The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-10-24
ANNOUNCES THAT
he CAN COUNT ON
SUFFICIENT VOTE
Says VIII Gain Six
Democrats ard Lose
Two Republicans.
CLAIMS ENTIRE
PROGRAM WILLWlN
Lenroot Declares e
Will Not Supportjohn
son's Amendment
Has Reservation n
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Washington Oct. 2S.-The pro-
~ ~rva on the peace
treaty was analIy agreed upon oF
the serate foreign relations com
r,jtte4 this afternoon, Senator Lodge
urtll report the ratifytng resolution
containing the reservations 10 the
eanate tomorrow.
The committee today adopted two
reservations including a new one
nroposed hv Senator shields, Demo-
crat. of Tennessee, authorized Chalr-
man Lodge 10 draft another whlcn
w,a proposed by Senator Reed
Democrat Of Missouri and com nlned
nuuaher aleven. with number four as
agreed upon yesterday
Thus the committee reservations
will number fourteen and even the
OF the treaty admit that
every ore of tire reservations mas
teeth In It Some members of the
committee found an element or
n,rrser in the fact that the number
a. reservations is the same as
.stsw asesttSRp \ ,, far2oa& fourteen
points ~.
senator Lodge announced after
the committee meeting that he can
co,nt upon the votes OF SIX Demo
cratic senator's and VIII not lose
rnore than two votes among the re
.,,b,;rans Senators McCurher. of
North Dakota, and Nelson Of Mime
eote IT is understood will vote
against the preamble. senate
Yodrs EXPRESSED confidence that the
entire program as agreed upon oy
the committee will be accepted by
the senate.
:. II. IS
When the committee net today II
Md before II for consideration the
+,rea reservations held over from
yes4eraav-Numhers 7. II and IL
N,,nber r was adopted by the vote
~ 10 70 I Senator McCumher. Re
nuh,iean voted AGAINST il, and Sena-
tor Shields. Democrat, for II. the
only change made in the text OF the
reservation was the use az the WORD
sas.Senate7e instead of Congress IN
the provision that a~ppcintees to the
various commissions formed under
the treaty should he confirmed
Reservation number II, relating
to the traffic In women, children and
opiunn, was Combined with eserva
ton number 1. previously adopted,
which reserves to the United States
the right to pass upon all domestic
ana lnAAStTtl lL6SAl1iiot II IT+
walton as now drawn up is AS fol
lows:
Number 4-The United States
reserves to itself exclusively the
right to decide what questions
are within its domestic turis-
diotion and declares that all
domestic and political questions
relating wholly or in part to its
internal affairs, including I'M
migration. labor, coastwfse
trafic. the tariff and the sup
preston of tie traffic in women
and children and in opium and
IN other dangerous drugs, COM
meree and all other domestic
questions, are solely within the
jurisdiction of the United States
are not under this treaty to be
submitted in any way either 10
arbitration or to the considera-
ton OF the council. or to the de-
cision or resolution Of any
power"
ALIEN PROPERTY RIGHT.
Reservation Number Is relating
to alien property rights, was adopt
ed without change, b. the vote OF II
to 8, and becomes number II on the
committee list.
The reservation offered by Sena-
tor Shields. which becomes number
IS was adopted by the vote OF 10 to
Z, Senator McCumber voting against
II. The text of the reservation is as
follows:
"The United States declines
to accept any interest as trus-
tee or in her own right or n
responsibility for the govern
ment or disposition Of the over
. = o~pseAssions Of Germany, to .