Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-11-16
c. D. P. ROLLER
RUNS OVER FOES
OF RESERVATIONS
Ten Changes in Peace Treaty.
Written By Foreign ReIa-
tionS Committee, Adopted
CIoture Rule Also Invoked,

q igor that advanced the ratification
2. Nht into its final stages.
~ Working under cloture for the first
Z en- in history. the senate adopted IN
SH ours 10 more of the reservations
NJ by the foreign relations COM
3. and with only two committee
p posals remaining, set the parlim-
mary stage for decision or dead
lock on the treaty early next week.
Republican and democratic leaders
worked together TO invoke cloture,
piling up a majority far exceeding the
two-thirds necessary for adoption. In
the count of rs to 16, the two parties
contributed about evenly.
The roll call over, however, and
cloture a fact, the republican mama
gers took complete charge and swept
everything before them. Reservation
after reservation went through just as
II came from the committee until the
| democrats apparently abandoned hope
| of making notifications and resigned
themselves to passive resistance.
Majorities ranging from IL to 20
marked adoption of .he 10 reserva-
I tions. They related to domestic
| questions, the Monroe doctrine, man
dates, Shantung, international COM
! missions. expenses of the league OF
/
| boycott, and alien property rights.
Republicans Stick Together.
| In every case except one the repub-
licans voted solidly for the commit
tee proposals They were joined on
every roll call from four to nine dem
ocrats, In all an even dozen of the
senator's Of the administration party
| broke away during the day to vote for
reservations, Senator McCumber OF
! North Dakota swinging over to the
| opposition.
Not the least significant Of the
| days Developments. in the view OF
senators looking forward TO a COM
| pleX parliamentary snarl before final
action on the treaty is reached, was
| a ruling hy Vice President Marshall
| Iust preceding the cloture vote. He
| held that should the administration
senators vote down ratification with
reservations, as they intend to do, they
will have an opportunity later TO get
action on a compromise ratification
| resolution.
To that decision the republican
| leaders took exception, serving notice
that when the issue developed they
| would appeal to the senate itself to
settle the question. A plain majority
can oyerrule the presiding officer, and
| the republicans were asserting tonight
that they still would hold the whip
| hand to preclude q second vote on
ratification. They told their demo-
cratic colleagues that If they voted
againGt qualified acceptance of the
treaty, then the treaty would be dead.
Commission Reservation.
| The reservation on commissions
! follows:
| "The congress of the United States
will provide by law for the appoint
ment of the representatives of the
United States in the assembly and the
council of the league of nations and
may in its discretion provide for the
participation of the United States in
any commission. committee, tribunal,
court, council or conference, or in the
selection of any members thereof and
for the appointment of members of
said commissions. committees. tribu-
nails courts, councils or conferences,
or any other representatives under
the treaty of peace, or in carrying out
its provisions and until such partici-
patton and appointment have been so
provided for and the powers and
duties of such representatives have
been defined by law, no person shah
represent the United States under
either said league of nations or the
treaty of peace with Germany or be
authorized to perform any act for or
on behalf of the United States there
under and no citizen of the United
States shall be selected or appointed
as a member of said commissions,
committees, tribunals, courts. coun-
ellis, or conferences, except with the
approval of the senate of the United
States"
How They Voted
The vote on the reservation regard
ing American export control was 81
to 40. with five democrats Gore,
Reed, Shields. Smith of Georgia and
Walsh of Massachusetts,, supporting
the republicans,
The next reservation, relating to
expenses of the league of nations, also
was adopted without debate, The
vote was Sc to 80 with Senators Gore,
Reed, Shields, Smith of Georgia,
Thomas and Walsh of Massachusetts,
voting with the republicans.
The text follows:
"The United States shall not be
obligated to contribute to any ex-
penses of the league of nations or OF
the secretariat. or of any commission,
or committee, or conference, or other
agency organized under the league OF
nations or under the treaty or for the
purpose of carrying out the treaty
provisions, unless and until an appro-
priation of funds available for such
expenses shall have been made by the
congress of the United States"
Armaments Reservation.
The text of the reservation of the
provision as to ornaments. as adopt
ed, is as follows:
IF the United States shall at any
time adopt any plan for the limitation
Of ornaments proposed by the coun-
Gil of the league of nations under the
provisions of Article s, 1t reserves the
right to increase such armaments
without the consent of the council
whenever the United States is threat
ened with invasion or engaged in
war"
The armament reservation was ap-
proved, So to SO. with the following
democrats voting in it's support:
Gore, Myers, Reed. Shields, Smith
tGeorgia), Thomas and Walsh MAS
The reservation on economic boy
colts, as adopted, is as follows:
The United States reserves the
right to permit. in its discretion, the
of covenant-b breaking
state, as defined in Article 16 of the
covenant of the league of nations, re-
siding within the United States or in
other than tha. violating
said Article 16. to continue their COM
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