Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-02-27
MANDATE PROv|SO
OF PACT ACCEPTED
BY ADMINISTRATION
Republican Reservation Re-Adopt-
ed in Senate With Only Four
Dissenting Votes.
REED ATTACKS COLBY

Washington. ID. c., Feb. 27.-The
Republican reservation regarding MAN.
datories. attached to the peace treaty
last November over the opposition of
the 33 Democratic Senator's, was re-
adopted BY vote of 6S to 4 in the
Senate yesterday, after Administration
leaders had withdrawn their opposition
to it.
II was the first time qualification
of the treaty had been adopted with
the acquiescence of Democratic man
ayers, and the first time more than two
thirds of the entire Senate membership
had voted together in approving any
reservation. The result was not gem
orally regarded as indicating sudden
break in the Senate situation, however,
since the reservation was one of those
In which the Democrats had agreed in
the recent bipartisan conference 10 ac-
cept without change.
Thirty Democrats and 3S Republicans
were recorded in favor of the reserva-
fion after Senator Hitchcock, the Demo
cratic leader, had declared on the floor
that the effect would be only to recite
q principle already established under the
treaty itself and under Federal laws. 1t
provided in substance that no mandate
could be accepted by the United States
THE FOUR WHO VOTED 'No."
The four who voted in the negative
were Senator Jones, New Mexico; Ken
drick, Wyoming: Walsh, Montana, and
Williams, Mississippi, all Democrats.
Explaining his vote, Senator Walsh de-
clared he had mot the slightest objec-
tion to the reservation except that it
is unnecessary" Senator Hitchcock did
not vote.
Adoption of the reservation came after
the treaty. laid before the Senate under
a plan TO keep it continuously under
consideration until disposed of, had been
subjected to another all-day attack by
its irreconciliable opponents. Senators
France, Republican, Maryland, and Reed,
Democrat, Missouri, led the assault,
the latter injecting new element into
the debate by criticising President Viii
sons appointment yesterday of Bain-
bridge Colby to the Secretary of State.
Colby was defended by Senator Ashurst,
Democrat, Arizona.
Although the much-debated Article Y
reservation preceded that relating to
manufactures in the Senate's order of
business il was put over on motion by
Senator Lodge, Republican leader, TO be
considered after all the Others have been
voted on. There are four on the list,
and action has been taken so far on only
two.
The reservation before the Senate
when it adjourned last night relates to do
mestic questions, and its adoption with
out change, but over Democratic opposi-
ton, was forecast by the discussion to-
day. Two changes In language were
proposed by Senator Lodge, but he with
drew them after Senator Borah, of
Idaho, one of the Republican irrecon-
ciables. had attacked them, and Sena-
tors Hitchcock and Walsh had denied
fatty Lodges explanation that they were
proposed by Democrats in the interest
of compromise during the bipartisan
negotiations.
Senator Hitchcock then offered the |
Democratic substitute, which had been |
rejected in the Senate in November, but /
it was not brought TO a vote.
A new reservation, providing that the I
ratification would not be binding unless |
the President formally transmitted it to /
the other Powers within 30 days after /
the Senate acted. WAS presented by Sena-
tor Bainbridge, of Connecticut, Repub-
iican irreconcilable, orfuture considera-
ton.
Another broadside of denunciation
was loosed by irreconcilable opponents
of the treaty when the Senate took up
that subject under an agreement TO keep
it constantly under consideration until
of. Senator France, Republi-
can, Maryland, and Reed, Democrat,
Missouri, led off for the irreconcilables
the former charaterizing the treaty as
an instrument Of "hate and destruction"
and the latter calling it serpent Of
treason
The debate began after the Senate
had voted with only a few scattering
''noes,' to pass over Article Y until
action had been taken on all the other
reservations. The motion was
made by Senator Lodge, the Republican
leader, although Senator Knox, Re
publican, Pennsylvania, one of the ir-
group, said he could not
gee the wisdom Of delaying q decision.
No roll call was demanded.
FRANCE CALLS IT "PsoHlsTRy.
Senator France, presenting formally
the resolution he offered several DAYS ago
FOR declaration of peace, declared the
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