The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1919-08-07
BY L. G. MARTIN

Washington, Aug. 7.-Seven provi
sions of the peace treaty must stand
the hrunt Of the attack by senators
who demand reservstions and amend
ments as the price OF their vote for
ratification.
Chief among these provisions is Ar
tile 10 of the League of Nations
covenant The text of this clause fol
lows:
Article 10-The members of the
league undertake to respect and pre-
serve as against external aggression
the territorial integrity and existing
political independence of all members
of the league. In case OF any such
aggression, or in case of any threat
or danger of such aggression, the
council shall advise upon the means
by which this obligation shall be full
filled"
Those demanding elimination of Ar.
tile 10, or at least a reservation by
the United States respecting it, de-
clare that the article obligates the
United States, under the advice of
the league council to join in wars
everywhere for preservation of the
existing boundaries and stability of
present governments. They declare
it binds the United States to make
posed of eight foreigners and one
American, and that this clearly is an
attempt to rob congress sof its CON
stitutional power of declaring and
waging war.
Those defending the article insist
that the obligation incurred is not a
legal one, but merely one of honor;
that the United States need not ac-
cept and act on the advice of the
council unless it feels that course is
proper; that the article, while obligat-
ing this government to respect the
territory and independence of all 9TH
er powers, also obligates each of
them to respect the United States
territorial integrity and political in
dependence.
The next provision is that referring
to the Monroe doctrine. 1t reads:
article 21-Nothing in this cove
pant shall be deemed to affect the
validity Of international engagements
such as treaties OF arbitration or re-
gional und arstandings like the Mon
roe doctrine, for securing the main
tenance of peace"
This article does not protect the
Monroe doctrine as an American pol
icy, many senator's declare, because
it does not properly define the doc
trine. They assert that the Monroe
doctrine is not a regional under
standing" but a distinctly American
foreign policy. They want a reser-
vation to the effect that nothing in
the treaty shall be construed to imply
a REIMBURSEMENT by the United
States of its traditional attitude to-
ward purely American questions, or
to require the submission of its pol
icy regarding what 1t deems to be
purely American questions to the de-
cision of other powers
Administration senators reply that
Article Il is in fact a recognition for
the first time by the great world
powers of the Monroe doctrine, and
that the league covenant itself in eff
feet extends the principles of that doc
trine to the whole world.
The third provision against which
objection is made is that relating to
domestic questions. In this case, it is
an alleged conflict of two provisions
which has caused the demand for
amendment or reservation. These
two provisions follow
Article 11-Any war or threat of
war, whether Immediately affecting
any Of the members of the league or
not, is hereby declared to be mat
ter of concern to the whole league,
and the league shall take such action
that may be deemed wise and effec-
tual to safeguard the peace of ma
tons. 1t is also declared to be the
friendly right of each member of the
league to bring to the attention of
the assembly or the council any cir
cumstance whtever affecting interna-
tional relations which threatens to
disturb international peace or the
good understanding between nations
on which peace depends.
rArticle Is Paragraph Eight)-If
the dispute between the parties is
claimed by one of them and is found
by the council to arise out of a mat
ter which by international law is
solely within the domestic jurisdic-
tion of that party, the council shall