Norwich bulletin., 1920-03-10
Presidents Letter
 Stffens Democrats
Makes More Doubtful Com promise on Reservations in Article Ten.

Washington, March s.--Article Ten, more than ever the dominating issue in the peace treaty fight, became the unfinished business of the senate to- day, while the republican and demo- cratic senators who want the treaty ratified worked for compromise with redoubled effort but with fading hope.
 Several of the republican leaders, convinced that ratification would be impossible with their Article Ten res ervation of last November unchanged, agreed on a substitute and made an active campaign to line up the neces- sary democratic votes behind it. But they did not succeed, and although the compromise negotiations will continue as the question is debated on the sen- ate floor, no. one had much hope to-. night of an agreement.
 The new, republican reservation fol- lows the general outline of the one adopted in November but it puts into different and more specific form it's declaration regarding the articles ob- legations. Some of the democrats were satisfied wit hit, but twenty eight was the peak of democratic votes which it's republican advocates claimed for 1t in any eventnality, and it would l take at least thirty mad probably thir- : 1 tyfour to make ratification possible It was indicated that President Will i sons new letter on Hhe subject, al- l though it failed to stop the com 1 promise negotiations, had not been l without effect in stiffening the admin l istration ranks against anything like 1 the old republican reservation. Demo | cratic senators were in disagreement 1 over what the president would do in | the event of a compromise ratification
 and many of them declared their in i clinaticn to let the doubt resolve itself I in favor of a conservative course
 So discouraged were the republican 1 leaders that they had not decided to- 1 night whether their substitute reser- | vation would be offered at all in ths senate. They indicated. however, that 1 they would not long delay action or l the article in the interests of com. promise and that the debate to. begir 1 tomorrow probably would last but few days.
 The way to consideration of tn, subject on the senate floor was clear. | ed just before adjournment by re.
 adoption, in "a modified form, of tn, 1 reservation on voting power in tn,
 league. AS it finally prevailed, tn, l reservation, the last except that reIat ing to Article Ten on the republica program. declares that until the GOV
 enant is amended so as to give eoua l voting power. the United States de
 clines to be bound by decisions t, which congress has not previousl,
 given consent.
 The vote on readoption of the res ervation' was 57 to 20, with II demo crats voting for it, more than sun ported 1t in November. The oni,
 changes made were on motion of Sen
 ator Lodge of Massachusetts the Ire publican leader, a substitute offered D, Senator Hitchcock of Nebraska. stb T democratic leader failing fl to ss4 an,
 one by Senator Mccormick. republi
 can, Illinois, 57 to 19. The reservatiol on the subject urged last sessfdns b Senator Johnson, republican. caiffor mia, also was reintroduced by Senat to
 Phelan, democrat, of California, bu , 1 WAS Noted down l72 tn- E- :.es