The sun., 1919-08-26
Shields May Join in Keep
ing U. S. Out of Broils
All Over World.
TO HEAR SMALL NATIONS
Lodges Committee Listens to
Egypt's WOes-Ireland to
Get Chance Saturday.
Special Despatch to THE suN.


OF peace having been amended on Sat-
urday with reference to the disposal Of
Shantung, the Senate Foreign Relf
tions Committee will undertake to
amend it tomorrow by cutting out all
participation of the United States in
the work of international commissions
in the European settlement This will
be accomplished If the committee and
the Senate shall adopt the amend
ments by Senator Fall IN. M, which
will be voted on by the committee to-
morrow.
There are more than twenty of these
amendments, but all are aimed at the
same thing, the elimination of the
United States from membership on
any commission having to deal with
various administrative duties leaving
these in the hands of the European
countries. They include such prob
lens as the Saar Basin administration,
tho Rhine and Danube control com
missions and other mi-permanent
obligations.
Senator Lodge (Mass) announced
to-day that these amendments would
be taken up by the committee. He
would not venture an opinion as to the
committees action, though his air OF
satisfaction with the tendencies OF the
treaty struggle gave ground for the
understanding that the amendments
will prevail.
The impression at the capital to-day
was that these amendments would not
have been taken up at this time unless
tho Republican managers believed
they were sure to win.
Shields Said to He wavering.
1t was rumored also that to-mor-
unmask a Democratic detection inside
the Foreign Relations Committee. The
position of Senator Shields (Tenn.)
again has been brought into question.
Although in Washington there has
been only suggestion Of doubt about
his support of the Administration, it
became known to-day that some re-
cent utterances of the Senator to his
Tennessee constituents have filled the
Wilsonftes with misgivings. In an in
terview published in the Tennessee
ne wspapers Senator Shields said two
or three days ago:
Il am opposed to any covenant that
will involve the United States in every
broil that may be waged throughout the
world. While the Pittman reservations
seem satisfactory to many Senators and
while they would more than likely be
acceptable to me, really prefer u much
stronger set of reservations"
The Memphis CommerciGLA ppeaI COM
mented thus on the foregoing
Senator Shieldss announced opposi-
ton to the present draft of the League
Of Nations covenant Is not particularly
surprising in Memphis. His failure from
the first to tender his enthusiastic sup
port to President Wilson. to say nothing
Of his silence on the subject, led many
to believe that he was not squarely be-
hind the President on the treaty.
Senator Shieldss position is unique
among Southern Senators. all of whom
are firmly behind the President in the
fight. Senator Mcclellan already has
taken his stand and some time ago
addressed the Senate in advocacy of
full and complete ratification OF the
treaty.
ut. Is certain that Tennesseeans will
not suffer the announcement OF Senator
Shields to go unprotected. Scores of
social. commercial and religious organi-
cations in Tennessee have indorsed the
league. They will doubtless urge Sena-
tor Shields to get behind the President"
shields LukewRrm Heretofore.
Republicans were generally amused
when this editorial protest was given
currency, for II is known that Senator
Shields has been lukewarm on the
treaty since last March and that Sena-
tors Bsnkhead (Ala.), Smith (Ga.).
Smith Is. c., Martin (Va.). Overman
and Simmons IN c. sympathize with
him. All are Southerners
Inasmuch, as the Fall amendments are
intended precisely to prevent Involving
the United States in every broil that
may DO waged throughout the world
1t Is thought Senator Shields may be
found voting with the Republicans to-
morrow.
Senator Nelson (Mlnn), who was
born In Norway, laid before Senator
Lodge the protest or some or his Sean
dinavian constituents In Minnesota
against the treaty's proposed disposal
of the Aland Islands. group in the
Baltic Sea which Sweden claims, but
which during the war were seized by
Germany and held to the great embar-
rassment of Scandinavian shipping in
terests, They lie squarely on the route
across the Baltic from Stockholm to
Petrograd. and Sweden protested vio-
lently against their violation by Ger
many.
The peace treaty assigns these islands
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