Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1919-09-11
many, except by action of the Coh' gress of the United States
 Domestic Questions.

 many, except by action of the Con- gress of the United States
 Domestic Questions.
 "This reservation is intended Co meet the most vital objection to the league covenant, as it stands. oh- der no circumstances must there De any legal or moral obligations upon the United States to enter into war or to send it's army and navy aoroae or without the unfettered actlon ol congress to impose economic poy- cotts on other countries. Under tile constitution of the United otaCes the congress alone has the power to declare war, and all bills to raise revenue or affecting the revenue Ill any way must originate m the house of representatives, be passed by the senate, and receive the sigma ture of the president. These constl- tutional right of congress must not be impaired by any agreements such as are presented in this treaty, nor can any opportunity of charging the United States with bad faith be per mitted. No American soldiers or sailors must be sent to fight III other lands at the bidding of League or Nations. American lives must not be sacrificed except by the will and command of the American people acting through their constitutional representatives in congress.
 ''This reservation also covers the question of mandates According to the provision of the covenant of the league, the acceptance of man. date by any member is voluntary, but as to who shall have authority to refuse or accept a mandate for any country the covenant of the league is silent. The decision as to accepting mandate must rest exclusively within the control of the congress of the United States and the reservation provides and must not be delegated, even by inference to any personal agent or to any de- legate or commissioner.
 "'3. The United States reserves to itself exclusively the right to de- eide what questions are within Its domestic 4 jurisdiction and declares that all domestic and political ques- tions relating to its affairs, lnciud- ing immigration, coastwise traffic the tariff, commerce and all other domestic questions, are solely With, in the.ajaristdiction of agthe United States and are not under this treaty submitted in any way either to ar bitration or to the consideration o1 the council or the assembly of the League of Nations or to the decision CT recommendation of any other power.'
 Monroe Doctrine.
 "This reservation speaks for it. self. It is not necessary to follow out here all tortuous windings which to those who have followed them through the labyrinth disclose the fact that the league under cer- tain conditions twill have power to pass upon and decide questions o1 immigration and tariff, as we'll as the others mentioned in the reserva- tion. It is believed by the commit tee that this reservation relieves the United States from any dangers ol any obligations in this direction.
 "The fourth and last reservation is as follows: E
 "'4. The United States declines to submit for arbitration or inquiry by the assembly or the council of the League of Nations provided for 1T said treaty of peace any question: l which in the judgment of the United States depends upon it's long estab lished policy, commonly known as the Monroe doetrine; said doctrine is to be interpTeted by the United States alone, and is hereby declar ed to be wholly outside the jurisdic tion of said League of Nations ant entirely unaffected by any provision