Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-11-14
SENATE CHANGES
TREATY AGAIN
Adopts Reservation to Article
Ten. Qualifying U. S.
Obligations

Washington, Nov. IA. - Squarely !
Joining the issue with President Will
son. the Senate adopted late yester-
uay q reservation qualifying the OBJ
hgations OF the United States under
article ten of the League of Nations
covenant A solid Republican line
up reinforced by four Democratic
votes, put the reservation across ex-
actiy as 1t came from the Foreign
relations Committee and in virtually
the language which the President
declared on his western tour would
cut the heart out OF the covenant
and mean the rejection of the treaty.
The vote by which the reservation
won was &c to 33.
The fight for reservations having
thus been carried to climax. the
Republicans psesented for future ac-
tion cloture proposal designed to
prlng nnal action on the question of
ratlncation within a week. A less
sweeping measure, proposing limita-
tlon on the reservation debate only,
had been put in by the Democrats
carrier in the day, but rejected when
the Republicans voted to sustain
point of order against it.
Cloture Vote Tomorrow
A vote on the question of clamp
ing down cloture on debate will
come Saturday morning, and the Re-
publican leaders say it will depend
entirely on the Democrats whether
the move rallies the necessary two
thirds to make cloture effective. The
Democratic leaders are not ready to
say how they will vote, being fearful
that agreement to SO sweeping q
program might imperil their chance
TO secure action on q ratification
resolution of their own.
The article ten reservation as
adopted by the Senate follows:
The United States assumes no
obligation to preserve the ter
rftorial integrity or political in
dependence of any other coun-
try or to interfere with con-
troversieS between nations
whether members of the League
or nOt-under 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 con-
stitution has the sole power to
declare war on authorize the
employment of the military or
naval forces of the United
States, shall by act or joint res
olution SO provide.
In only two particulars does this
language differ from the proposed
reservation which the President de-
clared at Cheyenne, Wyo., he would
be obliged to regard as a rejection.
AS read by Mr.. Wilson, the phrase
under the provisions of article ten"
occurred at a different place. and the
final word provide" was changed to
declare"
The roll call on the committee res
erVation follows:
For adoption:
Republicans-Ball, Borah, Brand
egee, Calder, Capper, Colt, Cum
minis, Curtis, Dillingham;, Edge, Ell
kins. Fall, Fernald, France, Freling-
huysen, Gronna. Hale, Harding,
Johnson California;, Kenyon,
Keyes, LaFollette, Lenroto. Lodge,
McCumber, Mclean, McNary, Moses,
New, Norris, Page, Penrose, Phipps,
Poindexter, Sherman, Smoot, Spen-
Ger, Sterling, Sutherland, Townsend,
Warren and Watson. Total, AZ.
Democrats-Gore, Reed, Smith
(Georgia) and Walsh (Massachu-
setts). Total, 4.
Total for. 46.
Against adoption:
Democrats - Ashurst, Beckham,
Dial, Fletcher, Gay, Gerry, Harris,
Harrison, Henderson, Hitchcock,
johnson (South Dakota), Jones (New
Mexico), Kendrick, Kirby, Mcclellan,
Myers, Nugent, Overman, Owen,
Phelan, Pittman, Ransdell, Robin
son, Sheppard, Smith (Maryland),
Smith (South CarolinaJ, Stanley,
| Thomas, Trammell, Underwood,
Walsh (Montana), Williams and
Wolcott. Total, 33.
Total against, 33.
Sixteen Senators not voting were
| paired as follows:
For Adoption-Jones (Washing-
toni, Kellogg, Knox, Mccormick,
| Nelson, Newberry and Wadsworth,
Republicans, and Shields, Demo-
crat.
Against-Bankhead Chamberlain,
Culberson, King, Pomerene. Sim
\ mons, Swanson and Smith (Ari-
zona), Democrats.
One vacancy in Virginia.
Vote Same OH Others
Oh all of the other proposed
amendments and substitutes the vote
was virtually the same, on Republi-
cans voting for any change and from
three to five Democrats helping vote
them down. A motion by Senator
Thomas, Democrat, Colorado, to as
sumo the article ten obligations for
| five years was rejected, 46 to 32; one
by Senator Walsh, ocrat. Mon
tana, to extend the articles guaran-
tees to the small buffer states of Cen
trail Europe was lost, "A to 32; and
one by Senator McKeller, Democrat,
Tennessee, to extend aid in protect
ing Alsace Lorraine went out As
to Sc.
BY a vote of A to 80 the Senate
rejected a substitute by Senator
Hitchcock which would declare the
recommendations of the League
Council to be merely advisory" and
a similar PROPOSED byl Senator owen,
Democrat. Oklahoma. failed "A to 33.
Mr.. Hitchcock's final effort at
amendment, a motion to add reso-
luton drawn some months ago by
| Senator Knox, Republican. Pennsyl-
vania, relative to the Nations duty
in any European emergency, was re-
| jected, As to "a, Senator Knox vot-
ing with the other Republicans
against it.
Approved Shooting Of
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