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Show EFFORTS TO PATCH UP A COMPROMISE GO ON AT CAPITAL a :bich!yo Tribune Special Service.) WASHINGTON. Doc. Bundles of olive branohfR and flocks of pea' cloves in countless senatorial conferences today failed to u'-eelerate progress even sllglu-Iv sllglu-Iv in the direction of a compromise) on the peace treaty. The crm fe reives were In rgel between Individuals with leaders generally con-tpIcnouHly con-tpIcnouHly absent. Senator Hitchcock, t ho Demoerntic lender, was 111 find Senator Fnderwood, Aspirant for IMtebcock's Joh. was ;nv;iv. Senator Lodge. th Republican Repub-lican leader, stayed Jit home during tho da v. Sena t or K1 of 1' t a b. Demoern t. wn n the most ji'-ttvp compromiser. He pulled out h bright vcw net of reservations pat-t pat-t eni'-d no tin-what nkmr 1 1 1" lines of the LodL'c prouram but carefully disunited in several place with changed phraseology :t fid laid them before 1 lie "mild reserve -t lonisi s " and some of bin I einuTntic colleagues. Some of tlie Democrats, BneVt hp Rans-dMl Rans-dMl and Ga y of Loul.-ia mi. 1 honirht Mr. Kind's reservations fairly accent ji hie. Inn. tlie mild reserva t loulsts promptly stamped them unsatisfactory. Af'r much conversation conver-sation with col leu lyi ioh of va rimm shade of opinion. Sena tor King admitted t ha t It appear.-.! welt-nigh Impossible to frame a compromise on ji i"t !'' X. Senator Kin'. program modified the pi-'-tnible so that th- American reservations reserva-tions would be.-onic binding unless two of the principal allied powers object to t he'ii. 1 1 made n few a It era t Ions In the language of the Monroe do-trlne reservation; reserva-tion; tf-ned do wn tho Sha n I nil;' reservn -t ion, yl t- -T i t heped t lie la hor r'iTViitlnn sibrhtlv. but collided head-on with a stone wall of opinf-dilon bv propnnlnir to leave unimpaired tho pledge to preserve territorial terri-torial in!ei;ritv under article . "Here we find a piinclp'e invdverl that an't be Prhhred bv changes ,,f Phrne-o)r.L;v," Phrne-o)r.L;v," said Sena lor King, "hnn side v. i not a c ree to the elimination of the plcdfe to preserve f ej-ri f orjal integrity Micl the other side will ip-iti- permit the tanfi-atP-n of tlie treaty ns long as that pled;:. i land- " Senator ,o'P;e, it was stated todav. e v -1 1 1 ' I -i to confer toipoi mw w U ii Senator 1 opei e lie. OliC of I be ten mem I ! whip oled fo- ra 1 1) lea t Ion uith th. I .od-rc pro-i-iani. The anapenir-nt of this confe,--, i,e i,,nareiilb- hap been tin- nnlv vMhle rr v,U oi the mild re-.-v. aHonb (' Hanior for Senator Loll.:' to show more a'dp-ity in pe-oit ia t Inv. a. cdm p roi i d ." .'.naloi-M ,b- Var ami N.daon. Repnl)-II.-:-ii-. and I'Mld'.head and King. He.,,, in :,t... pi"lie-l 1 1 i.clltioll todav at t lie If o ,1 -Ich l-ll h-., f iis'iiitvloii mini ,t ., in-'inr rv -J're .ide,,t Ta If to malm ;t upe. d, In la mr ol coinpi oml:in on January T In the Liberty Tint, whieh is located beside the capllol. They thought it might help matters. Mr. Taft had a pleco In the papers today to-day assailing the irrecon-'llablcs, partlc-ulii partlc-ulii rly Sen at or Itorn h. When asked to comment. Senator flora h said : "1 always make it a point never to handle political mummies 1 might get dusty." Tli ere was a report In circulation that Sena tor L'ndcrwood had at last obtained sufficient nupport to assure his el eel ion to the Demooru tin leadership on a pi a t-form t-form of material compromise. The llilch-cuek llilch-cuek manager, however. Insisted they had more than enough votes ph-dired to make certain tho Nebraska senu tor's election. Montenegro Makes Protest. PARIS, Dec. 20. Tho Montenegrin government, which hns it h en do.ua r tors at Neullly. announces- that it has nent to the supremo council another prot ept a if a Inst alleged orudt les by tho Serbia n army nga iriHt Montenegrin insurgent h. Tho Serbia ns aro n censed of compelling old men, women and children to mn rcli befoi p t heir n rmy when It Is a t tacking I lie f tiNuriienl s. It Is dm rged also that the SerbifUiH at Antlvarl souuht to compel com-pel two Mon t em-triiis fo swear loyalty to King I'eter of Serbia, anil that they wrro punished for their refusal, first by mutilation mu-tilation and finally by being prodded to death by bayonets. The prot est. It is sa id, asserts the MoutencL'thiM am living a terrible tragedy trag-edy beca use they tli re w t hem selves Into the arms of 1 heir powerful allies, and that they arc trusting in Jusllcc. Reaching Agreement on Turkey. PA R1S, Dec. 'jfi, Reports a ppea ring in the Krench prepf that 1 tin council of the premiers to consider the Turkish pics-tlon pics-tlon will meet In London instead of In Pari failed of confirm.. t Ion in French official circles toda. Conseipient ly. It in ntill believed the cotifcrenco will bo held here. An ImprevMcn i iralned from official soup-ch that the l-'rem-li and Prltlsh ievpointH regarding the fate of Const Con-st a nt Inople and the impIh ndics a ro no ionger gre Hlv at vnH'incH. 'I he I'rciiCh ore Maid to hn VO Jieeepf ed the T.ritir.h position that Constantinople would continue t ; be tho suhlect of poll po-ll l ha 1 int rigiien if left in tho hnndft of the Turk. It Is now understood that both countries favor ''the in terpMt loua lining of Constantinople Constan-tinople and tho l invdnnoiloM. Will Domain Kxt radii ion. I' MUS, Dec. -j:. - ( llava)- i:lrndltlon nf fori i icr Lmperor W 111 la in of Jerina ny nlll be demanded from Holland a4 s ion as the tieatv of peace be, -nines effect, vo. according to a decision ica-died by Ihc t:rjtbdi Mini Lrench govern rii'-n I s. msvh tho IVhu de 1'arU. |