Norwich bulletin., 1919-10-24

l Treaty Reservations Senate F Foreign Relations Com mittee Has Approved Four More.
 Washington, Oct. 2s.HFour more reservations were approved. by the senate foreign relations committee. 10 day as part of is new programme Tor qualified acceptance or the peace treaty.
 It's action brought the number of reservations approved by the commit tee up to foul1-en. and while IL was ] said no more were to be cons1dereo toI the present, it is considered likely that there will be additions as senate con sideration of the treaty proceeds The four accepted by the committee majority today proyade for decision by the congress as t@ who shall rep . resent this country in. the League or Nationsf and as to what, other inter national representatives shall be chos- en under the treaty; for validatlon or proceedings relative to the enemy property only insofar as such pro
 ceedings do not violate the laws Of the
 United States: for renunciat1on Dy the government or. any part in the l
 provision to conserve the national
 honor and vital interests" of this na-
 ton. .s
 One of the subjects on which reser-
 vations still are to be. drafted is the
 equality of voting power in the league,
 action being delayed until the senate
 has acted on two pending committee amendments dealing with voting
 strength in the council and assembly.
 One of these by Senator Johnson. re-
 mn
 the senate all of today and may De brought to roll call, tomorrow. It generally is conceded that both will be defeated.
 Not all of the reservations adopted in committee today had the solid sup port Of the reservation forces but the republican leaders declared majority of the senate had been pledged to them. Senator McCumber, republican, North Dakota, who stood with the oth- CT republicans in favor of all the ten approved yesterday. voted in the neg ative on the one relating to congress sionaI choice of American representa- tives in the league and that concern ing the German colonies. Senator Sa elds democrat. Tennessee, stood with the republican majority through out.
 Meantime evidence developed that the leaders on neither side had a hard and fast grip upon the attitude of their respective forces as to the committees reservation programme Some senators standing with the res- ervationists were understood to be dis
 satisfied with the committees pro- posaI regarding the Monroe Doctrine, while on the democratic side the sen ators who believe some reservation should be accepted brought increasing pressure to bear on Senator Hitch cock of Nebraska, the administration leader. proIon ged fight on the senate floor in an. effort to -uodify the d. programme now being formulated by the commit :. tee majority. adopted today were put into exact form the pfraseology of the fourth be-, ing left to Chairman Lodge The three follow: t'
 .'-.The congress Of the United States, by law. will provide for the appoint ment of the representatives of the United States in the assembly and the council of the League of Nations. and may in it's discretion provide for the participation of the United States in any commission. committee, tribunal, court, council or conference, or in the selection of any members thereof, and councils or conferences, or any other representatives under tho treaty of peace o rin carrying out it's provisions and until such participation and ap- pointments have been so pr0viCed for, and the powers and duties of Sucn
 
 shall represent the United States un- der either the said League of Nations or the treaty or be authorized to per form any act for or on behalf of the United States thereunder, and no citi- zen of the United States shall be se- lected or appointed as q member of said commissions. committees courts, councils or. conferences except with the approvcls of the congress Of the United States.
 Nothing in Articles 2sS. 2s7, or in any of the annexes thereto, or in any other article, section or annex of the as against citizens of the United States, be taken to mean any confirm ation, ratification or approval of any act otherwise illegal or in contraven- tiGn of the rights of citizens of the United States.
 "The United States declines to ac- cept any interest as trustee or in her own ri.slt Or any responsibility of the government or disposition of the over seas possessions of Germany to which Germany reziounces her rights and ti- ties to the principal allied ad associ ated powers under Article 119 to 12T, inclusive.
 The fourth reservation was author ized on motion of Senator Shields, democrat, Tennessee, who said the suggestion had been made to him by Senator Reed, democrat Missouri, who is not a member of the commit tee. By: vote of 10 to , with Sen ators McCumber and Smith, democrat, Arizona, absent, the committee in- structed it's chairman to draft reser- vation to conserve the national honor 1 and vital interests of the United | States in language similar to that l used in the Root treaties
 By a vote of II to 6 the commits ee l rejected a reservation proposed by 1 Senator Jones, republican. Washing | ton, giving notice that the United | States would withdraw from the league i at the end of two years unless league : had abandoned the Policy of 1 peace time conscription and satis- | factoes settlement had been made in | regard to Shant1ng, Ireland and ! Egypt. The reservation was taken up on motion of Senator Fall, republican, New Mexico. and the others voting for it were Senators Borah. Idaho: Knox, Pennsylvania: Johnson, California; | New, Indiana, and Moses, New Hamp- shire, all republicans
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