But on 8 March 1920 Wilson reaffirmed his refusal to grant any concessions to the Republican majority, and on 19 March the Senate failed to find the requisite two-thirds majority for either the original or the amended treaty. The failure to pass the treaty even in an amended version was undeniably in large part Wilson’s doing. But it was far from obvious, even if the President had been willing to compromise, whether the reservations demanded by Lodge would have been acceptable to the Entente.
