The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-11-19
RESERVATIONS 4
TO THE TREATY,
Senate Adopted Thirteen
and Rejected Two
Proposals
PREAMBLE is
STUMBLING BLOCK
Requires Acceptance Of AL Reserva-
tions Before Treaty Can Take Eff
fect-United States to Be Sole Judge
of All Domestic Questions.


WASHINGTON, Nov. l9.-Thirteen of |
the foreign relations committee reserva- |
tions to the treaty of peace have been
adopted and two rejected. Numbering the |
preamble l the reservations follow:
l. The reservations and understandings
adopted by the senate are to be made a
part and condition of the resolution of rat
ihcation, which ratification is not to take
effect or bind the United States until the
said reservations and understandings
adopted by the senate have been accepted
by an exchange of notes as a part and
condition of said resolution of ratification
by at least three of the four, principal al
| lied and associated powers, to wit: Great
Britain, France, Italy and Japan.
3 The United States so understands
and CONSTITUTES Article that in case of no
| tiee of withdrawal from the league of ma
tions, as provided in said article, the
| United States shall be the sole Judge as
(, to whether all its international obligations
| and all its obligations under the said cove
nant have been fulfilled, and notice OF
withdrawal by the United States may be
given by a concurrent resolution of the
congress of the United States.
! B. The United States assumes no obi
| cation to preserve the territorial integ-
! rity or political independence of any. 9TH
er country or to interfere with contrcver.
sizes between nations whether members OF
| the league or not under the provision OF
Article 10, or to employ the military OF
naval forces of the United States under
any article Of the treaty for any purpose,
/ unless in any particular case the congress.
which under the constitution has the sole
power to declare war or authorize the EN-
ployment of the military or naval forces
of the United States, shall by act or joint
resolution so provide.
! f. No mandate shall be accepted BY the
United States under Article D. Part /, or
, any other provision OF the treaty OF peace
with Germany, except by action of the
r congress of the United States. "a
t s.. The United States reserves 10 i.sel
: exclusively the right to decide what cues
I tions are within its domestic jurisdiction
, and declares that all domestic and polit
zeal questions relating wholly or in part
2 to its internal affairs, including immigra
ton, labor, coastwise traffic, the tariff
commerce, the suppression of traffic il
women and children and in opium arit
other dangerous drugs. and all other do
nestle questions, and all questions affect
ing the present boundaries OF the Unite,
States and its insular aud other posses
sions. are solely with the jurisdiction o
the United States and are not under thi
treaty to be submitted in any way eithe
to arbitration or to the consideration o
the council or of the assembly OF tb
| Loo oF
or to the decision or recommendation o
any other power ~
6. The United States will not submit
to arbitration or to inquiry by the as
sembly or by the council OF the league o
nations provided for in said treaty. Q
peace, any questions which in the jude
ment of the United States depend upon o
relate to its long established policy con
monty known as the Monroe Doctrine
said doctrine is to be interpreted by tn
United States alone and is hereby declare
to be wholly outside the jurisdiction {
said league of nations and entirely VI
affected by any provision contained !
said treaty of peace with Germany.
Z. The United States withhods its 81
sent to Articles l56, l57. and l5s and r,
serves full liberty of action with respet
to any controversy which may arise unds
said articles between the republic of Chin
and the empire OF japan.
s. The congress OF the United States wi
provide by law for the appointment OF II
representatives of the United States
the assembly and the council of the leagr
of nations and may IN its discretion pr
vide for the participation of the Unite
States in any commission, committee, III
bunal, court, council, or conference or
the selection of any members thereof an
for the appointment of members of sa
commissions, committees, tribunals. court
councils or conferences, or any other re
resentatives under the treaty of peace;