Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-10-24
ALLIES MUST AGREE
To SENATE PROGRAM
FOR RATIFICATION
Vote Not Expected Before
Friday-Leaders of Both
Parties Busy With Align
mentS on Reservations

with the administration leaders vot-
ing solidly against them.
The committee also adopted a pre-
amble to the reservations providing
that the treaty should not become
effective until three of the other
principal allied an dassociated pow
ers had agreed to the senate's reser-
vations. This, too, was opposed by
the administration senators.
Text Of Reservations
The preamble and the reservations
as approved by the committee fol-
low:
Preamble: The committee also
report the following reservations and
understanding to be made part
and a condition Of the resolution of
ratification, which ratification is not
to take effect or bind the United
States until the following reserva-
tons and understandings have been
accepted as a part and a condition
of said instrument Of ratification by
at least three of the four principal
allied and associated powers, towit:
Great Britain, France, Italy and
Jan.
81. The United States understands
and constructs article 1 that in case
of notice of withdrawal from the
League of Nations as provided in
said article the United States shall
be the sole judge as to whether all
it's international obligations and all
it's obligations under the covenant
have been fulfilled and notice of
withdrawal by the United States may
be given by a concurrent resolution
of the congress of the United States.
SO. The United States assumes no
obligation to preserve the territorial
integrity or political independence of
any other country or to interfere in
controversies between nationals,
whether members of the league or
not, under the provisions of Articel
1. or to employ the military or naval
forces Of the United States under
any article of the treaty for any
purpose unless in any particular case
the congress, which, under the con-
stitution, has the sole power to de-
clare war or authorize the employ
ment Of the military or naval forces
of the United States, shall by act
or joint resolutions so provide.
SO. No mandate shall be accepted
by the United States under Article
XXI, part one, or any other provi-
sion of the treaty of peace with
Germany except by action Of the con-
gress of the United States.
~. The United States reserves to
itself exclusively the right to decide
what questions are within it's do
nestle jurisdiction and declares that
all domestic and political questions
relating wholly or in part to it's in
terna1 affairs concerning immigration,
labor, coastvise traffic, the tariff,
commerce and all other domestic
questions are solely within the
jurisdiction Of the United States. are
not under this treaty to be submitted
in any way either to arbitration or
to the consideration of the council
or the assembly of the League of
Nations or any agency. thereof or to
the decision or recommendation of
any other power.
SIS. The United States will not sub
nit to arbitration or inquiry by the
assembly or by the council of the
League of Nations provided for in
said treaty of peace any question
which in the judgment of the United
States depend upon or relate to it's
long established policy commonly
known as the Monroe doctrine; said
doctrine is to be interpreted by the
United States alone, and is hereby
dediclared to be wholly outside the
jurisdiction of said League of Ma
tons and entirely unaffected by any
provision contained in the said treaty
of peace with GERMANY"
WASHINGTON, Oct. 2s.-Treaty
friends prepared TODAY for a last
trench fight to obtain unqualified
ratification of the pact.
While debate ragged on the senate
floor over the Johnson treaty amend
ment today, Democratic and Repub-
lican leaders worked strenuously in
cloak room to line up their forces
on the proposed reservations.
No vote was expected until to-
morrow on the Johnson amendment,
Further reservations will be consid-
cred by the foreign relations COM
mittee at a meeting late today.
Senator Johnson, making a final
plea for his amendment to euualizs
voting strength in the league, de-
clared that he introduced it with
the most implicit faith that it would
be accepted by the senate with en-
thusiasm and acclama ton
ind that 1 am sadly mistaken. ~
said Senator Johnson. There are
gentlemen in this senate who refuse
to their country that which is as
sumed by another"
Senator Hitchcock declared there
are many moves ahead for adnli,ls-
tration forces despite the word that
several mild reServationistS have in
dictated their approval of the foreign
relations committee reservations as
agreed on yesterday.
One move contemplated by Senator
Hitchcock is straighcout vote on
ratification OF the treaty without res
efvatiorS. He is exp -ctcd to frame
maneCvers with view TO putting
the Republican majority on record
against a simple ratification of the
treaty before the reservations are
Eored CT
This move, it is explained, will
force acceptance of Senator Hitch
cocks theory that defeat of a ratify-
ing resolution does not reject The
then on to vote down objectiona BILE
reservations without fear that this
could be continued as defeat for
the treaty itself.
Scores of amendments to reserva-
tons will be offered by Democratic
senator's, it was said today. Dozens
Of roll calls will be demanded, they
satG. indicating that the last round
or the treaty fight may be a long
one.
Democratic senators heard with
some surprise reports that the mild
reservationist group, including Sen
ators McNary Lenroot, Hale and
probably Senators Colt and Kellogg
plan to support the resolution OF
ratification including reservations as
approved by the senate foreign re-
lations committee.