The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-09-25
SENATE FIGHT ON
 TREATY ON WITH
 BORAH OPPOSING
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tContinued From Page one.) by the foreign relations committee Senator Lodge said he did not be- lieve that offered by Senator Pom creme, democrat, Ohio, extending to the American individual the property protection accorded under the treaty to the United States government, to De absolutely necessary, but was agreeable to it's incorporation. Sen ator Pomerene took issue on the point of necessity, declaring the Lusitania disaster and other claim ants should be protected. The republican leader supported strongly the other committee reser- vation to require an act of Con gress before appointment of an American representative in the repa- rations or other foreign commits sions, saying it constituted sound i procedure"
 Senator King. democrat, Utah, asked if the administration intended to participate in the reparations com mission, and Senator Lodge, in reply, said he did not know whether the ad- ministration had decided to recom- mend appointment of an American in the commission.
 1 Tt might seem very desirable to 1 be represented in the reparation com mission" Senator Lodge added. But l do not believe that involves us in ! anything of the relation of an all- ance."
 Wen be back In the League of Nations" interjected Senator Wat son. democrat, Georgia, If we go into the ante chamber, we're pretty sure to be lead into the living room. The question is whether this treaty in it's ambiguous clauses will not be the beginning of our entrance into the league"
 Senator Lodge replied that he saw no such danger and that, Congress had to be trusted to decide whether America should join the separations commission.
 Discussing withdrawal of Ameri- can troops from Germany, Senator Borah said that, presence of troops was requisite to execution of the Yer sailles treaty.
 T am in favor of withdrawing American troops" he continued. But am not in favor of claiming rights and benefits under the Yer sailles treaty which French troops secure. If we are to have their ad- vantages, their every moral sense in- sists that we shall do our part in the execution of the treaty.
 We cannot take the position and maintain it before the world that we will place in France the burden of executing the treaty and then claim all the privileges. It is an intoler- able. an indefensible position and l predict We will not maintain 1t long.
 We are tied in, completely to the Versailles treaty We can never get any benefit from it except as we help execute it"
 Tt would be necessary to secure rights from the reparations commis- sion," Senator Borah continued, Tor ! else maintain our position as sep arated and independent power"
 If any man thinks he has escaped the League of Nations by getting into the reparations commission. Senator Borah added. hell be due for a sad awakening after he gets in there."
 Senator Reed said he thought treaty of peace was to settle the dif- faculties with Germany, the Knox resolution, he argued, having ended the state of war.
 This treaty" said Mir. Reed. set tied none of these questions. IL leaves us in the same position as the Knox resolution, except that Ger many accepts"