Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 278, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 November 1919 — WASHINGTON NEWS IN BRIEF. [ARTICLE]

WASHINGTON NEWS IN BRIEF.

Washington, D. C., Nov. 17. Ratification of the peace treaty on Wednesday with reservations to the I league of nations covenant by yirtue of a c ompromise between Presii dent Wilson and a score or more of republican senators is in prospect. lp Hiding that Mr. Wilson had threat- ' ened to pigeonhole the treaty not so j much because of the Lodge reserva- ! tions as the binding preamble, mdd reservation republicans made known their willingness to yield the preamble in return for acceptance of the reservations by the administration. —o — The coal operators continued in session, endeavoring to reach agreement on counter proposals to be sußmitted to the miners in the wage i conference. Acting President Lewis, ! ol the miners, accused the operators of '‘stalling.” • —o— The Esch bill, with the clause requiring compulsory arbitration of I mbor disputes eliminated, was 1 passed by the house by a vote of zO3 to 159, the opposition being ! chiefly democratic. This bill provides for the return of the roads ।to their owners, extends the govi ernmental guaranty for six months after their return, authorizes the roads to borrow funds from the government, extends the present rates | until changed, and broadens the I powers of the interstate commerce commission. —o — The Carnegie Endowment for In--1 ternational Peace places the direct । cost of the war to the world at 1 $186,000,000,0011 and—the indirect ! cost as much more.