Evening star., 1920-02-21
EARLY VOTING seen:
ON RESERVATIONS
First of Those Offered by
Senator Lodge Before
Senate Today.

Prospects for early voting in the Sem
ate on the proposed reservations to the
treaty of peace with Germany appeared
good today.
The first reservation offered by Sem
'ator Lodge. the republican leader. re-
'atihg TO withdrawal from the league
oi nations, was pending when the treaty
WIS taken up this afternoon.
Iha reservation on article Y of the
league covenant, the main stumbling
block in the way of ratification, is the
second one in order. An effort will be
: made to have this reservation passed
over temporarily so that the other reser-
Vations may he disposed OF first
IN tht opin!on of some of the SEN
ators this course loay be conducive
70 hnal agreement Others how
ever: believe that if the Senate is to
be deadlocked in the end over the
reservation on article y il would be
better 10 learn that fact without fur
ther delay and set the treaty aside.
Senator Hitchcock the democratic
leader, insisted today that he is will
ing to compromise on this reserva tion
hut that he is unwilling to surrender.
He said that all of his efforts have
been directed toward reaching IA COM
promise which would finally lead to
ratification OF the treaty.
Senator Hitchcocl's Denial.
Quoting from an article published
in The Star. in " hiCh it was said re-
publican senators charged him with
seeking to make the treaty an issue
in The campaign, Senator Hitchcock of
Nebraska yesterday afternoon enter
ed vigorous denial. The question
of party responsibility for the failure
TO ratifN the treaty was then threSh-
ed over in militant fashion. the demo-
Gratis seeking to place the blame on
the republicans and the republicans
seeking to make the democrats re-
sponSIhle.
Senator Hitchcock asserted that his
party had goRe "nine-tenths of the
way to compromise and that the
republicans had stood solidly for ac-
ceptance of their own reservations
without the dotting of an Il or the
crossing of a t. II was the minority,
he declared. who had instigated the
bipartisan movement and who now
had submitted two compromise article
X reservations. which many repub-
lican senator's believed were identi-
cal in substance with the Lodge res
ervation on that subject.
Senator Lenroot's Reply.
Claiming credit for the republicans
in initiation of the bipartisan con-
ference. Senator Lenroot of Wiscon-
sin. one of the mild reservation re-
publicars charged that the demo-
compromise so determinedly that the
republicans were driven to agree
upon the best compromise they could
among themselves.
Senator Borah. republican. Idaho.
speaking for the irreconcilibles, de-
clared the'-two sides We're no nearer
agreement than they were when the
league of nations debate began a year
ago. and that further discussion only
was a waste of time. The treaty. he
said. already was SO far into the
campaign that you can no more
keep it out than you can stop half
way over Niagara"
Tells of Disagreement.
The disagreement over what oc-
CURED in the bipartisan conference
arose when Senator Mcke ellar of Ten
nessee, one of the democratic con-
ferees. asserted that all of the nine
senators except Senator Hitchcock
and Senator Lodge of Massachusetts.
the republican leader. had virtually
agreed to one of the article x sub
stituteS formally indorSed since by
forty democrats. The statement was
denied categoricaily by Senators New
of Indiana. and Lenroot, who were
republican members of the confer
ence.
In the midst of the debate Senator
France. Maryland. republican. one of
the treaty's irreconcilable opponents.
introduced resolution to declare i'm
m ed lately a state of peace, to provide
for withdrawal of American troops
from foreign soil and to appropriate
SIS, 900 900 to pay expenses of a world
conference. which would be held in
Washington to discuss formation of a
peace league.
Discussing another issue of the
treaty fight, Senator Phelan. democrat
California, told the Senate he had
been informed that when a vote was
taken on the racial equality propo-
sal. sponsored by the Japanese dele
CATION IN the peace conference Presi-
dent Wilson and Lloyd George voted
against the measure and that, al
though the total vote was IL for the
amendment to 6 against it. President
Wilson succeeded in killing it by
ruling that since the vote on the ques-
tion was not unanimous, the amend
rfent was lost.