The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-22
|BORAH ID FORSAKE
 t. O. P. UNLESS II TAXES ASTRONGER STAND ON LEAGUE
Elihu Root Lays Before For eign Relations Committee Programme for Accept ance of League With
 Reservations
Rv Associated Press

Washington, June 21.-The league of nations controversy in the Senate was enlivened today by a series of develop ments accepted as foreshadow- ing the lines into which the final ratification fight may fall
 Enhu Root, Secretary of State under President Roosevelt. laid before the for for acceptance of the league with cer- tain reservations.
 Senator Borah, republican of Idaho gave notice in a Senate speech he could not remain in the republican party if it failed to take a more definite stand against the league.
 Senator Hitchcock. democrat of Me- braska replied that no party dared stand against the league proposal and de- clared the covenant was assured of rati- fication by republican votes.
 Senator Knox, republican of Pennsyl- vania. decided to call for showdown of Senate opinion Monday by bringing in his resolution declaring the treaty cannot be accepted with the league cove nant attached.
 Of these developments the recomnnen- dation of former Secretary Root, pre- sented after two days of conferences here with league opponents attracted widest discussion tonight because it was re- garded as embodying plan on which an I of action by those who do not fully ap- prove the Paris covenant.
 The reservation which Root suggested should be written into the Senate's rati- | fication, will be destined to soften the nations obligations for guaranteeing the integrity of southern countries and I further to safeguard the Monroe doc l Urine, the right of withdrawal from the | league, and the determination of domes- tic problems These reservations could I be made. the former Secretary declared l in perfect harmony with discussions and l without endangering other league pro visions.
 1 The decision to bring up the Knox l resolution was reached after confer ! ence of leaders had reached some kind of conference which would clear the ail | and strength of the league opponents.
 ROOTS RESERVATIONS The ratification reservations, recon mended by the former Secretary were n In advising and consenting to the ratification of the said treaty, the Sen l ate reserves and excludes from it's con sent the tenth article of the covenan 1 for the league of nations, as to which the ! Senate refuses it's consent.
 l CD The Senate consents to the ratifi I cation of the said treaty, reserving ar | ticle 10 aforesaid, with the understanding that whenever two years notice of With | drawal from the league of nations shal ! have been given as provided in articl 10, no claim, charge or finding that in ternational obligations or obligations under the covenant have not been full filled, will be deemed to render the twt years notice intellectual or to keep thu ! power giving the notice in the leagu Il after the expiration of the time speci fled in the notice.
 (0 Inasmuch as in agreeing to becom
 member of the league of nations, th United States of America is moved b! T 10 interest or wish to intrude upon o
 interfere with the political policy or in |
 eign state, and by no existing or an \ ticipated dangers in the affairs of tn
 American people, but assures the Euro
 pean states that it will join it's power t
 theirs for preservation of general peace
 the Senate consents to the ratificat'oa ! the said treaty, excepting artic' 4a sksrr | said, with the understandip GaS MctA
 .ng therein contained shal eanar1e to imply a relnquishment the n ss'
 States of America of it's nal faa itaq
 toward purely American que rn gF |. 1 require thei submission of ; poiicy re garding questions which it deems to b purely American questions, to the de cision or recommendation of other pow
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 This reservation and these expres sions of understanding wrote MT
 Root, "are in accordance with long es abolished precedent in the making 0
 treaties. When included in the instru l ment of ratification they will not re uuire a reopenng of negotiation, but 1 none of the other signatories expressl object to the ratification with such lin
 itations. the treaty stands as limited D ] the United States and the other powers.
 SHARP DEBATE DEVELOPS | Senator Borah made his threat o ; withdrawing from his party during sharp debate. started when the Idah senator read into the record petitio signed by 28 prominent New York re
 publicans asking that the peace Urea.
 be ratified without delay. Among th sfgners were George w. Wickershan former attorney general. and Oscar Strauss, former ambassador to Turke,
 who were bitterly assailed by N Borah. Strauss was talking to severa
 senators just outside the Senate.
 The speaker also quoted an appes of former President Taft against tn Knox resolution, in which MT. Tai urged that politics should stop at tn Iwater's edge.
 T agree with that perfectly" cor Itinued MT. Borah. Does politics sto
 at the waters edge regarding th | Monroe Doctrine? Yes. but on tn } side of the water. And so with r,a , titude If other things in this covenan 1t is inconceivable that this can |