El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-09-11
Reservations
Are Meant To
Destroy Pact "
Not Interpretative; Foes to
Kill Whole Treaty if Pos
sible, Says Minority.

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seized in Germany. or to compensate
the owners.
Seventh. Germany's very important
/ agreement validating all acts by the
] United States and BY the alien prop
! erty custodian by which we seized and
/ proceeded TO liquidate $500. 100000
worth Of property in the United States
/ belonging to German citizens
] Eighth, Germany's agreement that
! the proceeds Of the sale Of these prop
] critics may be used to compensate our
/ citizens in Germany II Germany fails
10 do so. or to pay debts which Ger
many or Germans owe to American
/ citizens OF to pay American prewar
claims against Germany for property
! destroyed and lives taken similar 10
J the losses because Of the destruction
OF the Lusitania-
Compensation Agreement.
Ninth, Germany's agreement that
/ she viii compensate her own citizens
FOR property, patents and other things
belonging to them in the United States
ment
Tenth. Germany's agreement that
no claims can be made against the
United States in respect to the use or
sale during the war by our govern
ment or BY persons acting for our
! government, Of any rights in indus
trial. literary or artistic property. in
( Guiding patents.
Eleventh. Germany's agreement
that the United States shall retain
over 100000 tons Of German shipping
seized in American ports. which much
more than eompensates US for ship
ping lost during the war.
Twelfth, we would lose our mem
oership on the reparations commission.
! which viii be the most powerful in
{ ternational body ever created and
/ which viii have enormous control over
! the trade and commerce Of Germany
| with the rest Of the world for years
[ TO come. It not only supervfses the
use Of German economic resources,
and the payment OF reparatlol.5. but 1t
] can restrict or expand Germany's I'M
ports and distributes mucn Of her de-
slraole exports, including DYES. II no
way can the United States assure it
SELF against discrimination in Ger
man imports and financial policies IN
I less we have a member upon this great
reparations commission.
| Would Abandon Disguised Allies.
| 1neSe are some, but by no means
AZ OF the valuable concessions which
I the United States would inevitably
/ sacrifice by failing to ratify The
1 treaty This failure would be lust as
/ complete II we adopt an amendment to
Il as II we rejected the treaty abso-
] Iuteiy. In either eVent We would find
/ ourselves at the end e the war. II
IS true, but without any peace or
! terms OF peace with Germany. We
would nave abandoned our disguised
associates and we would be reduced
I 10 me necessity OF seeking a negetf-
! ateq peace with an angry Germany on
| accord. -
We are. therefore, without anv
qualiIleation, against amendments.
1--WE are aware that the claim
/ ms been set n hat
proposed amendments, which re-
tltes only 10 the league Of nations,
( 1oea not require the assent Of
gernany. This is based On the
! laet that Germany Is not vet n
member OF the league Of nations
ana may not be for several years.
me answer is, however, that the
league covenant f. a part OF the
100 ana the League, which Is
mentioned in many places in the
treaty has much to do with Ger
nan Affairs even though Germany
"a not a member.
/ Germany, in agreeing to the treaty.
las aSSented TO the provisions ~ ~.
covenant and one of The nrovisf,,,-
- tAal II can be amended only bv me
action OF the league. which has 49,
yet started, ratified by all the mem
oSls o. tne council which has not vet
q CANNED as well as by maioritv Of
ne mem bers Of the assembly. IT is Or
tto1s. therefore II II is to be amended
N any other way, Germany's assent vii
1e JgsI as Necessary as to any Other
article OF the treaty.
Eoes Aim to Destroy Trrnfv-
Inc reservations proposed nv thu
--leyoIlty OF this committee are 81
sISA character as at once befrny
-lle-L authorship They are the work
u senator's organized for the purpose
Sil,is ING the league. and. If pos-
stDIs. ueteatlng this treaty Their
pnlaseology IS such as make this bur
pose plain They are in no sense in
tefpEelatlFe reservations TO be used
% make clear language in the ;reafv
tnat might be considered do,ibrf,,I
put they are so framed as to recei,s,
me support Of senators who desire the
defeat OF the treaty.
Mnlle masquerading in the Euise
OF reservations, they are in fact alter I
ations OF the treaty They have all
the vices OF amendments and TIE 49,
dliional vice Of pretending to be wbaf
tney are not Presented as parts q
the resolution TO ratify the treaty I
they would in fact, II adopted, result |
n Ks oeIeaL All Of them apply 70
me leasle OF nations section OF the |
treaty. These who oppose the league I
OF nations realize that II is invincfbIe |
On a square fight and they hope 10
destroy II by this indirection. The
league OF nations has stood the test
OF worldwide criticism and unlimited
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hope for world peace. After an the /
assaults OF many months. its purposes (
and provisions stand out clearly de- /
fined unaffected by criticism and IN /
yielding to attack.
Organizes World For Pence.
The league OF nations proposes to !
organize the nations Of the world /
for peace. whereas they have always /
heretofore been organized Tor war. It 4
proposes to make war Of conquest /
impossible by uniting all nations /
against the offender.
1t is the first international ar
rangement ever made by which small 4
and weak nations are given the or
gained strength OF the world for pro-
lection.
1T is a covenant between many
nations, by which each agrees not to .
do certain things. which in the past
have produced wars, and to do many
things which have been found to pre-
serve the peace.
TT is a working plan for the
gradual reduction OF armament by all