Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1919-10-16
SENATOR REED
 BARS WAY FOR
 SHANTUNC VOTE:
Missourian Begins Attack on Treaty Ending Plan of Both
 Sides for Test.
FINAL ACTION LOOKED
 FOR THIS AFTERNOON
BOrah, Brandegee and Lodge Speak for the Amendment-Owen h. troduces Measure in Egypt's
 Behalf.

Washington, Oct. 15-The senate upset completely today the hopes of leaders on both sides of the treaty fight that a vote might be reached on the Shantung amendment or that at least some progress might be made in the reading of the treaty text.
 The formal reading of the text had been the original plan for today, but the Shantung question got the floor at the outset and it soon was evil dent that the treaty ratifying body was off for another field day of de- bate.
 Hoping then that the way might be cleared for the areading at tomor- rows session by ending debate on the Shantung provision today, the lead CTS agreed informally that the amend ment should be voted on if possible before adjournment. Both sides lined up their forces for the test, but when late in the afternoon, Senator Reed, democrat, of Missouri, began another long attack on the treaty, the senate managers threw up their hands and announced there would be no roll call today.
 Still other senators were asking for recognition when a recess was taken and they are expected to continue the debate tomorrow The leaders hope for final action on the amendment sometime tomorrow afternoon.
 Others Aid Reed.
 The debate stuck close to it's text, which was the foreign relations com mittee's amendment to transfer the Shantung rights to China in place of Japan. Five senators announced they posal. but all of them indicated they would support reservation on the subject. They were Senators Colt, Rhode Island; Lenroot, Wisconsin and Spencer. Missouri, republicans, and Shields, Tennessee, and Thomsa, Colo rado, democrats.
 Besides Senator Reed, Senators Borah, Idaho, Brandegee, Connecti- cutt, and Lodge. Massachusetts, spoke in support of the amendment. MT. Brandegee reading into the record a long pamphlet on the subject publish ed by the Chinese society of America. Senator Lodge. who wrote the amendment, made a speech of only few sentences in reply to the argu- ment that amendment of the treaty would mean it's defeat
 "We never shall see the day" said Lodge, "when Europe will refuse to let the United States come into the treaty on any terms it chooses. It can dictate today, but the moment we become ensnared in the league we can't do it."
 During the day two interpretative resolutions, proposing the preserva- tion of Egypt's right to self-govern- ment, and construing the league covenant to guarantee freedom to capable peoples placed under manda- tories by the treaty, were presented by Senator Owens. democrat, Okla. homa. He said he intended the meas ure to be entirely separate from the treaty ratification.
 Senator Reed, in his speech, con- tended that if the United States amended the treaty with respect to Shantung and the other nations re- fused to accept the amendment, "then the treaty does not bind us, and does not bind the other nations unless they see fit to make another treaty leaving out the United States altogether"
 "If they do that" Senator Reed added, "then we will make our own treaty with Germany and we won't agree to furnish men and money to fight the wars of the world"
 Senator Reed argued that Ger many would be glad to make a sep arate peace with the United States on any terms this country saw fit to impose, realizing that the friend ship of the United States stood above all other considerations.