Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-03-17
.LENROOT PRESENTS
NEW RESERVATION
Would Have America View With
Grave Concern" Future
Wars in Europe.
TO TAKE PLACE OF ARTICLE X.
Ratification Roll Call Is Expected
to Come on Friday or
Saturday.
70 TAKE PLACE OF ARTICLE X.
my Assoc!a,ed Prewl

decla ration OF international policy,
under which tho United States would
view Nith grave concern" any future
uphcaVal threatening the peace and
freedom OF Europe. was agreed on hy
Republican Senate leaders today, and
presented as new reservation TO the
peace treaty.
Intended 10 replace the more definite
pledges OF Article ~. the reservation
is TO DC pressed in the Senate az the
farthest step the Republican leaders
arc willing TO go toward abandonment
OF American isolation and par,icpa-
ton in European conflicts. It's text
follows:
II shall be the declared policy or
mas sovcrrnment that the freedom and
peacc OF Europe being again threaten
powers. the Unitcd States will regard
slch a situation with grave concern,
and VIII consider what, If any, action
~ VIII take In the premises"
Lenroot Drafts Reservation.
Senator Lcnroot. OF Wisconsin. draft
ca the reservation in consultation with
Sueed nepnh,eap tn H.. leaders; and INTRO
day OF debate on the Irish question,
wnich delayed action and blocked the
the treaty's ratification. 1t generally
was predicted tonight however. that
discussion .h OF the remaining issues OF
d.
sell. and that the ratification rol! call
would come Friday or Saturday
onNot, Not t,,n,ny many Democrats had had an
Republican proposal. and il was un-
certain how much support ii would
Command from that side OF the cham
ever, that Il might have the effect OF
softeninE the resentment OF the ad-
Hrtee 4 oysr the IN,
enough more Democratic votes TO ratifv
he treaty.
Republicans CInim Gains.
claim OF further gains in break
made on the Republican side during
tAe day. and some OF the Republican
Ca; .eaderS Were asserting tonight tha, the
10 the two-thirds required 10 ratifv
Win the Republican reservation. II is
hcaiion 'ails, TO reconsider and take
a second vote in the hope that after
;msy have made their record Of op-
cratic Senator's vii! leave the ad-
Ininiatration's read and save the treaty
from another failure
The new reservation follows the gem
'ral outline o! a declaration which was
contained in resolution introduced
several months ago by Senator Knox.
h.pd6i,Gan, .,nd h. tennsElvania' EN- ] and never
support It declare that while il would
cave the United States free from any
UfH Hnilc DTOHlIsc 10 intervene f,u-
rope's affairs. II also would give evi-
dcnce OF the nations vital interest in
any future war such as the one just
closcd.
Garry deep Signincanec.-
The words grave concern" one
.gniticance in diplomatic usage and
re1ucntly have been employed 10 de-
scribe an attitude contemplating pos
sioc action. Supporters Of the re-
servation declare that. in its moral
effect such declaration would be
rpoweEfu! deterrent should any nation
again purpose 10 despoil Europe as
Germany did.
argued that the reservation would lend
Immediate moral support 10 the strue-
CLING new nations OF Europe and would
he reassuring 10 France, whose defen-
awaits ratification hero and faces a
bitter fight If il is called up for ac-
ton.
Debate on the proposal may begin
more likely to 60 over until Senator'S
had been given an opportunity to study
II. About dozen other reservations
presented by individual Senators re-
,hem, relating TO the Egyptian pro
;cctoratc. has been before the Senate
for more than full days session.
PrccIpitnted Irish Debate.
II was in connection with this re-
servation. presented by Senator owen,
vival OF debate on the Irish problem
was precipitatcd. Senator Shields.
Democrat. Tennessee. opened UP the
subject by moving to add declara-
Great Britain will declare Ireland free.
In it's course the debate developed
some sharp exchanges and apparently