Omaha daily bee., 1919-11-14

republican, Wisconsin, made a two
hour speech against Article 10, and
the republican cloture proposal went
in as soon as he took his seat.
Muster Only Four Votes.
The first amendment voted on,
motion by Senator Walsh, democrat,
Montana, to amplify the reservation
mustered only four votes. Pending
for several days, the proposal had
been characterized in debate as
"a trick" to attract irreconcilable
republicans away from their party
leaders and to make the reservation
SO sweeping that the mild reserva-
tionists could not vote for its adop-
ton. Senator Walsh denied that any
trick was intended, but the demo-
cratic leaders apparently decided to
take no chances on such an amend
ment being adopted. Senator Pitt
man, democrat, Nevada, was the
only democrat, except Senator
Walsh to vote for it.
On all the other proposed amend
ments and substitutes the vote was
virtually the same. no republican
voting for any chance, and from
three to five democrats helping vote
them down. A motion by Senator
Thomas, democrat, Colorado, to as
sumo the Article 10 obligations for
five years was rejected 46 to 80; one
by Senator Walsh, democrat, Mon
tana, to extend the articles guaran-
tee to the small buffer states of Cen
trail Europe was lost, a. to 81, and
one by Senator Mcclellan, democrat,
Tennessee, to extend aid in protect
ing Alsace Lorraine went out, as
to IS.
Reject Substitute
By,a vote of d. to 80 the senate
rejected a substitute by Senator
Hitchcock, which would declare the
recommendations of the league
council to be merely advisory" and
a similar proposal by Senator Owen,
democrat, Oklahoma failed "A to 80.
Mr.. Hitchcock's final effort at
amendment, a motion to add
resolution drawn some months ago
by Senator Knox, republican, Penn
sylvania, relative to the nations
duty in any European emergency,
was rejected IS to "a, Senator Knox
voting with the other republicans
against it.
The substitute reservations pre-
scented by Senator Hitchcock, are as
follows:
That any member nation propos-
ing to withdraw from the league on
two years notice is the sole judge
as to whether its obligations re-
ferred to in Article / of the league
of nations have been performed as
required in said article.
That no member nation is required
to submit to the league, its council,
or its assembly for decision, report
or recommendation, any matter
which it considers to be in interna-
tional law, domestic question such
as immigration, labor, tariff, or
other matter relating to its internal
or coastwise affairs.
Monroe Doctrine Stands
That the national policy of the
United States known as the Monroe
doctrine, as announced and inter
preted by the United States, is not
in any way impaired or affected by
the covenant of the league of nations
and is not subject to any decision,
report of inquiry by the council or
assembly.
That the advice mentioned in
Article 10, of the covenant of the
league which the council may give
to the member nations as to the
employment of their naval and mill
tary forces is merely advice which
each member nation is free to accept
or reject according to the conscience
and Judgment of its then existing
and in the United States
this advice can only be accepted by
action of the congress at the time