New-York tribune., 1919-10-22
McCun,ber Offers
SeUen Reservations
Don,inions' Vote, Shan
tung and Article X
Are Subjects for fiction

WASHINGTON, Oct. 21.-----The res
ervations by Senator McCumber fol
low:
WITHDRAWAL
I That the United States under
stands and so construes Article
l that in case of notice of withdrawal
from the league of nations, as pro-
vided in said article, the United
States shall be the sole judge as to
whether all its international obliga-
tions and all its obligations under the
said covenant have been fulfilled
ARTICLE X
> The United States assumes no
obligation to preserve the terri
torial integrity or political inde-
pendence of any other country or to
interfere IN controversies between
nations, whether members Of the
league or not, under the provisions
of Article 10, or to employ the mill
tary or naval forces of the United
States under any article of the treaty
for any purpose, unless III any par
ticular case the Congress which, un-
der the Constitution, has the sole
power to declare war or authorize
the employment of the military and
naval forces of the United States,
shall, by act on joint resolution, SO
declare.
DOMESTIC QUESTIONS
2 The United States reserves to
- itself exclusively the right to
decide what questions are within its
domestic jurisdiction and declares
that all domestic and political ques-
tions relating to it's internal affairs,
traffic, the tariff, commerce, and all
other domestic questions, are Solely
within the jurisdiction of the United
States and are not under this treaty
submitted in any way, either to arbl-
tration or to the consideration of the
council or the assembly of the league
of nations, or to the decision OF rec
ommendation of any other power.
MONROE DOCTRINE
A The United States does not bind
H" itself to submit to arbitration or
inquiry by the assembly or the council
any question which, in the Judgment
of the United States, depends upon
or involves it's long established pol
icy commonly known as the Monroe
Doctrine. Said doctrine is to be in
terpreted by the United States alone
and is hereby declared to be wholly
outside the jurisdiction Of said league
of nations; and it is preserved un-
affected by any provision in said
treaty contained.
SHANTUNG
= The United States refrains from
~ entering into any agreement upon
it's part in reference to the matters
contained in Articles 1856, 157, 1853,
and reserves full liberty of action in
respect to any controversy which may
arise in relation thereto.
VOTE OF DOMINIONs
4 Where neither principal country
"" nor dominion is party to dispute
the United States reserves the right,
upon the submission Of any dispute
to the council or the assembly, to
object to any member and its self
governing dominions, dependencies
or possessions, having in the aggre
gate more than one vote; and in
case such objection is made the
United States assumes no obligation
W OC DOQllu ny oily CiCSeiOii, iOuiiN
ing or decision in which such mem
Der and its said dominions, dependen-
cies and possessions have in the ag-
gregate cast more than one vote.
- Where principal country or do
- minion is party to the dispute.
That the United States under
stands and construes the words "dis-
pute between members" and the
words dispute between parties" in
Article Is to mean that dispute
with governing dominion, col
ony or dependency represented in the
assembly is dispute with the domi-
nant or principal member represent
ed therein and that q dispute with
such dominant or principal member
is dispute with all its selfgovern-
ing dominions, colonies, or dependen-
cies; and that the exclusion of the
parties to the dispute provided in the
. last paragraph Of said article will
cover not only the dominant or prin-
cipal member, but also it's dominions
colonies and dependencies.