The Washington times., 1919-11-16
BRITISH SEE LEAGUE
KILLED BY SENATE.
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the long treaty fght terminated for
good AMI all
Hitchcock is planning to call a
meeting of all proponents OF the
treaty for Tuesday or Wednesday. He
hopes for big attendance by Re
publican mild reseryationists."
At this meeting, plans will be made
TO pass a ratification resolution with
reservations that will be approved by
President Wilson.
Plan Meeting Soon.
Hitchcock plans to call the meet
ing Immediately after the Senate dis
poses of the two reservations Ie-
naming in the list of fifteen reporrs1
out by the Foreign Relations Com
mittee under Senator Lodge. The last
two reservations will be adopted by
the Senate probably tomorrow OF
Tuesday, it is believed, under the
cloture rule. This rule. limiting d.
bate, made it possible for the SEN
ate to rush through ten reservations
In the Lodge program yesterday.
As soon as the remainging two re-
servations are disposed of, Senator
Lodge is expected to call for vote
on the entire ratification resolution.
To pass, this requires a two-thirds
vote.
Hitchcock and administration sena-
tors now count on bing able to muster
sufficient force to defeat the Lodge
program.
Signal for Final Battle.
Vive President Marshal then. will
permit the introduction, he has stat
ed, Of Hitchcocks' ratification reso-
luton. Lodge, who contends this
outside of the Senate rules, is ex-
pected to appeal from the chairs
ruling. That will be the signal for
the beginning of the final treaty
battle, as officials here now view
the situation.
The treaty war then may come to
an abrupt end. they say. No one is
willing to predict what the fial re-
suit will be.
Carter Glass, who goes to the Sem
ate this week from the Secretaryship
of the Treasury to fll the unexpired
term of the late Senator Martin of
lieutenant for Senator Hitchcock.
Senator Lodge was asked at the end
of the eventful session in which the
Americanixing reservations were
adopted whether in his judgment q
sufficient number of Senators on the
Democratic side would vote against
the resolution of ratification because
OF the Lodge reservations. He re-
Piled
Treaty Is Dead.
'I think unquestionably they will"
Then the treaty is dead?''
Undoubtedly"
Senator Lodge went on to say that
the reservations are on land will stay
on" He declared that nothing can be
done by the Democrats to bring about
ratification by any other set of re-
servations.
One of these is the reservation to
exempt the United States from giving
sanction to the labor clauses in the
treaty, and the other Is to correct the
inequality of voting in the league
council by which the British empire
gets six votes and the United States
one. Senator Lodge says he has
cry reason to believe that both of
these will be added to the list.
The reservations disposed CT yes
terday by the Senate included all but
two on the program prepared by the
majority of the Foreign Relations
Committee. The two remaining reser-
vations are the one by Senator
Shields, to relieve the United States
OF any responsibility in connection
with the disposition of Germany's
overseas possessions, and the other,
by Senator Reed, reserves the right to
pass upon all questions concerning
Americas honor or vital interests.
Reservations Adopted
The reservations which the Senate
adopted were:
No. 4-Concerning mandates. pro-
ccpted by the United States except
by action of Congress. Adopted viva
vOce. without a roll call.
No. 5-Concerning immigration,
tariff, commerce, labor. coastwise traf-
fc and all other domestic questions.
Adopted SO to IS.
No. 6-Concerning the Monroe doc
trine and Withholding ii from any
action or Interpretation by the league
Adopted 55 to %.
No. Withholding assent to the
provisions in The treaty dealing with
Shangtung. Adopted SO to Al,
No. 12-Permitting nationals of
coyenant-breaking state to continue
commercial, financial and personal re-
lations with the nationals OF the
United States. Adopted So to ~.
No. 13-Protecting the property
rights OF American citizens under the
alien property provisions of the treaty.
Adopted 50 to IL.
Cloture Responsible.
The quick action of the Senate on
these reservations was made possible
by the adoption earlier in the day Of
the cloture resolution proposed by
Senator Lodge and twenty-nine other
Republican Senators, by means of
which each Senator was restricted 20
one hours time on the entire treaty
discussion up to the time IL is finally
disposed OF. The cloture rule wa
invoked by the vote Of 7S to l6. and
effectually closed the gates against
the flood OF oratory which might
otherwise have engulfed the reserva-
tions on the program.
Under the operation OF the rule. the
debate on each reservation was eN-
ceedingly brief. each Senator feeling
IL necessary to conserve his time lest
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