Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-01-27
HITCHCOCK WOULD
TAKE TREATYF|GHT
TO SENATE FLOOR
Spokesman Serves Notice OF
Intention if Compromise
Is Dropped.
BIPARTISAN COMMITTEE
MEETS AGAIN THURSDAY
Senator Lodge States Republican
Conferees Have Not Changed
Attitude.

leaders OF the Senate today by Sen
ator Hitchcock OF Nebraska the ad.
ministration spokesman. that unless
compromise negot iationS on the
peace treaty were continued he
would carry the fight to the Senate
floor by moving 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 article
y or the league of nations covenant.
Out OF the discussion which followed
today came an agreement for the BIZ
PARTISAN committees to meet again
Thursday. Thus the door NO compro-
mise was not entirely closed.
Senator Hitchcock agreed that
meantime he would not move Tor Sen
ate action. He did not indicate tina,
the democrats would recede from
their position, and Senator Lodge, the
republican leader. said after the con-
ference that the republican conferees
had not changed their stand against
compromise on article 10 and the Mon
roe doctrine
Democratic leaders. replying to the
republican ultimatum regarding arti-
Gle 10. did not present definite refusa
to go on with the negotiations, but ex-
pressed great surprise, declaring an
article 10 compromise already had
been aSSented to by most of the men,
cers OF the conference before the re-
publicans served notice they would not
agree to compromise.
Under the proposed compromise as
made public by Senator Hitchcock of
Nebraska. the acting democratic lead
er, the Senate would declare by reser-
walton that the United States would
not employ the economic boycott or
nod 70 H.
torial integrity of any other country
unless Congress acted in each specific
ease.
PrOfessed to See Hope
After the meeting, which developed
some heated discussion. some senators
on both sides professed to see hope
that compromise might yet be
reached. The general attitude of the
conferees, however. was not one of
optimism.
THE democratic members of this
nouncement made by senator Lodge
that he and his associates are not
willing to consider any compromise
on the Lodge reservation concern ing
Article X. nor on that relating 10
the Monroe doctrine" said Senator
Hitchcock in the democratic reply to
the republican ultimatum
Tn reply We desire TO say that
We entered upon this conference
without any reservations or restric-
tions in the hope that we could
compromise differences not only on
Article y. but on all other reserva :
tions. We assumed that the other
side of this conference had the same
purpose.
Close to Possible Compromise.
The unexpected Interruption of the
conference anu the decision to refuse
any compromise on article 10 is an
the more surprising because it
seemed from expressions on both sides
of sthe table that we were close TO
a possible compromise on this very
important reservation by means of
the following draft prepared by sew
eral senator's and already assented to
my most of the members of the con-
ference on both sides of the table
before the Interruption:
The United States assumes no
obligation to employ its military or
naval forces or the economic boycott
to preserve the territorial integrity
or political independence of any
other country under the provisions
Of article Y, or to employ the mill
tary or naval forces of the United
States under any article of the treat V
for any purpose. unless in any par
ticular case the Congress, which.
under tile Constitution. has the sole
the employment of the military or
naval forces of the United States.
shall by act or joint resolution pro-
vide. Nothing herein shall be deemed
to impair the obligation in article XVI
concerning the economic boycott.
Will Meet Again Thursday.
Senator Hitchcock also told the re-
publicans that unless the compromise
negotiations continued it was his
purpose to move to take up the treaty
imm ediately in the open Senate. He
asked whether the republicans would
support such move, and out OF the
general discussion which followed
grew the agreement to meet again
Thursday. In the meantime. Senator
Hitchcock said. he would make no
move for Senate action.
After the meeting Senator Lodge OF
massachusetts,. the republican leader,
said he had no comment to make eX-
cept that the republican conferees
had not receded from their previous
stand, and that the democrats had
given no definite reply.
1t was understood that much of the
two-hour session of the committee
was taken up in discussing article Y,
and that. although neither side showed
an inclination to surrender. the talk
ended with the door not entirely
closed to further negotiation on the
subject.
Communicated With President.
Before he went to the conference Sem
ator Hitchcock was in communication
with the White House, but it did not
develop how far the President might
be in accord with the proposed compro-
mise reservation as made pu. Tic by the
Ser ate leader
Republicans declared the demo-
Gratis still were divided, and were
playing for time until they could
formulate a program they knew the
President would support ON the
democratic side it was said the sug-
gestion for further meetings came
from the republicans. who. they de-
clared, were not in accord on the
question of taking up the treaty in
the Senate.
Senators of the irreconcilable group
indicated today that they would sup
port any move to bring the treaty up
for debate. declaring discussion would
strengthen their case before the coun-
try. The mild reservation republicans
also have evidenced desire to get the
treaty into the Senate again should
the compromise negotiations fail
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