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Show g9 & ' K ft3 V S1 88' Shim PMfFEIO : Agreement on League of Na- j j tions Comes Suddenly in Committee Meeting ! i j IDAHO SOLON SAYS i IRRECONCILABLES WIN; i Prohibition Seems to Be Final Problem Left to Platform Plat-form Makers CHICAGO, Juno 10. The agreement on the league of nations plank of the I proposed Republican platform came; las suddenly today as did yesterday's crisis when the Irreconclllables made an open threat to leave the party If the plank offered by Senator Crane en-idoralng en-idoralng the league with reservations were adopted. Mr. Mills and Senator Smoot caught Senator Borah Just as he was entering the sub-committee room, and the three sat do.wn on a couch outside and put their' heads together gver the Root proposition, Mr. Mills took the load In urging the Idaho senator to accept. . Borah Gives In. A t thof irsScoiatojValiWJrsc6K'- rtlTTt&TWouglwlie sauT the' principle Was'iaceoptable. Pressed tor dn acceptance, ac-ceptance, ho protested that no one'was more anxious than he for harmony, reminding' re-minding' his conferees that an agreement agree-ment would, mean as much to him per- isonally as to any man in the convention. conven-tion. Encouraged. Senator Smoot and .Mr. Mills took Senator Borah to a nearby room where they were Joined by Senator Sen-ator Lodge and Senator McCormick of Illinois, another Irreconcilable member mem-ber of the sub-committee. In fifteen minutes the agreement had been! reached and within the half hour the Root plank had been given unanimous upproval by the sub-committeer The committee members then sat down, howovor, to "be sure they had the proposition pro-position in the simplest and most exact ex-act language before they let the text leak out. Colonel Harvey Helps. It Is understood that In touching up tho literary polish of the plank, Colonel, Col-onel, George Harvey helped tho subcommittee sub-committee members. Senator Lodge also helped, remaining In the subcommittee sub-committee session while It put on the tinlshlng touches. After the agreement Senator Borah said the unanimous compromise would be submitted to tho full committee within nn hour with every prospect of approval and that It was planned to present the completed platform to the convention at four o'clock. Tho compromise plank was described describ-ed by Senator Borah as establishing the three principles for which tho lr-i lr-i econcilables had contended: Omission of any pledge for ratification. ratifi-cation. Commendation of tho senate for refusing t6 ratify. A statement that any further league must be In nccord with American ideals and the principles of Washington. Washing-ton. Prohibition Question. Senator Borah said that as the treaty trea-ty plank had been approved by Mr. Mills, he promised It was also acceptable accept-able to former" Senator Crane, and was understood to have kept In touch with Mr. Crane by telephone. Chairman Watson said In hLs opin-i Ion tho treaty plank would not aid nor1 injure any of the candidates. He said; all could stand on the agreed provls-' Ion. The final problem of the sub-corn-1 mlttec was that regarding prohibition.' the question being revived. The Mexican plank, it was stated, was agreed upon with little difficulty. Members of the sub-commlttse said U was a strong declaration for pro-, lection of American llfo and property) In Mexico, but more moderate than i the plank proposed by Senator Fall, of! New Mexico. no |