The Connecticut labor press., 1919-11-29
RESERVATIONS 60
 THRU BY CLOTURE
Peace Treaty Propositions Passed by Ma jorities Rang
 ing From | to 22.
GAG RULE VOTE, 78 TO 16
Vice President Says He WiIE Hold other Ratification Resolutions May Be Taken Up if the
 Present One Fails.

WashingtOn,-Atl last clamping down the lid on it's peace treaty debate, the senate substituted action for discus sion with a vigor that quickly advanc- ed the ratification fight into its final stages.
 Working under cloture for the hrst time in history, the senate adopted the reservations written by the foreign re- latfons committee and set the parlia- mentary stage for a decision or dead lock on the treaty.
 Republican and Democratic leaders worked together to invoke cloture, piling up a majority for it, which far exceeded the two-thirds necessary for adoption. In the count of 78 to 16, the two parties contributed about evenly. The rollcall over, however, and clo- ture fact, the Republican managers took complete charge and swept every thing before them. Reservation after reservation went through just as 1t came from the committee, until the Democrats apparently abandoned hope of making notifications and resigned themselves to passive resistance. Majorities ranging from II to 22 marked adoption of ten reservations. In every case exec pt one the Re publicans voted solidly for the com mittee proposals They were joined on every rollca1l by from four to nine Democrats. In all, an even dozen sen ators of the administration party broke away during the day to vote for reservations. The sole defection from the Republican ranks was on the Shantung reservation, Senator Nc Cumber. of North Dakota, swinging over to the opposition.
 The reservations adopted accom- olished these things:
 Effect of the Reservations.
 Forbid acceptance of any man. datory by the United States with out the consent of congress
 Take away from the league of nations all Jurisdiction over American affairs, such as in1mi- grafton, the tariff, labor, bounda- ries and coastwise traffic.
 Preserve the Monroe Doctrine and refuse to submit to the league
  Urine.
 Repudiate the Shantune settle ment and reserve full liberty of action to the United States in any dispute which may arise between Japan and China under the terms of that settlement.
 Reserve to the United States the right to veto any appointment by the president of any Ameri- can representative in the league of nations.
 Prevent interference with Amer ican trade with Germany by the reparations commission, except by the approval of congress.
 Refuse to permit the expendi- ture of American money by the league except when regularly ap- propriated by the congress.
 Reserve to the United States the riqht to increase it's armament at any time without the consent of the league in case of threatened invasion.
 Permit the United States to ex- ercise it's own discretion in the matter of boycotting the nation aIs of covenant breaking states residing within the United States.
 Safeguard the rights of Amerf- can shareholders in German oWn- ed concerns seized in the United States during the war.
 Not the least significant of the de geiopments, in the view of senators looking forward to q complex parlia mentary Snarl before final action on the treaty is reached. was ruling by Vice President Marshall just preced- ing the cloture vote. He held that, should the administration senators vote down ratification with reserva- tions, as they threatened to do, they will have opportunity later to get ac- tion on compromise ratification reso- lutiOn.
 Senator Lodge served notice that he would appeal from the decision of the chair.
 The Democrats will thus be faced with a dilemma. If they decide to vote down the Lodge reservations they cannot be certain that these votes will not really mean the death of the treaty so far as the United States is concerned.
 ACCUSE MINERS LEADERS.