Omaha daily bee., 1919-09-06
Borah and Sherman Spiritedly
AssaiI Wilson's Addresses in
Campaign for League Of
Nations Covenant.
M'CUMBER ATTACKS
G, 0. P. RESERVATIONS
SIX Substitutes Submitted for
Committee Report on Behalf
Of Senators Favoring "Mild"
Type Of Amendment.

Washington, Sept. 5.-President
Wilson's addresses to the country
in support Of the peace treaty and
league of nations evoked prompt
and spirited replies today from the
senate floor.
Senators Borah, Idaho, and Sher-
man, Illinois, republicans, assailed
statements by the president at In
dianapolis and Columbus. On the
other hand, Senator McCumber, re-
publican, North Dakota, attacked
the treaty reservations adopted yes
terday by the foreign relations COM
mittee and presented six substitute
reservations regarded as expressing
views of republican senators favor
ing reservations of mild" type. Re
ferring to the presidents statement
at indianapolis that under the
league 1--WE can mind other peoples
business Senator Borah criticized
American military operations in
Russia, declaring such to be "a usur-
patton Of power" without authority
under the constitution and for the
purpose of aiding Japan's Siberian
policy.
Resents Labor Plans.
Senator Sherman resented the
presidents assertion in Columbus
that the international labor confer
ence authorized under the peace
treaty would be held here next
month regardless of whether the
senate had ratified the treaty by
that time. The presidents attitude
showed "contemptuous disregard
of law, the Illinois senator said,
adding that officials had been I'M
peached for lesser breaches.
In presenting his proposed substl-
tute resolution of ratification, Sena-
tor McCumber spoke only briefly,
In lieu of the committee reservation
to Article 10 of the league covenant,
he proposed a reservation merely
declaring that specific action, be re-
quired from congress to make ter.
ritorial guarantees effective and
that failure Of congress to act as
proposed by Article 10 should not
be considered violation OF the
covenant. The committees reserva-
ton, Senator McCumber asserted.
would be "far worse" than an
amendment striking out Article lO
and Invites and encourages war.
McCumber Provisions.
Other substitute reservations pro-
posed by Mr.. McCumber would in
the main change only the phrasing
of the committee reservations re-
garding the Monroe doctrine, with
drawal from the league and action
on domestic questions. Two addi-
tional reservations presented by
Senator McCumber provide for re-
turn of Shantung province by Japan
to China upon adoption of the
treaty and for limitation of voting
power of British colonies in the
league as to disputes with the
mother country. The latter two
provisions were covered by the com.
mittee as amendments instead of
reservations.
The substitute by Senator McCum-
Der follows:
That the advice and suggestions
of the council (of the league) as to
the names of carrying the said obi
cations (article ten) into effect as
only advisory and that any under
taking under the provisions of ar
ticle 10, the execution of which
may require the use of American
military or naval forces, or econom-
ic measures can. under the consti-
tuition, be carried out only by the
action of congress, and that fail
ure of the congress to adopt the
suggestions of the council of the
league, or to provide such military
or naval forces or economic mea-
sures shall not constitute a vio-
lation of the treaty"