The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-09-15
REJECTION OF
AMENDMENTS
RECOMMENDED
BY M'CUMBER
North Dakota Senator De-
nounces Motives of Major
ity as Discourteous and Sell
fish.
U. S. IS PROTECTED
fBy Associated Press)


WASHINGTON, Sept. 15-Rejec-
ton Of all proposed amendments to
the German peace treaty and modifi-
cation Of the recommended STRONG"
reservations was urged in an individ-
ual minority report filed with the
senate today by Senator McCumber,
Republican, of North Dakota. next in
rank on the foreign relations commit
tee to Chairman Lodge. Senator Nc
Cumber did not join in the recent Re-
publican majority report and voted
with the Democrats on amendments
and several reservations.
Attacking the majority report of
Chairman Lodge, Senator McCumber
denounced most of the majority
amendments as selfish, immoral and
dishonorable," and charged that they
seek to isolate the United States
from the rest of the world and aban-
don our allies
ITO the substance of some of the
proposed reservations" Senator Nc
Cumber's report declared, there can
be no serious objections. But against
the manner in which they are assert
ed I do most earnestly protest. They
are couched in defiant, discourteous
and overbearing manner and seem in
tended to express a jingoistic spirit
that ought to be eliminated from
American craftsmanship"
Scoring the committee reservations
to Article X Of the league of nations
covenant, Senator McCumber said it
really is an amendment pure and
simple" and designed to take the
United States entirely out of the
league.
May Lose Shantung.
Special opposition was expressed by
Senator McCumber to the proposed
amendment to the Shantung provis-
ion. By this amendment he said,
Japan would be Kicked out" of the
league by the United States and Shan
tung possibly lost to China.
Calling attention to what he termed
the failure of the committee major
ity to explain the purposes of the
league. Senator McCumber said:
Not one word is said. not a single
allusion made concerning either the
great purpose of the league of ma tions
or the methods by which those pur-
poses are to be accomplished.
Irony and sarcasm have been sub
stituted for argument 1t is regret
table that the animosity which cen
ters almost wholly aga inst the league
should have been engendered against
subject so important to the world s
welfare. 1t is regrettable that the con-
sideratiOn of a matter SO foreign to
partisa rship should be influenced by
hostility towards or subserviency to
the president"
Vote Amendment Unnecessary
Analyzing the committee amend
ments, Senator McCumber said that
the amendment to give the United
States equal vots in the league with
unnecessary"
The plan Of giving each member
nation one vote without regard to size
or importance was the only possible
plan. the senator argued, adding that
to all intents and purposes the Brit
ish colonies are independent.
Senator McCumber said his. only OBJ
iections to the Lodge reservation on
withdrawal from the league was of
form. As to the Lodge reservation TO
Article X, Senator McCumber said he
had many objections.
First, 1t is an amendment, pure
and simple" he said, of the most i'm
portant article in the league. It's pur
pose Is to take the United States as a
power for the peace OF the world out
of the league entirely.
Second. It places this country in q
false and wrong position, an attitude
of encouraging powerful countries tC
inflict or impose any wrong upon
weaker nations, by our declared polio!
of nOn-interVention."
With his report. Senator Nc cCumbel
submitted the six reservations he
champions as substitutes for the com
mittee reservations. These recently
were made public.