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jhmL Weekly VOL. XXII. NO. 34. LODGE PRACTICALLY KILLS COMPROMISE HOPES WORLD REVOLUTION IBM,BOM LENINEENVDYSfIYS Russia, Martens Says, Can Now Defy Other Govern . » ments Contracts for American Goods Are Made WASHINGTON, Jan. 26—Benin.? ; has abandoned his idea of world i revolution, Ludwig C. A. K. Martens, ? soviet representative in the United States, told the foreign relations sub committee today. The success of the soviet govern ment. Mr. Martens asserted, has demonstrated that it can survive in the midst of the present .system. “There was a time when the Rus sian Socialists believed that revolu tion in all other countries was nee- I essary,” he said. "That idea is disappearing now be cause Russia has demonstrated that it can exist against the rest of the world. Russia is now strong enough to defy the other governments. That . is the reason Lenine wrote the Ital ian Socialists advising against revo lution. He believes this is a period of reconstruction.” Tentative contracts for American goods totaling $7,000,000 have been made by the Russian soviet govern- I ment and ' will be executed when j trade is opened up, he asserted. Commodities purchased include food, largely tinned meat and milk, medicines, shoes, machine tools, rub- j ber boots and a few automobiles, he said. To Be Paid, in Gold The American goods will be paid for in gold on delivery, Mr. Martens said. The Russian government has between $450,000,000 and $500,00Q,000 in gold in its. possession, he asserted. He promised to produce a list of • 11.000 persons in the United States with whom contracts have been made. The committee adjourned shortly after noon and will resume question i 13 of Mr. Martens probably Thurs- Enters Objections Martens objected to making pub lic his instructions from the Lenine government, as to his conduct in ibis country when senators asked him tp reveal them. However, he | denied that he had engaged in any soviet propaganda in this country. The soviet bureau in the "United * States is being supported entirely by -bands from 'the Tieirirte government in RussfS, he declared. He asserted he was instructed that co funds should be used for “inter terence in the internal affairs of , the United States.” . Senators demanded a specific statement supporting his asertions , tegarding instructions received from ; his government. "'There is a question as to how j much of the confidential instructions! may with propriety be revealed,” j said Former Senator Hardwick, who ' is acting as ’counsel for Martens. “Many of the instructions were contained in code,” Mr. Martens added. ’ "We want to disclose to this com nit tee every instruction of anv ; * kind,” said Mr. Hardwick, “but we <!<•;.’t think the committee would want us to reveal a secret code. , Martens’ Statement "Together with my credentials as; representative in the United States, of tiie republic of Russia. I received from the minister of foreign affairs of the republic instructions to work for the establishment of trade rela- ■ tions between the United States and Russia,” Mr. MUrtens told the com mittee. "My government specifical ly instructed me that the funds at ; my disposal should not be used forl any purposes involving interference, in the internal affairs in the United; States. In my reply acknowledging ! the receipt of my credentials I gave’ my government a brief outline of the establishment of my bureau and I of the nature of its work, stating my i intention to maintain a policy of uon-| interference in American affairs, and; stating that I would counsel all my i associates to observe this rule. "These instructions from my gov-; ernment have, a t all times, guided my; policy and my conduct. In all my! activities I Lave scrupulously re frained from any interference or par- I ticipation in the domestic affairs of I the United States.” "The chief purpose of my mission m in th? United States has been and is the re-establishment of economic ■P’ intercourse between Russia and the' United States. I have negotiated with thousands of firms in the Unit ed States who believed the estab lishment of trade relations with Rus sia to be a ma'ter of vital interest to the American manufacturers and importers, as hereby an immense i market would immediately be avail able for American manufacturers. His Expenses Here “I employ an force .of about thir ty persons to carry on the work for the above-stated purpose and my r activities are of a perfectly legiti mate nature an 1 are conducted in a manner in every respect consistent with law and propriety.” "Expenses of the Soviet bureau are about $2,500 a week. Our payroll is $1,200 to $1,500 a week and other expenses of the bureau are SSOO a week. About SSOO weekly is spent «• our publication, ‘Soviet Russia.’ ” "soviet Russia is confined strictly to presentation of Russian matters and has never suggested that soviet principles be extended to the United States." He has made public speeches about Russia “to dispel the prevailing prej udice, ” but that they have not been regarded as “improper or objection able,” Mr. Martens insisted. He stuck to these statements on cross-examination by Senators Borah and Moses. > Senator Borah referred to a proc lamation by Lenine urging overthrow of all governments. Lsnine’s Propaganda "It was defensive propaganda at a time when our government was in (Continued on Page 6, Column 7) GOVERNMENT ASKS FOB BISIKIL OF RHODE ISLAND BILL Attack on Prohibition Re sisted Series of Legai Moves on Amendment Are Planned by "Wets” WASHINGTON, Jan. 26—The gov i ernment in the supreme court today moved to dismiss Rhode Island's bill attacking the validity of constitu tional prohibition. Argument on this motion is expect ed to determine whether constitu tional prohibition will stand. Solicitor General King stated the motion could not be argued until March, because Rhode Island attor neys are not yet ready. A recess of the court during February will de lay it until that time, so that a decision cannot be expected before April. The court agreed to advance the appeals from Ohio courts which will determine whether states by refer endum can override the action of state legislatures in ratifying the constitutional prohibition amend ment. The government in its motion 7 to dismiss the Rhode Island complaint Claimed that it presents no justifia ble matter nor shows sufficient legal ground for the court to take jurisdic tion of the case. "The facts stated in said bill of complaint do not set up any cause of action,” the motion says, “and there is no equity in said bill.” ’ The argument of prohibition cases I was assigned for Monday, March 1. The greatest legal drive against any law or part of the constitution, in the history of the country appears to be looming up in the many attacks being prepared against constitutional prohibition. Government attorneys today esti mated it will be two years before it will be known definitely whether con stitutional prohibition stands on a firm legal foundation, but they hold out little hope for any “tilting of the lid.” during that time. Tho attacks on constitutional pro hibition are on the following grounds: 1. That prohibition is not a valid subject for a constitutional amend ment and that it has not been legally adopted. 2. That the Volstead law enforc ing it and prohibiting all beverages containing one-naif of 1 per. cent of alcohol or more, is not constitu Rhode Island Case , -the amendment., -qanywtj .be enforced In any state against its I will. This is to be deter.-nined, as well as the first two questions, in the suit brought in the supreme -ourt by Rhode Island. 4. That states by popular refer- ; endums, can override the actions of I state legislatures and thus w thdraw : previous ratification of the eigh- ! teenth amendment Ten states have i the referendum and should all re- ; verse the legislative action, with the ’ supreme court upholding the refer- : endum, it would be sufficient to re- ; peal the amendment. This is the ; question now pending in the su- ■ supreme court on appeal from the ; Ohio supreme court, which sustained the referendum 5. That some states can be wet by | passing laws increasing the maxi- j ; mum amount of alcohol permitted in I ' beverages as New Jersey and Rhode I Island propose to c 6. That the amendment prohibit ing only beverages which are in fact intoxicating, and that congress under the provision of the amendment granting it>the right to ass appro priate enforcement legislation can- I not arbitrarily prohibit those drinks which have only a small amount of alcohol and are not generally held to be intoxicating. 7. That the liquor interests can ! recover heavy compensation from the [ government lerses caused by prohibi j tion. The supreme court will be asked to determine all these question and it 1 is the only body that can do so. I xThe avenue of attack upon prohi | bition, most likeiy to s eceed, a ; prominent attorney said today, is ; through the word "concurrent” ap ; pcaring in the amendment. It states | that congress and the several states < shall have "concurrent power” to ■ enforce the amendment. “This might be construed to mean i that each s’ would have to agree ; to the beverages thAt cculd be pro ! hibited in its territory,” the attorney I said. “If the state desired to allow I light beer and wi to be sold Jhe ; court 'ight I it had that right ! under the amendment. I don’t be lieve the court would go so far as to I authorize the old we ays in any I state, but it might agree the state I had a right to tilt the lid considera bly.” Kansas Miners Strike On Bill’s Passage PITTSBURG. Kan., Jan. 26.—Four • hundred Kansas miners struck this i morning because of the passage of | the industrial court bill. A mine of I the Western Coal and Mining com j pany at Franklin, and a mine of the I Wear Coal company at Dunkirk were I idle. Clothing Prices Reduced by Large Manufacturer. CHICAGO, Jan. 26th. —Mr. James D. Bell, head of the Bell Tailors, Adams at Green st., Chicago. 111., said to be the largest made-to-meas ure clothing establishment in the world, recently stated that his firm is now able to quote prices on spring and summer suits 35 per cent below what others ask. To prove his point he showed the writer a very attrac tive piece of all wool cassimere for which they ask only $25 a suit, made to individual measure, whereas the same fabric is now being offered by others at $35 to S4O per suit. Even larger savings are offered on their higher priced suits. Every reader of The Journal should write Mr. Bel! for his price list and a free copy of his style book No. 492 which contains large cloth samples of many beauti ful patterns.— (Advt.) MCOKHCE SEEN FOR KfflT IN DISCOUNT BITES Bankers Declare That in Spring Loans May Be Some Higher but Cost of Living Should Be Lowered The advance in the discount rates of the Atlanta ..Federal Reserve bank to member banks, exclusive an nouncement of which was made in The Sunday Journal,: is not likely to cause any serious inconvenience in the south for the immediate pres ent, in the opinion of Atlanta bank ers, amdng whom the advance is a matter of lively interest. If, however, the advance is main tained until the late spring, when southern banks haveXto borrow to carry their customers, jnoney will be tighter and this tightness will be reflected in , increased interest charges on loans. "Just now the south is flush.” ex plained a prominent banker, “and the banks have adequate funds for ac commodating their customers, so that they are not discounting paper with the Federal Reserve bank. But along about May or June, the south ern banks will require cash, and It will be necessary to turn to the re serve bank for the advances. If the advanced rates have not receded in the meantime it follows that inter est rates will be higher.” Advance Is General The advance in the rates, which is general throughout the country, all reserve banks having acted in concert, will have an immediate ef fect in New York and the east, how ever. It will, in the opinion of local financiers, result in advanced rates of Interest to all classes of borrow ers, and will operate to check specu lation in stocks and commodities, which is believed to have contrib uted immeasurably to the cost of living. The -higher rates for money will force on the market large stores of supplies that have been hoarded in warehouse and carrier from month to' month on the cheap money ad vanced by the banks on the strength of the 4 3-4 per cent discount rate The most noticeable Immediate af fect in the south of the advanced rates will be reflected in a deprecia tion in the market and collateral value of Liberty and Victory bonds, in the opinion of bankers. Os course the real worth of these securities is in no way impaired, but it is said the advanced discount rate renders them less attractive' than they have been as collateral securities, and this fact obviously will operate to depreciate their market value for the I time being. It is the belief of local bankers, however, that the advanced rates were anticipated in the bond market, and that the depreciation recently I noted in Liberty and Victory bond quotations was due to this anticipat-i ed action of the reserve banks throughout the country. The notice of the advanced rates was received Monday morning by the member banks throughout the Sixth district. The notice indicates that while the advanced rates are applic able generally to all classes of se curities certain sort of paper is pref erential consideration. Substance of Order The substance of the order advanc the rates from 4 3-4 per cent fol lows: Member banks’ notes, fifteen days or less. Secured by Liberty or Victory bonds, five and one-half per cent. Secured by customer’s paper, eleg ible for rediscount six per cent. Secured by War Finance Corpora tion bonds, ceven per cent. Rediscounts: Bank acceptances, when endorsed by member banks other than the ac cepting bank, five per cent. Conimercial paper, including com modity paper, maturities within ninety days, six per cent. Agricultural and live-stock paper, maturities one day to six months, 6 per cent. Trade acceptances, maturities within ninety days, 6 per cent. Customers’ notes, secured by gov ernment obligations, maturities within ninety day, secured by Lib erty or Victory bonds, 5 1-2 per cent. Open market purchases, previous rates rescinded, new rates on appli cation. Atlanta bankers generally share the belief that the advance in dis count r.ates unquestionably will op erate to check speculation in securi ties and commodi*ties and will tend to reduce the cost of living by forc ing on the market large stores of supplies that have been hoarded in | warehouses. i Weaver Announces He Will Not Be Candidate For Governor’s Place James D. Weaver, prominent busi ness man and planter, of Dawson, in Terrell county, on Monday an nounced in Atlanta that tie would not be a candidate for governor, ow ing to the heavy demands of his personal business affairs. He gave out the following statement: “I deeply appreciate the 'courtesy and honor accorded me by a grear many people over the state who have i volunteered their support should 1 i decide to make the race for tbe gov- I ernorship. In view of the fact that : I stated sometime ago 1 would reach a definite conclusion early this year, I 1 deem it my duty to make the state ment at this time that I will not Le I a candidate. ATLANTA, GA., TUESDAY, JANUARY 27, 1920. Pocket Guinea Pigs to Test Your Whisky Make Drinking Safe and Sane 'A. 8 |||| ■- In these days of wood alcohol whisky and whisky substitutes a new use has been found for the guinea pig. Put one in, your pocket and if the proprietor or bartender or boQtlegger refuses to drink with you, try it on the guinea pig. 'lf the guinea pig, whose organs are more nearly like those of a human being than those of any other animal, doesn’t turn up his toes, go ahead and drink. A guinea pig costs only $5 if the first one meets an untimely end. “FLU” SITUATION NOT ALARMING IN CITY OF ATLANTA Illness from colds, grippe, pneu monia and influenza in Georgia gen- E erally is not above normal at pres- i ent. Cases reported in Atlanta last t geek showed only a slight increase, Whereas tbe city’s death rate lor the period was unusually low, and < precautionary steps instituted by the < Red Cross last fall have resulted in lhe mobilization of resources in many communities which would sup- 1 p’emept the work of federal, state ! I and local authorities in the event |( the present satisfactory status of afiairs is not mamtaine.d. “Frankly, 1 believe that we will I have a little more than the normal i 1 amount of pneumonia and influenza, j £ although the reassuring situation j c today leaves no room for. immediate j £ uneasiness,’’ said Dr. A. F. Aber- : * crombie, secretary of tiie state | board of health, Monday morning, i ® ‘I am thoroughly acquainted with | £ conditions all over Georgia and Ij A know that things are normal right > £ r ow. We are bound to have colds. ' J grippe and influenza at this sea- , L son, - but no more than the usual | average is in force.’’ c According to Dr. J. F. Kennedy, j; city physician, there were no deaths t from influenza in Atlanta last week. I * “Twenty cases, representing a' c slight increase, were reported.” I j stated Dr. Kennedy, “but our week’s ! 5 report shows that the city had an ' t unusually low death rate. Forty- ! ( four deaths were officially reported, I , of which seven were caused by acci- I -j dent -or violence and ten by pneu monia. The latter figure is about ! j normal. The influenza cases renor..- ' 1 ed are apparently of a much milder ! < form than was the case last year. I t While it is reasonable to presume i that v|e will have a number of in- ■ fluenza cases here, I am still hope- ' ful that there need be no occasion 1 for general alarm.” ■ , Miss Jane Van de Vrade, head of i the department of nursing for the I southern division, American Red Cross, stated Monday that four, nurses had been sent to two towns ■ in the Carolinas in response to re-; quests received last week, while 500 ! “flu” masks had been forwarded to Lhe Charleston navy yards. In speaking of activity conducted ! last fall by the Red Cross in urging | local chapters of the organization to ' form community bureaus where in formation, resources and aid would be available to health authorities, Miss Van de Vrade stated that the most essential factor to be consid ered at present was the adoption of some definite -eo-operative plan as a precautionary measure in all locali ties. The suggestions of the Red Cross, through which many communities are now well equipped to meet any possible emergency, include the es tablishment of a central office where all cases of illness should be re-1 ported and where a tabulation should I be kept of the names and addresses of physicians and nurses, volunteers who may be relied upon for help in housekeeping and nursing, agencies and volunteer:- available for relief work, hospital facilities, local equip ment. means for effectively distrib-i tiling supnlies and service and other! concrete data . MACOX ASKS WHISKY TO FIGHT THE “FLU” WASHINGTON. Jan. 26.—The in fluenza epidemic has spread to Michigan, Minnesota and North Da kota, the United States public health ; service announced today. Two thou- ! sand cases were reported by Mich-1 igan; 450 by Minnesota and 105 by i North Dakota. Kansas City reported thirty-six deaths. The disease is reported as “scat- ! tered” in California. Florida. Geor- 1 gia, Idaho, lowa. Mississippi, Ohio, ! Texas, Wisconsin and Wyoming. ; New York City with nearly 3.000 new cases, headed the list of .cities ' where the epidemic is strongest. I Macon. Ga„ telegraphed the public ! health service for whisky, statiug 4 f> that the disease “is spreading- rapid- ; ly." The public health service re- ; plied it has no whisky or authmii' > to arrange for shipment. The senate today took up Scn-itor. (Continued on Page 6, Column 6) MEN NOT INVITED, OFFICERS REFUSE TO DANCE IN ROME ROME, Ga., Jan. 26. —Officers of an army detachment here for recruit ing purposes Saturday night refused to attend a dance arranged in their honor because enlisted men of the detachment were not invited. The commanding officer refused to allow the military band to play at the pro posed dance, and the young ladies of Rome, who had arranged the affair, deeply hurt, called the function off. Major J. A Heywood, commanding officer, asserts : that “if my enlisted men cannot be entertained, my offic ers will not be. I welcome this in cident as showing democratic spirit of the new army. In the old army this would not have been possible. We expect to travel throughout the state and I put the people on notice that where the enlisted men are in vited the officers will go, and not elsewhere. That point was decided before we started on our recruiting trip.” Major Heywood declares that a committee declined to arrange a dance for the enlisted men after be ing requested to do so. The commit tee says the only reason for declina tion was that it was impossible to obtain dancing partners for nearly 200 men in Rome, and that no hall was large enough to accommodate that number, while plans for a street dance were abandoned due to the op position of church people and bad weather. 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Testifying before the senate investigating committee, Admiral Knight said the board could not agree that officers who lost their ship through enemy action were entitled to high decorations unless they had engaged the enemy. Admiral Knight said the cases of officers who lost their vessels through submarine attacks were not comparable witli those of Lawrence and Perry as Mr. Daniel said in his recent letter to Chairman Page, of the senate naval committee. Law rence’s name was immortal, the wit ness declared, because of the spirit he showed during the engagement witli the enemy, while Perry’s name will ever live in history because of the skill and daring he showed in transferring his flag from his sink ing flagship to the Niagara and then leading his almost defeated fleet to victory. Admiral Knight declared that Sec retary Daniels placed “much em phasis” on cases where Commanders lost their ships in contact with the enemy. . “The board is unable to accept the view that mere contact with the en emy constituted in itself a claim to recognition even when followed by meritorious Service, unless such service is in some measure connect ed with operations, offensive or de fensive. directed against the enemy,’’ Admiral Knight stated. Secretary Daniels will be called before the committee in a few days, it is expected. Recommendations for awards made by the Knight board were overruled in many cases by Secretary Daniels, according to figures laid before the committee by the admiral. Chairman Page, of the senate na val committee, has appointed Sena tors Ball, of Delaware: Keyes, New Hampshire, and King, of Utah, to determine whether an investigation should be made into charges by John R. Rathom, of the Providence (R. I.) Journal, that immoral conditions exist in the navy with the full knowledge of Secretary DanlOTM. Assistant Secretary Roosevelt, in a statement today, said Mr. Rath om’s Charges were, “in view of the circumstances, a deliberate and ma licious attempt to create trouble, in addition to being false. His state ment can only be considered a'ma liciously vicious, dishonest and dis honorable attack on the United States navy.” Assassin Wounds Erzberger, German Minister of Finance BERLIN, Jan. 26. —Mathias Erz berger, the minister of finance, was wounded by a shot fired at him today. Herr Erzberger was shot as he was leaving the criminal courts build ing after a hearing in the Helfferich libel suit. Only one shot struck the minister. His assailant, wh ogave his name as Oltwig von Hirschfield, was ar rested. Polish Army Also Falls Into Soviet Troops’ Hands. Some of Red Cross Force Well Known Here LONDON, Jan. 26.—Russian so viet cavalry has entered Persia and Inidia, a Warsaw dispatch today quoted BolsheVik sources as report ing. Latest reports to the British war office showed the Bolshevik forces 500 miles from the Indian frontier. A Moscow wireless communique announced that Admiral Kolchak, former head of the all-russian and anti-Bolshevik government, had been made prisoner and was held with his ministry at Irkutsk. Siberian insurgents, the communi que claimed, have handed over seven carloads of silver to the soviet gov ernment. The red advance in Si beria continues. BOLSHEVIKI CAPTURE AMERICAN ENGINEERS 'CHITA, East Siberia, Monday, Jan uary 19. — (Via Harbin, Manchuria, Tuesday, January 20, by the As sociated Press.) —Colonel Blunt and seven other American engineers, Miss Ford, Captain Charette, and several other members of the Ameri can Red Cross and an entire Polish army, composed of former prisoners, have been captured by the Bolshevik! at Kliuchlnskaya, according to a garbled telegram received from Jo seph H. Ray, former American con sul at Irkutsk. The dispatch from Mr. Ray was sent from somewhere beyond Nizh niudinsk, January 14. It was some what garbled in transmission. Kliu chinskaya is on the Trans-siberian railway, 100 miles west of Nizh nludinsk. The Czechs are fighting a rear guard action with the reds near Krasnayarsk. Bolshivism is gain ing in Chita. Ernest L. Harris, for mer American consul at Omsk, is still in Chita. The British, Japanese and French missions, and members of the Amer ican Red Cross have arrived in Harbin. ■ v COLONEL BLUNT’S HOME BELIEVED IN NORTHWEST ST. PAtIL, Mirn , Jan. 26. —Colonel Blunt, reported last night in dis patches from Siberia as having been captured by the Bolsheviki, with sev en other American engineers, several members of the American Red Cross and an entire Polish army. Lieuten ant Colonel Blunt is in charge of the engineer corps on the trans-Siberian railway, according to Colonel George H. Emerson, of this city, organizer of the American engineering corps in Siberia. , Colonel Emerson could not say where Lieutenant Colonel Blunt came from, but believed he was from the northwest Colonel Emerson organized the en gineer corps on the trans-Siberian railway. He left Irkutsk, December 10, and was succeeded by Lieutenant Colonel Blunt, whose headquarters vjere at Kiasanarask, 1,600 miles west of Kliuchinakaya. 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D State I Scents a coi i $1.25 A YEAR Article Ten and Monroe Doc trine the Stumbling Block, Democratic Decision to Be Announced Tuesday ' WASHINGTON, Jan. 26.—Senato.- Lodge, Republican leader, todays re fused to resume bi-partisan treaty conferences except upon the definite understanding that no change what ever be made in the Lodge reserva tions on Article X and the Monro* doctrine. He delivered this virtual ultimatum to the Democratic mem bers at a brief meeting today. Democratic conferees immediately went into executive session to* de cide on their answer. Senatoi Hitch cock in a statement issued after the Democratic conference, announced that the Democratic reply to Senator Lodge will be delivered at another meeting of the bi-partisan conferees tomorrow morning. Senator Lodge’s action is believed to have made certain the breaking off of the conferences, and to mark the failure of this effort at treaty compromise. Senator Hitchcock and other Demo crats seemed agitated by today’s de velopment. In his formal statement Senator Hitchcock said: “When the conference assembled Senator Lodge advised the senator* present that he had been called int> a meeting by certain Republican senators and foi' that reason had not been able to attend the last con ference Friday. He regretted to say that he found it impossible to re sume the conference for a compro mise except upon the understanding that no change shall be made in the reservation of Article 10 or on tha Monroe doctrine. The Democrat-j members retired for a private con ference and will make their reply to Senator Lodge Tuesday morning at a meeting at 10:30.” “The conference up to the time its meetings were interupted hud ten tatively agreed upon the preamble and all sections of the reservations except that relating to Article 10. the Monroe doctrine and one or two minor matters and an agreement was apparently almost consummated on Article 10 when adjournment sud denly tame, ”followed by the inter vention of the “irreconcilable Re publicans.” Senator Lodge made this statement after the conference: “I have ohly this to say about the committee meeting this morning: That I said to the committee there is a very strong feeling among many senators against any change in the Lodge reservations, either in words or in substance and that I thought it only fair to say now what 1 have already said in public that there can be no compromise o fprinciple and that it would be impossible to secure, in my judgment, two-thirds of the senate if any change was attempted la such Articles 2 ana 5, those re lating to Article 10’ and the Monroe doctrine. I said this was a mere statement of the situation.” The position Senator Lodge assum ed was said to have the approval of a majority of the Republican membership in the senate, including Senators Johnson, of California, and Borah, of Idaho, as well as others of the group who have opposed any modification of . the reservations which the Democrats at the last session declined to accept.