Great Falls daily tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1895-1921, 1920-03-11
Both Democratic and Re-
publican Leaders Help
less Under Ultimatums
of Stubborn Groups.
Democratic Revolt Such
as to Promise 81 Votes
to Reservations; Hopes
Near Collapse However

Washington. March 10-The peace
treaty compromise negotiations entered
a period of fevered uncertainty Wednes-
day as the time approached for final
senate action on Article To-
Senator's on both sides of the chamber
eontounded the plans of their party in
terests and threw the senate into such
a tangie that it tacitfy agreed to delay
a vote for several days. in the hope
that all elements might be more certain
of their ground
the hopes of the compromise advo-
Gates collapsed and We're revived hourly
as the days negotiations proceeded in
private conferences. while debate on the
floor dragged without apparent interest
or effect. Tonight the conferences con-
tnued with no one confident of what
might happen.
Borah Group Starts Trouble.
ne treaty S irreconcilable Republican
opponents started the trouble by re-
monstrating against the decision Of some
OF their party leaders to assent to a
modified draft of the Republican re-
servatlon to Article 10. So effective were
their representations that the leaders
decided not TO offer the new resolution
Inns determination sent some of the
mild reservation Republicans on the
Warpath and produced confusion Oh the
Democratic side, where senator's had
labored for several days to line up votes
for the Republican substitute Caught in
cross fire from reservation Republicans
and reservation Democrats, the leaders
final decision but Indicated they
probably would present the substitute II
assured of enough Democratic defections
to adopt it.
Democrats Threaten Break.
Meantime disagreement among the
hnp
parity as result of meeting in the
office of Senator Owen. Democrat.
oklahoma, at which several Nemocrats
are understood 10 have expressed dis
of the course Of their party
eaders and to have promised active sup
port 10 the movement to break away
rom President Wilson aud accept the !
1est compromise they could get.
Among Republican advocates Of com
promise it was declared that 3o Demo /
,ratic votes could be mustered for the \
article 10 substitute and there were in I
llcations that unless the Republican
eaders did present it. one of the Re- |
publican mild reservationists might do /
% IT also was suggested that il the I
republicans abandoned it entirely. il /
night be presented by a reservation .
Democrat
While virtually the entire membership
vas occupied with these negotiations the
Article 10 reservation technically was
AIKEN up for debate in an almost de-
erted senate chamber But the ir-
econcllahles were taking no chances
hat the unsettled situation would re-
ult in a stampede and they got the floor
nd kept it, Senator Mccormick and
'oindexter. Republicans. occupying the
ny with attacks on the treaty and on
he recent utterances of the president
Senator Hitchcock. Nebraska. admins
ration leader. spent a busy day in CON
erencc, seeking to hold enough Demo-
ratio voters in line to balk acceptance
{ n distastefnl compromise. He held to
is prediction that the compromise move
lent would fail