Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-10-22
Majority Agrees on
Treaty Reservations

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general prediction tonight was tina,
committee action would be Tough,
off tomorrow to give the admins.
tration forces day or two to think
the matter over.
Had No Actual Wording.
In their conference TODAY the
democratic leaders did not have be-
fore them the actual wording of the
reservations, as agreed on by the
majority, but they had been told
that the four generally regarded as
most important, relating to with
drawal, domestic questions, the
Monroe doctrine and article 10 fol.
lowed almost word for word" the
language of those put into the SEN
ate record by Senator McCumber.
Most of the argument therefore,
was over these four rs presented by
the North Dakota senator.
In all, seven reservations were in
the McCumber series, the other
three relating to Shantung and
equal votes in the league. Mr.. Nc
Cumber was one of the seven orig
inal mild reservationists," who, I'M
der the leadership of Senator Nc
Nary. republican, Oregon, agreed
last July to a definite program. He
said the plan he presented was the
outgrowth of conferences between
this group and republicans who ia
vored stronger reservations"
Taft's Reservations.
1t was revealed that the McCum-
Der draft of the article 10 reserva-
ton, which has been the trouble
some point in all negotiations for
an agreement, follows very closely
a draft which former President Taft
recently suggested to Senators Nc
Cumber, Kellogg, republican, Mime
sofa; McNary and Colt, Rhode Isl
and, republicans, and which they
submitted to Republican Leader
Lodge. The text of the new Taft
reservation, together with one
drawn by him regarding voting
powers in the league, became pub
lie tonight for the first time.
Former President Tafts suggest
ed reservations are as follows:
THE United States assumes no
obligation under the provisions of
article 10 to preserve the territorial
or political independence
of any other country or to interfere
in controversies between other ma
tons, whether members of the
league or not, or under any article
of the treaty for any purpose to en-
ploy the military and naval forces of
the United States except as in any
particular case, the congress, which,
under the constitution, has the sole
power to declare war and to au-
thorize the employment of the mill
tary and naval forces of the United
States, shall by act or joint resolu-
ton so specifically determine.
Can't Have Representative.
1.-THE senate advises and consents
to the treaty with the understand
ing and reservation as part of the
instrument of ratification that under
article one of the covenant of the
league of nations no self-governing
dominion or colony of the British
empire, of France, Of Italy, of Japan,
Of the United States or of any other
nation, whose representative is al
ways a member of the council, can
have a representative on the coun-
eli; and with the further understand
ng and reservation that the exclu-
sion of the parties to the dispute
n article Is from the council or as
,embly when hearing such dispute,
includes both the mother country
and her self-governing dominions or
colonies, members of the league,
when either such mother country or
dominion or colony is party to the
iisDute"