Daily Kennebec journal., 1919-10-25

amendment. therefore, would only
apply to the election Of new members,
to the regulation of the procedure
of the assembly at it's own meetings
and to the participation by the col
onies In votes Of the council or as
sembiy where the United States ana
Great Britain were both parties 70
a dispute. The following reserva-
ton has been drawn by the Senator
from Wisconsin. Senator Lenroot
and is now in the hands of the com
mittee on foreign relations: Tne
United States assumes no oblieation
to be>bound by any election. deci-
sion, report or finding Of the coun-
ell or assembly in which any MEM
ber of the league and its self-govern-
ing 6on1inions. colonies or parts OF
empire in the aggregate. have cast
more than one vote; or In case OF
any dispute between the United
States and any member Of the league
in which such member or any self
governing dominion. colony. empire
O. parts Of empire. united with II
politically. shall have voted" The
reservation applies to every act IN
the covenant where Great Britain
and its colonies in the aggregate have
cast more than one vote. 1t takes
care of paragraph 2, article l. and
makes void as far as the United
States IS concerned. any election OF
new members where Great Britain
and her colonies have in the aggre-
gate cast more than one vote.
In the same way it takes care OF
the procedure at the meetings of the
assembly,. 1t takes care Of paragraph
6 of article Is and Of paragraph 10 o.
article IS and not only of the case
where we have a dispute with Great
Britain but of the two other cases
above referred to under this article
where We have dispute with 4
country other than Great Britain or
where a dispute arises in which
neither We nor Great Britain are coll
cerned, 1t renders void as far as
We are concerned any action taken
under the provisions Of these para
graphs where Great Britain and her
colonies have in the aggregate case
more than one vote.
II meets as the Johnson amendment
does not the objections raised on ac-
count of the prepondering British
vote and as test Of Americanism ~
meets the situation as l claim the
Johnson amendment does not.
Let me say Mr.. President to the
senator from California that I an
just as much against the provision in
the treaty allowing Great Britain ami
her dependencies six votes to our one
as he is, but l believe in meeting the
difficulty with a reservation that Will
cure it rather than with an amend
ment that will not.
The senator has stated that three
years ago no senator in this chamber
would have for a mc mont considered
voting against lis resolutions. Let
me say to the senator. Mr.. President,
that my reason and believe the rea-
chamber who believe as do in vot-
ing against his aVendment. aside
from the fact thatswe prefer reser-
vations to amendments. is that his
amendment is not a good amendment
and does not answer the purposes for
which it was drawn. l am very GER
tain that the same faults which we
now find with his amendment would
not have been found by the Senate oe
three years ago, and his amendment
would then have met the same fate
which l firmly believe it will meet
when We vot upon it tomorrow.
Th motives Of the senators who Will
vote against the amendment of the
senator from California are every hi:
as high as the motives of the senator
from California and every bit as pro-
American. The only difference is
that we believe in a provision in his
own amendment which as has been
clearly demonstrated by other sena-
tors on this floor will not have that
effect.