The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-09-05
Senate Treaty Fight Is Nearing
the Climax.
Foreign Relations Committee
Has Finished Its Work.
REPORT TO Be VOLUMIHOUS
Minority Report Also To Be
Made in Detail.
Wilson Supporters Concentrate
Against Resubmission.

Washington. Sept. B.-The senate
treaty fight entered its final phase to-
day.
The foreign relations committee has
finished work on the pact which Pres
ident Wilson submitted to the senate
July 10.
As soon as the treaty can be re-
printed Tor amendments, and the re.
port on It written. Senator Lodge will
lay It before the senate. This will oc-
cupy some days and the actual consid-
GRAFTON or the treaty, article by article.
as required by senate rules. probably
VIII not begin for more than a week.
As the senate Will receive IL from
the committee, the treaty will contain
several important changes in It's text
anu carry Tour reservations as part Of
the resolution OF ratification.
Adoption OF these reservations late
yesterday, in a two-hour COMMITTEES
session, broke down the lines which
had formed on other questions when
Senator Shields. Democrat voted with
the Republican ma jority in favor of
me reservations and expressed sympa-
thy with the purpose OF the foutth
Senator McCumber, Republican who
mas steadfastly refused to foin his
party colleagues in amending the
treaty textually. also voted for two Of
the reservations and expressed the no
net that without reservations the
treaty must fail. The real battle froD,
now on, It Is conceded bv both sidas
VIII center on the reservations.
Report VIII Be VoIumrous
The majority report Of the commit
tee VIII be voluminous. Senator Lodge
said today he plans to discuss t6e
amendments and reservations f,iii,,
and to set forth the reasons for their
adoption.
Following submission of the major
lty report senator Hitchcock. ranking
Democrat OF the committee. will nre7
sent minority report in which he
VIII repeat arguments the admins
tration has made against amendments
or reservations which will force re-
submission OF the treaty to other ma
lions.
The reservations proposed bv the
majority would do this for the reason
OF ratification In which they are en-
bodied provides that the senate's rati-
fichtion shall not be effective until the
four reservations have been affirna-
lively acted on by at least three of
the other four principal powers, Eng
land. France, italy and Japan.
Upon this provision there will be.
senators predicted, tremendous
struggle. Lodge and his supporters
declare II must be made part of the
rattucattOn 20 there can be no doubt
that the senate's interpretation of the
treaty IS understood and accepted by
the other powers, or a majority of
them.
President Wilson. however. and all
his supporters have declared again
and again that such re-submission
would spell disaster to the treaty, de-
lay the actual. operation OF the peace
settlement and might in the end over
turn all that has been done in Paris
Reservations Adopted.
The reservations adopted cover
withdrawal from the league, Article
! 0. domestic Questions and the Mon
roe doctrine.
The first provides that the right of
the United States to withdraw. as pro-
vlded in Article /, shall not be cohdi-
toned upon fulfillment of internhtion-
al obligations or upon any other ma
tons say So as to whether this
country has fulfilled It's obligations.
The second reservation exempts the