Daily Kennebec journal., 1919-10-25
PLAN VOTE TODAY
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Senator Hale'S Address

Washington. Oct. 24-Questioning
peace treaty and believing that it
does not hold water" Senator
Hale in speech in the Senate late
this afternoon said that while he
was against the provision in the
treaty allowing Great Britain and
her dependencies six votes to our
one. he believed that the difficulty
rather than by the johnson amend
ment. He said he believed that the
reason of most of the senators in the
chamber who believed as he did in
voting against the Johnson amend
ment was that they preferred reser-
vationS 20 amendments and that the
johnson amendment was not . good
amendment and did not answer the
purposes for which it was drawn.
Senator Hale said:
Mr. President: The Johnson
amendment has been heralded
throughout the country as test Of
America nism. AS such test it
should hold water. That Ii does rot
hold water think 1 can show. Per-
haps IL is fair to state here even If
it did hold water I should not vote
for it. have already given my
reasons for voting for reservations
instead of amendments to the treaty.
Under the covenant of the league
of nations action may be taken
either by the council or by the as
sembIy o., in certain cases by both
together.
Article : proviGes-"Exoep where
otherwise expressly provided in this
covenant or by the terms 'of the pre-
sent treaty, decisions at any meet
ing Of the assembly or of the coun-
Gil shall require the agreement of
all the members of the league rep
resented at the meeting. In all
cases where the coGReil acts, there
fore. such action requires a unani-
nous vote Of the council except un-
der paragraph of article is where
it is provided that
II a report by the council is un-
animously agreed to by the members
tives Of one or more Of the parties
to the dispute, the members Of the
league agree that they will not go
to war with any party to the dispute
which complies with the recommen-
dations oft he report"
Action by the assembly may be
taken only in the following cases:
Article I. paragraph 2-Where new
members of the league are admitted
bly,.
Article 3, paragraph 3-Where
the assembly may deal at it's meet
ings with any matters within the
sphere of action OF the league or af-
fecting the peace of the world. a
unanimous vote is here required.
Article :. paragraph 1-Deferrins
to. the selection of four permanent
members of the council not included
in the original five-a unanimous
vote is here required.
Article 4. paragraph 2-Referring
to the naming of additional men,
bers Of the council and to an in
crease in the size of the council. and
here the assembly acts by a major
ity vote In conjunction with the
council,-where the vote of course
must be unanimous.
Article 5. paragraph 2-Referring to
the question Of procedure at meetings
of the assembly. in this case a majority
vote decides.
Article II. paragraph 2-Referring to
the friendly right Of each member Of
the league to bring to the attention Of
the assembly any Circumstance what
ever affecting international relations
which threatens to disturb international
peace or the good understanding be-
tween nations upon which peace de-
pends. do not think that any action
can he taken under the provisions Of
this article which as senators have saio
provides merely a general world debat-
ing society. In any event no action
could be taken except by unanimous
vote.
Article Is. paragraph 1o-Where q dis
pute has been referred from the coun-
ell to the assembly. In this case the
assembly acts on a majority vote Of Its
members exclusive Of those who are
on the council and must In conjunction
have the unanimous vote Of those Of
its members who are on the council
with the exception Of the parties in the
dispute.
Article 1s-Where the assembly may
from time to time advise the reconsid-
GRAFTON by members Of the league Of
treaties which have become inapplica-
BILE and tbs consideration Of internation-
al conditions where continuance might
endanger the peace Of the world Here
the action must be unanimous. In only
six cases does the assembly act with
out the council. In four OF these six
cases the assembly must act unani-
In only two cases-article !, re-
ferring to the election of new members
OF the league, and arti"le 3. referring u
The procedure at it1 own naeetinRs-doAs