
mick, of Illinois; Brandegee, of Con-
necticut and Moses, of New Hamp-
shire are said to have issued an uiti-
matum against proposed compro-
mise. They were said to have declar-
ed that the issue would effect the Re-
publican leadership and unity and
one member, Senator Sherman, an
nounced that should the Republicans
support "emasculated" reservations,
he would quit the party.
After tho meeting Senator Lodge
was non n-committal, contenting him
self with saying that ''those present
today wanted to know what hs had
done. We must present the question
to all sides"
Others said the principal protest of
the eight senator's was against hold
ing any compromise negotiations at
all with the Democrats and against
any change in the Lodge reserva-
fi0n