Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-11-19
DECLARES LODGE
TREATY CHANGES,
MUST BE REV lSED

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domestic matter, and Italy might con-
Strue the iume issue as purely 40
mestic because Italians live there's All
| the advantages which the frient Is OF
! ireland were to he given under a. 1lcie
eleven of the covenant. which pei mllS
! the council-of the league Ito cons. her
| anything that disturbs friendly fela-
| ton would be swept aside by the spe-
cific exclusion of domestic AFFAIR;
| Indeed. any nation could simply IN
| woke this article and exclude que !tlon
after question from the domain o in
! ternational conference. This reese rVa-
! ton might not be so invoked by tne
! United States, but it would most as
| suredly be invoked by certain gov ern-
ments in Europe. The purpose w hach
the senators have in mind namei 70
! exclude immigration and the hr1f
| from the consideration of the lea& ne-
! can be accomplished by simple res
! ervation stating that questions w hfcn
! have hitherto been regarded unive
! sally as domestic under Internal, onat
! law shall not he subject. to the con-
sideration of the league of natio as.
! Reservation six pertains to the non-
! roe doctrine. Foreign governI rents
will hardy object to this, as it al ways
| was an American doctrine.
| Reservation seven withholds fimer-
! ica's consent from the Shantun'e set
Element While this is CONNER .dapie
| object Su.h a reservation doesn help
| China. The Senate could help China
| by insisting that it will within Old IT'S
| consent until Japan has fulfil led the
! promises she made in Paris. namely
| to return kiachow to China more
! over, if the preamble is modihed,
! then Great Britain and France ana
! Italy will hesitate to go IN record as
! permitting America to dissent De-
i cause an affirmative eA preston on
their part might be. cons: hered an at
front to Japan. with whe m they have
treaty covering the 81 iantung set
e, cement. The powers " ould be re-
Ii, wed of this embarrass ment If the
mr. Gamble simply left it to them to &C
uu. escence within speci he'd time.
Seen as Restricting t>itizens.
Res ervation would gi We Congress
a voice in selecting the personnel OF
Amerit an representation on all commis-
sions or bodies that may e created by
the lea que of nations. TIL Is is not OBJ
icctiona BILE, but the last pa ragraph goes
on to forbid any Anne. 'ican citizen
from ser wing on an intern ational COM
mission without the appI oval of the
Senate This would preve. 1t Americans
from s;tthn g as arbitrator or medators
in disputes in which our e ovcrnment is
rot at all concerned. but in which the
disinterested Judgment of len like Ellhu
Root, Will am Howard aft or other
ind iduals night be sougi 1t by foreign
countries in an effort to I'M aintain peace
between themselves The re is grave
doubt whether Congress + as the right
under the Constitution to interfere
with the freedom of actie m of Amefi-
can citizens in this conn sction.
Reservation nine woul d give Con-
gress voice in the acts Of the repa-
ration commission. Man in admin
istration quarters rega I'D this as
70. t>,y& Su IL,
a moot question. and TIME alone can
answer it. In it's present form this
reservation cannot be regarded as
one on which friends the treaty
could afford to take land against
the adoption Of the who lie treaty.
Reservation ten relates to expenses
and is not questionable.
Viewed as Permitting Aiming.
Reservation eleven is vi ewed as Civ
ing any nation the riglh to refuse
to disarm. because they can all con-
INVASION" which was &c 'rmany's ar
gument for many years concerning
France. This might be modified to
permit a nation to increa Sc its arma-
have be en- broken with n unfriendly
nation or when engaged in war.
|. Reservation twelve is a reasonable
interpret alton OF that rtlcle OF tne
of aliens in the United States to car
ry on trade with persons In this coun-
! tTy or abroad exclusive OF the, particu-
| lar localities which arc being sub
iected to an economic boycott.
Reservation. Is is'viewed by lawyers
! in the adm inistration as a, Joker"
! that gives American citizens blan-
! ket right to remain UNAFFECTED legally
| by any of the provisions of the peace
treaty. 1t was intended to permit re-
! opening of cases wherein the alien
property custodian seized property
partly owned by Germans and partly
by American, citizens. But II has not
been carefully drawn and may give
| ton.
Reservation II would prevent Amer
! lea from participating in the interna-
tional labor conferences unless Con-
sress agreed by act or joint resolu-
! ton. This is another reservation to
/ which much argument can be directed
Ly both sides. but it would not be held
as multiplying the treaty If adopted.
Might Offend British Colonies.
| Reservation IS. which endeayors to
nut on record President Wilson's
construction OF what the six votes of
Great Britain mean in the assembly
of the league, is not in itself objec-
| tionable, though it may offe nd the
British colonies. 1t is hardly likely
| that Great Britain would refuse to
accept the reservation. however.
! Many changes can be made which
do not affect the purpose OF the re-
publicans. who want to see American
i interests safeguarded by reserva-
| lions, and these can be made accept
able to the democrats. Within the
next few days such a compro mise can
| and will be worked out.
| Copyright, 1872
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