New-York tribune., 1919-09-16
McCunaber Attacks
Lodge Treaty Plan
Senator Files Minority
Report Opposing the
Changes Of Republicans

WASHINGTON, Sept. 15.-Rej ejection
Of all proposed amendments to the
German peace treaty, and modification
Of the recommended "strong" reserva-
tions we're urged in an individual
minority report. filed with the Senate
to-day, by Senator McCumbcr, Repub-
lican, Of North Dakota, next in rank
on the Foreign Relations Committee to
Chairman Lodge. Senator McCumber
majority report, and voted with the
Democrats on amendments and several
reservations.
Attacking the majority report Of
Chairman Lodge, Senator McCumber
denounced most of the majority amend
ments as "selfish, immoral and dis
honorable" and charged that they seek
to "isolate the United States from the
rest of the world, and abandon our
allies"
Objects to Lodge Report
"To the substance Of some Of the
proposed reservations" Senator Nc
Cumber's report declared, "there can
bo no serious objection. But against
the manner in which they are asserted
! do most earnestly protest. They are
couched In a defiant, discourteous and
overbearng manner, and seem intended
to express q jngoistic spirit that
ought to be eliminated from American
craftsmanship"
Special opposition was expressed by
Senator McCumber to the proposed
amendment to the Shantung provision.
BY this amendment, he said, Japan
would be clicked out" Of the league by
sibly lost to China.
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the failure Of the committee majority
TO explain the purposes Of the league,
Senator McCumber said:
"Not one word is said, not q single
allusion made concerning either the
great purpose of the league of nations
or the methods by which those pur-
poses are to be accomplished.
Sarcasm, Not Argument, Used
'Jrony and sarcasm have been sub
stituted for argument. 1t is regret
table that the animosity which centres
almost wholly against the league
should have been cngendered against
a subject so important to the worlds
welfare. 1t is regrettable that the con-
sideiAtion Of matter 40 foreign to
partisanship, should be influenced by
hostility toward or subserviency to the
President"
Analyzing the committee amend
ments, Senator McCumber said that the
amendment to give the United States
equal votes in the league with England
and the British colonies, was "unnec-
essary."
The plan Of giving each nation one
vote, without regard to size, or i'm
portance, was the only possible plan,
the Senator argued, adding that to all
intents and purposes the British
colonies are independent.
Senator McCumber said his only OBJ
jections to the Lodge reservations on
withdrawal from the league, was of
form. As to the Lodge reservation to
Article X, Senator McCumber said he
had many objections.
First, it is an amendment pure and
simple" he said, "of the most i'm
portant article in the league Its pur-
pose is to take the United States as a
power for the peace of the world, out
of the league entirely.
Second, it places this country in
false and wrong position, an attitude
of encouraging powerful countries to
infict, or impose any wrong upon
weaker nations, by our declared policy
of non intervention"
With his report, Senator McCumber
submitted the six reservations he
champions, as substitutes for the COM
mttee reservations. These recently
were made Duhllc