Arizona republican., 1919-09-11
Senate Receives Covenant With Its At tached Compromises as Recommend ed by Foreign Relations Commit tee In Majority eport---Fight
 to Start Monday

faculties the foreign relations commit tee experienced in getting information on the treaty, being obliged to send to Paris for maps, being compelled to get imperfect information from press re- ports," and having at it's disposal few official documents. Collateral treaties having a bearing, the report says the committee was unable to get Of the sum of information received in con- ference with President Wilson and Secretary Lansing. the report remarks : ''The people themselves know how much information in regard to the peace was received by the committee upon those two occasions"
 While criticism for delay has
 been aimed at the foreign relations
 committee, the report points out,
 no action has been taken by
 France, Japan or italy. The ar
 should be ratified, that trading
 gin, the report dismisses as rather
 faded,s and declares the United
 States has been trading with Ger
 many since the signing Of the srristice in increasing volume. The statement that trade cannot
 be resumed until the treaty is
 ratified is characterized as "mere
 delusion."
 No Relief in England Before leaving this subject" savs the report, "it may not be amiss to rel mark that Lloyd George has receafi3 made two important speeches express ing grave apprehensions as to the SO. cial and political unrest and the eeo4 homie troubles now prevalent in Eng land. He seems to have failed to point out, however, that the ratification oi the covenant of the league of naszonA by Great Britain had relieved the aitu ation which he had described. He wal apparently equally remiss in omi9tin5 to suggest that prompt action bY ti1s senate of the United States in adop ing the covenant of the league of na3 tions would immediately lower fhl price of beef.
 The first amendment oTfered by the committee relates to the league 1t is proposed so to amend the text as to secure for the United States vote in the assembly of the league equal to that of any other power. Great Britain now has,
 under the name of the British eia- pire, one vote in the council of the
 league. She has four additional votes in the assembly of the league
 for her self governing donninions
 and colonies, which are more prop erly members of the league and signatories to the treaty.
 ENGLAND ALL POWERFUL She also has the vote of India.
 which is neither self governing dominion nor colony, but merely
 part of the empire, and which apparently was simply put in as
 signatory and member of the league by the peace conference be- cause Great Britain desired if.
 Great Britain also will control the
 votes of the kingdom of Hedjex
 and Persia.
 With these last two. of course,
 we have nothing to do. But # Great Britain has six votes in the league assembly, no reason has oc-
 cured to the committee and no argument has been made to shew | why the United States should nos
 have an equal number. If other
 countries like the present arrange
 ment, that is not our affair, but the committee failed to see why ti1e United States should have but one
 vote in the assembly of the league when the British empire has six.
 Amendments S9 to A, inclusfvs transfer to China the German lease an rights. if they exist, in the Chimes province of Shantung which are give | by the treaty to Japan. The majorit l Of the committee were not willing t have their votes recorded at any stag in the proceedings in favor of the con summation of what they considered great wrong. They cannot assent t taking the property of faithful all and handing it over to another ally fulfillment of bargain made by othe powers in a secret treaty It is whethe they are not willing to present to thei fellow citizens or leave behind them fo the contemplation of their childrer Amendment No. is simply to provid 1 where member of the league has self governing dominions and colonie 1 which are also members of the leagu the exclusion of the disputants unde the league rules shall cover the aggre gate vote of the member of the leagu and it's governing dominions an parts of empire combined, if any one ( them IS involved in the controversy.
 Don't Want Commissioners
 sThe remaining amendments. with single exception, may be treated as on for the purpose of all alike is to reliey the United States from having repre- sentatives on the commissions estah lished by the league which deal wit questions in which the United State has and can have no interest, and which the United States has evidentl been inserted by design. The exceptio is amendment No. 45, which provide that the United States shall have member or the reparation commission but that such commissioner of tn United tates cannot, except in the caS of shipp:ns, where the interests of th United States are directly involves deal with or vote upon any other ques tions before that commission exeeI under instructions from the governmer of the United States
 The commission proposes four res ervations to be made part of resolu ton of ratification when it is offeres The committee reserves, of course, th right to offer other reservations if the shall so determine. Four reservation