The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-11-18
ARTICLE TEN OF
COVENANT KILLED
BY DECISIVE MAJORITY SENATE
PAYS NO HEED TO PRESIDENT
WILSON'S WISHES.

WASHINGTON, D. C.-The for
eign relations committee reservation
to article ten of the league of ma
lions covenant stood today in the SEN
ate as a part of the pact in face of
President Wilson's unrelenting oppo-
sition and his declaration that 1t
would cut the heart out of the cove
nant.
The reservation, which had caused
exhaustive debate in the senate, was
adopted by vote of 46 to 33 in the
exact form in which it came from
the committee. The roll call showed
for ty-aix senator voting for the reser-
walton and thirty-three against it, all
the negative votes being cast by dem
ocrats. Four democrats-Senators
Reed of Missouri, Gore of Oklahoma,
Smith of Georgia, and Walsh of Mas
sachusetts-voted for the reserva-
ton. Senator Shields, of Tennessee,
was paired. in favor of it.
Vigorously Assaulted by Smith.
Senator Smith, of Georgia, bitter
ly assailing article 10, declared I'M
less some of its obligations were
eliminated he would vote against the
treaty The provisions of the article
were one-sided, he said, designed ito
make us carry the burdens of the
world" by protecting other nations
while requiring no aid from them.
His only objection to the committee
reservation, Senator Smith declared,
was that it was mot strong enough"
Through adoption of this reserva-
ton the league covenant IS shorn or
all the authority which the league
trainers sought to give it in the mat
ter of American participation in for
eign wars. Congress alone, under the
reservation, will have the right to
say whether America shall send
troops abroad, to do police duty IN
Europe or to keep the peace along
European frontiers.
Article X. Reservations.
The article X. reservations as
adopted by the senate follows:
"The United States assumes no OBJ
legation to preserve the territorial IN
tegrity or political independence OF
any other country or to Interfere
with controversies between nations
members of the league or
the provisions of article
X, or to employ the military or ma
val forces of the United States UNI
der any article of the treaty for any
purpose, unless in any particular case
the congress, which under the constr
tuition has the sole power to declare
war or authorize the employment OF
the military or naval forces of the
United States, shall by act or JOINT
resolution so provide"
If the people of Ireland should
rise in rebellion against the rule OF
England the troops of America could
not be ordered by the league to go
to the support of England in crush
ing the rebellion. Nor could the
league order the dispatch of Amerl-
can soldiers to assist Japan if the
Chinese in despoiled Shantung should
make an effort to throw off the Jap
anese yoke. In either instance, or IN
any similar event, the consent OF
would have to be given be-
fore troops of the United States
could be so employed.
Article X was originally drafted
bv President Wilson. 1t was IN the
daft of the league plan which he
carried abroad to submit to the other
at the peace table. Its
adoption was insisted upon by him as
the most necessary adjunct of the
league which wa sto bring universal
peace.
Fourteen Points Attacked.
President Wilson's fourteen points
were the target for an attack by a
of senators during the de-
bate.
"By the greatest stretch of the
and the use of magnl-
league which was to bring universal
flying glass | defy any senator to
in this treaty." Senator Lenroot, of
said.
Senator Penrose, Of Pennsylvania,
said it was his understanding the
Germans "were led to lay down their
arms on the beautiful promises pic
sured in the fourteen points"
Senator Norris, of Nebraska, charg-
ed "bad faith" in the making of Sc
cret treaties by the big powers the
United States was associated with.
GAS an American | feel Inundated
and outraged by the action of the
president of the United States in go
ng to Paris and agreeing to a cove
1ant which no person in this country
wanted or cared about" Penrose de- J
clared.