The Topeka state journal., 1919-11-14
A SLAP AT WILSON
Senate Adopts Reservation
Qualifying U. s. Obligations.
This Feature in Article x Dis
tasteful to President.

Washington, Nov. IA. = Squarely
joining the issue with President Will
son, the senate adopted late Thursday
reservation qualifying the obligations
of the United States under Article \,
of the league of nations covenant.
A solid Republican lineup. rein
forced by four Democrats, put the
reservation across exactly as 1t came
from the foreign relations committee,
and in virtually the language which
the president declared on his western
tour would cut the heart out of the
covenant and mean the rejection of
the treaty. The vote by which the
reservation was won was 46 to 33.
The fight for reservations having
thus been carried to a climax, the
Republicans presented for future
action, q cloture proposal, designed to
bring final ac, ) n of the question of
ratification within a week. A less
sweeping measure proposing Limitation
on the reservation debate only had
been put in by the Democrats earlier
publicans voted to sustain point of
order against it.
New Vote Saturday.
A vote on the question of clamping
down cloture on the debate Will come
on Saturday morning and the Repub-
lican leaders say it will depend entirely
on the Democrats whether the move
rallies the necessary tWo-thirds to
make cloture effective. The Demo-
cratic leaders were not ready tonight
to say how they would vote, being
fearful that agreement to so sweeping
a program might imperil their chances
of securing action on a ratification
resolution of their own.
The Article X reservation, as
adopted by the senate. follows:
1.-The United States assumes no OBJ
legation to preserve the territorial in
4 1f ind Of
any other country, or to interfere with
controversies between nations -
whether members Of the league or not
under the provisions of Article x,
or to employ the military or naval
forces of the United States under any
article of the treaty for any purpose
unless in any particular case the con-
gress, which, under the constitution,
has the sole power to declare war or
authorize the employment of the mill
tary or naval forces of the United
States. shall, by act or joint resolution,
SO provide"
The Roll Call.
The. roll call on adoption of the reserva-
ton follows:
For adoption-Republicans Ball, Borah,
Brandegee, Calder. Capper. Colt, Cummins,
Curtis, Dillingham;, Edge, Elkins, FALL
Eernald, France, Frelinghugsen, Gronna,
yon, Keyes, La Toilette. Lenroot, Lodge
McCumber, Mclean, McNary, Moses. New.
hsgps
land. Townsend, Warren and Watson
Total, AZ.
Democrats-Gore Reed. Smith Georgia,
and Walsh, Massachusetts-Total 4.
Total for, 4G.
Against adoption:
Observation-Disclosures, Beckman, Dial,
Fletcher, Gray, Gerry, Harris, Harrison,
Henderson, Hitchcock, Johnson South Da-
kota; Jones, New Mexico; kendrick, Kir-
by, McKellar, Myers, Nugent, Overman,
Owen, Phelan, Pittman. Randell, Robinson,
Sheppard, Smith, Maryland: Smith South
Carolina; Stanley, Thomas. Trammell, I'm
| derwood, Walsh, Montana; Williams and
Wolcott.-Total. 81.
Total against. SO.
Sixteen senator's not voting were paired
| as follows:
For adoption-Jones. Washington; Kel-
| logg, Knox, Mccormick, Nelson, ,Jew-
| berry and Wadsworth, Republicans and
| Shields, Dem ocrat.
Against-Bankhead, Chamberlain, Gull
| berson, King. Pomerene, Simmons. Swan
son and Smith, Arizona, Democrats.
One vacancy in Virginia.