The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-11-24
NFAVOR
OF LEAGUE, SAYS
SENATOR M'KELLAR
Republicans Were For Simple
Notification, Says Senator.
Which Will Leave Question
As It Was Months 400.
ON oHARLgs s, HAYoEN,

WASHINGTON, Nov. sI ~ The
disappointment felt by administrator
senators over the failure OF the treaty
70 be adepted was expressed by sen.
stor Mcclellan IN q statement which he
issued Just before leaving for home,
The Junior senator from Tennessee
feels that this failure Is attributable 10
the leadership OF Senator Lodge ana liz
convinced this will be 20 patent that
when the senate is r~eorganised at the
regular session that the majority mem
hers WI be forced to place someone
else IN control Of the committee on for
eign affairs.
The statement given out by Senator
Mcclellan follows:
Il am deeply disappointed at the fail.
ure Of the treaty to be ratified. We
who believe In the treaty on yesterday
from the president. The Republicans
voted this down. We voted also 10 ratl-
fy with reasonable amendments; amend
mentS that s~afeguarded our right TO
withdraw without asking anybody. safe.
guarding our having equal votes with
England in all matters that concerned
us, safeguarding domestic questions,
providing that war could only be de-
clared by action Of congress under ar
ticle 10.
The Republicans voted all these res
ervations down and were unwilling to
agree to anything save and except a
notification OF the treaty, Al provided
in their is reservations.
Those OF us who honestly and sim
cerely believe in q league Of nations.
and In this league Of nations, were un-
willing TO permit a resolution to pass
multiplying the treaty.
The Republican majority in the sen
ate Is surely a great legislative body.
| ThnV ha VA dnnHfAaNnA thiu tPnafxf NAN
nearly six months and under their lead.
ership we are back TO the very point
where we started when the p~residen,
sent US the treaty eagiy last summer,
"Of course the President will send
the treaty IN again at the December Sos.
sion and the question Is Just Where u
was last July, save and except for the
delay.
CLEARLY there are two-thirds OF the
senate in favor of a league OF nations
There are about % of what Ia known
as irreconcilables' who win vote against
any resolution ratifying the treaty,
at seems to me TO be the duty oi
the Democrats and Republicans wht
favor the treaty TO get together or
reasonable reservations that win safe.
guard every American right and MOI
| nullify the treaty, and agree upon It
l believe this will be done ut the De
cember session,
Inc Only gratifying TesulI. VI tHt
vote yesterday was the overwhelming
reputation by the senate OF Senator
Lodges leadership. Under his leader
ship the foreign relations COMMITTEES
first reported is amendments, Tht
sena' e, by d most considerable major
ity, bordering on two4thiFds, repudi
ated every single amendment,
"He then had the committee report
Is additional reservations and the sen
ate, by a vote of So against 50, repudi
ated every reservation.
Apparently in a rage, Senat tor Lodg'
introduced last night a resolution 4
declare the state Of war with German,
at an end. II this should carry II woult
mean the loss of all OF our ships tina
we took over from Germany and tn
loss Of $3.50, 900, 900 In cash that our gov
eminent now has In It's hands,
Il do not believe that the American
people will stand for a resolution con
tanning such terms, We would also b
liable for every damage we had den
Germany. .ad{
II do not believe that senator Lodg,
will press the resolution when he get
in a good humor. II he should some Q
us certainly will seek to add The peac
treaty, including the league OF nations
The fight might as well come up Their
as anywhere else. There will be no clio
ture on such a resolution