Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-03-07
WILSON DECLINES TO bE: DROUGHT INTO
 TREATY ROW AGAIN Movement of Compromise
 Workers Gets Hard
 Setback |lRRECONCILABLES SEE DOOM OF COVENANT Declare There is No Hope of Agree ment--Compr0mise Efforts, However, Are to be Continued

Continued
 Washington, March 6.-The move to bring President Wilson actively into the peace treaty compromise negotiations got such a setback at the White House today that the irreconcilable senate opponents of ratification again pronounced the treaty dead, and gave notice that they would move Monday to bring the debate speedily to an end.
 Officials close to the president, declared that democratic senators already were fully advised of the attitude of the executive, and that compromise proposals tshould be addressed, not to MT. Wilson, but to Senator Lodge of Massachusetts, the republican leader in the senate. 1t was not revealed whether the presi- dent wuld grant the requested con frence with Snator Simmons Of North Carolina, representing the sen ate democrats, in final effort at compromise. but the White House officials intimated that thev thonPht further efforts to influence the presidents views would be superfluous.
 The development caused uncon- cealed disappointment among the republican and democratic senators working for an eleventh hour com promise, but it did not put stop to their negotiations. Some of both sides openly declared the only course left was to effect an agree ment and then. if ratification were accomplished. let the president de eide whether he would accept or re- ject it.
 Among tie irreconcilables. howl ever. it confidently was asserted that no agreement ever corld be reached on such an uncertain basis and tnat if the. declaration of the Whlte Honse officials reflected the views of the president. fnrthnr delay of the ratification vote was only SD mnch time wasted. The notice of their in- tention to force final action was given in the senate by Senator Borah, republican. Idaho. who said he would move Monday to take m at once the kno'tv problem ot article | 10. which had been put over in tha hope that a compromise on 1t mont be assured. while the senate worked it's wav throuch the long list of l collateral reservations.
 1 Senator's Bnrah's prorosal wa c endorsed hv Senator Hitchcock of Mahraek the democratic leader. "n' said he and his colleagues were ready to vote Cat an early date an" that it was unnecessary" to seek the views of the president he+"rA taking final action. Senator Lodge however. supreste dthet tn" ou'ckes' l wav now to reach article 10, was tf rrnceed with the program as 1t now stands
 Six Clauses In.
 Six reservations besides that re' 1ating to article 10 remained to ot j disposed of, the senate hav'nr acte' during the day on the seventh o1 the list of IA adonted last Novem
 ber. The reservation voted on wa that exemnting the United stare from having expenses of the lea""' of nations without conrres ssional act ion and it was re-adnpted, Ah to 2' after proviso had been added eS ]. clnsing from the stimulation the of ! flee expenses and salary of tne sec . retarv-general. Senator hcilope
 republican. Minnesota. offered tn :. proviso. which had been agreed t in the bipartisan conference. ana was accepted, 55 to 12. with pot i, republican and democratic leader supporting 1t. e.. In discussing the request for 5 conference between the preslden
 and Senator Simmons. White Hous
 officials pointed out that Sena."
 Glass. democrat. Virp'n'a, recenti
 had talked with MT. Wilson. who O < that occasion, they said. made ciea his views on article 10. Later m .h day. however. Senator Glass nen'e ] on the senate floor, that he had gon l to the White House as an, emlssar : of democratic senators. wh'ie man of his colleagues asserted pfiva,el 2 that they had not received ITO" % h'l s any report that they considered t,nf - or definite. as to what the pres ider /. .would accent as comnrnmise. : Won't Pocket It.
 Senator Glass declined to- sa
 pnbliclv what the president had toi
 him regarding the treaty. but othe
 senators are understood from thel r knowledge of the conference t
 have gained the impression that M
 Wilson would not pocket the treat | if it were ratified with article ' reservation drawn up. but nevf aprees to in the bipartisan confe 7, ence. That reservation has been d ' clared unacceptable to the republica Y leaders, however. and it is asserte !, ,. that the proposal on which u r presidents iudgment was. desired ns Y heen brought forward since he sa 'a Senator Glass.
 'e In the negotiations, as they no
 stand, still other elements are Il
 yolyed and the democratic senate
 are divided in their opinions as
 whether language now under co l. sideration would be found acceptaD D. at the White House, A number ]. m conferences among the democrat ,r leaders. was arranged for tonig ,e and tomorrow. and although no ol
 took an optimistic view of the pro
 lpect, some senators on both s,aes < Ithe chamber thought there still VI
 -I.~.4 snf vnkificatiOu