Evening star., 1920-02-11
CHANGES IN PEACE
PACT RESERVATIONS
OFFERED BY LODGE
Worked Out Tentatively in
Unofficial Bipartisan Com
promise Committee.

Changes In the republican peace treaty
reservations as worked out tentatively
In the unofficial bipartisan compro-
mise committee were formally present.
ed in the Senate today by Senator Lodge
OF Massachusetts. the republican leader,
for consideration when the treaty comes
up next Monday
AS submitted by the republican leader
the notifications do not agree in ali
rsspeces rsps vi with the draft of changes which
committee have said were tentatively
agreed on.
vss1el fsiIS.
Eight 81 the f6dff6eri feseryations
would bs modified under Senator
Lodges PROPOSAL. and the preamble
would be changed so that affirmative
acceptance by the other powers would
ing six reservations were accepted by
the democratic conferees without
change. the republicans on the COM
mittee say. while the other two re-
iating to article x and the Monroe
doctrine were left without decision.
On article X and the Monroe doc
trine no change was proposed in the
draft submitted to the Senate today.
-Four Reservations Agreed To.
Democratic acceptance Of most of
the eight modified reservations gem
orally was predicted, though it was
thought further changes might be
sought in some of them on the Senate
floor. 1t was said by the republican
conferees that the democrats on the
bipartisan committee had tentatively
agreed to four Of the eight as modi-
fed.
The four on which it was said no
agreement was reached, but in which
changes are proposed in the draft
submitted today relate to withdraw
al. voting power in the league, ex-
penses of the league and the
economic boycott.
The withdrawal reservation SEN
ator Lodge proposes to modify so
that notice of withdrawal from
the President or by Congress alone
whenever majority of both houses
may deem it necessary" In the
original draft there was no mention of
the President.
Voting Power Reservation.
Under the republican leaders change
on the voting power reservation. the
United States would refuse to be
bound by any decision of the league
one vote. until such time as the
covenant may be amended to give an
equality of voting strength among
the members
Regarding league expenses it is pro-
posed in the new draft that this coun-
appropriation only its share in main
tanning the office force" of the sec
retariat. From the boycott reserva-
tfon it is proposed to strike out the
original provision that commercial re-
lations may be continued with ma
tionals of the covenant-breaking state
who reside outside of their own
country.
Mr.. Borah Opens Debate.
Although Senator Lodge. the republi-
can leader, had announced in reporting
the treaty to the Senate that he would
not call it up until Monday, debate
over the pact was resumed yesterday
afternoon, Senator Borah of Idaho. q
republican irreconcilable, starting the
ball rolling. He and Senator Knox of
Pennsylvania denounced the treaty's
economic clauses as cruel" and ''mur-
derous" in its effect on the conquered
peoples and in less direct consequences
on the rest of the world.
Senators Hitchcock of Nebraska the
democratic leader. and Sterling, repub-
Hcan, of South Dakota. replied briefly,
declaring the only way the United
for stability was by becoming party
to the treaty.
Points to Unjustness.
1T is one thing" declared Senator
Borah, Ito punish Germany, but it is
an entirely different thing to reduce
countless thousands to starvation. 1t
is an unjust thing to put upon a
debtor a debt which he cannot pay.
but it is a cruel and murderous thing
to put on a debt which involves in
directly, as this one does. the dis
tress of others.
yet we are asked here to agree
to this treaty which will impoverish
millions and then we are asked to
appropriate money to feed the people
we have impoverished"
President Wilson, the Idaho SEN
ator declared, had held out against
some of the proposed exactions from
Germany. but had been overruled by
Premiers Clemenceau and Lloyd
George. Afterward the European
statesmen, Mr.. Borah asserted. were
reported to have realized that they
had gone too far. but to have been
unable to convince President Wilson the
conference should recede.