The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1920-03-18
LODGE RESERVATION
ADOPTED IN SENATE
BELIEF THAT RATIFICATION
MOVE WILL BE KILLED.
Adoption Vote 56 to rs.
Fourteen Democrats Line Up With
Republicans On PrOpo-
SitiOn.

Washington, March 5.-Reafirm
ing it's disagreement with President
Wilson on the dominating issue of
the peace treaty controversy, the SEN
ate adopted today, by vote of more
than two to one, the new Article K
reservation framed by Republican
leaders.
It's action brought to an end, at
least for the present, the protracted
effort for a compromise that would
insure ratification, and the senate's
decision was accepted generally as
fastening the treaty toward another
deadlock, from which it could be re-
leased only by verdict at the polls
next November.
Fourteen Democrats voted with the
united Republican membership for
the reservation, but this detection
from the administration ranks fell
far short of the number that would
be required to ratify. 1t was con-
ceded that others probably would
swing over on the ratification roll
call, but administration leaders,
backed by definite assurance that
the new reservation was unacceptable
to the president, evidenced no appre-
hension that their forces would
dwindle beyond the danger point.
Two-thirds Majority.
The vote for adoption, Sc to 26,
showed on it's face a tWo-thirds ma
jority for the reservation, but it by
no means indicated that two-thirds
would vote for ratification on that
basis. Included in the majority were
the irreconciliables, holding about
score of votes, which, on the ratifica-
ton roll-call, will be cast against the
treaty.
The reservation, adopted after
many efforts to modify it, had been
polled under the solidly united Re-
publican majority, follows, in general
form, the one adopted last November.
1t is as follows:
"The United States assumes no
obligation to preserve the territorial
integrity or political independence of
any other country by the employment
of it's military or naval forces, its
resources or any form of economic
discrimination, or to interfere in any
way in controversies between nations,
including all controversies relating
to territorial integrity or political in
dependence, whether members of the
league or not, under the provisions
of Article x, or to employ the mill
tary or naval forces of the United
States, under any article of the trea-
ty, for any purpose, unless in any
particular case the congress, which,
under the Constitution, has the sole
power to declare war or authorize or
employment of the military or naval
forces of the United States, shall, in
the exercise of full liberty of action,
by act or joint resolution so pro-
vide"
Vote Was 46 to 33.
On adoption of the original Article
x reservation last November the vote
was 46 to 33, with only four Demo-
Gratis, Senators Reed, Gore, Smith, of
Georgia, and Walsh, Of Massachu-
setts, voting in the affirmative.
The vote on Article K completed
the senate's reconsideration of the
fourteen reservations adopted in No.
vember, but several new proposals
remain to be disposed of before the
vote on ratification. Most leaders
thought tonight, however, that the
end would come this week.
Senator Hitchcock did not disclose
details of his communication with the
White House, but informed his col
leagues he had been told that the
president found the Article K substl-
tute quite as Objectionable as the