The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-08-27
Lodges Senate Committee
Promptly Passes All of
Falls Changes.
PULLS FANGS OF WAR
Keeps America Out of All
Boundary, Governing and
Other Controversies.
DELAY ON PREPARATION
Senators Agree Egypt Is Inde-
pendent Diplomatically Of
Turkey and Britain.
DELAY ON PREPARATION
Specidl DeSpatch 10 TIE SrN.

WASHINGTON, Aug. %. - Amend
ments aimed to take the United
States entirely out of the adminlstra-
tion of the boundary, governing and
Treaty of Peace were adopted by the
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
to-day. Although only two of the
twenty-three amendments intended to
accomplish this action were actually
voted on, 1t was agreed that single
motion shall carry the rest of them,
all being designed for the same pur-
pose, which the committees action
to-day approved.
Senator Fall IN. NJ was author
Of the series Of amendments agreed
to, and the vote stood for and Z
against them. Senator McCumber
IN. D., the one Republican who
would have opposed the amendments,
was absent. All of the affirmative
votes were cnst by Republicans and
the negative by Democrats
Senator Fall has not introduced an
amendment to take the United States
out of representation on the most
important of oil the commissions, that
on reparations, because this Is OF
peculiar Importance. This commits
sion will be the most powerful inter-
national body In the world. perhaps
the most powerful ever created. 1t
has been asserted that 1t even has
power to raise armies and make war
without consulting the nations. At
any rate its powers are so great
and of such vital Importance to all
the nations concerned that it Is
deemed in an entirely separate class.
List of Excluded Com missions.
The precise list OF commissions from
which the United States is withdrawn
by the amendments adopted to-day
includes:
Belgium boundary commission
composed according to the treaty
OF representatives OF the principal
allied and associated Powers the
United States. Great Britain, France,
Italy and Japan. together with Bel
gium and Germany, to fix lines be-
tween Belgium and Germany.
The Saar Basin boundary COM
mission of three, named by the
League of Nations, one each by
France and Germany.
The Saar Basin governing COM
mission.
A commission of experts to fix
the price at which Germany may
resume control OF the Saar mines.
Boundary commission for the
CZecho Slovak State.
Boundary commission for Poland
International commission exer-
cising authority over the Poland
Upper Sllesia pleblscite area,
wherein vote will determine the
final sovereignty over this area
International commission exer-
cising authority over the East
Prussia plebiscite area.
Boundary commission for the
free city OF DanZig.
International commission to ex-
ercise authority over the northern
Schleswig pleMscite area.
SChleswig boundary commission
Military interallied commission OF
control, handling all military deal
ings with Germany
Naval interallied commission OF
control
Aeronautical interallied commits
sion Of control.
Prisoners commission.
Commission on graves.
Commission on social and State
insurance in ceded territory.
international commission for the
Elbe River.
International commission for the
Oder River
International commission for the
Niemen River.
International commission for the
Danube system of rivers
Commission on free zones in
northern ports
Commission of experts on rail-
ways.
May Expand or Curtail List.
on some OF the foregoing the United
States would he represented only
through selections by the League OF
Nations. Senator Falls final list may
expand or reduce the precise number:
he Is making the necessary study to
perfect the list Originally he pro-
posed to amend by striking out all
American participations in matters
handled by the League of Nations, but
changed to the amendment form APP
proved by the committee. II is said
that the total number OF such COM
missions In tho pntiro treaty nyCn.da
fifty, while many more will be pro-
vided by the Austrian, Turkish and
Bulgarian treaties.
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