The sun., 1919-10-23
SENATORS VOTE
RESERVATIONS
TO THE TREATY
Foreign Relations Passes
Upon Ten; Three Others
Are Pending.
PREAMBLE IS ADOPTED
Requires Acceptance by Three
Big POwers-Congress to
Rule on Mandates.


WASHINGTON. Oct. 22.-The work Of
Americanizing the peace treaty and
the League of Nations covenant made
a long stride forward in the Senate
Foreign Relations Committee to-day.
In the course Of two protracted ses-
sions reservations, framed with a view
to making the position OF America alb
solutely clear, were adopted by vary
ing votes. In not a single instance
was there a majority of less than three
Of the nineteen members of the COM
mittee- Also. preamble was adopted
which makes acceptance of the Amer
lean reservations by three of the four
principal Powers necessary before the
United States is bound by any part of
the treaty.
At the close of the second session
to-day all the thirteen reservations ex-
cept three had been acted upon and
adopted by the committee. In every
| instance Senator Shields (Tenn.), a
Democrat, voted with the Republican
majority of the committee. Only on
the particular portion of the preamble
whereunder provision is made that
three Of the principal Allied and As
ISOLATED Powers must accept the
American reservations, was there a
Republican detection. On this point
Senator McCumber IN. d. voted with
the Democrats.
| Congress to Vote on Mandates.
7 In the instance OF the adoption of
! reservation No. 8, whereby II is set forth
that no mandate shall be accepted by
| the United States under Article XXI. OF
Part l. Cthe covenanO or any other
provision of the treaty Of peace with
| Germany, except by action OF the Con-
gress of the United States" the vote
was 12 to 2. On this vote even Senator
William (Miss.). author OF the resolution
to send American troops into Armenia
voted for adoption Only Senators Pitt
man (Nev) and Smith (Ariz) voted
NO" while Senators Hitchcock (Neb)
Swanson (Va.) and Pomerene (Ohio) re-
J
Reservations Nos. II, 12, 3, and q
were acted upon at the morning session
or the committee. These are in fact, II
not in exact form. the original reserva-
i tions drafted by the committee in ad-
vance of Its original report upon the
treaty. They have come to be known
generally as the Lodge reservations. al
though No. Of the list was a Join,
product in which Senator McCumbel
1 n narfa
| This reservation was Identical in tex
with the one denounced as tantamouni
! to teNtual amendment by President
| Wilson In his speech in Salt Lake City
about month ago. The President a,
that time said that such an amendment
meant rejection Of the treaty.
shantunE Also Included.
| At the afternoon session the commit.
| tee dealt with the succeeding amend
ments. 1t adopted a reservation with
| regard TO the Shantung award by &
vote OF IL to 6. and this ratio OF vote,
prevailed throughout the deliberations.
Late In the afternoon Senator Nc
Cumber was called away and on one
vote ten affirmative and six regattv,
votes were cast
The following is the form OF reserva.
tions considered to-day by the commit
tee. with such textuAl changes as wer,
adopted. The three reservations remain
ing to be acted upon at the next meet.
Ing Of the committee which probably
will be called tomorrow are Nos Z, II
and 13. Nos. Z and IL were passed
over temporarily without prejudice ant
arc certain OF adoption with perhaps
minor textual changes No. is wal
not reached in to-days discussion.
The preamble and the reservations a,
approved by the committee follows:
! "Prcamble.-The committee also re
ports the following reservations anC
understandings to be made a part and
condition OF the resolution OF ratifca
tion. which ratification Is not to TAX,
effect or bind the United States unit
the following reservations and under
standings have been accepted as a par
and a condition Of said instrument O
ratification by at least three of the fou
principal allied and associated powers
to wit: Great Britain, France. Italy ant
Japan"
/. The United States understands ant
construes Article /. that In case of motto.
of withdrawal from the League of Ma
tions as provided in said article tn
United States shall be the sole judg
as to whether all It's International OBJ
legations and all its obligations unde
the said covenant have been fulfilled ant
notice of withdrawal by the Unite,
States may be given by a concurren
resolution Of the Congress of the Unite,
States.
2. The United States assumes no oh
legation to preserve the territorial In
tegrity or political independence of an!
other country or to interfere In contro
versies between nations whether mem
bers of the league or not, under the pro
visions of Article /, or to employ tn,
military or naval forces OF the Unite,
States under any article OF the treat,
for any purpose unless In any particu
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