New-York tribune., 1919-09-05
Hitchcock Fears Demands
of Senate Committee
Will Keep America
Out of World League
80 Textual Changes
In Pact Proposed
Shields, Tennessee, Votes
With Republicans for
Three of Four Measures
to Safeguard the U. S.
f@e,r York Tribune
Washington 6uredu
By Carter Field

WASHINGTON. Sept 4.-With four
reservations, SO strong that Admins
tratlon Leader Hitchcock said they
would keep the United States out of the
league of nations, and thirty-nine text
ual amendments, the peace treaty was
ordered reported by the Senate For
elgn Relations Committee to-day.
The first reservation gives to the
United States the right to withdraw
from the league upon notice provided
in Article l. The second declines to
assume any of the obligations specified
in Article 10 of the covenant to pre-
serve the political independence or
territorial integrity of any other coun-
try. and refuses to accept any mandate
from the league except by act Of Con-
gress. The third provides that the
United States shall have sole jurisdic-
ton over questions Of domestic policy
and reserves to the United States the
right to determine what such questions
are. The fourth declines to submit
to the arbitration of the league any
subject which, in the judgment of the
United States, is associated with the
maintenance of the Monroe Doctrine.
Senator Lodge will write the majority
report Of the committee and Senator
John Sharp Williams reserved the right
TO file a minority report within three
days after the majority report is filed.
Senator McCumber expects to file
separate minority report, since he ap-
proves two of the four reservations
adopted by the committee, thinks that
on Article X should be modified and
that on withdrawal rewritten, and op-
poses all of the textual amendments.
SO that the treaty will come up for
formal consideration in the Senate per-
haps within week, and almost GER
tainly by the first of the week after
next week.
Senator Shields, Of Tennessee, Demo
crat, voted with the Republicans for
three Of the four reservations, all ex-
cept that on Article X, and declined
to vote against that, saying he ap-
proved its spirit, but thought the
phraseology should be a little d;f-
fercnt.
Vote on First Reservation
The first reservation was voted upon
first. On its adoption into the resolu-
tion of ratification the vote was as
follows:
Ayes Lodge, Massachusetts,; Borah,
Idaho. Brandegee, Connecticut; Fall,
New Mexico; Knox, Pennsylvania;
Harding, Ohio; New, Indiana; Moses,
New Hampshire, and Johnson, Califor-
MIA Republicans), and Shields, Tennes-
see (Democrat) 10.
Noes Hitchcock, Nebraska; Will
iams, Mississippi; Swanson, Virginia;
Pomerene. Ohio; Smith, Arizona. and
PIttman. Nevada (Democrats), and Nc
Cumber, North Dakota (Republican)-7.
The reservation against Article x
was voted upon next. The rollcalI
showed:
Ayes-Lodge, Borah, Brandegee, Fall,
Knox, Harding, New, Johnson and
Moses Republicans s.
Noes-Hitchcock, Williams, Swan
son, Pomerene, Smith and Pittman
(Democrats) and McCumber (Repub-
lican)-7.
The third. reservation brought out
the following vote:
Ayes - Lodge, McCumber, Borah,
Brandegee, Fall, Knox, Harding. New
and Moses Republicans) and Shields
(Democrat)-10.
Noes Hitchcock, Williams, Swan
son, Pomerene, Smith and Pittman
Democrats IS.
The vote on the fourth reservation
received exactly the same vote.
Republicans Are Jubilant
The Republicans are frankly iubilant
over the situation, especially over the
firm stand taken by Senator Shields
While Mr.. Shields has been known to
favor reservations, his only statement
until to-day was favoring a separate
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