New-York tribune., 1919-07-14
Reed and Gore Regarded
as Certain to Join Their
Ranks; Other Demo-
Gratis Declared Doubtful
Root Programme Z
70 Be Followed
Pact Defenders Aim to
Dilute Objections; Lack
Votes to Defeat Them
By Carter Field
NeU York Tr;bu1

WASHINGTON, July 13.-Every Re-,
publican Senator, even McCumber and
McNary, will vote for the four prin-
cipal reservations proposed to the
league of nations. it was announced
tonight Two Democratic Senators
will also vote for them, Reed and Gore,
making the probable vote for these
reservations, it was declared, 81 to 45.
This was the answer made by the
Republicans to President Wilson's COM
ment that any reservations would re-
quire the approval of all the signatory
powers and the United States would
stay at war with Germany, therefore,
until all of them had approved it.
The Republican lines were consoli-
dated in a dozen scattered conferences
to-day at the homes of various Senate
leaders. These followed a meeting last
night of the majority members of the
Foreign Relations Committee. which
begins consideration of the peace
treaty next week
Procedure Still Unsettled a
One important point remains to be
settled. Majority members were un-
able to agree, whether the reservations
desired should be reported from the
Senate Foreign Relations Committee or
inserted during the discussion of the
treaty in the Senate.
Senator Moses, of New Hampshire,
who acted as spokesman for the Re-
publican mem bership, said an agree
ment upon this point would be reached
in the Foreign Relations Committee
late next week. He announced on be-
half of his colleagues that:
All Republican Senators, includ-
ing Senator McNary, of Oregon, who
had been classed as doubtful, will
vote for reservations.
At least two Democratic members
will vote with the Republicans, max
ing reservations certain.
The Democratic fight from tnis
time forward will be to dilute" the
reservations rather than to defeat
them altogether.
Six Republican Senators would
prefer direct textual amendments to
the treaty to reservations
Enough votes are at hand to elm
mate the section dealing with
Shantung from the treaty so far as
the United States is concerned.
The reservations agreed upon to-day
were practically those suggested by
Elihu Root in his letter to Senator
Lodge. They would be aimed to make
it clear that the United States, under
Article x of the league of nations cove
nant, does not undertake to guarantee
the political and territorial integrity
of every member state against external
aggression; that the United States ex-
ho
from interference by the league; that
this country reserves all domestic
questions, such as immigration, the
tariff and questions of racial equality,
from the jurisdiction of the league.
and that the United States reserves
the right to withdraw from the league
upon two years notice regardless Of
whether other member states regard
its obligations under the league as full
filled.
The Foreign Relations Committee
will not take up the peace treaty, as
had been expected, at it's meeting to-
morrow. 1t will first consider resolu-
tions by Senator Lodge calling for the
text of the reported secret treaty be-
tween Germany, Russia and Japan;
by Senator Borah, requesting that the
written protest of Secretary Lansing,
Henry White and General Bliss
against the disposition of Shantung be
laid before the Senate, and by Senator
La Toilette, asking why the invasion
of Costa Rica by Nicaragua was per-
mitted and why Costa Rica was not
made party to the peace conference.
Fall Resolution in Reserve
The resolution by Senator Fall, Of
New Mexico, declaring war with Ger
many at an end, will be held in re-
serve to be used as a weapon by the
Republican majority in case the league
of nations fight takes an unexpected
and unfavorable turn.
The Foreign Relations Committee
probably will not be able to report the
resolution of ratification to the Senate
before August Is, although Senator
Lodge, the chairman, wishes the treaty
considered with all possible expedition.
The committee will start consideration
day. The first reading will take until
the end of the week, so that real work
upon the treaty cannot be begun until
the following Monday at the earliest.
Senator Moses said that besides Sen
ators Reed, of Missouri, and Gore, of
Oklahoma, he expected several other
| Democrats to join the Republicans
He mentioned as possibilities Senators
Meyers, of Montana; Walsh, of Massa-
chusetts; Underwood, of Alabama; Phe-
Ian, of California, and Ashurst, Of Ari-
zona.
After to-day's conferences there nc
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