Show LINES BEING BIG BIGI DRAWN IN I TREATY FIGHT HOT ADMINISTRATION FORCES WILL CENTER EFFORTS ON GETTING TREATY OUT OF COMMITTEE Republican Senators Declare Result of Negotiations Will WillBe Se Stiffening of Resistance to Attempt at Unreserved Ratification As Washington As a sequel to the White House conference on Saturday between President Wilson and Senator Senator Senator Sena Sena- tor Hitchcock cock administration leader in the lie senate treaty fight It has become become become be be- come apparent that the administration tion for forces es will center their present plesent effort on bringing the treaty out of com committee e and and defeating any textual amendments leaving in ia the h background buck back f ground any negotiations re relative Vt t to final ratification with reservations Meantime Republican senators s V declared de declared de- de dared one result of the negotiations n of the last few days das and of Senator Hitchcock's statements after he had left eft the president had hat been to stiffen resistance to to any attempt at unreserved unreserved unreserved served ratification and aud to increase ase the determination of those who want the treaty amended outright They ass asserted asserted as as- s Saturdays Saturday's poll poI had shown opposition opposition opposition op op- op- op position grOwing stronger In the face the explanatory statements from Tokio and from the White House The Tile reported position of the president president president dent that any any textual amendments would send the treaty back for renegotIatIon renegotiation renegotiation re re- re- re negotiation with Germany without any military force to compel acceptance of ot the American demands was taken I as largely forecasting the trend of the amendment fight It is known that Mr Lodge has been studying a number of drafts including those drawn dra by the McNary group and those suggested b by Elihu Ellhu Root William William Witham Wil Wit liam ham H. H Taft and Charles E. E Hughes He is und understood not to have haye stood sponsor for the draft he showed to the R Republican senators however but butto butto butto to have merely submitted it for con con- Republicans assert that the only possible outcome if reservations are areto areto areto to be adopted in place of ot textual amendments will be agreement on the thet t draft raft drawn by Mr Lodge or some other senator which must be accepted by the Democrats The only ony open qu question they declare is how drastic the reservations are to beThe be V The Democratic leaders headers however maintained there had been no change in their stand for unreserved ratifIcation ratification ratification cation and In some quarters the outcome outcome outcome out out- come of ot the conference between the president and Senator Hitchcock was interpreted Interpret d to menu mean that Mr Wilson would fight uncompromisingly against both amendments and reservations |