El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-09-06
THE AND AMENDMENTS
KEEP u. S. UNBOUND; WEAKEN LEAGUE

TF YOU want Us to help settle your problems very well
provided it doesn't cost anything; if it does, We
shal have to estimate Of cost before deciding
AS for affairs intend to take Of them II
our way without interference from anybody"
That what the United States would say to the rest
Of the subscribers to the peace treaty and the League Of
Nations IN the reservations written into the
resolution ad0uted the foreign relations
mttee providing for the ratification Of the treatycoveaan
There four of these reservations The first serves
notice On the world that the United States viii Withdraw
ION the League Of Nations whenever it fit the
notice provided in article Of the treaty This rather
matter Of form and useless except that it calls attention
that the United States does not intend to 90 into Leage
Of Nations with the idea Of remaining regardless Of cir
cumstances that may arise.
The second reservation declares that the United States
declines to accept any mandates share in any foreign
intervention interfere in any internal external
troveres Of other countries except by Of the
Of the United States This would preserve to the United
States complete liberty Of action in any that would
arise It would nuIfy the authority Of the league be-
cause 1t would renderhe United States perhaps the chief
pillar Of the league, completely immune from the leagues
authority In other words the United States wouldn't
obey the league unless it wanted to- This reservation VIII
be fought by president Wilson's supporters, may be
prophesied safely, and it viii be received abroad with
marked disfavor
The third reservation provides that the United States
to itself decision to all domestic questions such
immigration cOastwise commerce. and the tariff and
viii submit any such questions arbitration Of the
League Of Nations to the decision recommendation
Of any other power So If Japan to protest to the
League of Nations that the United States discriminate
ing unjusty against Japanese subjects in its immigration
pOcY united states would reIuSe accept
any Judgment recommendation from the league the
subject.
The fourth reservation declares that the United States
viii submit for arbitration inquiry by the assembly
or the council of the League Of Nations any questions
which the Judgment Of the United States depend
related the Monroe doctrine The Monroe doctrine
declared be wholly outside the jurisdiction of the
league
That reservation excludes from the authority of the
League Nations the whole American continent, north
and SOUTH insofar that authority might conflict actually
or by implication with the Monroe doctrine. It will be
very interesting such Central and South American
been chafng under the Monroe doctrine and
hoping that the League Of Nations might get nd Of it.
and especially to Mexico president Carranza having de-
cined TO recognize the Monroe doctrine at all
These four reservations reveal the hand Of senator
Ledge chairman OF the senate foreign relations committee
than that they supposed to represent the
Republican desire to maintain to the utmost the indie
pendence Of the United States in any participation IN the
League Of Nations They II addition to about 40
amendments including by senator A B FAN, Of New
Mexico the withdrawal Of the United States from rep
resenation international committees this alone invov
ing about IS textual changes.
The most important Of these amendments, from the
viewpoint Of the average American is the providing
for equal voting power Of Great Britain and the United
States The original plan to give Great Britain vote for
svery dominion with the United States to have only one
Tote has proved highly reDugnant Equal voting power
and the maintenance Of the Monroe doctrine have been