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Show Treaty Fiht Showdown I in Senate Forecast Today Reading of Wilson's Sealed Sailing Orders May Precipitate Crisis in Negotiations on Covenant Compromise. BY ABT11UE SEAES HENNING (Chicago Tribune Hpoeinl. ) Washington, Nov. is. with ne- , got iat ions in progress to effect a com promise between President Wilson and I he senate opposition, the showdown on the peace treaty and the league of nations na-tions covenant will come tomorrow. Having adopted two additional reservations res-ervations to the covenant, rejected numerous nu-merous others and reapproved the fifteen fif-teen it.'servat ions framed in committee of the whole, the senate shortly after 10 o'clock tonight reached the point of a vote on the Lodge resolution of ratification. rati-fication. At that juncture the senate adjourned ad-journed until tomorrow uoou when Senator Sen-ator Lodge will move the adoption of his resolution of ratification embodying embody-ing the fifteen reservations. This resolution res-olution will be defeated by the Democrats Demo-crats and then the committee compromising compro-mising is scheduled to begin. Sealed Orders to Be Read. The Democratic senators will meet in caucus tomorrow morning, when Senator Sena-tor Hitchcock will open and read to them the sealed sailing orders of the president. By these waled orders, whicfa contribute an element of mystery to the situation, the admiuistration - ':: win gi.Med in tfr ne- gotiations with the republicans for a compromise on the ratification of the I reaty. A new understanding having been patched up between the mild reservation reserva-tion Republicans, who began flying compromise signals yesterday, and the ! Lodge reservation Republicans, the Republican Re-publican program nenv is to offer to make certain concessions to the administration admin-istration in the phraseology of the reservations. res-ervations. If the administration rejects re-jects the terms and defeats the treaty the Republicans will oppose any move to resurrect it and place the burden of responsibility for its defeat on the Democrats. j The success of this program depends upon the altitude of the Bold reservation reserva-tion Republicans. If they break away ' from the remainder of the Republicans 1 in sufficient numbers the Republican j concession plan will be upset and the way opened to tlie administration to wrest greater concessions from the op- I position. . Conference Held. The mild reservation Republicans had a meeting this morning at which they j were rallied by Senator Lenroot of j Wisconsin back to a former support of i the Lodge reservations. Realizing the balance of power held by the raild res-ervationists, res-ervationists, Leuroot outlined a plan to ! bring the administration to terms instead in-stead of surrendering to the terms of i the administration. The Lenroot plan was agreed to and i tij- Wisconsin enat-r was eummis- (Continued on Page 4, Column 2.) I agreed to all of the fifteen reservations. J j except those relating to mandatory domestic do-mestic questions and the economic boycott. boy-cott. Separate ' votes were taken on these reservation Kjx reservations utl by Senator La Toilette, Toi-lette, were voted down after as many rolls calls. These were: 1 To prevent the United .States offering aid in putting down rebellion in Ireland, India, Korea. Egypt or any other posses- j sipn looking to a change of government. Providing for withdrawal ol the United States from the league within a year unless un-less the member nut ions abolished conscription. con-scription. Giving notice of this country's withdrawal with-drawal unless member nations provided for an advisory vote of the people before be-fore entering the war. Requiring nations to reduce their military mili-tary and naval establishments. Vithdrawal by the United Suites in the event a member nation attempts to acquire, the territory of a no u-member nation. Withdrawal by the United States if any rnembec, exercising a mandate or protectorate over , fcny country, should appropriate that country's actual resources. re-sources. I A reservation by Senator "Walsh, Democrat, Dem-ocrat, Massachusetts, to declare the league could not hamper free speech or a free press, was rejected, i2 to 20. .Six Democrats supported it. By a vote of 52 to 31, the senate rc- i affirmed its previous action In accepting the committee's reservation relative to mandates. Senator Hitchcock voted with the majority, for the purpose, it was ' said, of enabling him, to move lor a re- consideration later if thought desirable The domestic questions and boycott ! reservations were agreed, to without a roll call after the senate had eliminated from" the former an amendment offered by Senator Hale. Republican, of Maine, and adopted in eorrffnitteo of the whole, 'declaring the United States reserved exclusive ex-clusive jurisdiction over the question of Its boundaries. The amendment was stricken out on motion of Mr. Lodge, who said that after mature consideration he believed It went too far. Senator la Follette. who voted agaiust cloture, was the first senator to have his speech cut short by the one -hour rule. Vice President Marshall, keeping tab with a watch, interrupted the Wisconsin senator at the end of his hour and de- ; dared ho could not speak again on the treaty. The second vote on the reservation of Senator Reed to reserve "American honor and vital interests" was 50 to 33 for re- jectlon. There was no change from the previous vote, twelve Republicans voting ; for rejection and three Democrats, Gore, 1 Reed and Shields, for apotion. At 10:16 tonight the vice president de- ' clared the treaty closed to further reservations reser-vations or amendments, and the senate adjourned until noon tomorrow, when the ratification would be taken up. TREATY PACT GAINING SUPPORT IN SENATE (Continued From Fago One.) - - joining the administration senators to override tho votes of the irrceoucil-ables irrceoucil-ables and nine Democrats. The proposal relative to voting equal ity, presented by Senator Lenroot, Republican, Re-publican, Wisconsin, won .: to .18 on a motion to substitute it for a less sweeping sweep-ing proposal by Senator McC'umber. The text of the Lenroot reservation follows: "The United States nssumes no obligation obli-gation to be bound by any election, decision, de-cision, report, or finding of the council of assembly in which any member of the league and its self -governing dominions, domin-ions, colonies, or parts of empire, in the aggregate have cast more thun one vote, and assumes no obligation to be bound by any decision, report, or finding of the council of assembly arising out of nnv dispute between the I'nited States and any member of the league if such member, or any self governing dominion, domin-ion, colonv, empire or part of empire united with it politically has voted." The roll call on the l;nroot eubnutule amer.dment follows: Kor ndoptlon Ueputtlloans : Ball. Ho-r.ih. Ho-r.ih. ltr.ir.il'-K--. aWV. "Vpi'T :. Cummins. Curtis. DtBliigham. Kd-. i: kins, Kcrnald. France. Frellnichuysoti. Oronna. Hnle. Ilur.lltK. Johnson (California). (Cali-fornia). Jo-s (Washington'. Kellogg, Kenyon. Knox, 1-a Kollette. I-etirool. Iodge, McCormlck. M-tean. McN'ary. Moses. Nelson, New. Newberrv. NnrrU. page. Penrose, Phlpps, l'oindester. Sherman, Sher-man, Hmoot. 8pencer. Sterling. Sutherland. Suther-land. Townsend. Wadsworth. Warren and Watson 47. Democrats Gore, Owen, Phelsn, Reed. Shields. Smith (Oeorgla), Trammall and Walsh (Musaachusettji) 8. Total for adoption. 55. Against Kepubllran: MrCumher. 1 Democrats Ashurnt, Bankhend. Beckham. Beck-ham. Chamberlain, Dial. Fletehcr. (Jay. (Jerry. Harris. Jl.irrlson. Henderson, Hitchcock. Johnson c South Dakota), Jones (New Mexico). Kendrtck. King, Klrby. McKel r, Myers. KuMM, C. i-.. .n. pitman, pit-man, Pomercne. Ilanndell. RoOtnson, Shep-pard, Shep-pard, Simmons. Smith (Arlaona). Smith (Maryland), Smith (South Carolina), Stanley. Hwanson. Thomas. Cr.derwood. Walsh (Montana), Williams and Walcott 37. Total against. IS. Two reservation hy Senator Frnnre, Republican. Maryland, were rejected In short order, ono without a roll call and the other, 71 to 3. with support only from Senators ll.il:. 1 ' ' . ) i: at ! Sherman. Illinois, all Republicans. The first proposed ttiat the .foiled 8tat-s might withdraw from the league upon rejection of any amendment It should offer to the covenant, and the second proposed pro-posed an American mandatory for Germany's Ger-many's African colonies. TH-Kpt" demands of Senator I Follette, Fol-lette, KepuMiean. Wisconsin, for a rrcord vote, a reservation by Senator Owen, Demoerst. Oklahoma, providing that the president's fourteen points should be binding In execution Ol tho tro.ity, was defeated without u roll call. JONES KKSKKY.VriON IS DEFEATED. The senate d.'f eft t rA i ho reservation of flrnntor Jones of Washington, providing that the UltUtfti Htston withdraw from the league nt the expiration of two ypnrn unienn tho Mwrilftity of Shantung nu restored, the Irish fiumtlon adju.td, thr Independence of f:gyit rocognlied end ronncrlptlon tilxlli"d, hy the nn-inher nation na-tion of tho h'RBue. Knurteen Republican. Including tho mild r.'orvntlonllP, Joined with Ihn Ietn-orrnt Ietn-orrnt In roje. r In. r to 31. (ho r-firrvti- tlon by Bent tot Jonet doojiirlni thnt tho American reprmentallven In uie LOAfUe o.nunrll hould not obllR.-ite ue of A merlon merl-on n military Torre ui' lo hii) horlini hy ronsrre. rnur iJonvM-rnt. lore. Heed. Bnliidi nnd vVeJsh, Meftfconutetto, voted for tho rtHervntlon. union of sixteen RtpublicnnN with the DOflDOCr&tfl nlso reJ'Ttnd, M to J7. 11 roor- vntion by BenatOT Ooroi Democnti Oklft- homn. dflOlnrln8 'h;it the United Utte ihouid ndherc tn Iti policy f nonlntor for'UH-o with foftlffn iffejre, Pour 'Dam Deri t. -oro, Reeo, Bhlelde and Weleh, Mnienchueltii, nupported tho renervat Ion. a i en. rvH Hon by Benfttor rh' imi. Derno CTBJu Cnllfornlii. to etlpullte that the treaty mut be Interpreted "In hATmon) with tho fourteen point," wn defeated, 7'j f IS, with Senator Borah, Brandt gee, ('riinii' Qronna, Johnson of CsJl fornla. . Im l oiiette, McLefin, NoVrls, Penrose Pen-rose fthd Bhsrman, Repuioilcftns, and ('wen and Phelsn, Denioorgtt, voting for It A reservation by Bonstor Knox, Re publican, i'enn ivania. proposing thai the treaty deelare peace petwern the T T ri I Lf I Btati end Oormeny, end that t hi na - Hon hould he, tnno a rnnutt lti member only of I ho ISggUS ( nations, witH it-( it-( i te i, tn to BO. All of tho mild reeerVe tlnulnt and I number of other ttepubll -an voted against it, nnd thrss pemo-orntSi pemo-orntSi uore, Heed nnd Bhlelds, Joined with twentysejjpn Republicans in it support, At 0 f.TiifU lonlght, after the ssnatv hnd been In 'onthnMUB rieHlon for SltVip hour, oonstderaijon of amendments in committee of the whole wn oomplated and the trolly wn forntally reported tO tho ouafe The Qussilon ( approving the fifteen reservations adapted In odmmlites or the whols then was taken up. each reserva Hon heimx onnslderad separately, An ef- forl by Bene tor III to, I u i" atrlke out t h preamble requlremenl for acceptance by other nations wn voted down, -t r to no. the Republicans opposing it eolldly I axrept (or Hnnator Met 'timber ef Nnrtit DnUola. 1 l The somite, wiiimrt' " roll all, then |