The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-10-03
SENATE PROGAM
To Be ENLARGED
Reservationists to Include
Practically ALI Matters
Covered by Provisions
Of Treaty.
mo SOLDIERS ABROAD
Defeat of Fall Amendments Looked
Upon in Different Light by
Leaders on Each
Side.
by l. C. Martin, United Press Staf
Correspondent

\
WASHINGTON, Oct. 3.-The pro-
gran OF senate reservationists is 20
be broadened to include practically
jall matters covered by provisions OF
the treaty, it was evident today. Not
only does the proposition relieve the
United States of any obligation to
send troops abroad under article X to
preserve the territory or political in
dependence of foreign nations against
external aggression, but it is to in.
clude prohibition against the use OF
American troops abroad for any pur-
pose without the specific consent of
congress.
This is to cover such cases as the
sending of troops TO Upper Sllesia to
help keep order preceding and during
the plebescite which is to decide
whether the territory is to be under
German or Polish sovereignty.
The new program is also to provide,
senators said, that the United States,
shall not be represented on European
boundary commissions or other bodies
set up to carry out treaty provisions,
IL for any reason congress thinks this
country should not bess represented
and is to provide for American with
drawal from membership on any such
commission at any time congress de-
sires.
A check is to be placed upon the
acts of American members of such
commissions, so their votes will be
subjected to wise" by congress. All
such American representatives must
be approved by the senate before en-
tering upon their duties, if the broad
ened reservation plan is accepted.
This program has now for the first
time become public, its supporters
said. Falls amendments were over
whelmingly defeated yesterday. But
upon the first roll call, thirty sena-
tors voted for the amendment with
four absent who may have supported
1t.
Senator Lodge, republican leader,
said the vote delighted him and ad-
ded:
at showed that we have one vote
more than the thirty-three required
to reject the treaty unless it is made
safe by the adoption of strong reser
vations."
Administration leaders took diff
ferent view.
"The voting proves" said Senator
Hitchcock, "that the big majority of
the senate is heartily opposed to the
efforts of a belligerent partisan min
oritv TO destroy the treaty. All our
forecasts concerning the defeat of
amendments by overwhelming MA
torities were borne out and the voting
should leave no doubt in any ones
mind that all other amendments will
be as decisively rejected IL was !
clean cut victory"
The next amendment to be reported
will be that on Shantung which Is SIX
amendments in one.
Following that, another Fail amend
ment. that relating to the actloh Oh
the American member or the repara-
tions commission will come up. Sen
ate leaders said they believe vote
NAV be reached on Shantung late next
week.
Senators who analyZed yesterday $
votes on Fall proposals found that the
yote unon the first amendment OF the
series of thirtys six, eliminating the
United States from membership on
the Belgian boundary commission
gave the best Indication of how the
Senate stands. On that amendment
fifty-eight voted no, OF whom forl!-
one were democrats and seventeen
republicans, and thirty voted aye
twenty-nine being republicans and one
Gore. Oklahoma, democrat; Reea'
Johnson, Calf; Page and sutherland
were all paired in favor OF the amend
ment. while four other absentees-
Martin. Virginia; Smith, South caro-,
lima. Johnson, South Dakota, ana
King. were against it. Had they been
present the vote probably would have
stood thirty-four for the amendment
and sixty-two against it. Few changes
occurred on later roll calls