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KNOX RESOLUTION
IS REPORTED.
Senate Committee Drops Pledge
to Europe
DEBATE TO START MONDAY
Opposition to Final Section Causes its
Elimination by the comnittee-Bit-
ter Opposition Sure.

Opposition to Final Section Causes It's
Elimination by the committee-Bit-
ter Opposition Sure.
Washington, June 13.-The resolu-
ton OF Senator Knox, Republican,
Pennsylvania, to put the senate ON re-
cord against accepting the league OF
nations in the terms Of the peace
treaty with Germany, was reported in
an amended form by the senate for
eign relations committee.
The committee struck out the Sec
ton Of the resolution which would de-
clare it a policy Of the American gov
ernment that whenever the peace of
Europe became again threatened the
United States would cooperate to re-
move such q menace.
(The exact wording of the section
is: 'That finally, it shall be the de-
-clared policy Of our government in
order to meet fully and fairly our obli-
cations to ourselves and to the world,
that the freedom and peace of Europe
being again threatened by any power
or combination Of powers, the United
States will regard such a situation
with grave concern as a menace to its
own peace and freedom, will consult
with either powers affected with a
view to devising means for the re-
moval of such menace in the future
and will carry out the necessity aris-
ing in the future the same complete
accord and cooperation with our chief
co-belligerents for the defense Of civil
ization.")
The motion to amend was made by
Senator Lodge, Republican, Massachu-
setts, the committee chairman, and had
the support Of Senator Knox and all
other Republican members except Sen
ator McCumber, North Dakota. No
other amendments were adopted.
The vote to favorably report stood
s to Z.
The motion to strike out the Sec
ton relating to European affairs occu-
pied the committee during most of Its
two-hour session. Senators Borah,
Republican, Idaho, and others are
said to have expressed such pronounc-
ed opposition that its supporters de-
cided the resolution never could be
approved by the committee unless the
provision were eliminated.
When Senator Knox later asked un-
animous consent to present the ia
vorable report in the senate, Senator
Robinson, Democrat, Of Arkansas, OBJ
jected.
understanding that the senate would
adjourn to Monday, so there would be
no debate this week The report then
went in
Efforts of league supporters in the
committee to postpone committee ac-
tion failed, and it was predicted the
resolution would be taken up IN the
senate early next week, bringing the
league fight into new phase.
The first motion to strike out the
hast h st section failed on tie vote, but
Senator Fall, who had voted in the
negative moved to reconsider, giving
the proposal majority.
A resolution reserving the right OF
congress to determine the justness of
the obligations imposed upon this
country under the much-discussed sec
tion 10 Of the league of nations cove
nant was introduced by Senator Star
ling, Republican, South Dakota.
A protracted opposition to the Knox
resolution is expected in the senate
and the debate is looked forward to as
involving issues which will lead to a
stormy fight.
There have been suggestions that
its opponents, should they find they
cannot beat it, may attempt at all haz-
ards to prevent a vote until after the
signing of the peace treaty at Paris.
Many senators who had not expect
ed to speak on the treaty until it was
presented for ratification are known
to be preparing to take part in the
dAhate on the Knox resolution