The Washington times., 1920-01-24
HALT PARLEY
OVER TREATY
Lodge Announces Bipartisan
Conference Is Postponed
Until Monday.
COMPROMISE HOPES WANE
"IrreconciIabIes" Hold Loss OF
Leadership Club Over
Senator.
COMPROMISE HOPES WANE

The bipartisan treaty conference
was again called off today by Sen
ator Lodge. Lodge notified Demo-
cratic Senators he wished to consult
with his Republican colleagues.
The calling off of today's confer
ence was the first direct result OF
yesterdays insurrection in Republl-
can ranks, which brought about a
warning to Lodge that any compro-
mise on the treaty would endanger
party solidarity and his leadership.
Will Probably Meet Monday.
Lodge and the Republican conferees
went into secret session to discuss
their course in the light of yester-
days events.
Lodge later announced that he will
spend today and tomorrow comforting
with Republicans, and will call the
bipartisan conference together on
Monday.
He pointed to what he called the
hopeless weakness" OF the position
taken by the irreconcilables. They
NOteu dSdlnSl all RESERVATIONS VI
ratification in any form, Ladgc re-
called, and want to kill the treaty.
lie suggested that when they go to
Senators urging them TO bolt il any
change is made in the Lodge pro-
posal, they must be prepared to an
swer this question: Will you, an ir-
rcconciIable, vote for the Lodge res
crvations IL no change is made in
them?
Senator sherman of Illinois has
seen this weakness. Lodge said, as
indicated in a statement to the effect
that he is now willing to vote for the
Lodge program, although he voted
with the "bitter-cndcrs" last session.
Lodge displayed no uneasiness con-
ccrnine his leadership or split in
tho party.
The treaty situation is once again
up In the air" with prospects for
compromise dimmcd and old fac
tional differences revived in all their
intensity.
Belief is general that agreement
on compromise ratification is out of
tho question at present.
Through a sudden twist yesterday
the hopes of compromise apparently
were dashed. lrreconcilablc Republi-
cans. who all along have demanded
utter rejection OF the treaty, called
Lodge into Senator Hiram Johnsor's
orNce and told him they represented
IA very large number" of senators
who would vote for treaty rejection
rather than accept any change in the
Lodge reservations.
Hold Club Over Lodge.
The club these Senator'S held over
Lodge was reputation of his leader
ship, and a split in the Republican
party in the coming Presidential
primaries and the national convcn-
tion.
The conference lasted three hourn.
Nothing definite was agreed on. Ser
ntors said. But II was understood,
they added, that before Lodge agrees
TO any compromise proposals. he VIII
find out how many Republicans VIII
accept them
Are you as hopeful as you wern1'
Lodge was asked.
we hall see" was his reply.
lie added that he had been hear
ing a protest from some gentlemen
who do not want any change in the
reservations. We, Of course. have to
hear their side OF the question. They
represent large number of Sena-
tors"
Senators who promoted tho confer
encc said they believed they had put
out the fire OF compromise. They
called Lodge in, they said, because OF
press reports that he was about to
agree TO some compromise.
Ncsr "rnrting Of Ways"
lnasmuch as he previously called
the Lodge reservations tho "irrcduci-
bic minimum" OF safety for America,
they could not understand. these SEN
ators said how he could compromise.
One Scnstor said tho meeting zap.
preached very close to the parting Of
tho WAYS
Senator Torah, who with Senator
Johnson took y leading part in the
protest 20 Lodge, declined TO make
ANY statement, but said that within
forty-eight hours. under certain cir.
cumstances he might have something
TO say. BoralI said the forty eight
hour limit did not represent an ulti-
matUm TO Lodge or time limit on
the bipartisan conferences.
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