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Show ITREATYPLANSARE I SLOW TO GAIN I SANCTION j H Washington, Jan. 4 Sonntor King I c-f Utah, who is the author of a a i I les of reservations to the peac" tiea-I tiea-I ty, and Senator Hoke Smith of flect-I flect-I (a held a conference today it 1L1 I home of the latter, and tomorrow Si u I ator King will present his rasorva-I rasorva-I tions to the Senate. H It wm intended this afternoon to I kold a conference of the member or I the new group in the Senate which I kai emerged from the treaty fight I and who are 'known at the '"le'ader-I '"le'ader-I i3g Democrat!." They were to hare met at Senator I Smith's home but when Senators B Smith and King looked over the sit laaAiwi they found that only Senators HjChaiiii'iTlaln and 'Trainmen or the ten Hhr twelve odd members of their HWroup were In the city. So it was Hlrlorlil. .1 to cancel the meeting called iSJfor today and await the return to the Hvni,. of other senators. OH There was more undiluted g 10 raiiip.int in the ranks of Democr hcnn'i over the treaty situation than nl liny other time In the last few wpi'i. Senator Hitchcock of Nebru-j- Uit, minority leader, was asked win. Jke thought of the situation and he tr- '!i'l thai lie believed there ini..1-1 I bf some action by the end of the HJ month But he added: H "This may be 4 pretty stront state-luut." state-luut." H Senntor King possesses hopes for his reservations, however, and if glv-Hjm glv-Hjm an opportunity tomorrow he will dwell on them for aome length. He aid: H "My teseravtions are fourteen in lauaiber and I will make some re laurkn in explanation of them 11 I am BflTPn the opportunity. So many sen-Hfttnm sen-Hfttnm were absent from the city to Hay thai it was impossible for me to kold our conference but it will ! Jkrid as ooa aa 'hey return. I "I have discussed my compromise Kttvatiomi with practically all of th senatora who are now here i"d 9 have received much encouragement jl believe they may be the basis loi seme compromise and that as ... re-suit re-suit the treaty will be ratified. "There it almost general belief thai something should be don with Jiogard to the treaty at the earliest possible moment, and some senator) believe a conciliation commute" on- tfioly Informal in nature shoild u,.-ie'rtake u,.-ie'rtake to work out a basis for cuin-sion cuin-sion agreement. "The chief trouble with the Under-wooil Under-wooil resolution ia that the nmibers of the conciliation committer WJeld be chosen from the ranks of the foreign for-eign inlatlona eommlttee and If 'bis was done nothing would be achieved a all the members of 311 h a conciliation concil-iation committee would be .011:1. illteJ in advance. An effective committee will have to be made up of senators who are not members of the foreign I relations committee. Furthermore, I he memberg would all, have to be I friends of the treaty and they should 1 all be willing to make soma aacrift- eei." b Cue suggestion pertaining to an Tan.. 'inlmeni to article 10 amended to-MJ to-MJ night from the "leaderleas group." I The amendment would commit mem-1 I bers of the league of nations to a 1 policy whereby they would assume I protection of the territorial Integrity of states created by the league such las Poland, Jugoslavia and Czocho-I Czocho-I vaklu Gut would not assume this I obligation on behalf of all lUtOs' 1 members of the league. So far as the King reservations are' Iconcerned, they are generally ap-' 1 I 1 I proved by Senator Smith, but at the sVOnlpt be we 1 him and Senatoi King Today he suggested some charges. charg-es. Until i u-r Terence of the ied-erless ied-erless group" Is held, howevjr t l.eie will be no general approval 01 disapproval disap-proval voiced with regard i. the King reservations. Senator King swid tonight: "Two-thirds of the senators undoubtedly un-doubtedly favor ratification of the peace treaty and we ought to be able I to get together in a non-artisan way. I In view of the fact that these senators sen-ators are practically of one mind on serervatlons, an agreement should be reached. "I wan glad to attend any conference confer-ence suggested for consideration of a compromise, but such a conference should not have a leader and I say thlB with all due respect to the President Presi-dent and Senators Hitchcock und Iiodge. My Idea is (hat the senators I should simply get together." There wus little activity on the Republican Re-publican side of tho Senate today on the treaty, but with the resumption of business tomorrow all manner of conferences are promised for th week and not all -.' 'hem art expected expect-ed to be devoid of resi'lts. |