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Show LODGE DECLARES RESERVATIONS WILL WIN; Decisive Majority for Opponents of Treaty-Covenant Treaty-Covenant as Written Is Claimed by Senator. Antireservationists Held Responsible for Any Further Delay in Action Ac-tion on Agreement. WASHINGTON, Oct. 19. The- Ion;; treaty light In the senate is about to enter en-ter Its final phase. Leaders hop during the coming week to clear away all proposed pro-posed amendments and to make substantial substan-tial progress in the framing of a ratification ratifica-tion resolution. Virtually conceding that no amendments amend-ments will be adopted, the opposition managers are determined to qualify the ratifying resolution with reservation, and Senator Lodge, the Republican leader, lead-er, declared in a statement tonight that a decisive majority would stand for reservations res-ervations that would be "unequivocal and effective." Privai ely the opposition leaders declared de-clared Mr. Lodge's claim was backed by an understanding virtually to com pie1, e agreement among all the fortj -nine He-publicans He-publicans and six Democrats to sunxl together for a reservation program evolved after many weeks of conferences. confer-ences. It was said not all of the details had been agreed upon, though on general principles, and in some cases on phraseology phrase-ology itself, the fifty-five senators had been brought very closo together. ATTITUDE OF TWO SCORE SENATORS IS DOUBTFUL. How far the remaining forty-one senators sena-tors will go in their opposition to reservation res-ervation is an uncertain question, evm in tho minds of some of their leader-They leader-They have stood unswervingly throng i the long fight for President Wilson's program pro-gram of a ratification that would not require tho treaty'a resubmission to t brother br-other powers. But it is for the president himself to decide finally whether any reservations adopted do require such resubmission, re-submission, and his illness lias left th'" administration leaders somewhat in the dark. There have been intimat ions thn t , should reservat ions umiecep table- to tho administration be put into the ratification resolution,. tho admin 1st ration foriv s would vote "no" on the ratili'-atinn roll-call, roll-call, but their loaders fi i-e nor. re;uy t o say how they will cross that bridge until they come to It. It would taU e nui thirty-three votes to prevent r;t I i li r;i ion. In his sf n lenient tonight. St-n.-itnr ,'',-declared ,'',-declared opponents (if resrrv;i t ions won:') be responsible for ;my furthor delay in senate uelion, indicating thin the whip would be :. pplicd to hold down deli;i i .. Quick action iitso is a slogjin of the administration ad-ministration forces. Their hope I:-; to gel started tomorrow on the htst of tin- committee com-mittee ani'Midini nt s, proposing 'iu;illzn -tion of voting power in the I'm giie of nations. Senator Lodge's Hinirnient follows; TEXT OF SENATOR LODGE'S STATEMENT. " decisive majority of the senate, wh vote for resf:rv;i tions. aU;icln-d to the resolution of ratification, whl'-h will protect pro-tect the pf-ac". sovereignty and riejilH of tin1 t'nit'd St;it8. "The one object of (bene vein-tors ) 1 Amerii;anlze tlu; treaty, mid tliey hellevp ibat by ho doing th'-y will nlo jervo i'oe fvinsfi of general peace of the vm-ld. Whatever delay thfre may li o In linal rcfion upon 1b'- treaty will be e;i us d by those who are- resisting the . m'Ticn i, l.a -tlon of t lie t r-u ty by proper res" ;".; -t ions reservations at once, u ncj u i vo' a ' a mi effective." The two ftmendmeiits for er na 11 za inn of voting .strength in the league may h'l -on side red totrether, tJiongli it m though i more li I'.-: v that 'be one pi ono'-'i i. Senator .lobn.'on, T"'..'Mi!iiic;in. ( 'a i i Tor i: i; . , to givf the ("h'ited Slater six voti-n ;:i t iie Jea en" n ss"nti)ly, will be I a ken -.'" 1 first. The o':m r is v S-nalrir Mf.ve-. Ilr-pu'nlica n. Saw I la n tpsli i re. and won :n prevent fritis!: dnminhMis from sitting 1:1 t!ie b-a gue council. About three hours' v.v.rh vinii !ns to fin-ih fin-ih tli ft formal "f,a d i ng f 1 1 : " I v a i y t . h nd it y- Hi'- purpose p, ja he op" t la - .- t -.vo n mendi i.en h 1 m n i ed i;t 1 i y a f: r;r wai d. The genera 1 prediction h: I ha f. hoi h of the prooos-a Is, as well mk Other amend -menfy f he offered i,y Individual s'-na-tors hit-r, will lie read. RAIL LEGISLATION MAY RE DEFERRED. l-'ret-H'ire from a d m i nl ra I io r i t-o-jr-v -; for em, c! in.'n'. 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IP-port to Ho- s. nate In'i.i-ni-ii of ti e 1 I .1 lb -,, len- v .il-p:-.e-i-:;-:loii bill Is t-l;inii'-.l by the sen ite appp-p! i.uious COIU-mit COIU-mit tee. |
