The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-09-29
TREATIES MAY
MEET SERIOUS
SENATE DELAY
Quick Handling De-
pe1sds on Acceptance
of Reservations.
BY DAVID LAWRENCE.
Copyright, 1921
Especial to The Argus.)

| especial to The ArguS.)
Washington, Sept. 29.-Eforts to
! solidify the Democratic party in
/ the senate so that the new treaty
with Germany may at least be clar-
flied before it is adopted are pro
ceeding in such fashion as to indi-
cate much more discussion over
| the pact than was at first antici-
I pated.
| The Democrats have been work
| ing out a program in a number of
| private conferences and thus far
the only conclusion reached is that
several reservations ought to be
voted upon by the senate before
ratification takes place If the
] Republicans agree to those reser-
vations the treaty will be ratified
by an overwhelming vote. Other
wise, the Democrats may make
final effort to defeat the whole
| thing.
Follow Repub Tactics
These tactics are curiously like
those followed by the Republicans
when Woodrow Wilson submitted
the treaty of Versailles. 1t was de-
MED by the Republicans that they
would block ratification or delay
peace. 1t was insisted that with
the adoption of reservations, the
treaty would go through 1t was
only after Mr.. Wilson set himself
against the Lodge reservations that
the opponents of the whole Yer
sa1lles pact gained sufficient
strength to defeat the treaty.
The Democrats have 81 votes.
If all voted alike, the German
treaty could be defeated. The de-
fection from the Republican ranks
is slight but might overcome the
few Democratic votes that might
be- -cast-for the treaty.
! The situation is a serious one,
indeed much more alarming than
was at first believed. While Sen
ator Underwood. for instance, has
said he might vote for the treaty,
/ will be if reservations are defeated.
Fight Just Starting.
The program of reservations has
not been completed. They may in
clude some of the original points
made by Senator Lodge and on
which most of the Republicans
voted favorably at one time. But
on the other hand, the fight is in
its infancy and the Democrats have
already pointed out that under the
new pact Germany made no prom
| ise to refrain from submarine war
fare in the future nor did she obli-
be desirable.
Incidentally, the dispatch printed
in the New York World this morn
ing from Berlin stating that the
German government had submit
ted a memorandum on the new
treaty to the reichstag has stirred
up a hornets nest in the Demo-
cratic camp. That memorandum
is said to voice the opinion that the
new treaty is full of holes" and
that Germany has succeeded in
narrowing American rights to a
point which makes them less val
liable than those held by the al
lies.
German View Alarms.
Democratic senators said they
would call for the text of that
memorandum for if the German
government in advance of ratifica-
ton is interpreting the treaty less
favorably than is Secretary
Hughes, the American senate wants
TO know about it The German
memorandum is said to hold that
since America Will not deal with
the League of Nations, the instru-
mentality designed TO enforce
rights in that treaty, a question
arises as to what Americas rights
are. The memorandum is quoted
as saying that if America declines i
to serve under the reparation com |
mission or other bodies created by !
the Versailles treaty, there is moth |
ing in the German-American treaty |
to tell what would happen then.