Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-03-11
WILSON MAY POCKET
TREATY IF ARTICLE
TEN IS RETAINED
McAdoo. After Luncheon at White
House, Says President is Firm
on Stand.
LITTLE HOPE FOR PACT

Article Y Is killed was expressed IN Wasf
ington last night, following day o
maneuvering for comp romise in the Senat,
1t the close of which the prospect fo
ratification in any form appeared tt
dwind!e.
The impression as to the President's
decision developed after he had conferred
on the treaty and the political campaign
with ex-Secretary McAdoo, who was his
guest at luncheon at the White House
1t is understood that Mr.. McAdoo came
away with the view that Mr. Wilson would
not deposit ratification If the Senate
gave two-thirds vote for the treaty with
the substance of the Lodge reservation on
Artlc c Y retained.
Furthermore, II Is understood that Mr..
McAdoo agreed with the President that
the Lodge reservation on Article X would
nullifv the effectiveness of the league. and
left the White House more nearly in accord
with the Presidents view point in regard
to the treaty than had been generally
thought previous y. The luncheon party
Is expected, therefore, to have great
effect on the political lineup from this
time on. The future developments will
remain In doubt until the Senate has taken
finalactIon. 1t would seem now tha IN
so far as action blythe Senate on the treaty
is concerned. one of two things will happen:
that it will be ratified with the Lodge
reservations or others which the President
will not accept, and be pigeonhoeld, or
that ratification will not be accomplished.
The full significance of the Wilson,
McAdoo luncheon may not be realized
before the fate of the treaty in the Senate
is known. After that, however, it may
become apparent that the talk between
the President and Mr.. McAdoo was of
vita moment in the pre-convcntion cam
paign.
Up TO this time 1T has been the gossip
that Attorney Genera Palmer was the
only candidate who appeared as the heir
apparent" and that he would be more
likely than any other to carry the banner
of ratification without reservations or no
treaty at all.
The advisability of President Wilson
accepting a third term has been discussed
among his friends in a serious way In the
last few days. The report is current here
that these friends are prallcticay unit in
opposing his making the fight. That
counsel will probably prevail in the end,
especially If Palmer or McAdoo appears
in the eyes of the President as equipped
In their views on the treaty issue, to take
the burden from his shoulders.
Friends of Mr.. McAdoo do not admit
the truth Of reports that have been current
that when Attorney General Palmer
entered the Georgia primaries he had the
sanction of President Wilson Such re-
ports tended to make 1T appear that the
President and Mr.. McAdoo were not on
friendly terms rs regards the treaty issue
1t has even been said that Mr.. McAdoo's
visit to the White House yesterday was
expected TO end the reports or differences |
that the President and MIR. McAd0o were |
al odds on any topic.
Developments of Importance arc en-
pected within the next ten DAYS In that |
time it is expected that the contest in the |
Senate over the treaty will be at an end
BRYAN is coming to town to stir things up
and volunteer advice as 10 what should |
be done. II is not improbable also that |
the question whether the President will !
seek \ third term will be answered.
In 1.-THE Senate itself yesterday more |
strands snapped in the tenuous thread of |
hope to which Senators seeking a compro- |
mise on the reservation TO Article y of /
the Peace Treaty have been clinging. |
1t was day of grace granted to the /
compromlsers by the Republican leaders, /
who agreed that few more hours might |
be spent In trying to save the Simmons
Watson proposal, or IN evolving some other
plan which could get the needed votes.
But at the end of the day tired, discourag-
ed Senators sand that they believed every
thing was over SO far as real compromise
was concerned
The situation has now simrnered down |
to an effort TO draft a reservation which
Democrats can construe In a manner
acceptable to themselves and which Re-
publicans can construe likewise. That |
is, the compromise seekers want a reser-
walton which to Democrats will read that
there Is an obligation upon the United
States to- preserve the territory and in
dependence of other nations from outside
attack, and winch Republicans will read
as leaving no such obligation.
To those Senators who stand on the one
hand with President Wilson as friends of
the treaty, or with Senator Borah as its
enemies the compromise efforts have lost
their sincerity. They are now purely
political, Senators declared, and even as
politics they are futile, and should be
repudiated by the Senate
The purpose now, according to Re-
publican irreconcilables, is to fasten re-
sponsibi6ty on President Wilson for re-
lection OF the treaty. There is as much
tho Democratic as the Republican purpose.
the irreconcilabies said. This phase of
the compromise efforts is likely to be goneI
into with considerable frankness on the
Senate floor if compromise reservation
IS offered.
The deGision as to whether it will be
offered is expected to be reached within
a few hours. Senator Watson, who with
Senator Simmons worked it out, has stated
hat he would not now present 1t, but the
was given that IT might be offer
I'd by some other Senator.
Senators who have watched closely
he course of this latest attempt, said that
The plain truth was that Senators who
we're sent out with orders to six it, !" failed,
because : large number Of Senators re-
used TO be 1xed."
A few hours before the Senate met yes
erday, 1t was understood that ttwenty-eight
democratic votes had been more or less
entatIvely pledged to the Simmons
Watson compromise. But Senators Borah,
1cCormick and Walsh of Massachusetts,
II Treeoncilables, told Senator Lodge
bat the compromise would no! do. They
hiormed him also that as many Demo-
rats would vote for the original Lodge
eservation on Article X as would support
be proposed compromise, that number
eng, IN their Judgment, not more than
~enty-two. Therefore, they argued, MIR.
odge would sacrifice prestige, and Sc me
ilis Republican support to no purpose,
he should assent to the Simmons-Watsonl
Ian.
Soon afferward word was conveyed to