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qualified acceptance of the treat,
then the treaty would be dead.
Reservation on Commissions.
The reservation on commission
| follows:
/ The congress of the United State,
will provide by law for the appoint
ment of the representatives of tht
United States in the assembly ant
the council of the league of nations
and may in its discretion provide
for the participation of the United
States in any commission, commit
lee, tribunal, court, council or con
ference or in the selection of sale
commissions, tribunals, courts, coun
ellis or conferences, or any other rep
resentatives under the treaty O
peace, or in carrying out its pro
visions, and until such participation
and appointment have been so pro
vided for and the powers and duties
Of such Representatives have beer
defined by law, no person shall rep
resent the United States unde,
either said league of nations or tbs
treaty of peace with Germany, OF
be authorized to perform any act
for or on behalf of the United States
hereunder, and no citizen of the
United States shall be selected OF
appointed as a member of said COM
missions, committees, tribunals
courts, councils, or conferences, ex-
cept with the approval of the senate
of the United States"
American Export Control.
The vote on the reservation re-
garding American export control
was Sd to 40, with five democrats,
Gore, Reed, Shields, Smith, Georgia;
and Walsh, Massachusetts,, support
ing the republicans.
The next reservation relating to
the expenses of the league of ma
tons was adopted without debate
The vote was Sc to 80, with Sena-
tors Gore. Reed, Shields, Smith,
Georgia; Thomas and Walsh, OF
Massachusetts,, voting with the re-
publfcans.
The text follows:
The United States shall not be
obligated to contribute to any ex-
.penses of the league of nations, OF
of the secretariat, or of any COM
mission, or committee, or confer
ence, or other agency organized
under the league of nations or under
the treaty or for the purpose OF
carrying out the treaty provisions
unless and until an appropriation OF
funds available for such expenses
shall have been made by the con-
gress of the United States"
Armaments Reservation.
The text of the re crvation or
the publication as to ornaments as
adopted is as follows:
"If the United States shall at any
time adopt any plan for the limita-
ton of ornaments proposed by the
council of the league of nations
under the provisions of article 8, II
reserves the right to increase such
ornaments without the consent OF
the council whenever the United
States is threatened with invasion
or engaged in war"
The armament reservation was ap-
proved, 50 TO Sc, with the following
democrats voting in its support:
Gore, Myers, Reed, Shields, Smith
Georgia., Thomas and Walsh, Mas
sachusetts.
The reservation on economic boy
cots as adopted is as follows:
THE United States reserves the
right to permit, in its discretion the
nationals of a covenant-breaking
state, as defined in Article Is of the
covenant Of the league of nations, re-
siding within the United States OF
in countries other than that viola ting
said Article Is. to continue their
commercial, financial and personal
relations with the nationals of the
United States"
The vote on this reservation was
s. to II. Senators Gore, Reed
Shields, Smith (Ga.), and Walsh
(Mass.), all democrats. voted for it
Enemy Alien Property.
The reservation relating to enemy
alien property reads:
Nothing in Articles 2o6 and 2o7,
or in any of the annexes thereto, OF
in any other article, section or annex
of the treaty of peace with Germany
shall, as against citizens of the
United States be taken to, mean any
confirmation, ratification or ap-
prevail of any act otherwise illegal
or in contravention of the rights o.
citizens of the United States"
The vote on this reservation was
So to Al, with Senators Reed, Gore
Shields and Walsh (Mass.) agar
lining up with the republicans.
Hitchcock Is Busy.
Senator Hitchcock began tonight
final efforts toward compromise. He
called for a conference of the
treaty's friends to meet as soon as
the senate completes action on COM
mittee reservations. The meeting
which expected to take place Mon
day or Tuesday, will be open to both
democrats and republicans, mild
reservation republicans being ex.
pected to play an important part in
the final outcome. So far senators
of this group have indicated they
would accept no compromise after
the senate once had voted on rati-