The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-11-21
Voted With Many Other Demo-
Gratis to Have Reservations
Embraced in Treaty to Safe
guard American. Interests.
UNDERWOOD
TO GET EXPRESSION
Neither He Nor Alabama Sena-
tor Had Any Hope .Unquali-
fled Ratification Resolution
Would Be Adopted.

| Washington, Nov. 20.--S e II a o I
Trammell leaves for Florida tomor-
row. He will join his wife now in
/, Tampa and visit a number of points
in Florida during the recess. Senator
Fletcher will not go home during the
recess as he is detained here on num-
Der of important matters before the
departments. He does not expect to
go to Florida before some time in
January.
Upon being interviewed Senator
Park Trammell today made state
ment regarding his vote against the
unqualified resolution of ratification of
wood as follows: Practically all of
the democrats had previously voted in
favor of certain reservations which
would make plain the intention of the
United States that this government
retained exclusive control over its do
mestfc problems, such as immigration
the tariff, coastwise traffic and other
internal affairs: the reservation of the
Monroe doctrine, the prohi bit o n
against Great Britain controlling with
its six votes in any matter in which
America was interested; the right of
our government to determine whether
or not it had performed its obliga-
lions if it should decide to withdraw
from the league of nations, and also
that the council of the league of ma
tions should not have the power to
direct and require American soldiers
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and political integrity of other nations
except when the same was authorized
by congress.
I had voted along with a large ma
jority of my democratic associates for
these reservations to be embraced in
the resolution Of ratification and had
done so because I believe in making
plain the United States interpreta-
tion of the clauses of the league of ma
tions touching up these questions. The
same views were entertained by a
large majority OF both democrats and
republicans of senate. These interpre-
tations were in line with the construc-
ton placed upon the sections involved
by the president whether or not the
foreign pnembers of council of the
league OF nations would have placed
the same construction upon them is in
the safest policy to protect the inter-
ests of our own country was to speci-
fly in the resolution of ratification the
construction we placed upon these sec
tions of league of nations which are
of such vital interest to America
Neither Mr.. Underwood nor any one
who supported his resolution had the
least hope of it being adopted but
merely desired an expression to give
the president the opportunity to state
to the ether powers that American
senate would not ratify the treaty
without at least placing in the reso-
luton of ratification certain interpre-
tative reservations. I remained true
to my convictions and voted against
this resolution because 1 honestly be-
lieved that the interpretative reserva-
ton should be inserted in the resolu-
ton OF ratification. The president has
often been quoted as stating that he
did not object to certain reservations.
1 am most earnestly in favor Of the
league of nations as contemplated by
this treaty and by vote after vote
have shown that I desired such league
but my strong sentiments for this
world movement for disarmament and
peace only intensifies my determine
ton to make plain and clarity certain
covenants of league of nations which
If not defined and interpreted accord
ing to our understanding in our reso-
luton of ratification may bring con-
fusion and conflict to the union stat
ed in the future
We must bear in mind that United
States would have no vote in the
league upon any matter in which our
republic is in dispute therefore, un-
,f-., ,t-.sr s-,~
of certain clauses of this covenant
foreigners on the council would rule
supreme when Americas interest may
be involved in direct dispute. Our ma
ton would be without any voting
upon what America construed
the covenant to mean under which we
We're being tried upon dispute with
another nation"