Palatka daily news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1919-1994, 1919-11-28

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Of Mrs. Trammell. Senator Tram
nell will have to be in Washington
Monday when Congress meets in reg
ular session.
Senator Trammell came in for con-
siderable criticism as a result of his
vote against the unqualified ratifica-
ton of the treaty.
In explaining his vote on the final
eff ont at ratification without reserva-
ton Senator Trammell said that evry
few members of the Senate were in
favor of ratifying without some reser-
walton.
THE principle object in making
these reservations" said Senator
Trammell, was to make plain the
intention of the United States that
this government retained exclusive
control over its domestic problems,
such as immigration, the tariff, coast
wise traffic and other internal affairs;
the preservation Of the Monroe Doc
trine, the prohibition against Great
Britain controlling with its six votes
N any matter in which America was
interested; the right of our govern
ment to determine whether or not it
had performed it's obligations if it
should decide to withdraw from the
League of Nations, and also that the
council of the League of Nations
should not have the power to direct
and require American soldiers to de-
fend the territorial boundaries and
political integrity of other nations eX-
cept when the same was authorized !
by congress. had voted along with .
large majority of my democratic as
sociates for these reservations to be
embraced in the resolution of ratifi-
cation and had done so because | be-
lieve in making plain the United
States Interpretation of the clauses
Of the League of Nations touching
upon these questions. The same
views were entertained by large ma
jority Of both democrats and repub-
leans of the senate. These inter-
pretations were in line with the coll
struction placed upon the sections
involved by the President. Whether
or not the foreign members of the
council of the League of Nations
would have placed the same construc-
ton upon them is in my mind very
doubtful and l thought the safest
policy to protect the interest of our
own country was to specify in the res
olution of ratification the construc-
ton we placed upon these sections
of the League of Nations which are
of such vital interest to America.
Neither Mr.. Underwood or any one
who supported his resolution had the
least hope of it being adopted but
merely desired an expression to give
the President the opportunity to state
tate to the other powers tina he Am
erican senae would not ratify the
treaty without at least placing in
the resolution of ratification certain
reservations. | re-
NAMED true to my convictions and
voted against the resolution because
| honestly believed that the inter
2. etaS.ve reservations should be in
serted in the resolution of ratification.
The President has often been quoted
as stating that he did not object to
certain reservations.
81 am most earnestly in favor of
the League of Nations as contem-
plated by this treaty and by vote al
;er vote have shown that l desired \
such league but my strong sentiment
;or this world movement for disarni-
lment and peace only intensifies my
to make plain and
3larify certain covenants of the
League of Nations which if not de- s
med and interpreted according to our
in our resolution of
'atifcation may bring confusion and 7
conflict to the United States in the
uture. We must bear in mind that
he United States would have no vote r
n the league upon any matter in i
which our republic is in dispute,
therefore,, unless we make plain our
of certain clauses of
his covenant foreigners on the coun-
il would rule supreme when Ameri- \
as interest may be involved in di-
ect dispute, Our nation would be p
'ithout ans voting strength upon
What America construed the covenant
o mean under which we were being
ried upon a dispute with another ma
ion." n