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Show I - - ' , . . Overtures for Compromise Agreement on Peace Pact Are Given Renewed Vigor Negotiations Move Forward With Impetus, Which Optimists View With Increasing Degree of Satisfaction. WASHINGTON. Dec. 22. 'By the Associated Press.) Compromise-efforts Compromise-efforts for ratilicallon of the peace treaty moved forward with increasing impetus today when the leaders of both parties in the senate, sen-ate, released from legislative duties by tho holiday recess of congress, came actively ac-tively into the negotiations for an agreement agree-ment ou reservations. Notnale in tho day's long series of conciliation con-ciliation conferences v as a nieei ;ng be-tween be-tween Senator Lod-e of Massachusetts, the Kepuhllean leader, and Senator Underwood of Alabama, a prominent Democratic advocate ol' a speedy compromise. compro-mise. Tuoy are sold to have discussed the whole' rungo of possibilities for bringing together on a. common cround enough senators to insure ratification. Meantime the acting Democratic leader, S.-uator HitcucocK of Nebraska, can. vassed sent! merit on both sides of tho controversy and arranged during the eom-iiiK' eom-iiiK' week to see every Republican senator who remains in Washington over the , holidays. As soon aa congress reassemble- he 1 plana to have a general conference of those who favor ralilleation, with or without with-out reservations. , Lodge Has Views of Mild Reservations. In his talk wdth Senator Underwood, Mr. Lodge had before him tho views of the mild reservation group of Republicans, Repub-licans, who presented to hi in at a conference con-ference yesterday a plea for support of the con i pro misc. ne.irot iat Ions. Modifications in the language of the reservations res-ervations as agreed on by the Senate ma-jo ma-jo ri ty are understood to have been suggested sug-gested by the mild rvser at ion is ts. h1-luougii h1-luougii it was said the quest ion of the. language to be adopted would be. left open for the present. Redrafts of some of thepn reservations have been submitted to various senat ors by prominent Repub-Moans Repub-Moans oufsido congress, while many suggestions sug-gestions for changes have come from other sources. All of these, it is understood, under-stood, v. ill bo taken into eonsiderat ion as tiie negotiation proceeds. lr was not revealed which of the fourteen majority I (Continued on Pago 13, Column 1.) ' j BEWED VIGOR 0 ained From Pago One.) I'je mild group would be liy, but compromise discus-re discus-re have centered about the , vacation and tile preamble, tiat the reservations must I - "V three of the ereat powers :ty becomes bindins. teflon on Solution. been talk of changes in -intnng and several other : .,'i'n In the majority pro-.!'t pro-.!'t against the action of "'"ons committee in report-reso!ution report-reso!ution of Senator ".-"I. Pennsylvania, to de-; de-; " Peace, also is said to to the Republican leader '.-. "Illti I'C'servutlonists. i i'",. ?d t0 !,ave removed all I' rS? actio" on the meas-ifl meas-ifl Ure' by servins notice H li,, 0t suPP'-t it unless, rlSe i';rtain the treaty ,8.uJect of reservations !'a ,Ve !eea opened wide, ,f 'esf'nff a willingness 'earlv ff0.rt at compromise. Lactl0n on tlie treaty .'bef,!0''s declaring ac , Mie the end of January. , Gators of , Mind. Mw0pUm,stic confessed 'C ' J null f'itlncation would ,1 : C L 6, thu? formally ':'li't nrnh . .Permitting the A ' , P!oh"iitlon for a brief ;... lnt becomes cireetlve on fenators. however. ' 'inii ,', f ompromise . iikc a i ' duo time It :"n th t b lorrunners. It -WMitfPr8it,nt Wilson ;' : :Wrs ..".reservations ac-'met ac-'met ' J hl,s Party in the 1 --'sen t h,s approval. ;' I that eVer' there was om,!Tn;ltPrs would go . uff0?"8 nesotiatlons A j'or Hi i 'ro,111 the White w ,Ul cl1 said he had lf ; ,;e did if President and ? ; 0,(1 not now imcnd t0 'JifT'r of the , Wrain peace V "rs'S1, wh0 "as 'seen ''tilfL,'1lPilst week and , "'ri ' S . U,,e foaiy with V- :. however, said Surprised. !' uhied l'rht' rhili- tAilvertiscinent.) ! |