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New-York tribune., 1919-09-11
Four Reservations and IS
Amendments Offered
by Committee: Changes
Proposed Are Defended
Action Declared
To Insure Peace
Only Purpose Is to Guard
Sovereignty of Y. S. Is
Contention of Senators

WASHINGTON, Sept. 10. - The
majority report of the Foreign Re
lations Committee, recommending
the cdoption Of forty-fiue amend
ments and four reservations to the
peace treaty, chich aoos submitted
to the Senate to-day. follo'cs IN tNll:
The treaty of peace with Germany
was laid before the Senate by the
President on July 10, 1919. Three days
were consumed IN printing the treaty,
which was in two languages and filled
537 quarto pages. The treaty. there
fore, was not in the possession of the
committee for action until July Ia,
1919. The report upon the treaty was
ordered by the committee on Septem-
Der 4. Deducting Sundays and a hoi-
day, the treaty has been before the
Committee on Foreign Relations for
fortyfive days. The committee met
or thirtyseven Of those working days,
sitting whenever possible both in the
morning and afternoon.
The eight working days upon which
New-York tribune., 1919-09-11
If the Executive, who. although aided

of the Executive, who, although aided
by force of 1900 assistants, expert
and otherwise, consumed six months in
making it and the Senate and it's Com
mittee on Foreign Relations cannot
dispose of this momentous document
with the light hearted Indifference de-
sired by those who were pressing for
hasty and thoughtlcss action upon it..
The committee was also hampered by
the impossiblity of securing the full
information to which they were en-
titled from those who had conducted
the negotiations. The committee were
compelled to get such imperfect in
formation as they secured from press
reports by summoning before them
some of the accessible experts who had
helped to frame the complicated tinan-
cial clauses and certain outside wit
nesses.
GAS an illustration in small way
of the difficulties in securing informa-
tion, it may be stated that no provision
had been made to supply the Senate
with the maps accompanying the treaty,
and it was necessary to send to Paris
to procure them. The only documents
of the many asked for by the commit
tee which were furnished by the Ex-
league of nations, submitted to the
commission on the league covenant,
and the composite draft made by ex-
perts of that commission.
"The treaties with Poland and with
France, as we'll as the Rhine protocol,
all integral parts of the treaty with
Germany, were obtained by the SEN
ate prior to their transmission by the
President from the documents laid be-
fore the House of Commons and the
Chamber of Deputies early in July by
the Prime Ministers Of England and
France. The records Of the peace con-
ference and of the conferences of the
representatives of the five great powers
we're asked for by the committee and
refused by the Executive The COM
mittee had before them the Secretary
of State, who was one of the American
delegates and signer of the treaty,
and they also had the privilege of a
meeting with the President at the
White House which they had them
selves requested.
Paucity Of Information Cited
"The testimony of the Secretary of
State and the conversation of the COM
mittee with the President, published in
the record of the committee hearings,
have been laid before the country by
the press, and it is not necessary to
say anything further in regard to
them, because the people themselves
know how much information in regard
New-York tribune., 1919-09-11
Majority Report ON Treaty
: Sent to Senate by Lodge

the committee did not sit were lost
owing to unavoidable delays in secur-
ing the presence of witnesses sum
moned by the committee. In view of
the fact that six months were con-
sumcd by the peace conference in max
ing the treaty, in addition to a month
OF work by the various delegations be-
fore the assembling Of the conference,
the period of six weeks consumed by
Tho committee in considering it does
not seem excessive.
Criticism Called Artificial
These facts arc mentioned because
there has been more or less clamoY
about delay in the committee. This
demand for speed in consideration of
>thc most important subject which ever
came before the Senate of the United
States. involving as it does funda-
mental changes in the character Of our
government and the future of our
country for an unlimited period, was
largely the work of the administration
and its newspaper organs and was so
far wholly artificial.
"Arti.ciai also was the demand fol
haste disseminated by certain great
1anking firms which had direct le-
cunlary interest in securing an early
opportunity t. reap the harvest which
they expected from the adjustment of
the financial obligations of the coun-
tres which had been Engaged in :he
war
The third element in the agitation
for haste was furnished by the un-
thinking outcry of many excellent
people who desired early action and
who for the most part had never read
the treaty or never got beyond the
words League of nations" which they
believed to mean the establishment of
eternal peace. To yield helplessly to
this clamor was impossible to those to
whom was intrusted the performance
of solemn public duty.
Senate esponsbility Claimed
"'The responsibility of the Senate in
regard to this treaty is equal to that
New-York tribune., 1919-09-11
Amendments

"The first amendment offered by the
committee relates to the league. 1t is
proposed so to amend the text as to
secure for the United States a vote in
the assembly of the league equal to
that of any other power. Great Brit
ain now has under the name of the
British Empire one vote in the council
of the league. She has four additional
votes in the assembly of the league for
her self governing dominions and col
onies, which are most properly mem
befs of the league and signatories to
the treaty. She also has the vote Of
India, which is neither a self-govern-
ing dominion nor colony, but mere
~ part OF the empire and which,
apparently. was simply put in as a sig
natory and member of the league by
the peace conference because Great
Britain desired it. Great Britain also
Will control the votes of the Kingdom
OF Hedjaz and of Persia.
with these last two votes. of course,
we have nothing to do. But if Great
Britain has six votes in the league
assembly no reason has occurred to
the committee and no argument had
been made to show why the United
States should not have an equal num-
Der. If other countries like the pres
ent arrangement that is not our affair,
~ VIZ committee lGleu 10 see WnN
the United States should have but one
vote IN the assembly of the league
when the British Empire has six.
amendments 39 to "A, inclusive.
transfer to China the German lease and
rights. if. they exist, in the Chinese
province Of Shantung, which are given
by the treaty to Japan. The majority
of the committee we're not willing to
have their votes recorded at any stage
in the proceedings in favor of the con
summation of what they consider a
great wrong. They cannot assent to
taking the property of faithful ally
and handing it over to another ally in
tultllment of a bargain made by other
powers in a secret treaty. 1t is a rec
ord which they are not willing to pre-
sent to their fellow citizens or leave
behind them for the contemplation of
their children.
Interested Votes Excluded
"Amendment No. 2 is simply to provide
that where member Of the league has
self governing dominions and colonies
which are also members of the league.
the exclusion of the disputants under
the league rules shall cover the agere
gate vote of the member of the league
kand its self-governiag domiuious aud
New-York tribune., 1919-09-11

at the President as well as b;s
serious points. A combination of :.
two which brought the most ohv;.
evidences Of approval from the s..s,
was this:
"The President may ride throu,s :,
country in his palatial de luxe tra;, W.
the expense of the public, and toll .,
people that Section x does M.
attempting to send the boys Of 80.
country to fight fer some bou,a.
line in the Balkans, or to repel a, ;,~
sion Of the Kingdom of Hedisz -.
the people are perfectly able to ,..,
Section K and able to understand v...
territorial integrity and cxist;n,
li.ical independence and externs,
gression mean. Section x is said s
be the keystone Of the arch o. W.
covenant. 1t is rotten keystono
Speaking of the British sjx.v,..
amendment, Mr.. Kenyon, after so.:N
he would like TO sit in an aud;sn.
hardheaded farmers in his state
ing defence Of this provision !.
eiarcd: "Mr. President, tel the ueoSl.
why you consented to th;s?p
Democrats Disagreed
1t was learned that a consider,,,.
disagreement had developed ann,.
the Democratic members Of the Fo1
eign Relations Committeeman con..
ing Senator Shields, VINO will sDb,,;.
a separate report which resulted :.
the report being rewritten. sen....
Williams IS understood to have a.
jected to some language used h,
Senator Hitchcock in his first dr.s.
While there seems to be no djsno,;
ton on the part Of any Senate, =,
group Of Senators TO delay the cor.
sidera,ion, or drag it out. no one he
lieves the debate Will be concluded !,
less than month. Il may take co,
siderabiy longer Debate on II.
labor sections alone, which will !.
forced by textual amendments TO \,
offered by two Democratic Senators
Myers and Thomas. may extend owe,
considerable period
1t was understood tonight that u,.,.
tically all Of the Group Of seys,.
mild Reservationists had sreeed to tho
reservations proposed by the commit.
tee with slight modifcat ons.
Three Of the four reservations viii
get the solid forty-nine Republican
votes, it is said, even including Sena.
tor McCumber. They viii also get
substantial block of Democratic votes.
William c. Built, one of the experts
Of the peace mission, who resigned be.
cause Of dissatisfaction over the treaty.
had conference with Chairman
Lodge of the committee late to-day.
He probably viii be- given hearing
tomorrow.
New-York tribune., 1919-09-11
learua as il stands will breed wars in

league as it stands will breed wars i'm
stead Of securing peace. They also
believe that the covenant of the league
demands sacrifices of American lnde--
pendence and sovereignty which would
in no way promot the worlds peace, but
which are fraught with the gravest
dangers to the future safety and well
being Of the United States. The
amendments and reservations alike are
governed by single purpose and that
is to guard Americans rightsand Amer
lean sovereignty, the invasion of which
would stimulate breaches of faith, en-
courage conflicts and generate wars.
The United States can serve the cause
of peace best, as she has served in the
past, and do more to secure liberty
and civilization throughout the world
by proceeding along the paths she has
always followed and bv not permitting
herself to be fettered by the dictates
of other nations or immersed and en-
tangled in all the broils and conflicts
of Europe.
1--WE have heard it frequently said
that the United States must do this
and do that in regard to this league of
nations and the terms of the German
peace. There is ro- must about it.
Must is not word to be used by for
eign nations or domestic officials to
the American people or their represen-
tatives. Equally uniting is the at
tempt to frightcn the unthinking by
suggesting that if the Senate adopts
amendments or reservations the United
States may be excluded from the
league. That is the one thing that
certainly will not happen The other
nations know we'll that there is no
threat of retaliation possible with the
United States because we have asked
fo
ceived nothing. We seek no guarantees.
no territory, no commercial benefits
or advantages. The other nations will
take us on our own terms for without
us their league is a wreck and all their
gains from victorious peace are lm-
periled We exact nothing selfish for
ourselves, but We insist that we shall.
be the judges, and the only judges, as
to the preservation of our rights, our
sovereignty, our safety and our inde-
pendence.
"At this moment the United States
is free flom any entanglemcnts or OBJ
legations which legally or in the name
or honor would compel her to do any
thing contrary to the dictates of CON
science or to the freedom and the in
tcrests of the American people. This
Is the hour when we can say precisel,
what We will do and exactly what VIC
will not do, and no man can ever
question our good faith if we speak
now. When we are once caught in the
mcshcs of treaty Of alliance or a
league OF nations composed of twenty
six other powers our freedom of action
is gone. To preserve American indie
pendence and American sovereignty
and thereby best serve the welfare of
mankind the committee propose these
amendments and reservations"
New-York tribune., 1919-09-11

parts of empire cobined if any one Of
them is involved in the controversy.
l"The remaining amendments, with q
single. exception, may be treated as
one, for the purpose of all alike is
to relieve the United States from hav-
ing representatives on the commissions
established by the league which deal
with questions in which the United
States has and can have no interest,
and in which the United States has
evidently been inserted by design. The
exception is amendment No. as, which
provides that the United States shall
have member of the reparation com
mission, but that such commissioner
Of the United States cannot, except
in the case of shipping, whefe the
interests Of the United States are di-
rectly involved, deal with or vote upon
any other questions before that com
mission, except under INSTRUCTIONS
from the government of the United
States
New-York tribune., 1919-09-11

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violation Of some Of the fourteen
points and in violation Of the doctrine
Of selfdeter rmination and in violation
Of Gods eternal Justice
SO keen was the interest in what
Mr.. Kenyon might say, he having been
classed as mild reservationist," al
though he never participated in their
councils, and also because he and Sen
ator Cummins usually agree pretty
we'll on any given subject before align
ing themselves, that the Senate Cham
Der was we'll filed. Nearly every Re-
publican Senator in town was in his
seat. Senator Thomas, one of the
Democratic Senators who proposes to
offer textual amendments, moved over
to the Republican side directly in
front of the Iowan, where he sat dur
ing the entire speech.
Frankly Criticises wilson
Senator Simmons, of North Caro-
lina who has concluded that he will
vote for reservations, moved I'D to
the edge of the Democratic side and
gave the closest attention to the Iowa
Senator from beginning to end, as did
also Senator Chamberlain, Of Oregon.
whose friends say he IS worried about
the treaty, though be now expects 10
vote for it as it stands.
At the conclusion Of the speech
which was easily the most frankly
critical of President Wilson so far
delivered in this debate-the galleries
burst into applause, while Senator
Kenyon was surrounded by his col
leagues, eager to congratulate him.
ut is the best speech ! have heard
so far on the league" said Senator
Myers, OF Montana, who. as announced
in The Tribune Monday. will o&er
textual amendments to the labor sec
ton. Senator Ashurst also walked
over to the Republican side and
pounded Mr.. Kenyon on the shoulder
in congratulation.
Vice President Marshall rebuked the
gallery for applauding, declaring as
though with pain that he had made
speeches himself in places where the
rules did not forbid applause, and had
not been applauded, hut now where the
rules did forbid applause, ne intended
to enforce the law
Clerk Seizes Gavel
At this the gallery broke into APP
plause for the Nice-P President, and a
quick fr1gered clark seizod his rovo1
New-York tribune., 1919-09-11
Australian Premier Refuses
To Aid Trade With German,

MELBOURNE, Sept 10-Premier
Hughes, addressing meeting of the
Nationalist Federation here, declared
that Germany stood to-day the best
organized nation in the world for a
commercial war. Some people had
spoken to him, he said, of trade re-
lations with Germany.
If England's business wanted trade
relations with Germany. however, he
added, they must get somebody else
than him to act in this connection.
New-York tribune., 1919-09-11
Germans Retire in Lithuania

BERLIN, Sept. 10 By The Associated
Press ).-German troops have complete
~ evacuated Lithuania southwark Of
the Memel River, according to tele-
gram received here from Koenigsberg
New-York tribune., 1919-09-11
Clerk Seizes Gavel

At this the gallery broke into ap-
plause for the Vice-Presdcnt, and a
quickffngered clerk seized his gavel
away before he could use it
Both the Senators and the galleries
seemed TO enjoy Mr. kcnyon's darts
New-York tribune., 1919-09-11
Senate Gets
Treaty; Long
Debate Ahead

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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-06-03
FIX FUTURE OF N. G.
Meeting in New York To Make Pro-
posals to Congress.

Meeting in New York To Make Pro-
posals TO Congress.
The future of national guard units
will be discussed and probably some
definite plan prepared for proposal to
congress at meeting of the executive
committee of national guard organiza-
tions In New York, June 10. An invi-
tation to the meeting was received to-
day by Adj. Gen. Charles 1. Martin.
For two years the adjutant gen
erals office will be kept busy mop
ping up" following the heavy work
placed on that department by the war
Meantime, > future for the office
forces activities must be prepared as
there is little of the old duties left for
it,
II believe" said General Martin,
that if universal military training is
adopted, much of the work involved
will be placed in this office and il
may be that the handling of duties re-
sulting from universal military train
ing will form our chief activities in
the wears to come"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-06-03
TELEGRAPHIC TABLOIDS

Camp Funston-Unassembled touring
cars at $3.50! Prospective buyers came
from as far as Washington state. Motor
transport corps will auction trucks and
motorcycles soon-but. no touring cars
aDllas. TeXas-Austin school here soon
will dismiss its first hygiene" school
children. Each child has been weighed,
measured and tested for lung capacity
every month this school year.
Oklahoma City-Returned soldiers are
fussy about their multi. After an all -day
argument with James L. Craven over a
silk shirt Charlie Smith went to the hos
pital for first aid.
New York-The conventional thirty days
for drunkenness was changed by judge to
%. so Patrick Henry could be free the
first day of the big drouth.
ChicagO-"You'n like twas not liked.
The play ran only seven days, but the
chorus is still kicking over the mere mat
ter of wages.
Chicago-Cause for greater breach be-
tween Chicagos great unwashed and the
bougeoisie-Lake Forest folk today con-
sidered great improvements on the bathing
beach.
Detroit Mich-Charles J. Van Hoe, a
marine objected to being n dead one. He
walked into the mayors office and asked
that his name be taken from the city's
liberty statue.
Nashua, Mo.-John B. Warren has a SOW
on his farm that has become the mother
of n litter of ten pigs. The sow's bed
before the pigs were born was made in the
hens nest.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-06-03
Cocoanut Oil Fine
For Washing Hair

If you want to keep your hair in
good condition, be careful what you
wash it with.
Most soaps and prepared shampoos
contain too much alkali. This dries
the scalp. makes the hair brittle. and
is very harmful. Mulsified cocoanut
oil shampoo (Which is pure and en-
tirely greaseless), is much better than
anything else you can use for sham
pooling, as this can't possibly injure
the hair.
Simply moisten your hair with
water and rub it in. One or two tea
spoonfuls will! make an abundance Of
rich, creamy lather, and cleanses the
hair and scalp thoroly. The lather
rinses out easily and removes every
particle of dust, dirt, dandruff and ex-
cessive oil. The hair dries quickly
and evenly. and it leaves it fine and
silky, bright, fluffy and easy to man
age
You can get Mulsified cocoanut oil
shampoo at most any drug store. 1t
is very cheap, and a few ounces is
enough to last everyone in the family
for months.-Advertisem
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-06-03
1870 GET SHEEPSKINS
High School Graduates Given Diplo-
mas at City Auditorium.

The January and June graduating
classes of Topeka high school received
their well deserved "sheepskins" at
the city auditorium Monday night. OF
the 80 who received diplomas from
Col. L. M. Penwell, president of the
board of education, 1873 were girls.
The girls of the junior and sub
senior classes formed a daisy chain,
and between the lines of these young
women, all dressed in yellow and
white and carrying huge bouquets of
daisies, walked the members of the
graduating classes. The girl graduates
carried red roses.
The program was rendered by the
sepiors. The Rev. c. F. Mathews, of
the First Baptist church. gave the in
vocation, and A. j. Stout, superin-
tendent Of schools, had charge of the
program.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-06-03
WORLD NEWS SUMMARY
Associated Press Review OF Peace
Table Developments, and of Po-
IiticaI and Military Situation.
tBy the Associated Press

With the terms of peace, with the ex-
ception of a few sections, submitted to the
Austrian representatives. and with allied
experts working on the reply that will be
made to the German counter proposals. the
work of the peace conference in Paris is,
for the time being. marking time. There
will be no meeting of the council Of four
today. President Wilson conferred with
American specialists who have the Ger
man answer in hand, and with other men,
bers of the American mission.
Renner to Switzerland.
Dr. Karl Renner. Austrian chancellor and
head of the peace mission of the former
dual empire, is expected to leave Paris
for Switzerland today and it Is probable
he will proceed as far as the Austrian
frontier where he is expected to meet MEM
bers of his cabinet who will discuss with
him the answer Austria will make to the
June IL but before that time 1t is probable
there will be number of notes sent to the
20 diffe s9alsT phases Of the treaty.
There has as yet been no official intima-
ton of the date when the allies will present
their rejoiner to the German counter pro-
posals. 1t is indicated in late advices that
there is disposition on the part some of
the members of the council Of four to modi-
Germans have made the most emphatic OBJ
lection. Premier Clemenceau Of France is
reported standing firmly against any con
cessions to the Germans, while Premier
Lloyd George is favorable to notifications
Premier Orlando has taken no decided
stand, and President Wilson is reported
as inclined to leave the final decision tc
the French and British.
Petrograd Taken.
An unconfirmed telegram received ir
Copenhagen from Vardoe reports that tht
Esthonian and Finnish troops have taker
Petrograd. The Esthonians have beer
making gains just west of the former Rus
sian capital, while the Firms have bee,
approaching the city from the north ant
east.
Dispatches reaching Paris from Vienna
by way of Basic state that the Bolshevik
regime in Hungary has been replaced By
a government headed by Herr German. for
! mer minister of commerce in the karoly
cabinet. Herr German is reported to hav.
been invited to go to Paris to confer will
allied representatives. A German de
| tachment is said to have violated the armis
| tice agreement with the Poles and to havi
crossed the Polar frontier from East Prus
STA. The Warsaw dispatch telling of thii
action on the part OF the Germans say
| the Poles launched a counter attack ant
! succeeded in repulsing the invaders.