The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-10-03
Senate ReservatiOnists Broaden
Their Program.
Would Relieve e. S. of All obi
cations of Soldiers.
NOT TO Be ON COMMISSIONS
America Not To Aid Europe's
Boundary Rows.
Congress Could Call for Resig-
nations Amy Time.

washington, oct. S.-Ihe program
of senate resedvationists is to be
broadened to include practically all
matters covered by amendments that
have been, or will be proposed to the
peace treaty, it was evident today.\
Not only does the proposed resedva-
ton program contemplate relieving
the United States of any obligation to
send troops abroad under Article x
to preserve the territory or political
independence of foreign nations
against external aggression, but it is
to include a prohibition against the
use of American troops abroad for
any purpose without the specific con-
sent of congress.
This is to cover such cases as the
sending of troops to Upper Silesia to
help keep order preceding and during
whether the territory is to be under
Germen or Polish sovereignty.
Not on Commission.
The new program is also to provide,
senators said, that the United States
shall not be represented on European
boundary commissions or other bodies
set up to carry out treaty provisions IL
for any reason congress thinks this
country should not be represented, and
is to provide for American withdrawal
from mem bership on any such COM
mission at any time congress desires.
A check is to be placed upon tie
acts of American members of SUI h
commissions to their votes will be sub
jected to wise" by congress All such
American representatives must be APP
proved by the senate before entering
upon their duties, if the broadened
reservation plan is accepted.
This program has now for the first
time become public, it's supporters
said.
Fall Plan Defeated.
Falls amendments were over
whelmingly defeated yesterday. But
upon the first roll call thirty senators
voted for the amendment with four
absent who may have supported it.
Senator Lodge, a Republican leader,
said the vote delighted him and
added:
1T showed that we have one vote
more than the tlairty-three required
TO reject the treaty unless it is made
safe by the adoption of strong reserva-
tons
Administration leaders took a diff
feren view.
1.-The voting proves said Senator
! Hitchcock, that the big majority OF
! the senate is heartily opposed to the
| efforts of a belligerent partisan mi
nerity to destroy the treaty. All our
I forecasts concerning the defeat OF
| amendments by overwhelming MAORI
ties were borne out and the voting
| should leave no doubt in anyone
mind that all other amendments will
be as decisively rejected. 1t was a
! clean cut victory"
! The next amendment to be reported
| will be that on Shantung, which is six
| amendments in one.
| Following. that another Fall amend
ment, that relating to the action of
| the American member of the repara-
| tons commission. will come up.
| Senate leaders said they believe a
vote may be reached on Shantung late
next week.
Indication Is Exhibited.
Senators who analysed yesterday
votes on the Fall proposals found that
the vote upon the first amendment of
the series of thirty-six, eliminating
the United States from Membership
on the Belgian boundary onamission
gave the best indication of how the
senate stands. On that amendment
lfifty-eight voted no. of whom forty
one were Democrats and seventeen
twenty being Republicans and
one-Gore, Oklahoma. Democrat
Reed, johnson. California; Page ant
Sutherland were all paired in favor o.
the amendment. while four other alb
sentees-Martin, Virginia; Smith
South Carolina: johnson. South Da
kota, and King were against it. Had
they been present, the vote proba bl,
, would have stood thirty-four for tn,
amendment and sixty-two against il
: Few changes occurred on later roll
calls.
The headman of a Lebanon village wrot