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COMMITTEE 0. KS
TEN RESERVATIONS
PROVISION STIMULATES THEY
MUST BE ACCEPTED BY THREE
OF THE GREAT POWERS
SEN. LODGE is CONFIDENT
He Declares Reservations Represent 4
Compromise Behind Which Ma
jority of the Senate Is Pledged
to Stand Firmly

Washington, Oct 23.-Reopening it's
consideration of the peace treaty, the
senate foreign relations committee
| yesterday adopted 10 revised reserva-
lions, including provision that the
| senate qualifications must be accept
ed by three of the other great powers
| before the ratification becomes eff
| fective.
Among them was a new proposal
which administration senators declar-
ed would break down the economic
| boycott feature of the league of ma
| lions covenant, and reservation on
| Article X. differing only in the trans
| position of one phrase from that
which President Wilson has announce
ed he would treat as a rejection of
the treaty.
The 10 reservations were part of Il
list presented by Chairman Lodge and
declared by Republican leaders to rep
resent a compromise behind which ii
majority of the senate is pledged to
stand. The administration members of
the committee, headed by Democratic
Leader Hitchcock, tried in vain to Sc
cure modification of the majority pro-
posals and then voted Solidly against
all of them.
Showing for the first time, however
a willingness to include reservations
of an interpretative character in the
ratification resolution, Senator Hitch
cock and his colleagues offered sub
stituteS for several of the reservations
presented, but not a single substitu-
ton or change was made at their sug-
gestion.
The 10 subjects covered by the res
ervations were:
Withdrawal from league member
ship; Article X the right of congress
to authorize mandates; national SUI
premacy over domestic questions: the
Monroe doctrine; Shantung; limita-
tons on the PREPARATIONS committee;
the power of congress to determine
to league expenses; the
right to increase armament in certain
and the right to con-
tinue trade with a cevenant-breaking
state.
In the vote on one of these reserva---.
tons, Senator McCumber. Republican,
North Dakota, who had stood with the
mild reservationists" against all
previous committee proposals, voted
with the majority. In every case, too. u
Senator Shields, Democrat, of Tennes-
see, voted with the Republicans. the
count on all important roll calls re-
ating to the reservations standing IL
o 6. On the provision requiring the
assent of other powers, however,
which was contained in a preamble to
he reservation group, Senator Nc
lumber joined the six Democrats in
opposition. 1t was said that part of
he program. together with some adj
itional reservations to be taken up
ater, had failed to secure the support
f all of the mild Republicans" The
eaders, however, asserted they had
he votes pledged TO carry al of their
ropOsals through the senate.
Action on three reservations on the
Majority program was deferred and it
Tas said more would be added to the
st before the next meeting of the
which probably will be
cid TOMORROW. The three passed over
-ould provide that congress- appoint
ne American delegates to the league
nd delegates TO such other interna-
onal bodies as it chose that steps
Mould be taken by the league to pre-
ent the white slave traffic; and that
he section validating the acEs of the
len property custodian should not be
Qdinp in anV case whore fine Laws of 1
lis country were violated