The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1919-11-13
PRESIDENT LOSES
IN TREATY FIGHT
Senate Adopts Preamble Reser-
walton by Vote oil 48 to 40.
MCUHBER JOINS Ds@ocRATs
North Dakots Senator Is Only Repub-
Iiean to Oppose the Proposal
Mild Reservstionists support
the Recommendation.

the Recommend ations.
Washington. Nov. s.-The first
rlause Of the treaty reservations
drawn by the foreign relations com
nittee. u preamble requiring three OF
he other great powers to accept the
reservations. was adopted 10y the sen
ite after many efforts to amend II
had failed.
The vote was 4S to 40, The mild
eservation group dining up almost sol
lily In favor Of the measure. The
My Republican voting In the negs
live was Senator McCumtser CRep) OF
North Dakota. Three Democrats
Reed Of Missouri. Gore Of Oklahoma
md Walsh of Massachusetts stood
with the Republicans for the pream'
bile.
Roll Call on Reservation.
For the Observation-Disclosures
Ball. Borah. Brandegee. Calder. Cap
per. Colt. Cummins. Curtis. billing
ham. Edge. Elkins. Fall. Fernald
France. Frelinghuysen. Gronna. Hale
Harding. Johnson (CalD, Jones
Wash.), Kellog. Kenyon. Keyes, Knox
La Toilette. Lenroot. Lodge. McCor-
mick. Mclean. McNary. Moses. Mel
son. New. Newberry. Norris, Page
Phipps, Poindexter, Sherman, Smoot
Spencer, Sterling. Townsend. Wads-
worth and Watson-45. Democrats
Gore. Reed. Walsh (Mass), 3. Total
~.
Against the amendment - Demo
Gratis. Ashurst, Chamberlain. Culber-
son. Dial. Fletcher. Gay, Garry. Har'
ris. Harrison. Henderson. Hitchcock,
Johnson Is. D.. Jones IN. NJ, Ken
drick. King. Kirby. Mcclellan Myers
Nugent. Overmnn. Owen. Phelan. Pitt
man. POmerene. Ransdell. Robinson
Sheppard, Simmons. Smith (ArizO
Smith tGa.). Smith tMd), Smith Is
c.. Swanson. Thomas. Trammel
Underwood. Walsh (Mont.), Williams
and Woicott. Republican: McCuIn-
her Total. 40
axe Op firSt ncScfNdtoHs
An amendment by Senator king
Dem) OF Utah to make II possible
for n foreign power TO accept the res
ervations merely by recognizing the
United States as party to the
treaty" was rejected. 46 to AZ.
The senate then took up the first o1
the committees IA reservations relat
ing To withdrawal from membership
in the league. Senator Thomas
Oem.). Colorado. moved to strike out
the provision that notice OF withdraw
al could he given by q concurrent res
clution of congress.
President Wilson told Senator Hitch
cock of Nebraska, administration led
er In the senate treaty fight, that he
would he entirely satisfied with any
reservations supporters of the treaty
might feel justified In accepting. pro
vided they did not nullify the League
OF Nations covenant and were designed
for the purpose Of interpreting the
terms of the treaty.
First Test on Reservations.
In the first test of strength on the
reservations proposed by the foreign
relations committee, the senate refused
nv a vote of A. to 40. to strike out
the provision which would require &C
ceptance of the reservations by the
other powers.
BY the same vote and with the same
partisan alignment. the senate rejected
another amendment. offered by Sena
tor McCumber to the preamble pro
posing that acceptance Of reservations
"might be" effected by exchange Of
diplomatIc notes. The committee pre-
nmbIe requires such an exchange o.
notes.
Reject 6orah Amendment.
The senate also rejected propose
by Senator Borah (Rep), Idaho, TO re
quire that all four. instead Of thre,
Of the great powers, he required /,
accept the reservations. On this vot,
the mild reservation group of Repub
llcans swung over with the Democrats
The president, Senator Hitchcocl
said, on returning from the Whit,
House. expressed his very strong ap
proYal" of what had been done I,
date. and agreed that no compromis,
would be offered unless a deadlock
was reached on resolution Of ratifi
cation.
Senator Hitchcock outlined his pro
gram as first an endeavor to defeat IN,
reservations reported by the foreign
relations committee. and II that failed
TO vote down the resolution Of ratlfi
cation containing them. His mex
move would he to present q resolution
OF ratification, and should deadlock
ensue. TO attempt compromise with
Republican opponents.
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