The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-09-05
40 AMENDMENTS TO TREATY.
Continued from Page IL

recently to Washington for the Presi
dent S approval.
The text of the reservations to the
treaty of peace with Germany as
adopted by the senate foreign rela
tons committee, with the vote on each
reservation reads:
Resolved 1.-TWO thirds of the senators
present concurring therein) that the
senate advise and consent to the rati
tieation of the treaty of peace with
Germany, signed by the plenipoten-
tiaries of the United States and Ger
many, and by the plenipotentiaries of
the p allied and associated powers, at
Versailles, on June 2S, 1919, with the
following reservations and understand
ings to be made part and condition
of such ratification, which ratification
is not to take effect or bind the United
States until the said following reserva-
lions and understandings have been ac-
cepted as part of and q condition of
said instrument of ratification by at
least three of the four principal allied
and associated powers, to wit, Great
Britain, France, Italy and Japan
|. The United States reserves to it.
self the unconditional right to with
draw from the league of nations upon
the notice as provided in Article | of
said treaty of peace with Germany
| Vote, 0 to S.
2. The United States declines TO as
sumo, under the provisions of Article
X or any other article, any obligation
! to preserve the territorial integrity or
political independence of any other
country or to interfere in contro-
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members of the league or not, or to en-
ploy the military and naval forces of
the United States in such controversies
or to adopt economic measures for the
protection of any other country,
whether a member of the league or not
against external aggression, or for the
j purpose of coerclng any other country
or for the purpose of intervention in
the internal conflicts or other contro-
versies which may arise in any other
country, and no mandate shall be ac.
cepted by the United States, under
Article XIII, part /, of the treaty of
peace with Germany, except by the
action or joint resolution of the con-
gress of the United States (Vote 6
to 7.
;. The United States reserves to it.
self exclusively the right to decide
what questions are within its domestic
jurisdiction, and declares that all do
nestle and political questions relating
,, to its affairs, including immigration
, coastwise traffic, the tariff, commerce
and all other domestic questions, are
solely within the jurisdiction of the
United States, and are not under thi:
treaty submitted in any way either tt
, arbitration or to consideration of tn,
council, or of the assembly of til,
> league of nations, or to the decision o.
recommendation of any other power
, Vote II to 81 'f
u 4. The United States declines to sub
NIT for arbitration or inquiry by tn,
assembly or the council of the lcagu,
of nations provided for in said treat,
: of peace any question which in tn,
judgment of the United States Deepen,
upon OF relate to its long establishe,
policy, commonly known as the Monro
Doctrine; said doctrine is to be inter
: preted by the United States alone, an,
J is hereby declared to be wholly out
side the jurisdiction of said league o
nations, and entirely unaffected by an,
provision contained in the said treat,
: of peace with Germany. Vote
:. Ito g..