Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-10-22
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IN UPPER HOUSE:
Advocates and Opponents of
Reservations to Treaty Are
About to Compose Their
Differences, Is Belief,
M'CUMBER PRESENTS
NUMBER OF CHANGES
North Dakota Senator Makes
Suggestions Which May Be
Acceptable to Both Factions
in the Controversy,

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Washington, oct. 21.-Possibility of
4 compromise between senate advo-
Gates and opponents of reservations
10 the German peace treaty was said to
have received serious consideration to-
day at conference of democratic
leaders held after Chairman Lodge
had called meeting tomorrow OF the
foreign relations committee TO Consid-
er new reservations and modification
Of those reported out by the commit
tee September 10.
Later Senator McCumber. republic
can, of North Dakota, leader of the
so-called mild" reservation group,
in the senate a number OF
what he termed compromise" reser-
vations. He said they represented the
efforts of republicans desiring to reach
an agreement on reservations.
Seven reservations were presented
ty Senator McCumber, They dealt
with the questions of withdrawal, arti-
Gle ten, domestic affairs, the Mon
roe doctrine, Shantung and the inc
quality of voting strength in the
league assembly
1t was said that the foreign relations
committee proposed to report out sew
eral new reservations and to redraft
and report modified reservations
agreed upon in recent conferences OF
republicans favoring mild and
strong" reservations
Senator Hitchcock of Nebraska and
other members participating in the
conference today said the
question of the composing of differ
ences between supporters and oppon-
ents of reservations had been dis
cussed.
1t was said no agreement was
reached, Senator Hitchcock intimated
that lie might be disposed TO accept
reservations which did not require re-
negotiation of the treaty. Other prom
inent democrats, however, were said
10 be still opposed to any reservations,
until President Wilson had indicated
what reservations he would be willing
TO accept.
Chairman Lodge, II was said. would
present to the committee tomorrow a
complete program of reservations upon
which the entire republican member
ship Of forty-nine was said to be prac-
tically in accord.
The program also was said to have
the support of half n dozen democrats.
In presenting his reservations. Sem
ator MeCumber said that while there
had been no final agreement regard
ing all of them, there was complete
agreement on some, while only slight
differences" existed as 10 the others
AS presented, he said, the reserva-
tions represented the efforts of the
mild" and STRONG" reservationists
to get together pending action by the
foreign relations committee tomor-
row.
Jones Presents Reservation.
Later Senator Jones, republican, or
Washington, presented reservation
by which the United States would give
notice that 1t intended to withdraw
from the league at the end of two
years unless within that time Shan
tung had been restored to China; the
Irish situation solved in a way sat
isfactory to the Irish people; Egypt
made an independent state, and peace
time conscription abolished by all OF
the league members. The reservations
by Senator McCumber follow:
THAT the United states under
stands. and so construes Article one,
that in case of notice of withdrawal
of nations, as provided in said article,
the United States shall be the sole
Judge as to whether all its interna-
tional obligations under the said cove
nant have been fulfilled.
Article Ten:
2-The United States assumes no
obligation to preserve the territorial
integrity or political independence of
any other country, or to interfere in
between nations, wheth-
er members of the league or not, un-
der the provisions of article ten. or to
employ the military or naval forces
of the United States under any article
of the treaty for any purpose, unless
in any particular case the congress
which, under the constitution, has the
sole power to declare war or authorize
the employment of the military and
naval forces of the United States,
shall, by act or Joint resolution. so
declare.
Domestic questions.
3-The United States reserves to
itself exclusively the right to decide
what questions are within its juris
diction and declares that all domestic
and political questions relating to its
internal affairs. including immigra-
tion, coastwise traffic, the tariff, com,
merce and all other domestic ques-
tons, are solely within the iurisdic-
tion of the United States and are not
under this treaty, submitted in any
way. either to arbitration or to the
consideration of the council or the
assembly of the league of nations or
to the decision or recommendation of
any other power.
The Monroe Doctrine.
Monroe Doctrine:
THE United States does not bind
ieself to submit to arbitration or in
quiry by the assembly or the council
any question which in the judgment
of the United States depends upon or
involves its long established policy
commonly known as the Monroe Doc
trine. Said doctrine is to be inter-
preted by the United States alone and
is hereby declared to be wholly out
side the jurisdiction of said league of
nations and it is preserved unaffected
by any provision in said treaty con-
tanned. a
Shantung;
5-The United States refrains from
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