Evening star., 1919-09-05
TREATY ORDERED REPORTED
WITH LEAGUE RESERVATIONS
Pact Amended; Provision Made for United
States Withdrawal, Article 10 Change
and Domestic Control.

After nearly two months considera-
ton the Senate committee on loreis
! relations late yesterday afternoon az
rected the peace treaty containing the
covenant of the league of nations TO
be reported to the Senate. The COM
mittee made number of teXtual
amendments to the treaty and report
ed four proposed reservations.
! The four reservations to the league
Of nations covenant, which were
sponsored by Chairman Looee anu
written into a resolution provldlng
| for conditional ratlncatioh VI 'he
| First for "unconditionaI' with
drawal of the United States from the
| league;
| sumo any foreign territorial guaran-
\ tees under article 10 of the league
| covenant or mandates without action
/ by Congress.
! Third. exclusive action by the United
States on domestic or political analrs'
and
| Fourth, Interpretation of the Mon
roe doctrine solely by this nation. =
Party Lines Ignored.
! On all four reservations party lines
! in the committee were ignored. Sen
i ator McCumber. republican. OF North
| Dakota. voted with the democrats IN
, opposition to those dealing with ar
! ticle 10 and the withdrawal proVi-
sion, but joined his colleagues in
supporting those provisions affecting
the Monroe doctrine and domestic al
| fairs. Senator Shields, democrat, of
Tennessee voted with the republicans
| in supporting all of the reservations
except that concerning territorial
:x1~ l14 \, 1,nl h 10
vote. The other six democrats of the
committee voted solidly against all
reservations.
After the vote on the resolution Of
ratification and the reservations, the
treaty as amended was order ed re-
ported without record vote.
Text of Resolution.
| The ratification resolution and res
ervations follow:
| Resolved (two-thirds of the senators
present concurring therein). that the
, Senate advise and consent to the rati-
fication of a treaty of peace with Ger
| many signed by the plenipotentiaries
| of the United States and Germany and
| by the plenipotentiaries of the tWen-
| ty-seven allied and associated powers
at Versailles, on June %. 1919, with
| the following reservations and under
! standings to be made part and a
| condition of such ratification. which
ratification is not to take effect or
bind the United States until the said
following reservations and under
standings have been accepted as a
part of and a condition of said in
strument of ratification by at least
three of the 1our principal allied and
associated powers, to wit, Great
Britain France, Italy and Japan.
/. The United States reserves to
itself the unconditional right to with
draw from the league of nations upon
| the notice provided in article 1 of said
treaty of peace with Germany.
2. That the United States declines
| to assume under the provisions
of Article x. or under any other ar
/ ticle, any obligation to preserve the
territorial integrity or political inde-
pendence of any other country. or to
! interfere in controversies between
other nations, members of the league
or not, or to employ the military or
naval forces Of the United States in
| such controversies or to adopt eco
| nomic measures. for the protection of
any other country. whether a men,
Der of the league or not. against ex-
ternal aggressions. or for the purpose
| of coercing any other country. or for
| the purpose of Intervention in the in
ternal conflicts or other controversies
| which may arise in any other country,
| and no mandate shall be accepted by
the United States under article XXI,
part l, of the treaty of peace, with