The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-02-03
JOIN FORCES To
RESUME PEACE
TREATY DEBATE
Open Discussion to Start in
Senate Next Week
SOME POINTS ADJUSTED
Little Hope that Agreement Can Be
Reached on Article Ten and
Monroe Doctrine

Washington, Feb. Republican
leaders OF the Senate Joined forces
with the Democrats today. to bring the
peace treaty back into the open Sen
ate at the beginn ng Of next week.
Countering the Democrat pian to
reopen the debate week from tomor-
row, Senator Lodge OF Massachu-
se.,s, lne HepuDi4can leader, served
not .ce that he would make q similar
effort q week from today. The carrier
date promptly was accepted by the
Democrats and in many quarters 1t
was predicted that consideration of the
treaty would be resumed then by un-
animous consent.
1t was emphasized on all sides, how
ever, that the agreement to again put
the treaty formally befo- g the Senate
did not mean the leaders, were opdm s.
tic over the prospects OF .ts final dis
position. 1t wa5 pred that some
of the minor points at issue. threshed
out In the private and informal ne
gotiat .ons OF the past two weeks, might
soon be agreed on by the Senate A.
self. but senator's were not so hoperul
In regard to the disagreement over
q ticle ten and the Monroe Doctrine.
AS soon az resumpt on OF open dis
cuss. on seemed assured leaders OF the
two paroles put their heads together
20 work out some method of keeping
the debate within reasonable bounds.
Revival of the cloture rule which was
applied during the closing hours OF
the .ast SO sion was suggested, but
many senator's thought it too drast C
and 1t was generally predicted that
some other method would be found.
Two resolutions to amend the SEN
ate ules aid make possible a modlf :
ed c.oture. one by Senator kellogg,
NJ .nnesota, are before the rules com
mittee.
Quoting viscount Grey's statement
that there could be no objection in
primo. ple to e4ual American an
British representa- on IN the league
of nations. Senator Reed continued:
.What .enator now Will vote aga nst
the, johnson amendment? II any more
vote against it, think we ought to
make vacancy here in the Senate and
install Lord Grey, who would epresent
America better THAI some American
senators have been representing her.
It IS a p tao thing that The American
Senate has to learn the lesson OF Amer
can rights rom the mouth OF British
diplomat"
The Grey letter Senator Reed cha :
acter zed as another evidence that
Great Br- tain and France want us
in the league on our own terms"
1T Is an effort OF England, he added
ito coax US into the league by indirec-
ton to take charge OF the Senate and
tell us how to compose our differen-
ces'
IF ! we're a lawyer rep esenting a
Client" Senator Reed continued. who
had made proposition so unfair to
my cl ent that the lawyer on the other
side Of the table had said: oh, that
isn't fair to your Client, I'd quit the
practice of law. Yet Lord Grey tells
the American Senate that's just what
happened in the league of nations ne
gotiations.
AN6LAbthD 1bOA WI Iva tAShAoSiNN7'
I'm gett ng little tired of beng warn
cd from across the water that the
United States will be d agged into the
next war. There have be N 106 wars
between 1872 and 1914 in Europe, fifty
Of major importance, and we kept out
of all but two.
Great Britain dragged us into the
first. ! don't think she'll repeat the
mistake, and IL she would, don't
want her as a partner In tho leg que.
VIII France? The bodies of our dead
would cry up to her people from he
soil, the dead who died stemm,ng a
tide that threatened TO flow over her.
''Will Japan?" Well. Japan may; ]
am one of those, s'r, who neither want
Japan as an enemy outside of the
league or a partner within.
WI Germany? Germany cannot
cross the seas to injure this country
ever We have fleet superior to
he s, and it should always be man.
tanned to that point"