The sun., 1919-10-20
Lodge Issues Statement
That Safety of U. s. Will
Be Protected.
TO GIVE WORLD PEACE
Senate Committee to Draft
Plan for Fourteen
Reservations.
TO COVER MAIN POINTS
Attitude of Some Democrats
May Endanger Pact's
Ratification.
TO COVER MAIN POINTS
Special Despatch to The sun.

Special Despatch to The Sun.
WARRINGTON, Oct. 10. - Senator
Henry Cabot Lodge. the Republican
leader in the Senate and chairman of
the Committee on Foreign Relations,
is satisfied that a majority sufficient
to make certain the Americanizaion Of
the pending treaty of peace with Ger
many and the League of Nations COW
enant therein embodied will be OBJ
tanned in the Senate.
This situation he defined tonight in
a public statement issued on the eve
of the fight to improve the treaty by
reservations set forth in the resolution
of ratification. Senator Lodge said
"A decisive majority of the Senate
will vote for reservations. attached to
the resolution Of ratification, which
will protect the peace, safety, SOW
ereignty and independence of the
United States. The one object of these
Senators is to Americanize the treaty
and they believe that by so doing they
will also serve the cause of general
peace in the world. Whatever delay
there may be in final action upon the
treaty will be caused by those who
are resisting the Americanization of
the treaty by proper reservations
reservations at once unequivocai and
effective"
Amendm ents Rematniuu
There remain only the Johnson and
TIE Moses amendments to the peace ract
yet TO be voted upon. Only upon If1S-
johnson amendment, designed to equal
ize the voting strength of lhe United
States and Great Britain in the assembly
OF the League of Nations. is there any
! anticipation of pc ssble success for the
movement for teXtual amendments Once
the amendments are disposed of-and
there is small reason TO doubt that the
Johnson amendment will be voted upon
before next FrldIy-the 2enate will
! come down to the bedrock of the treaty
discussion AMI consider the reservations
On practically every one of the fourteen
10 be considered tnere is an assured ma
1ority of not less than eight. None OF
them is regarded as in the slightest
danger OF defeat.
The programme OF reservations for the
'
revision and expansion by the Senate
Foreign Relations Committee at once.
| The original list of four reservations re-
! ported by the committee will be in
| creased to fourteen. according to present
plans. OF these nine will be new, while
one of those formerly reported will be
| divided and presented as two distinct
! reservations
The expanded reservation programme
results from the necessity TO provide in
| reservations for matters which were
| origin inaily dealt with by proposed
amendments which tave since been re-
jected by the Senate in committee OF
the whole.
Four Original Reservations.
Originally tho four committee reser-
| Vations provided for:
| l. The right OF the country to
| withdraw from the league on two
years notice, and to judge for itself
| whether its obligations under the
| league were all discharged.
2. Expiration OF the American atti-
| tude under Article X, relating to the
guarantee OF territorial integrity and
political Independence. was provided
| for In the first clause of the second
| reservation, and in the second the
| United States withheld its accept
| hnCe or any unless Dy llS
own specific assent These two be-
ing unrelated matters, will be sepa-
| rated.
| 3. Exclusion OF the Monroe Doc
trine from the control OF the league.
4. Reservation OF entire American
control OF all domestic questions.
These four reservations expanded to
| FIVE will be followed by series OF
new ones One will deal with Shan
tung, stating that tho United States
withholds it's assent and approval of the
settlement made by the treaty.
Another will deal with the compare
tive representation OF the United States
and the British Empire 80 as to insure
that the six votes OF Britain shall not
give her undue advantage in controver-
sizes involving the United States.
Administrative Commissions.
The set of problems with which the
Fall amendments sought to deal will be
handled in another reservation, limiting
the participation and obligations of The
| United States in connection with tho
many administrative commissions set up
by the peace treaties.
The Senate's participation in the ap-
pointment of American representatives
in the league will be provided for, will,
| provision that they must be confirmed
by that body as are other diplomatic ap-
pontments.
Provision will be made against appro-
priation OF American funds for league
purposes without regular action OF Con-
gress.
The Curtis proposition for the suppress
sion OF the traffic In women will be roc
ogniEed In a reservation.
Protection OF American rights IN con-
nection with the operations of the Allen
Property Custodian of this country and
the corresponding organization In Ger
many will be cared for by a reservation.
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