The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-09-05

H%fhtolf oitnlN thIihsJ anu
4 New, Democrats, and McCumber IN.
i d., Republican,.
The reservation against Article x.
was voted upon next. When the roll
was called Senator Shields announced
that he would withhold his vote, as,
clthough In sympathy with the spirit
Of the proposed change, he would Of
fer a substitute on the floor Of the
n Senate. The roll call showed:
Ayes Lodge, Borah, Brandegee,
II Fall, Knox, Harding. New, johnson
and Moses, Republicans-9.
Noes-HitchcoclS, Williams. Swan
sen, Pomerene, Smith and Pittman.
4 Democrats. and McCumber. Repubh-
F cam.
The third reservation, insuring
+ American individual sovereignty over
+ 5questions OF domestic economy and
1 policies, brought out the following
4 vote:
Ayes = Lodge, McCumber. Borah,
Brandegee. Fall. Knox. Harding. New
and Moses, Republicans, and Shields,
4 Democrat-10.
Noes = Hitchcock, Williams, Swan
son. Pomerene, Smith and Pittman,
4 pcmocrats--6.
l0t NOI8 OH t0t IOuTtn TtbtTNdtlOIl
! that designed to insure the integrity
Of the Monroe Doctrine and forfend
against the placing Of obligations to
4 assume manufactures upon the United
States without CONGRESSES permission,
4 received exactly the same vote.
Amendments to Treaty.
In addition to the reservations voted
9 into the resolution of ratification there
81 will go to the Senate as the result Of
the deliberations of the Foreign Rela-
tions Committee the following amend
ments to the peace pact itself:
. Provision that American repre-
40 sentation in the executive coun-
Gil OF the League Of Nations shall be
equal TO any other nation, designed
N TO neutralize the present dominance
OF the British Empire through the
votes OF Canada, Australia, South
II Africa. New Zealand and India.
n u A series of amendments similar :
- to those sections Of the treaty
in which America is made party to
n the numeT aus commissions, boards .
n and committees empowered to adjust -
M boundaries and rights of European
IN nations over waterways and similar
IA problems of European political econ
II omy, with the exception of the reten-
|| tion OF membership in the repara-
n tions commission. where a sitting
m member is deemed to be necessary to
"A look out for American allotments
III out of the German shipping which
81 the peace treaty allocates to the
III victor Powers t--
\ The amendment restoring Shan
tung to the Chinese Republic.
A The amendment setting forth
III 70 that in disputes which may
III arise between the United States and
~ any other Power or colony of
III Power the mother country of that
M Power may not sit in judgment of the
al claims of the United States, or in the
III event that the dispute is with the
FL parent nation the colony is also ex-
81 cluded from fixing judgment upon
II the claims OF either disputant
IA Senator Falls proposed amendment
ES to strike out of the peace treaty the en-
.# tire section devoted to the International
|8 ization of labor regulation and relation
ships will be reserved for introduction In
FL the Senate. The committee has taken
n 10 action on this amendment
Ri Democratic Leaders Sad.
H The action of the committee was In
the last degree discomftlng to the
ia Democratic leaders, Senator Hitchcock
HI ranking member on the Democratic side
Nj or the committee. was stricken with
<I disappointment at the Shields detection.
He likewise was alarmed for the ultimate
AZ rate of the treaty in view of the drastic
character of the amendments, which In
I the nature of things mean that the treaty
IA and covenant of the League of Nations
must be returned to the other sIgnatory
iH Powers for the ratification Of the AM
erican changes before the United States
4 can be held or bound to any of its
ri provisions
IA I'm substance these reservations con-
stitute amendments and would operate
n as the same" said Senator Hitchcock
AZ bitterly. 81 cannot believe that they
III will be adopted in their present form.
'N do not believe that the Senate would
I'll adopt resolution that would kill the
"a American participation in the peace
"a treaty and the benefits of the League
OF Nations, and 1 believe such as this
would do So.
The report of the treaty will be
IA drafted by Senator Lodge during the
3 concluding days of the week. He was
j hopeful tonight that he would be pre-
pared to introduce the documents for
3 mally in the Senate on Monday. The
81 delaying cause will be the reprintine of
the treaty itself with the amendments
WI which is burdensome and tedious work.
VII but which must be attended to before
p. tho presentation OH tno moor.
la Senator Lodge Is JubiIant.
III After the victory in the conmit..,
~ Senator Lodge was radiant with salts
i faction. He proffered no public com
1H ment. out made-t clear that his low was
I'll unailoyed. The opposition organization
was proving itself as the fight progressed
The truth was being borne home bv the
n action OF the committee TODAY that
III Americanism was quite alive and kick
! ing.
III Senator Knox left the CAPITOL n few
~ minutes after the report was voted unon
The rest Of the group OF victors dis
e. solved =. = =
The results Of the deliberations Of
IA the committee were discussed tonight
4 by Senator Moses IN. H }, whose atten-
IN ton to the details of the revision has
III been of the most devoted character
IA Senator Moses said:
III The single issue presented by the
II peace treaty and the covenant OF the
Il League of Nations is that of American
(. ism against internationalism and the
majority of the Foreign Relations Com
4 mittee have aligned themselves on the
I Il side of America.
BIZ I'VE have made several textual
( changes in the provisions of the cove
nant and the treaty. in addition to the
reservations with which we recommend
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