Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-09-10
SENATE MAJORITY REPORT
SUBMITTED WITH CHANGES
TO meet MEMBERS IDEAS
Document Bristles With Invective and Sarcasm, De-
claring Other Nations VIII Take Whatever
United States Chooses to Give.

The first amendment offered by
the committee relates to the
league. It is proposed so to amend
| the treaty as to secure for the
United States a vote in the assem-
bly, OF the league equal 20 that OF
any other power. Great Britain
now has under the name OF the
British empire one vote in the
council OF the league. She has
four additional votes in the assem-
bly, of the league for her self-gov-
erning dominions and colonies.
which are most properly members
Of the league and signatories to
the treaty.
India Held Dummy.
She also has the vote Of India,
which is neither a self-governing
dominion nor a colony, but merely
part OF the empire and which ap-
parently was simply put in as a
signatOry and member Of the
league by the peace conference be-
cause Great Britain desired II.
Great Britain also will control the
votes of the kingdom Of Hejaz and
of Persia. With these last two, of
course, we have nothing to do But
if Great Britain has six votes in
the league assembly, no reason has
occurred to the committee and no
argument has been made 10 show
why the United States should not
have an equal number. If other
countries like the present arrange
ment, that is not our affair; but
the committee failed to sec why
the United States should have but
one vote in the assembly of the
league when the British empire
has six.
Keep Shantung Record Clear.
Amendments 80 to A, inclusive,
transfer to China the German lease
and rights, if they exist, in the Chi
nese province OF Shantung, which
are given by the treaty to Japan.
The majority OF the committee were
not willing to have their votes re-
corded at any stage in the proceed
ings in favor of the contamination
of what they consider a great
wrong. They cannot assent 10 talk
ing the property OF a faithful ally
and handing it over to another ally
in fulfillment OF a bargain made by
other powers in a secret treaty. IL
is a record which they are not will
ing to present TO their fellow clti-
Zens or leave behind them for the
contemplation Of their descendants.
Amendment No. is simply 70
provide that where q member OF
tho league has self-Eoverning do
m.nions and colonies which are
also members OF the league. the eX-
clusion Of the disputants under the
league rules shall cover the aEsre-
gate vote Of the members Of the
league and its seE-governing &c
minions and parts of empire COM
bined if any one OF them is iuvolv-
ed in the controversy.
No Interest In Commission.
''The remaining merchants, with
a single exception, may be treated
as one, for the purpose Of all alike
is to relieve the United States from
having representatives on the com
missions established by the league
which deal with questions in which
the United States has and can have
no interest and in which the United
States has evidently been inserted
by design. The exception is amend
ment No. As, which provides that
the United States shall have a
member on the reparation commits
sion, but that such commissioner
of the United States cannot, except
in the case OF shipping, where the
interests OF the United States are
directly involved, deal with or vote
upon any other questions before
that commission except under in
struc'ions from the government Of
the United States.
May Offer Others.
THE committee proposes four
revisions to be made a part of the
resolution of ratification when II Is
offered. The committee reserves,
Of course, the right TO offer other
reservations II they shall so de-
termine. The four reservations
now presented are as follows:
81. The United States reserves
TO itself the unconditional right to
withdraw from the League Of Ma
tions upon the notice provided In
article ! OF said treaty OF peace
with Germany
THE provision in the league COW
enant for withdrawal declares that
any member may withdraw provid-