New Britain herald., 1919-10-22
ADMINISTRATION HEADERS
 UNABLE 70 STOP PASSAGE
 OF TREATY RESERVA HON
Four Revised Clauses Passed With Republicans Voting Solid, Supported By One Democrat.
TERMS EFFECTIVE
 IF ALLIES AGREE

Washington, oct. 22.-Four revised reservations to the peace treaty were adopted today by the senate foreign relations committee with the adminis- tration leaders voting solidly against them.
 Allies Must Agree The committee also adopted a pre- amble to the reservations providing that the treaty should not become effective until three of the other principal Allied and associated powers had agreed to the senate's reserva- ! ions This, too, was opposed by the administration senators.
 c. o. P. Votes Solid. The four reservations approved re- lated to Article X, the Monroe Doc , Urine, withdrawal, and domestic ques- tionsl.j This, too, was opposed by the division was II 10 6, all republicans, and Senator Shields, democrat, Ten nesses, voting in the affirmative.
 The reservation adopted relating 10 Article X. was identical except for the tranSpositiOn of one phrase, with the one winch President Wilson an nounced on his western trip that he would be obliged to regard as a re- jeCtion Of the treaty."
 NcCumbcr Leaves Fold. It was the first time that Senator McCumber, republican, of North 1 Dakota, had stood with the other re- publicans of the committee for reservations. Republican leaders de- clared the program, of which the four reservations were a. part, had oil of lican senators and six democrats. A number of other reservations remain ing on the program will be taken up at another meeting later today
 The SIX democratic momb mbcrs of the com m i1tee who opposed the reserva- tons offered resolutions of a different character, but they were rejected.
 Warts. No Mandatary, VI, >taf'r %y Afta ched 10 the Article x. reserva- ton adopted was a specific declara- ton that the United States would ac- cept no mandatory without authori- zation by congress- Later it was agreed to make this q separate reservation.
 In all, the committee took about 1 50 roll calls during it's session of two l hours and d half The only case in l which Senator McCumber did not vote
 with the other republicans was on the
 preamble requirement. for acceptance of the reservations by the other l powers.
 Preamble as Passed. ! The preamble and tho reservations
 as approved by the committee follow: | Preamble:-The committee also re- port the following reservations and l understandings to be made part l and a condition of the resolution of | ratification, which ratification is not l to take effect or bind the United l States until the following reserva- l tions and understandings have been 1 accepted as a part and condition of | said instrument of ratification by aL l least three of the four principal allied 1 and associated powers, to wit: Great | Britain, France, Italy and Japan. The United States understands
 and construes Article I. that in case | of notice of withdrawal from the
 League of Nations as provided in said
 article, the United States shall be the | sole judge as to whether all it's in | ternational obligations and all it's ob- l ligations under the said covenant have | been fulfilled and notice of withdraw
 al by the United States may be given
 by a concurrent resolution of the 1 Congress of the United States.
 Takes No Obligation.
 2---The United States assumes no
 obligation to reserve the territorial in ] tegrity or protect independence of any l other country or to interfere in con- | troversies between nations whether
 members of the league or not, under | the provisions of article 1. or to en- ploy the military or naval forces of
 the United States under any article of
 the treaty for any purpose unless in 1 any particular case the congress
 which under the constitution. has the l sole power to declare war or authorize
 the employment of military or naval l forces of the United States, shall by
 act or joint resolution so provide.
 3-No mandate shall be accepted by
 the United States under article 22.
 part i. or any other provision of the
 treaty of peace with Germany except 1 by action of the congress of the 1 United States.
 U. $. Reserves Rights.
 4-The United States reserves to it.
 self exclusively the right to decide
 what questions are within it's domes-
 JIG JuFlSulCtioli hiu deClules tHat all | domestic and political questions re- 1 1ating wholly or in part to it's internal
 affairs including immigration. labor;
 coastwise traffic, the tariff. commerce. | and all other domestic questions arc
 solely within the Jurisdiction of tho | United States and are not under this
 treaty to be submitted in any way lContinued on Fifteenth Page)