The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-10-16
HOPE OF VOTE ON
SHANTUNG CLAUSE
BLASTED AS WHOLE
SESSION IS WASTED
Senate Leaders Agree In
formally That Amend
ment Shall Be Voted on
Before Adjournment
of Senate Today
BY Associated Press

Washington, October Is
Entirely filling another seven
hour session with talk, the Sem
ate upset completely today the
hopes of leaders on both sides
of the treaty fight that a vote
might be reached on the Shan
tung amendment or that at
least some progress might be
made in the reading of the
treaty text.
The formal reading of the text had been
the original purpose of the long session
arranged for today. but the SfAntung
question got the floor at the outset and
it soon was evident that the treaty ratify-
ing body was off for another field day of
debate
!, Hoping then that the way might be
cleared for the reading at tomorrow's
session by ending debate on the Shantung
provision today, the leaders agreed in
formally that the amendment should be
voted OH TX possible before
Both sides lined up their forces for the
test but when, late in the afternoon, Sen
ater Reed, democrat, Missouri, began
another long attack on the treaty, the
senate managers threw up their hands
and announced there would be no roll call
today.
Still other senators were asking for
recognition when a recess was taken and
they are expected to continue the debate
has nj
agreement, but the leaders hope for final
action on the amendment some time to-
morrow afternoon.
FIVE OPPOSE PROPOSAL
During most of todays session the de-
bate stuck close to, it's text, which was
the foreign relation committees amend
ment to transfer the Shantung rights to
China in place of Japan. Five senators
whose stand had been the subject of some
speculation, announced they would vote
against the proposal, but all of them in
dictated they would support a reservation
on the subject. They were Senators
Colt, Rhode Island; Lenroot, Wisconsin,
and Spencer of Missouri, republicans. and
Shields, Tennessee, and Thomas, Colo
RADIO, democrats. 49,
Besides Senator Reed, Senators Boiah
sIdaho; Brandegee, Connecticut, and
. Lodge, Massachusetts, spoke in support or
the amendment, Mr.. Brandegce reading
into the Record a long pamphlet or the
subject published by the Chinese Society
of America. Senator Lodge, who as
chairman of the foreign relations COM
nittee wrote the amendment. made
speech of only few sentences in reply
to the argument that amendment of the
treaty would mean its defeat.
I'VE never will see the day." said MI.
Lodge, when Europe will refuse to let
the United States come into the treaty
on any terms it chooses. 1t can dictate
today, but the moment we become en-.
SHARED in the league we can't do it.
During the day two fnterpretative reso-
lutions proposing the reservation OF
Egypt's right to self-government ana
constituting the league covenant to guar
antee freedom to capable peoples placed
under manufactures by the treaty. We're
presented by Senator Owen, democrat,
Oklahoma He said he intended the
measures to be entirely separate from the
treaty ratification
DOES NOT CONCERN U. s.
Washington, October Is. - Senator
Shields of Tennessee, democratic MEM
Der of the foreign relations committees,
speaking in the senate today against the
Shantung amendments, said disposition OF
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