Norwich bulletin., 1921-05-28

atives to sit with the disarmament com mission of the league of nations in 2 consulting capacity
 This amendment was beaten, 42 to 22, after it was denounced by Senator Lodge of Massachusetts, republican leader, as q side door entrance of America into the 1 league. The roll call was on party lines except that three democrats. Shields, Ten nessee, Walsh. Massachusetts, and Wat son, Georgia, voted with republican op- 1 ponents.
 The proposal for new naval base at 1 Alameda, Cal. was lost finally when i Senator Ball, republican, Delaware a 1 prominent champion of it, announced af- 1 ter further canvass of senators that no | further attempt would be made to rescind l the senates vote striking the item from l the bill.
 His announcement came after Senator | King, democrat, Utah, had served notice on leaders in charge of the bill that oppo- nents would delay passage of the naval budget indefinitely should the Alameda amendment again be pressed. Senator Johnson, republican, California spoke briefly in support of the project. but con- ceded its defeat. stating that the house would not accept it even if adopted by the senate.
 Besides the disarmament controversy, the senate also clashed over the recent dismissal of 110 midshipmen from the naval academy at Annapolis, After crit icism and defense of the Annapolis au- | thorities, the senate adopted an amend nlent providing for reappointment of the midshipmen who "hunked" to a lower class.
 Another amendment adopted called for a report by the navy department as to 1 whether any navy yards or stations should be abandoned
 The liveliest tilt was over the Walsh amendment for appointment of American representatives to the league of nations disarmament commission. Its author con tended that it followed the administration policy of appointing representatives to sit with the supreme council and the allied reparations commission.
 Senators Lodge and Watson, Georgia declared that the proposal was an enter ing wedge for American participation ir the league
 ''The people of the United States" sait Senator Lodge, have decided against tha league The president has declared b, would not enter it'
 Senator Underwood of Alabama demo cratic leader. replied immediately, deplor ! ing that the senate had prevented Ameri can entrance into the league He said ; however, that this was settled by the ad , ministration policy of -membershiI and was not involved in the Walsl amendment.
 We should accept the invitation Co the league) to participate in the disarm ament conferences of the commission no as member, but as an independent na
 tion," he said, adding that the natiol should indicate a desire to co-operat toward general disarmament, which, h
 said, was the great question now befor the world.
 Senator Walsh also argued that tn, league commission was considering gen eral disarmament. while under the Boral plan only naval disarmament would b. under consideration.
 That the sending of what he terme' American observers to the suprem council and reparations commission hal
 anything to do with the league" was de ntsd by Senator Brandegee of Connecti cut, a republican 'frreconcilable.'
 ''The supreme council said Senate Brandegee, "is body utterly unknown t the league. The reparations commission has nothing whatever to do with tn league It is a body of the Versatile treaty"