Show PEACE CE CO COUNCIL UN C I IJ IGNORES AMERICA A MERIC 4 f O. O PI P. P 1 HOPE D TO 10 I P PREVAIL R EV All Republican Reservations Group Receive Encouragement Encourage ment From Democrat Leaders Who Seek Action l W v. WASHINGTON Au AU- AU is By B By VV the thc J Associated Press Thc trend toward towar agreement on reservations reserva n in the peace e treaty reached the stage today where the group roup of Republican Republican Re Re- ru publican sena senators tors a advocating tim reservations reservations reserva reserva- lions received assurances assurance which tho they accepted as guaranteeing Democrat assent to their program Word rd reached rn na members o of the the group group it was s said id that as soon as s thc they could couIll pledge a score of Republican lican votes for fur reservations to the league of un nations covenant alon along the theline theline line recently agreed on by seven Republican Re He- publican senators the administration forces in the Senate would be willing willingto to line up UI on 0 that basis for ratification ratification ratification tion of the thc treaty There was an intimation also atho that The ha had n. n rison on to beHove be- be Hove Jc th lr ranks eventually c would Include in include In- In clude dude Senator Lodge chairman o of or the foreign relations committee and He- He publican leader r of or tho the Senate IO 0 o H Needed Twenty It w was vis s declared would bo be enough with the administration tion Democrats to make up tile tHe two- two thirds necessary for or ratification The program which It Is 18 sought ought to unite those these elements contemplates reservations res res- to further protect the thc Monroe Monroe Mon ton roe doctrine to insure domestic control over o domestic questions to amplify the right of oC withdrawal and to Co fortify C the power of or Congress to decide questions cues ques of or peace pace or war under tinder article ten It was waN declared the Information th that t Democrats were In a receptive mood toward such auch a proposal did not come from Senator HItchcock of Nebraska th the administration leader lealer but from a n I source ur considered d d entirely IY The Th Nebraska senator himself denied that he hc had taken part In iti an any such negotiations negotiations negotiations ne ne- ne- ne and said his advocacy of un unreserved unreserved un- un I reserved ratification remained unal unal- i Mr Ir Lo Lodge l c also allo denied that ho lie had h I given I assent u to the proposed rca res cr atlon Meantime l however at a meeting of ot the tho foreign relations committee Senator Senator Senator Sena Sena- tor Hitchcock gave a notice that unless the committee completed without undue undue undue un un- un- un due deJa delay its consideration of ot the treaty treat some Ind independent pendent action ml might ht be bo expected on the floor of the S Senate nate In the tho su suggestion foi speedy action Chairman Lodge Lodle concurred and the upshot of oC a heated discussion was W announcement announcement an an- that th rh rhe committee would be begin ln tomorrow the consideration of ot I proposed am amendments linn for fur HoCe l Although h Senator Hitchcock said no definite plan for Independent Senate action had been formulated It Is known that tho the possibility of oC taking the treaty awa away from the tho committee and bringing ln It to a vote has been ben discussed dis Jis cussed Informally In man many conferences arnon among senators Doth Both the Democrats and the reservation Republicans have been Insistent that public sentiment deman demanded J disposition of oC the tho treaty treat without dela delay Among many senators tho the days day's tie ile- were Interpreted as markIng markIng mark mark- Ing Int tho beginning of oC the end onil of thelong the I long treaty treat fight tight This was b by no means mc-ans unanimous however r Some Somo Republican members of the committee c believe the they should have more information b before fore the they act and nd two of them Senators Johnson of oC California Cal Cal- and amI Dorali Borah of oC Idaho wrote a aletter letter to Chairman Lod Lodge e toda today askIng asking asking ask ask- ing that General Bliss Colonel House House- and others connected with the Versailles Vcr Ver sallies sailles nl negotiations be asked to appear ap ap- pear before the committee The general ra expectation was waa how- how over that the committee would not change Its ita plan to proceed to a tIe do- cislon on the tho treat treaty and that outside the committee events ml might ht up c cn n t more rapidly After Aler th they y heard from the Democrats Continued on paS paS' 2 20 j G O. 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P RESERVATIONS I II I GROUP EXPECT TO WIN NIN WINI NINI I Continued from page 1 I todA today the reservation Republicans be began began be- be gan ln a poll to ascertain Just how many monr of ot their party part the they could count on Inthe in inthe the tho nc negotiations An n early adjournment adjourn ment of or tho the Senate Senat Int Interrupted tho the move but within a day or two they expect ex expect ex- ex to have a a. mor more definite l Idea e of their It was n asserted there had been en s sv- sv feral terai additions to the thc group but no senator has lies publicly public announced hi his adherence to tho the plan since 6 It was a agreed on b by the original orl signers rs McCumb Mc- Mc Ic- Ic Cumb Cumber r. r North orth Dakota McNary Ic ar Oregon Oregon Ore Ore- gon Jon Kellogg Minnesota Colt Rhode I Island Cummins Iowa Iown Lenroot Wisconsin Wis Wis- Is and r Missouri The basis Or the that Senator Lodge will III Join joint In the movement was waN I not revealed ro b by th the th rOS reservation lead lead- I ers erSt It was pointed out however that that in h his address to the Senate yesterday ho did not plead for rejection of or the tho h league ahu entirely I but outlined objections to the covenant proposals proposal dealt with within by in the proposed Propose reservations In one instance ho spoke e of oC changing changing chang In ing one of these provisions pro Friends of or the thc foreign n relations chairman have declared that ho he would insist at least on reservations or amendments with teeth In them and Republican publican members o of the Committee who want ant to defeat deCent the league ue covenant covenant covenant cove cove- nant entirely declared tonight they thoy were confident Mr Ir Lod Lodge e w would uld vote oto with them in 1111 that proposal The situation in fn tho the committee ma may maybe maybe be brought to a 11 head b by the letter of or Senators Johnson and Borah Dorah asking that further witnesses b bo be calle called The question probably will come up tom tomor tomor- orro or- or ro row Senators Fall all Republican New Mex Mexico ico leo and Moses oses Republican New cw Hampshire Hamp shire also arc understood to have suggested sug sug- the calling of oC more witnesses at today's meeting Senator Fall also lo Is said to have ha declared the committee could not be bo expected to pass Intelligently Intelli gently gentl on all the obligations embodied In the tho treat treaty until the other treaties being negotiated at Versailles were before f It S Senator Hitchcock told the thc committee commit commit- tee tec that virtually every senator had made up his mind ho how he would vote and that tho the country wanted the treat treaty disposed o of one wa way or another Besides General Bliss and Colonel House both of ot whom were members of or the the American peace dele delegation n Senators Sen Sen- Johnson and Borah are understood under tinder stood to Vo have hae sU suggested ested c-ested In their letter that tho the committee hear E. E T. T Williams Wil Wil- 11 hams liams former ormer head of the state de departments department's departments department's de- de 1 Far Eastern division S. S K Hornbeck and William Willlam C. C Bullitt all advisers to tho the commission who resigned while the negotiations were in progress It has been reported that Mr r. Williams and Mr 11 Horn Hornbeck heek left the commission because of or the th Shantung Shantung Shantung Shan Shan- tung settlement and Mr Bullett be because because he- he cause he was dissatisfied with provisions provisions provisions pro pro- visions affecting Russia Although discussions about reserva- reserva tons have ha centered on the league uc cOVenant covenant cov r the Shantung provision lon has n not t been lost Jost sight of b by opposition son son- and it was said today that an nn amendment covering it would be urged both in the committee and In the Sen Son ate te It is Is expected that Senator Fall Fail also will will- urge an amendment striking I In ing out all reference to American representation representation rep rep- on tho the various various' commissions commis commis- to be set top UI to supervise room jn In I Europe t I Lodge I J d e II Holds Hold old ry I What hat amendments or cr reservations will iIi b be attached to the treat treaty In committee com corn II is said b by members to depend larel largely on Chairman rod Lodge e. e The lIeI lIe Rc- 1 j II I publicans ha have a n. majority of three hut but one of them thom Senator McCumber is expected to vote with the DemoCrats Democrats Democrats Demo Demo- against an any radical amendment Should the chairman also accept a reservation pro program ram similar to the McNary McCumber plan the thc anti- anti amendment group roup would bo be In tho the majo ma ma- jo ri ty Estimates of oC members as to how lon long th the committee would require to consider amendments and reservations I differed widely Some thought a re report report re- re port ml might ht be possible within two weeks Tomorrow sections other than the league covenant are arc to be taken up un under er present plans the members having lnA man many proposals for or change chan In the economic and political provisions What hat ma may have been tho part played by b- House in the tho negotiations ne no- between Democratic senators senators sena sena- tors and the reservation reser Republicans ha has not been revealed Members of the latter group roup who have hae talked with President Wilson have ha been confident that he would bo be willing in the end to accept such a n program but publics publicly public public- I ly thero there has haH been no change In his hla stand for tor unreserved ratification |