The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-11-11
MILD RESERVATION
GROUP VOTED DOWN
ON ARTICLE TEN
Fight Over Article 10 of
Covenant Nears Conclu-
sion With Unaccepta-
bic Reservation

| Washington. November 10.-The
I fight over Article Ten of the
league of nations covenant neared
conclusion today in the senate
DEVELOPMENTS, promising adoption
of "a reservation wholly unaccept-
able TO the administration.
During the day the reservation
1 drafted by the foreign relations COM
mittee. almost identical with one which
! President Wilson has announced he
would regard as a rejection of the
| treaty, weathered all attempts to alter
1t and rallied repeatedly with support
| which seemed to insure its final ac-
! ceptance. vote is expected to-
! morrow.
| The reservation provides that under
| the article, which pledges member
| states to preserve as against external
aggression the territorial integrity
and political Independence of all otner
members, the United States shall as
sumo no obligation to use it's naval or
military forces except on express au-
thorization of congress in every spe-
cific case.
THE DEBATE
The debate. which summed up six
months of senate discussion of the sub
ject, reached high pitch of bitter
ness several times during the day. IT
developed another spirited clash on the
question of Ireland's status under the
article. Senator Williams. democrat.
Mississippi, assailing Irish Americans
who oppose the league and Senator
Walsh. democrat, Massachusetts, reply
ing in a speech charging that the adj
ministration had undertaken to deprive
him OF all federal patronage because
he did not support the treaty without
qualification.
Just before adjournment the united
republican forces backing the reserva-
ton almost were split by a democratic
proposal to make the qualification,
even more sweeping in its terms But
the republican leaders soon recovered
their hold on the situation and de-
clared that danger of amending the
committee draft had passed.
The amendment on which the repub-
licans momentarily divided was intro
duced by Senator Walsh. democrat.
Montana, a staunch administration
supporter. and would have added to the
reservation a proviso that the Unbed
States "release all members of the
league from any obligation to it undcr
Article Ten and declines to participate
in any proceedings by the council au-
thorized thereby"
Republicans of the group irrecon-
ciliably opposed to the treaty quickly
displayed their pleasure over the pos
siblity of writing such a provision into
the treaty. three or them. Senator
Bonah Idaho: Fall New Mexico, ana
Mccormick Illinois. announced they
would support the proposal. and the
mild reservationists on that side of the
chamber were thrown into a hurried
conference at the likelihood that 1t
would prevail
WATCHING DEMOCRATS
After some discussion the irreconcil-
tables however. became suspicious that
the democrats, intending to vote
against ratification or the treaty once
the reservations were attached, had set
out to make the qualifica tions as OBJ
noxious as possible. Senator Fall WITH
drew his previous announcement. pro-
nouncing the proposed amendment a
trick" and the senate adjourned with
out a vote. but with the republican
forces apparently again solicited
Earlier in the session the democrats
had made another unsuccessful effort
to break into the republican rank by
proposing as a substitute for the COM
mittee reservation one which had been
agreed on some weeks ago by the mild
group of republicans Standing by
their agreement to support the com
mittee. however. all the mild reserva-
tionists voted against the substitute,
and 1t got only democratic support.
The vote was 4S to SO.
By vote of As to 3S the senate re-
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