Arizona republican., 1919-09-05
PROBE COUNCIL
 SUDDENLY ENDS
 COVENANT WORk
Pact Passes into Upper House of Congress with Recommendation for In- corporation of About Two Score Administrations mittee Defers Action on French Pact
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senate rogeign relations committee
 late today finished it's work on the peace treaty with Germany and after adopting four reserva- tions to the league of nations covenants, ordered the treaty re- ported to the senate with about two score amendments previously incorporated.
 The treaty now passes, so far as the United States is concerned, into it's final stage-that of open consideration by the senate for ratification or rejection
 Defer Action On French Pact Committee action was deferred on the special treaty to protect France and on other treaties submitted. Chairman Lodge will return the treaty to the senate with a formal ma iority report late next week. A min crity report by the democratic op- posing both amendments and reserva- tons is to be filed within three days thereafter and it is expected that actual consideration of the treaty will begin about September 15. Weeks of de- hate, before the final vote, are expected. Conclusion of the committees worN which has taken nearly two months came somewhat unexpectedly today at a special executive session of three hours stormy debate.
 Lodges Treaty Reservations
 The four reservations were spon- sered by Chairman Lodge and written into 2. resolution providing for conditional ratification of the treaty, provide:
 First, for unconditional withdraw cz... .I,., 1,.., Second, refusal of this nation to assume any foreign territorial guar antees under article ten of the league covenant or mandates without action by congress.
 Third, exclusive action by United States on domestic affairs.
 Four, interpretation of the Monroe doctrine solely by this nation.
 On all four reservations the party lineup of the committee was shattered Senator Mccumber, republican, North Dakota, voted with the democrats in opposition to those dealing with article ten and the withdrawal provisions but joined his colleagues in supporting those provisions affecting the Monroe doctrine and domestic affairs. Sena- tor Shields, democrat, Tennessee, joined the republicans in supporting all of the reservations except that con- corning territorial guarantees on which Le withheld his vote. The other six democrats of the committee voted solidly against all reservations.
 Order Amended Treaty Report
 After the vote the resolution of rati- fication and the reservations, the treaty as amended was ordered reported n,ifhout a record Vote
 The ratification resolution and reser- vations follow:
 Resolved (two- thirds of the senators present concurring in the resolution), That the senate advise and consent to the ratification of a treaty of peace with Germany and by the plenipoten- tiaries of the 27 allied and associated powers at Versailles, on June 2S, 1919, with the following reservations and understandings to be made part and a condition of such ratification, which ratification is not to take effect or bind the United States until the said following reservations and under standings have been accepted as part of and d 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 RESERVATIONS
 1. The United States reserves to itself the unconditional right to withdraw from the league of na- tions upon notice provided in Ar ticle 1 of said treaty of peace with
 Germany.
 2. That the United States de-
 cines to assume, under the pro-
 visions of article ten, or under any
 other article, any obligation to
 preserve the territorial integrity or political independence of any
 other country or to interfere in the
 controversies between other na
 tions members of the league or not,
 or to employ the military or naval
 forces of the United States in
 such controversies, or to adopt
 economic measures for the pro-
 lection of any other country,
 whether member Of the league
 or not, against external aggres-
 sion or for the purpose of coerc-
 ing any other country or for the
 purpose Of intervention in the in
 ternal conflicts or other contro- versies which may arise in any
 other country, and no mandate
 shall be accepted by the United
 States under article 22, part i, of the treaty of peace with Germany,
 except by action of congress of the
 United States.
 3. The Unite5 States reserves 10 itself exclusively the right to decide
 what questions are within its do-
 mestic jurisdiction, and declares
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