Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-15
VOTE ON. .SHANTUNG
TODAY IS PLANNED
Senate Expected to Act on
Treaty Amendment Late
This Afternoon
SPEECHES TO BE CURTAlLED
BY the Associated Press

Washington. Oct. ia vote by the
! Senate late today on the Shantune
amendment to the peace treaty was
planned by Republican leaders. with ac-
quiesccnce.. it was said. of the Demo
Gratis.
Republican spokesmcn said inquiries
were made of Senator johnson, of Cali e
! fornia. who returned here today; Sen
ator LaFollette. of Wisconsin, and
other Republicans regarding speeches
on the Shantung amendments, and that
they have agreed to curtail their re
marks.
Chairman Lodge. of the foreign rela =
tions committee. author of the Shan-
tung amendments. also was said to have
agreed to vote today.
Adoption of textual amendments
would mean defeat of the peace. treaty,
and would accomplish no practical re-
suit that could not be brought about by
reservations, the Senate was told today
| by Senator Colt. Republican, of Rhode
| Island
1 Referring to the Shantung amend
ment and that proposed to equalize
voting power in the league OF nations,
tho Rhode Island senator declared they
NOUlu REOPEN Ifu't H'Hpl'uAiphS'
reservations would leave the treaty in
tact and would change its provisions
only for the reserving nation.
+ 1t would be unfair, he argued. to
increase the voting power of the United
States as proposed in the amendment of
Senator Johnson. Republican, of Cali
fornia. and leave the other first class
powers with only one vote in the as
Sembly.
Egypt's Right of Self Government
Preservation of Egypt's right of self
government and future action by the
league of nations ito give freedom to
all capable subject states were proposed
in interpretative resolutions presented
by Senator Owen, Democrat, Okla
homa.
Both of the proposals were put in as
measures entirely separate from the
ratification, Senator Owen announcing
he had not changed his stand for un-
qualified acceptance of the treaty.
In one of the resolutions however
the Senate would 60 on record as ia
voring change in the league cove
nant. after the league had been es-
tablished. so that the subject peoples
under mandatories would be given self :
government when found capable of ex :
ercising it.
The resolution relating to Egypt.
which Senator Owen supported in an
address as an important step in the
interest of peace and Justice. would de =
clare:
That the protectorate which Ger
many recognizes in Great Britain over
Egypt is understood to be merely a
means through which the nominal su
zerainty of Tur key over Egypt shall be
transferred to the Egyptian people and
snall not be construed as a recognition
by the United States in Great Britain
OF any sovereign rights over the Egypt
IAN people or as depriving the people
of Egypt of any right of self govern :
ment."
Freedom for All Capable States
Under the other resolution the United
States would declare the armistice pro =
vision for just treatment of native in
habitants to be still in force, and
would propose amendment of the cove
nant at some future date to provide
that freedom for all the subject states
of the members of the league shall be
| established by the said members as soor
as the ending of competition in arma
mcnt is assured and the peoples of
| such subject states are found capable
| (by the member nation in control of the
government of such people, of sustain
| ing orderly self government. or by vote
of two thirds of the council and as
sembly, under charter guaranteeing
| free Institutions
Senator Owen said it had been agreed
at the time of the armistice to make
peace on President Wilson'S fourteen
points and subsequent addresses. These
principles, he said, applied in a measure
to Egypt, Ireland. Poland, the Philip
pines and to other peoples, but added
that it was entirely inexpedient" to
take up at the peace table the question
of self government among the British
and other dominions. The Peace Con
ference had done the best it could I'm
der the circumstances, he said, and had
provided the machinery under which
the Presidents policies could be car
ried out if the league were properly
| interpreted.
the league were properly interpreted.
Shields Against Shautung Amendment
Senator Shields, of Tennessee, q
Democratic member of the foreign rela
tions committee, speaking against tht
Shantuug amendment, said disposition
| of the Shantung rights was u question