Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-11-11
Final Vote May Be Reached
Today on Reservation That
Is Wholly Unacceptable to
Administration.
BITTERNESS REACHES
HIGH PITCH IN DEBATE
Charge Plans Made to Take
Away Political Patronage Of
Senator Walsh for Opposing
Adoption of Pact.

Washington, Nov. 10.-The fight
over Article 10 of the league Of
nations covenant neared conclusion
today in the senate with develop
ments promising adoption of reser-
vation wholly unacceptable to the
administration.
During the day the reservation
drafted by the foreign relations COM
mittee, almost identical with one
which President Wilson has an
nounced he would regard as rejec-
ton of the treaty, weathered all at
tempts to alter it and rallied re-
peatedly a support which seemed to
insure its final acceptance. A vote
is expected tomorrow.
The reservation provides that un-
der the article, which pledges men,
Der states to preserve as against ex-
ternal aggression the territorial in
tegrity and political independence
of all other members, the United
States shall assume no obligations
to use its naval or military forces
except on express authorization OF
congress in every specific case.
Bitterness in Debate.
The debate which summed up six
months of senate discussion of the
subject reached a high pitch of Bit
terness several times during the day
Senator Walsh, demoerat. Massss
SAID his advocacy 81 amend
ments and reservations had been
Conscientious and that he regretted
tc disagree with his democratic col
leagues.
81 know that already plans have
been made to take from me every
particle Of political patronage in the
commonwealth of Massachusetts,
he said, adding that as IAN offspring
of an oppressed race" he had felt the
league did not give a hearing to sub
ject European raceI
"The senator ought to stand here
as an American senator, not as all
offspring of an oppressed race"
Senator Williams, democratic, Mis-
sissippi, retorted. He added THAT
some of the league workers were
seeking its death with a "bludgeon
and others with a poision of res
ervations. because of hate for some
country beyond the Atlantic"
Unworthy To Be Citizen.
, "The man who cannot put behind
him his European Derivation" con-
tinued Senator \ Williams, "is un-
worthy to be an American citizen
and thrice unworthy to be an Amer
ican senator. The senator may not
know it, and a great many of his
hyphenates may not know. but you
have lost more friends for Ireland
during this war than you have
gained in 20 years before"
Just before adjournment, the
united republican forces backing the
reservation almost were split by a
democratic proposal to make the
qualification even more sweeping
in its terms, but the republican lead
ers soon recovered their hold Oh the
situation and declared that danger
of amending the committee draft
had passed.
The amendment on which the re-
rublicans had momentarily divided
was introduced by Senator Walsh,
democrat, Montana, a staunch ad-
ministration supporter, and would
have added to the reservation a
proviso that the United States ere
leases all members of the league
from any obligation to it under
article 10, and declines to partici-
pate in any proceedings by the eoun-
Gil authorized thereby"
See Alleged Trick"
Republicans of the group irrecon,
cilably opposed to the treaty
quickly displayed their pleasure over
the possibility of writing such a pro,
vision into the treaty. Three Of
them, Senators Borah, Idaho; Fall
New Mexico, and Mccormick, Iii
nois, announced they would support
the proposal, and the mild reser.
vationists on that side of the cham
Der were thrown into a hurried con.
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