The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-06-10
DISSENS|0N
over ISSUE
ALMOST ME-!
Borah Holds Out, But n
Finally Won 0ver AIT
=, r Conference.

Chicago, June lo-A League "a
Nations plank drafted By Elihul
Root was accepted q . baais ID
compromise by irreooncilables on
the resolutions committee.
The plank. which upholds the po@
siti0n Of the senate and does not
declare IN specific terms for rati0t
cation OF the treaty. u also agfo6-
able to Ogden Mills Of New York,
. representative Of the mild reserl
walton group ON the sub-commit-
tee; and the members generally
declared the prospects Of . CONS
plete agreement were bright.
It was said there still were some
possibilities Of . hitch and that TIE
danger Of breaking open the troaty
question ON the door Of the COM
vention had not entirely passed.
Hold Split Pfeeluded. d
All the members Of the sub COM
mittee, however. seem satisfied a.
the development and smilingly 49,
serted that the peril Of . party
split was over.
The agreement was reached 1t .
conference attended by Senator
Lodge Of Massachusetts, the He-
poblican senate leader; and aftef-
ward SenaAnr Borah declared thatf
Senator Lodge had taken . stand
opposed to the ratification Of fh6
treaty and would SO state to the
convention.
Text 10 Withheld.
The members of the sub-commit-
tee declined to give out the text Of,
the plank, saying they wanted To-
take an hour or two to finally pol
ish it up before giving 1t to the
public.
The development came as . sen-i
sation soon after the sub-commit-l
tee had begun what seemed likely
to be long and desperate strug-
gle. It removed, subcommittee
members said, the obstacle which,
had been holding mp the work oil
the convention and probably would
permit final action by the conven-
ton on the platform At today's ses-l
sion.
Expect No New Delays.
The plank, together with the re-
mainder Of the platform, still hsdl
to be passed on by the full res0lp-j
ti0ns committee, but the leaders,
expressed every confidence that thol
work Of the subcommittee woald
be approved virtually wtth0utl
change.
Adopted first by the conferenceI
Of leaders, the Root plank latsr
was given unanimous acceptancot
by the 13 members of the subj
committee.
Lodge Silent II
Senator Lodge had no statement
to make when he emerged FRONT
the conference room, but immsd-
lately went into conference With
Senator Watson Of Indiana. head Of i
the subcommittee, who with Sem
ator Smoot Of Utah, had been atj
work all night to bring the battlingj
elements into harmony.
While the plank accepted today(
was drafted originally BY Mr.. Ron, |
It was said that some notifications
had been made In the pre-conyen-l
ton conferences Of the leaders an u
In the meeting this morning. Mr.
Root 10 in Europe.
Although the subcommittee alsoI
approved today the Mexican sud
Armenian planks. they decided 70
spend the day in putting the plat.
form into flnal shape and to submit
It to the full committee at 1 D. m.
It also was suggested that the con-
vention might holl q night session
to approve the platform and poset-s
bly, begin work on nominationsE
Reet b CleDe Teueh
From tho beginning e -
League of Nations light. howoves
Mr.. Root has been n close tp0e45
with dsyslopments, Afst y ~
senate and thea b ~ ccnye1 :!