The Washington times., 1920-02-26

rejecting a resolution of ratification
embodying the Lodge reservations.
Patches Up Truce.
BY agreeing to this plan OF final
action. Hitchcock was able to patch
up a truce with the growing num-
Der OF Democratic Senators who are
boiling" his leadership and threat
ening to support the Lodge reserva
ton program as the only means left
to get the treaty ratified at all.
Senator Lodge. the Republican lead
err is to call tho treaty up again In
the Senate today for the purpose OF
keeping II there until IL is either rat
flied or rejected during the next weea
or two.
He is adamant in his purpose to
assent to no modification Of the long
disputed reservations involving ar
ticle and the Monroe Doctrine, al-
though he is not unwilling to reach
an agreement with Hitchcock that
they should be acted on after the rest
OF The Lodge reservations are gotten
out OF the way.
1t is Lodges Intention to compel
final action on each, OF the remaining
just as he forced Showdown" on
the first OF them. that involving tia
withdrawal OF the United States from
the League of Nations. on Saturday.
1t was then the Democratic side be-
gan to show q marked disposition To
break" away from Hitchcock aud
toward Lodges program.
Considerable doubt still existed to-
day on the Republican as well as
the Democratic side as to whether
the detection of Democratic Senator'S
was sufficiently widespread to pro-
vide enough votes to insure ratifica-
ton. Hitchcock professed confidence
in his ability to hold enough admin
istration Senators together to the last
to prevent acceptance of the unmou'-
fled Article y and Monroe doctrine
reservations by the Democratic side.
"Do you think the treaty will be
ratified with the Lodge reservations
as a basis for ratification" was ask
ed of Senator King of Utah, one Of
the Democratic Senators no longer
willing to follow blindly Hitchcock's
leadership.
THE treaty will be ratified" King
replied.
"Then you think enough Democrat
ic Senators will accept the Lodge res
servations eventually to bring about
| ratification f1nally?"
"The treaty will be ratified" was
Kings smiling pejoinder.
King Is one Of the Democratic Scna-
! tors seeking ratification who has
been insistent on Hitchcock calling a
conference of the Democratic side.
He and Senator's Simmons of North
Carolina and Underwood OF Alabama.
who believe the Democratic side
/, should no longer stand In the way OF
| ratification because of the Lodge res
ervations. are now willing, however
until the actual question of ratifica-
| ton is arrived at finally, to have the
conference postponed.
The plan they suggested, and to
! which Hitchcock agreed. is when the
last ditch" of the treaty fight is
Observation-Disclosures or rejection
after each of the Lodge reservations
is acted on singly. and It is up to the
Senate to vote on them collectively as
part Of the resolution Of ratification,
conference of Democratic Senators
be held.
At that conference 1t will then be
decided, IL possible, what course the
Democratic side is to pursue with re-
gard to the resolution Of ratification
containing the Lodge reservations.
amended or in their original form, as
the senate may again adopt them.
In Final Shape.
The Democratic Senators participa-
ting in the conference will then have
before them the resolution of rati-
fication whipped into it's final shape,
and 1t will then be up to them to de-
eide, either individually or collect
lively, whether to take it or leave II.
Senator King is not alone in be-
Having nanonorotic
will decide to take 1t, and to leave the
question of disposing of the treaty
one way or another UP to the Presi-
dent in order to bring about that
ratification which many Senators of
both parties favor, though they real
ize the treaty cannot be kept out of
the campaign now by any related
action the Senate may take.