The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-11-09
HARDING MAY CALL
NEW PEACE FARLEY
Capital Thinks Versailles Com
pact Will Be Revised TO
Exclude Old League.
SCRAPPED, SAY SENATOR'S
Borah, MeCOmber, Sterling and
France Discuss Posi-
bilities for Treaty.
Special Despatch to THE NEW YORK HERALD.
New York Herald Bureau,
Wnshinrton ID. O.. Nox 4 (

/ Special Despatch to THE New YORK HERALD.
New York Herald Bureau,
Washington, ID. c., Nov. 3.
Possibilities of a new world peace
conference as a means of readjusting
world relationships are beginning to
be seen here as q result of develop
ments in the League of Nations prob
lem. Senator Harding, when he be-
comes President, may find it necessary
to urge a reassembling of the nations
of the world around the council table
so that the association of nations,
which he has suggested. may be mate
rallied.
Such a conference, it is expected,
practically would rewrite the YER
sailles Treaty.
| The possibility of such conference
/ is being considered seriously by diplo-
matte representatives here as well as
| by men high in the councils of the
/ Republican party They look forward
to such a possibility because of in
ability to reshape the Versailles
/ Treaty in such a way that the inter-
woven League of Nations covenant
may be made satisfactory to two-thirds
Of the United States Senate.
-Four Senators expressed the opinion
here to-day that the Wilson league had
been scrapped completely as n result OF
Tuesdays election.
These Senators were Senator w. L.
Borah (Idaho), one of the leading IRE
conciiables; Senator Porter j. McCom-
Der North Dakota) who was one OF the
mildest of the mild reservationists Sen
ator Thomas Sterling (South Dakota)'
who was a Lodge reservationist, and
senator France (Maryland), who comes
forward with a definite proposal for the
new world conference.
Senator McComber, who is a member
of the Senate Committee on Foreign
Relations, said
There is no chance of the Senate
agreeing to go into the present League
of Nations. even with reservations.
There will have to be some new asso-
citation of nations for peace. 1t would
not be possible to get two-thirds vote
of the Senate to ratify the treaty with
the present league covenant. 1t Is not
unlikely that the treaty of peace proper
can ne dEItep w.
Senator Sterling also expressed doubt
as to the possibility of getting the SEN
ate 10 agree to the league covenant with
any kind of reservations and anticipates
declaration of peace with Germany and
Austria Immediately after Senator Har-
dings Inauguration, to be followed by
initiative on the part of the new Presi-
dent to form a new association OF ma
tionG.
Senator Borah expressed the opinion
that any league resting upon the Idea
of a political alliance was dead while
Senator Hitchcock (Nebraska). the
Democratic floor leader In the league
fight expressed a doubt as to the
ability Of the Republicans to get to-
gether on any kind Of a league agree
ment because of the divergence OF
views within the party on this subject
There is a growing feeling in Wash
ington that President Wilson will re-
submit the Versailles treaty TO the
Senate for action in the approaching
session. The President is preparing his
last message to Congress, and IN this
document will utter his last official
word on the league question.
No one here assumes to anticipate
what the nature of the Presidents mes
sage will be. In view of the overwhelm-
ing verdict against him in the Solemn
referendum" he invoked. IL is consid-
cred possible the President might agree
TO accept whatever reservations the
Senate would suggest