Arizona republican., 1919-09-11
[Republican A. P. Leased wirel

" oANt OCPb- AU+--L nO NCA man peace treaty. with amendments and it's league of nations covenant, with reservations, was reported to the senate today by the foreign relations committee, majority of whose mem bers opposed ratification in the form submitted by President Wilson.
 Immediately after it was presented by Chairman Lodge, two months to the day from the time the president laid it before the senate, Senator Hitchcock of Nebraska, ranking dem- ocratic member of the committee, an- nounced that the minority report, urg- ing ratification without amendment or reservations, would be filed tomorrow.
 Senate Fight Starts Monday
 The fight over ratification will be- gin Monday, Chairman Lodge an- nouncing that the treaty would be talk en up then and kept continuously be- fore the senate. First will come the effort to amend the teraty, and then the fight for reservations, mild or strong. Leaders of the administration forces continued to predict today that the treaty with the league covenant would be ratified in it's original form.
 Republican leaders declared, how ever, that if put to a vote now the league would be rejected by the sen ate. Efforts to reach some agreement on the question of reservations mean while are being made.
 The formal report of the majority was presented with as little formalfty as if it had been a bill to carry on the routine work of the government. There was larger attendance on the floor than usual, however, indicating the interest in the forthcoming battle.
 On the heels of its presentation, Sem ator Kenyon, republican, Iowa, in whose state President Wilson made an address in support of the league cov- enant, launched a bitter attack upon it and declared the covenant never could be adopted as it now stands. The big crowd in the galleries broke forth into applause as the Iowa senator con- cluded, one woman standing up and waving an umbrella in great excite ment. There were many references to the treaty in later debate, and tomor- row Senator Harding of Ohio, a re- publican member of the foreign rela- tions committee, will speak against ratification.
 Proposed Reservations
 1-Unconditonai right to with
 draw from the league.
 2-Declination by the United
 States to accept any of the legal
 or moral obligations of the much discussed article ten, or to accept
 any mandate from the league ex-
 cept by action of the congress of
 the United States.
 7Reservation to the United States the exclusive right to decide what questions are within it's own
 domestic jurisdiction.
 4-Absolute reservation of the Monroe Doctrine to the judgment
 of the United States alone. The principal amendments proposed provide:
 Equal voting power for the
 United States with Great Britain in the assembly of the league.
 Giving to China, instead of Ja-
 pan, the province of Shantung.
 Relief of the United States from having representatives on com
 missions deciding matters in which | 1t has no concern.
 | Others concern phraseology.
 These amendments and reservations the majority report says, are submit ted ito preserve American indepen- dence and American sovereignty and thereby best serve the welfare of man kind"
 | Fears that other nations may not accept an amendment of the covenant the report dismisses with the comment
 U. s. Is Pivet of League
 That is one thing that certainly will not happen the other nations will take us on our own terms, for without us their league is wreck and all their gains from victories peace are imperiled."
 That the adoption of amendments will necessitate assembling of tht peace conference, the report denies asserting that the conference probabl, will be in session for six months more in Paris and might as well be tat least as usefully employed" as they now are in dividing and sharing southeast. ern Europe and Asio Minor"
 German delegates, the report con. tends could easily be brought to Paris ana as Germany is not a member O. tne league she need not be consulted about changes of the covenant.
 At the outset. the majority report deals at length with criticisms of de. lay and points out that whereas tb, peace conference took six months tS agree on the treaty, the senate fora;sS | ing days. Demands for speed s.in tb, most important subject that ever cam, before the senate of the United States the report says were s'largelv the wort of the administration and it's news. paper organs
 Haste Demands Artificial
 A second artificial demand fo haste, the report says, came from cer. tain pecuniary interests in securin. an early opportunity to reap inc har vest in the adjustment of financia obligations of the warning countries The third was in the .sunthinking ont cry or many excellent people wso do sired early action and for the mos part had never read, the treaty or neve got beyond the words league of na tions,f which they believed to rnea, the establishment of eternal neaca ,e.S'''
 To yield helplessly to this clamor oeciared the report, was impossible f, tnose to whom was intrusted the her Iormance of a solemn public dutvp
 Recalling the senate's responsibilit, as equal with the nresidentse +ha re