New-York tribune., 1919-11-14
AmericaW ithholdsPletlgc
Under League to Pre-.
serve the Territorial
Integrity of Members
Clause Is the Same
President Assailed
Lodge Now Proposes
Debate OH the Treaty
BE Limited to Hour
Nc,r lorls T. bv,r
va han afoH Bureau

Warrington Buyeau
WASHINGTON. Nov. iS.-Thc
Senate to-day voted a6 to 80 to adopt
practically the reservation which
President Wilson read and de-
nounced in his Salt Lake speech.
saying 1t would "cut the heart out
of the Oeague of nationsj cove
nant.' This was the Foreign Rela-
tions Committees reservation on
Article y. The only change in the
text as denounced by the President
was a transposition of words. which.
although deemed important by Ser
ator Hitchcock. is declared by the
Republican Senators not 10 change
the meaning in the slightest.
Two Cioture PROPOSAL.
Two cloture proposals We're made
during the day. The first, by Sena-
tor Hitchcock, would have applied
only to the Lodge resolution of ratj-
fication, but would have left the door
wide open to a drawing out of the
fight according to the Hitchcock
deadlock program, under Mr. Hitch
cocks theory that TO vote down the
resolution of ratification doqs not
Kill the treaty, but would permit
further resolutions Of ratification ia
different forms to be submitted until
some one of them was adopted, or
else the treaty indefinitely post
poned' by a two-thirds vote
Mr.. liitchcock's cloture rule was
ruled out of order, and the chan.
sustained by vote of "A to 36.
Lodge Proposes Clofure
Just before the end Of the days ses-
sion Senator Lodge propo ed a cloture
res olution. signed by more than the
sixteen necessary Senators. which
would apply cloturc 70 the entire
treaty. thus providing that only one
hour could be used by each Senator be-
fore the final vote. This viii lee taken
up saturday morning. y Nss said to
night, a The Senate recessed over
tomorrow 80 they can attend the flu
neral Of Democratic lcador Maran. -
Charlotte Vile va
Inc following names. IN addition 20
senator Lodges, were signed 20 his
clotdre resolution: phipps Colorado;
tlkins. West NirgniA; Curtis and Cap
per. kansas: Edge, New Jersey. Towns
end. Michigan. Jones. Washington;
Norris. Nebraska; Calder, New York:
Kellogg and Nelson. Minnesota; Hale.
Maine; Lenroot, wisconsin,. McNary.
Oregon. Ball Delaware, Sterling.
South Dakota; Cummins and Kenyon,
Iowa; Moses and keycs. Ncw Hamp-
shire; Spencer Missouri: McCumber.
North Dakota. Colt. Rhode Island.
Watson and New. Indiana. Smoo1.
Utah, Mclean. connectoet. Dillinl-
ham, Vermont. and Harding. OHIO.
Lodge Suggestion Doomed
It is expected the Administration
Senators Will XIII the Lodge clotafs
propo al. SINCE any move which prac-
tically fixes a definite date for faal
vote on the treaty would mean death
for the Hitchcock talcn4ate" plan.
Under cloture. with the necessity os
immediate voting. there could be no
period after the vote on the Lodge
ratification during which pressure
from the country for the ratification
Of the treaty would drive the mild
reserNationists,' OF midd -of-the road
Republicans. into Inc for compromise
on weaker reservations
9TH the adoption of cioturo. tho
ratification Of the treaty with the
Lodge program a. reservations Vir-
tnaliy would he assured. This pre-
gram does not meet the approval os
the Administration leaders. ror does
i meet with the approval OF tho
"irreconcilables. The hitter enderse
are opposed TO any form OF cioture, 80
ihst on the vote 10 defeat the Nodes
move they may vote with the Admin.
istration Democrats
The "irreconeilablcs' are not strong
enough, however, TO defeat the cloturs
without the aid of the Democrats. Sc
that II the Administration leaders vote
against the Lodge proposal they viii
be taking considerable part Of the
responsibility. The rule requires =
two-thirds vote TO adopt cloture
The vote on the Article X reserves
ton 40. 3 Of he committee progral~
and the lass on which a rigorous fighs
Is expected came at IN. end Of lonc
day of speeches interspersed with r..
Vulnerable votes on various attcmp48
to soften the text 40 vigorously ac.
nounced by the President.
Attempts TO Soften Fail
MIR. Hitchcock had led on Monda,
10 substitute the original McCumbet
substitute for the committee reseryM
tion on Article X To-day he attemptes
all sorts of substitutes and softenin.
amendments. MIR. Walsh, OF Montans
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