Albuquerque morning journal., 1920-03-18
DECLARATION Of
j. s. FOREIGN
POLICY NOT To
co INTO TREATY
IrteconCilabIeS and Demo-
Gratis Fuse and Defeat Ar
tiCIe 10 Reservation or
fered By Republicans,
CHANGE is REJECTED
BY VOTE OF rs TO 80
Action Is Looked Upon As
Clearing Up Last DOUBTFUL
issue Of Pact Fight Final
Vote Friday,

!
Washington, March 1.-THE re,
publican irreconcilables, combined
with the democrats, overturned OF
! the senate floor today the plan oi
| the republican leaders to attach tC
the peace treaty Il general declara.
ton of policy toward future Euro,
| pean wars.
The declaratory resolution which
would pledge the United States tC
regard with grave concern" any
threat to Europe's peace or free.
dom was voted down, 25 TO 80, after
the irreconcilables had tried in vair
I to amend 1t. Intended as an offset
to the reservation denying the OBJ
! legations of article ten, the propos-
al had been ordered by the repub-
| lican leaders to attract many dem
| ocratic voters but on the roll call
only two senator's on the demo-
| cratic side supported it. DISPOSE
ton of the reservation was regard
ed as clearing up the last doubt
ful issue of the treaty fight and the
leaders made plans to bring vote
on ratification by Friday, BY
unanimous consent it was agreed
to limit speeches on all other pend
ing reservations to fifteen minutes.
About a dozen reservations remain
to be voted on, but 1t generally is
conceded that none of them will be
adopted.
AS the ratification controversy
neared a conclusion, William j.
Bryan began a series of conferences
with democratic senators, throwing
the weight of his influence against
the advice of President Wilson that
administration senate forces vote
against ratification with the re-
publican reservations. Mr.. Bryan is
understood to have told his friends
in the senate to take the best lati-
fieation they could get, but there
was no evidence tonight that he
materially weakened the democrat
ic forces standing out against the
republican program.
Mr.. Bryan disclosed his plans to
some extent tonight, speaking be-
for the local Bryan democracy club,
when he said he would urge the
party conventions at San Francis
co to adopt a platform plank favor
ing amendment of the constitution
so that a majority of the senate
instead Of u two-thirds majority
could ratify. A majority In eacn
house of congress could declare
ing power was no more important
than the war power.
Action on the declaratory reser-
walton which was introduced by
Senator Lenroot, republican, Of
Wisconsin, was reported after the
senate had extricated itself with
some difficulty from the debate
started yesterday on the Irish ques-
ton. Two propositions intended to
aid toward Irish independence were
laid aside by votes OF more than
two to one, discussion ON each of
them being ended summarily by Il
motion to lay on the table, not de-
batable under the senate rules.
The roll call on the resolution Of
fered by Senator Lenroot follows;
Those for:
Against:
Republicans Calder, Capper,
Colt. Cummins, Curtis. Edge. Ell
kins Hale, Jones of Washington;
Kellogg, Keyes, Lenroot,' Lodge,
McNary, New Phipps, Smoot,
Spencer, Sterling, Sutherland,
Wadsworth and Watson
-23.
Observation-Disclosures and Smith
of Georgia..
Total for, 25.
Republicans-Borah, Brandegee,
Fernald, France, Gronna. Kenyon,
La Toilette and Norris-8.
mocrats--Ashurst, Beckham,
Conner, Dial, Gerry, Harris, Harri-
son, Hitchcock, johnson of South
Dokota, Jones of New Mexico, Ken
drick, King. Kirby, McKellar, Nu-
gent, owens, Phelan, Pittman,
Pomerene, Reed, Sheppard, Shields,
Smith of Maryland, Stanley, Swan
son, Thomas, Trammell. Walsh Of
Walsh of Mon
tana, williams and Wolcott-31.
Total against, 80.
Senator Borah of Idaho, leader
of the republican irreconcilables,
to add to the reservation
a proviso that the United States
would reserve independent and
power" in deciding
what it would do and at first Sena-
tor Lenroot accepted the amend
ment. Later, however, he withdrew
his assent, declaring the change
might eliminate all the obligations
assumed by the treaty, and Senator
Borah withdrew his amendment
and announced he would vote
against the reservation.
In addition to the declaratory
reservations and the two relating
to ireland, the senate acted during
the day on only two-thirds. One by
Senator Norris, republican, of Ne
braska, Withholding assent to the
British protectorate over Egypt was
81 to Is, and one by Sena-
tor owen, democrat, of Oklahoma,
declaring the armlstice terms still
was beaten, 55 to IL.
Herbert Hoover's memorandum
10 President Wilson opposing
American representation on all of
he commissions under the peace
treaty. was read by Senator Bo-
-ah, who declared 1t is indefinitely
! stronger Indictment against this
than it has been able for
an irreconcilable to make" At the
request of Senator Hitchcock, adj
leader, a statement
given out today by Mr.. Hoover rel
ative to the memorandum was also
Inserted into the record. In that
statement Mr.. Hoover said he had
modified his views as to American
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