Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-03-13
SENATOR SMITH
STILL HOPES FOR
PACT ADOPTION
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RY THEODORE TILLER

treaty. Senator Hoke Smith, Of
nounced that he would not abandon
the fight for compromise until the
senate had actually beaten the treaty
once more.
Senator Simmons, of North Caro-
lima, co-author of the so-called Wat
son-Simmons compromise which was
finally rejected by the Republicans
Tuesday after they had shown an APP
parent willingness to accept it, was
low spirited and gloomy. The Wat
|son-Simmons substitute follows, with
some slight changes in phraseology,
la compromise reservation on article
ten which Senator Smith suggested
five months ago.
You may record me as still hope
fill of treaty ratification" said Sena-
tor Hoke Smith today. Il shall re-
fuse to abandon efforts until know
Iall opportunities have been lost and
the senate actually votes to reject
the treaty. 1t seems hard to believe
that some agreement may not be
reached on compromise reservations
that will enlist sixty-four votes. In
common with Senator Simmons and
other Democrats, we have worked
for several days on Republicans to
get satisfactory substitute. Per-
sonally I shall continue these efforts
and I still remain hopeful, although
the situa ton has been somewhat dis
Icouraging."
Senator Smith recalled that he and
Senator Simmons and other Demo-
cratic negotiators, had been assured
Of twent-eight to thirty votes in IA
vor Of the substitute reservation to
article ten, when the Republican
leaders Unexpectedly kicked over the
traces and withdrew all offers to ne
gotiate further.
Republicans Back Out
Republican leaders, after leading
the administration forces up to the
mountain tops and showing them the
fields Of promise lying below, I'M
eXpectedly marched down the hill
again and served notice on the DEM
ocrats that the majority would not
compromise. This notice stunned
the hopeful Democrats who had been
able to count as many as thirty DEM
ocrats who would vote for the So
called Watson-Simmons compromise
reservation.
Another u1timatum from the ir-
reconcilable Republicans, who sent
word to Senator Lodge demanding
that. he be unyielding, and final
decision by Senator Lodge himself
that he would not stand for the
substitute reservation, were the I'M
DERIVING causes of the Republican
decision to call off the negotiations.
Senator Overman saw no rift of
sunshine in the treaty clouds. AS
a Democrat who has voted with the
administration throughout, and who,
too, was hopeful of some agreement
in the closing hours Of the treaty
debate, Mr.. Overman regretfully said
late today that the deadlock seemed
more unbreakable than ever
at looks hopeless to me-" said
Senator Overman. THE Republicans
have Withdrawn all promises of
get-together and I see practically
no promise of agreement"
Senator Glass, of Virginia, another
administration Democrat, succ1nctly
said:
eff there has been any improve
men+ in the situation 1 have not no
ticed it."
49, Average MAN Mystified
With the opposing factions so far
apart the average man, in all prop
ability, will wonder why after read
ing and comparing the proposed sub
stitute for the Lodge reservations,
and the Lodge reservation itself.
texts published below, about
which there is such radical division
in the senate, doubtless will mean
about the same to the milk man IN
Omaha" or Atlanta, or any other
place. Why the Republicans should
kick over the Watson-Simmons sub
stitute because it is alleged to be
so different from the Lodge reser~
vations perhaps will remain mys-
terry to him.
Once before, the Republicans DASH
ed the hopes Of the Democrats aItei
almost agreeing to compromise on
the Lodge reservations to article ten.
This was in the bipartisan CONFER
ences. When the conference adjourn
cd one night, Democrats believed
agreement in sight. The next morn
ing the Republican members, after
the memorable conference between
Senator Lodge and the irreconcil-
ables, gave notice that the confer
ences were off. On somewhat
broadened scale, the latest notice
from the Republican side was SER
ate history repeating itself.
The :Watson-Simmons compromise
so-called, was worked out by Sena-
tors Watson, Kellogg and McNary,
cpublicans, and Senators Simmons,
Overman, Hoke Smith and othe-'
Democrats. In substantially the
same form, it was sponsored by Sen
ator Simmons as a member OF the
bipartisan conference.
The Compromise Proposal
The compromise, which had been
tentatively accepted by the Repub-
licans, read as follows:
"The United States assumes no
obligations to employ it's military or
naval forces, it's resources or any
form of economic discrimination to
preserve the territorial integrity or
political independence Of any other
country, or to interfere in contro~
versies between nations, whether
members of league or not, under the
provisions Of article ten, or to en-
rloy the military or naval forces OF
the United States under any article
of the treaty for any purpose, unless
in any particular case the congress,
in exercise Of full liberty Of action,
shall by act or joint resolution so
declare"
The above is the reservation which
the North Carolina senators told
Senator Watson could receive TWEEN
ty-eight Democratic votes already
| polled. In addition, Senator Sim
mons promised two unpolled votes,
making thirty minority to join with