Great Falls daily tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1895-1921, 1919-11-08
RESERVATIONS
To TREATY WIN
UPON PREAMBLE:
Three Leading Allies
Must Approve u. S.
Views to Bind.
FIGHT LAUNCHED ON
COMMITTEE PROPOSALS

Washington, Nov. 1.-THE
first affirmative step toward
qualification of the peace treaty
was taken today by the senate,
after administration leaders,
with the backing of President
Wilson, had reaffirmed their in
tention of voting against ratifi-
cation of the reservations drawn
by the senate majority are
adopted.
The initial test of strength on
the reservation program of the
foreign relation committee
found the republicans almost SOL
idly behind it, the group of mild
reservationists who helped kill
the committees amendments
and the irreconcilable group of
the treaty for standing together
for the first time since the long
treaty fight began.
By a vote of 48 to 40, the
senate approved, after all efforts
to amend it had failed, the COM
mittee's preamble to the reser-
vation group, requiring that to
make the treaty binding at least
three of the four great powers
must accept the senate qualifi-
cations. The only republican
who did not swing into line for
the proposal was Senator Nc
Cumber of North Dakota, while
three democrats, Senators Reed,
Missouri; Gore, Oklahoma, and
Walsh, Massachusetts, voted
with the majority.
Wltn adjournment was reached, the
first of the II reservations was under
debate, and republican leaders were
claiming they had safe majorities pledged
for the entire group.
The mild reseryationists it was claimed
had turned down new democratic Offer
of compromise while the irreconcilabls
wing was deyising a plan of action by
SIAith thSs hSGtN " oSlSat tht t1cdSs
entirely. The best claim made by the
administration forces was that the treaty
would be wedged into a deadlock which,
in the end, would make a compromise
inevitable.
The plan to vote against the treaty and
thus deadlock the ratification fight was
declared TO have President Wilson's un-
qualified support.
Notes VIII Not DO.
Ry the same vote and with the same
partisan alignment the senate rejected
another amendment offered by Senator
McCumber. to the preamble, proposing
that acceptance OF reservations might
De" effected by exchange OF diplomatic
notes. The committee preamble requires
such an exchange of notes.
The senate also rejected a proposal
by Senator Borah, republican, Idaho, to
require that all four instead of three of
the great powers be required to accept
the reservations. On this vote the mild
reservation group of republicans swung
over with the democrats
An amendement of Senator King.
democrat. Utah, to make it possible for
foreign power to accept the reserva-
tons merely by recognizing the United
States as a party to the treaty." was re-
jected, 46 to 40.
Line Up on Preamble.
The lineup was the same as on the
McCumher amendments except that
Senators Gore, Oklahoma and Walsh,
Massachusetts, democrats, voted with the
administration forces.
The roll call on the preamble follows:
For adoption:
Republicans-Ball, Borah. Brandrgee,
Calder, Capper, Colt, Cummins Curtis.
Dillingham;, Edge. Elkius. Fall. Fernald
France, Frelinghuysen. Gronna, Hale.
Harding, johnson, of California; Jones.
of Washington; Kellogg. Kenyon Keycs,
Knox. La Toilette, Lenroot, Lodge, Me-
Cormick, Mclean. McNary. Moses. Mel
son, New, Berry. Norris, Page. Phipps.
Poindeyter. Sherman. Smoot, Spencer;
Sterling, Townsend. Wadsworth and
Watson-total i5.
Democrats-Gore. Reed and Walsh,
Observation-Disclosures 3.
Total for adoption, As.
Against adoption:
Republicans -McCuu1ber. Total 1.
Democrats - Ashurst, Chamberlain,
Culbertson. DIAL Fletcher, Gay, CORY,
Harris, Harrison. Henderson. Hitchcock,
Johnson of South Dakota; Jones of New
Mexico: Kendrick, King, McKellar,
Meyers. Nugent, Oyerman. owen, Phelan,
pittman. Pomerene, Ransdell. Robin.
son. Sheppard. Simmons Smith of Ari-
sona. Smith OF Georgia: Smith Of Mary
land. Smith of South Carolina. Swnn