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Show PREPARE fOII FIRST SHOW OF STHEKBTH j Republican Leaders inj Senate Arranging for Test Vote on Treaty j j During Coming Week. 'Lodge Recalls Johnson j From Western Speak-! Speak-! ing Tour; Forces Lin- j ing Up for Battle. I (Chlcag-o Tribune Special Service. 1 j WASHl.VOTO.N, Sept. IS. Leaders oi the opposition to the peace treaty tn the senate decided at a conference today to mobilize their forces at once for a show- down next week on the Johnson amend- 1 ment, giving- the United States six votes in the league of. nations, the sarce number as Great Britain. A venegram was dispatched to Senator , Johnson of California, recalling him from ; his western tr'.p to lead the fight for j the amendment. The senator was .asked j to return to Washington as soon as he ; speahs at St. i'aul, Minn. He probabiy j will arrive In Washington about Tues- j day. I The decision to recall Senator Johnson j was made with considerable reluctance, j As soon as the vote on the Johnson j amendment is reached, probably about j September 27. Senator Johnson will be ! able to resume his trip and continue his I journey as far as California. j The vote on the Johnson amendment will constitute the first test of strength ' In the treaty fight, although the opposition opposi-tion today frankly admitted they would not be able to poll their maximum j strength on this issue. j SOME OPPOSITION SHOWN TO MOVE. Several Republican senators strongly sympathize with the purpose or" the amendment. "but they are afraid adoption I of the measure would jeopardize the j treaty. A few of tiie "mild reservation-j reservation-j ists" today came forward with a proposal j to convert the amendment into a reservation, reserva-tion, but both Senator Lodge and Senator Borah replied that such a plan would be ineffective and unacceptable. Opposition leaders expressed the opinion that the Johnson amendment would carry by a narrow margin. It was reported that about five Democratic senators would support the amendment and that an equal number of Republicans would vo'te against it. This would give the amendment a majority of two votes. The conference today was largely for the purpose of stocktaking. The most accurate estimate of the situation that leaders were able to obtain was that the Lodge reservation program, probably slightly modified, would be put through by a majority of eight or ten votes. The reservations, however, will not be reached for some time, and leaders were hopeful that this margin would grow larger. BORAH DETAILS HIS IMPRESSIONS. Senator Borah "reported to the conference confer-ence some of his observations during his recent trip through the middle west. He gave it as his opinion that the people were not so much concerned about hurrying hurry-ing the treaty as they wore about the unmistakable protection of American interests. in-terests. Some business men. he said, i seemed anxious for speedy action, but the I general feeling was the senate should j give the treaty the closest scrutiny and I thresh every feature out with the utmost I care. The Idaho senator told his col leagues j that the Johnson amendment presented I j an issue upon which he found little or j no diversion of opinion. "Any senator who votes for the proposition propo-sition to gave the British empire six votes and the United States c ne vote does so at -the sacrifice of his political life, in my opinion," Senator Borah told his colleagues. HAYS IN CAPITAL FOR CONFERENCE. I Senator Wausworth of New York. Re-, Re-, publican, will speak asains: the treaty ! tomorrow. Severai other speeches are ' scheduled and no important progress on j the treaty will be made this ne.'k. according ac-cording to present indications. With the i Johnson amendment likely to occupy all j I next week, prediction was made today : that a final vote on the treaty would not be reached for two months, j Will H. Hays, chairman of the Re- I 1 pubih-ar. national ron.mittee. ..ame tot j town today to conr with leaders on the! ; treatv situation. He met Senator Lods , and other Rt-pubHcais and told them, "it ! Is understood, that the course thev were j pursuing was meeting with the enntrv's ' approval, according to repots cor.-i-"' h:m. ' |