The Washington herald., 1919-09-05
TREATY ORDERED
REPORTED WITH
PRESENTATIONS 4
Committee Favors Right of
U. S. to Quit League on
2-Year Notice.
ATTACKS ARTICLE X
Would Protect Monroe
Doctrine and Reserve
Home Questions.

without a record vote the For
eign Relations Committee yeseer.
day ordered the peace treaty re-
ported to the Senate with four res
ervatIons which must be ratified by
three OF the big hve" included in
the resolution OF ratification.
BY a vote of to 8 the committee
approved a reservation providing
for unconditional withdrawal T. on
the league after two years notice.
BY a vote Of to 1t provided
that the United States decline TO
assume any obligation under Article
X. to preserve the territorial in
tegrity OF any country except by a
Joint resolution Of Congress.
Domestic questions were reserved
for the decision Of the United
States by a vote Of II to s.
BY the same vote a reservation
providing that the Monroe doctrine
will not be submitted to arbitration
was adopted.
The Democratic minority, Joined by
Senator McCUmbeT. Republican, ex-
poets to present a minority report.
probably in the form Of a resolU-
tion. for unqualified ratification
Shields with c. o. P.
Senator Shields voted for three Of
the reservations. ard announced tlat
he was in sympathy with the one
relating to Article Y. but did not
Ike its form. Senator McCumber
chief Republican supporter of the
:reaty, voted for two Of the reseTva-
tions after announcing the belief that
he treaty cannot be ratified without
reservations.
The minority report probably will
be fled Monday The majority
agreed that the minority shall have
several days after the filing OF the
majority report TO prepare a sepa-
rate minority report
The reservations adopted by the
committee go farther than all the
suggestions heretofore made in this
direction since the treaty was de-
Hvered to the Senate They are
more drastic in mary particulars
than those proposed by former Sen
ator Root former President Taft.
Charles E. Hughes. Will Hays or
any of the others who have sought
to direct the action Of the RepUb-
hcan majority in the Senate with
respect to the treaty. They are
very much stronger than those pro-
9osed by the so-caIled mild reser-
Fationist" group Of Republican Sem
ators.
Further Changes Sought.
Several members Of the committee
reserved the right to propose other
amendments or changes in the reser-
vations when the treaty is before the
Senate Senator Knox will undertake
TO get a vote on his amendment 10
separate the covenant from the treaty.
and Senator Fall will offer in the Sen
ate his amendment to strike the labor
clauses out Of the treaty. Senators
Borah, Johnson and Noses reserved
the right to oppose the entire treaty.
and it is understood several other
Senators will take the same course
The committee wrestled all aft
eTnOOn with the set Of reservations
and did not announce its decision until
nearly s o'clock. The committees ac-
riOn brought nothing but condemna-
ton from administration Senators,
who at once announced their intention
0f opposing every one Of the reserva-
lions adopted Senator Hitchcock, the
administration spokesman, declared
that the reservations in the form
adopted are equivalent to amendments
and that they cannot be agreed to.