The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-08-23
s attle over League of Nations Is Cen
tered About Halt Dozen
Articles Of the
Covenant.
ARTICLE TEN IN LEAD
Article TIVE nty-one, Which Mentions
the Monroe Doctrine is Also
Considered import.
ant.

! tBy L. c. Martin United Press Staff
Correspondent.
! WASHINGTON, Aug. 23.--Seven
provisions of the peace treaty must
stand the brunt of the attack by
senators who demand reservations
and amendments as the price of their
vote for ratification.
Chief among these provisions is
article 10 OF the league of nations
covenant The text Of this clause
follows:
Article 10-The members OF
( the league undertake to respect
I and preserve as against external
/ aggression the territorial integ-
| rfty and existing political indie
! pendence of all members Of the
/ league In case of any such dan
| ger of such aggression, the coun-
| Gil shall advise upon the means
| by which this obligation shall be
! fulfilled"
| Those demanding elimination Of
| article 10, or at least a reservation
by the United States respecting it,
declare that the article obligates the
| United States, under the advice of
the league council, to join In wars
| everywhere for preservation Of the
existing boundaries and stability Of
present governments. They declare
1t binds the United States to make
| war at the order of body composed
OF eight foreigners and one Ameri-
can, and that this clearly is an at
tempt to rob congress Of its consti-
tutional power of declaring and
waging war.
Those defending the article insist
legal one, but merely one Of honor;
cept and act on the advice OF the
proper; that the article, while obi
eating this government to respect
the territory and Independence Of
all other powers, also obi gates each
Of them to respect the United States
territorial integrity and political IN
dep endence
ring to the Monroe doctrine. It
reads;
Article 21-Nothing in this
feet the validity of international
engagements, such as treaties OF
arbitration or regional under
standings like the Monroe doc
trine, for securing the mainte-
nance of peace"
This article does not protect the
Monroe doctrine as an American
policy. many senators declare, be-
cause It does not properly define the
doctrine. They assert that the Mon
roe doctrine is not regional I'M
Outstanding" but distinctly Ameri-
can foreign policy. They want a
reservation to the effect that nothing
in the treaty shall be construed to
imply REIMBURSEMENT by the United
States of its traditional attitude to-
ward purely American questions, or
to require the submission OF its poll
cy regarding what 1t deems to be
purely American questions to the
decision or recommendation OF other
powers
Administration senators reply that
article 81 is in fact recognition for
the first time by the great world
powers of the Monroe doctrine, and
that the league covenant itself in eff
feet extends the principles OF that
doctrine to the whole world.
The third provision against which
objection Is made is that relating to
domestic questions. In this case 1t
is an alleged conflict Of two provi-
sions which has caused the demand
for amendment or reservation. These
two provisions follow:
Article 11-Any war or threat
OF war, whether Immediately ar
fectinz any Of the members of
the league or not, is hereby de-
clared to be matter of concern
to the whole league, and the
league shall take such action
that may be deemed wise and
effectual 10 safeguard the peace
of nations. 1t is also declared
to be the friendly right OF each
member Of the league to bring to
the attention of the assembly or
the council any circumstance
whatever affecting international
relations which threatens to dis
turb international peace or the
good understanding between ma
lions on which peace depends"
Article Is paragraph 8).-f
the dispute between the parties
is claimed By one OF them and
is found by the council to arise
out OF matter which by inter
national Law is solely within the
domestic Jurisdiction OF that
party, the council shall so report,
and shall make no recommends
ton az to its settlement"
Those demanding reservation
making plain the refusal OF the
United States 10 admit that tho
league has Jurisdiction over domestic
quegtions like immigration, the tariff
and regulation OF coastwise trading,
declare that article II authorizes the
league 10 take Jurisdiction. They
point to the language ANY war or
threat of war and ANY circun-
stance whatever affecting interna-