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force amendments to the treaty and
upon whom therefore there has been laid
the descriptive "mild reservationists'
there Is stanch sentiment for reserva-
tons. Speaking unofiicially for this
particular group a statement issued
after the roll calls to-day by Senator
Capper (Kan.) is taken as illustrating
the stand of the middle ground members
Of the opposition. He said:
The defeat Of the Fall amendments
has no Significance SO far as the
League controversy is concerned. .
They were amendments to the treaty
and not to the league covenant. 1
shall not vote to ratify the treaty
until strong league reservations fully
protecting American interests have
been adopted. / voted against tho
Fall amendments because I'm my
judgment they do not strengthen the
document. and IL the treaty is rati-
fed with league reservations. as
believe II will be, these amendments
are unnecessary and might cause Sc
iricus embarrassment. 1 think the
four league reservations proposed
by Senator Lodge (Mass) and APP
proved by a majority of the Foreign
Relations Committee fully protect the
United States, and I shall support
them. think Congress and not
league should say when the United
States should send Its army or navy
to Europe, and therefore the reserva-
tion on Article X. is necessary. /
shall also support the proposal to
give the United States equal voting
power with Great Britain. and 1
want to see a strong declaration
against the Shantung award to
Jaran.
Knox Is Opposed.
TIE vote on the Fall amendments was
taken in accordance with the unanimous
consent entered into by the Senate yes
terday. This agreement was accom-
pIished through an arrangement entered
into between Senator Swanson (Va.) }
on behalf of the Administration and
Senator Lodge (Mass) for the opposl-
ton. 1t did not satisfy Senator Knox
(Pa-), leader of the irreconcilable group
who took occasion in the course OF the
morning hour to comment on 1t critl
cally, saying:
e"I notice by the record that yester
day afternoon Immediately before ad-
journment an unanimous consent was
entered into a vote on the Fall amend
nients to-day and limiting debate aftey
2o'clock to five minutes on each amend
had been present 1 would have objected
to the agreement 1 was in my Office
and in call of the Senate and I would
have responded had there been cal
for q quorum and thus been given ar
opportunity to make my objection
understand thay under the rules q
quorum is not required to reach an
agreement except upon bills and joint
resolutions; but be that as II may, II
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why we cannot reach a unanimous con-
sent agreement to build a bridge across
river or a creek without 6 call fol
a quorum there are thousand reasons
why the consideration of this treaty, In
volving us as II does In all sorts ol
complications with the world should be
within the spirit Of such a rule"
sixty-one Senators Present.
A roll call preliminary to the debat,
for the purpose of insuring a quorum
disclosed the presence OF sixty-one Sen
ators- Thereafter at no time did thu
attendance nag. but increased.
Senator Smith (Ga-) took advantag'
Of the first period under the Ave minut,
rule to announce that although he In
tended to vote mo" on all of the Fal
amendments he had reached the conclu
sion after deep and serious thought and
critical study Of the terms of the treats
that reservations framed to insure thu
preservation OF inalrenable rights no
guaranteed by the League of Nation!
covenant were of absolute necessity. HI
read into the record a series OF reserva
tions of his own, seven in number.
'-rhe treaty cannot Dc ratified in IL
present FORM" said Senator Smith. TN
stead of there being the necessary two
thirds OF the Senate ready to vote 70
it as II stands. insuring that overwhelm
ing approval which the trainers of tn
American Constitution deemed to be nee
essary in defining Americas interna
tional relations. am convinced tina
really two-thirds OF the Senate thinl
the treaty should be reserved against Il
numerous vital particulars"
Senator Hitchcock tNeb). spokesman