Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-07-26

NO objection TO hPScTNatlOBS
President Wilson was quoted as hav-
ing said that he had no objection to
reservations being made to the peace
treaty and the league of nations cove
nant, but that he feared If any were
made by the Senate it would present
difficulties in securing the ncCeptanr"
of the treaty and the league of nations
by the other nations of the world.
The President promised to give care
full consideration to five reservations
presented to him by Senator Spencer.
Republican, of Missouri, at the Presl-
dents own request.
Senator Spencer told the President
that some such reservations as those
he suggested would have to be agreed
upon if the treaty were to be ratified
by the Senate. The President told him,
Senator Spencer said. that his con-
sideration was the success of the treaty
and the league covenant in the world,
and not alone in the Senate.
The Reservations
The reservations submitted to the
President by Senator Spencer had to do
with the Monroe Doctrine. internal
questions, the right of Congress to de-
eide what obligations the TINTED States
assumed under Article Y or the league
covenant. withdrawal from the league
and on the Shantung settlement, prOvid
ing that j. he rcconsidcrPd and rem"died
as soon as uossihlr and recording the re
gret of the United States that the
Chinese province had been given sum
marily to Japan.
The Spencer reservations were sub
mitted to the President in the form OF
a ratifying resolution. as follows:
"In executive session, Senate of the
United States:
Resolved 1.-TWO thirds of the senators
present Concurring thcrein), That the
Senate advise and consent to the rati
fication of the treaty of peace between
the Allied and associated nOwrrS and
Germany. signed on the 2Sth day Of
June. 1919. and presented to the Sen
ate by the President on the 10th day
of July. 1919.
"Resolved, further, That the advice
and consent of the Senate to such rat
ifcation is given with the full under
standing which is made a part of tht
instrument of ratification and is tht
basis of the consent of the United States
to the treaty, and is the condition o.
the ident tificatiOn of the United States
with the league Of nations, that nothing
in the said treaty or in any part thereo
shall ever be construed as in any degree
either interfering with or restricting tn,
following three essential principles
which are a part Of the established
policy of the United States:
Monroe Doctrine First
"First. That the Monroe Doctrin
Is an essential national policy of th
United States, and that the necessit,
and extent of its application and en-
forcement are matters to be determined
by the United States alone as the oc
casion for Interpretation may from tim
to time arise and without interference
direct or indirect, on the part of IN,
other nation.
"Second. That internal questions en-
tirely domestic in character. such a
immigration and tariff, notwithstandin
certain international results that ma!
from time to time naturally be con
nected Herewith, are matters to be de
termined solely by the country in whicI
hey arise and are under no circum
>itances to be regarded as within tn
jurisdiction or under the control of tn
league of nations.
"Third. That inasmuch as the Unite,
States is governed by a written cOnsti
tuition, the provisions of which are su
preme and controlling in this republi
over every act, legislative, executive o
judicial, and by such constitution it i
expressly provided that the power t
declare war IL vested exclusively in tn
Congress of the United States, it
\ apparent that the United States canno
bird itself in advance either to max
war in the future or to send its arm
or navy into other lands for purpose
OF control. which is an act of war
without the express authorization o
Congress at the time, and, therefore
whether the United States, as the ne
ssssity for such action in the futur