The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-10-19
SENATE RAT|FIES
GERMAN TREATIES
Administrations Peace Pro.
gram Thus Completed
Except Formalities
EIGHT MORE THAN
NECESSARY MAJORITY

Only Three Republicans Against Trea-
ties While IA Democrats Joined with
Majority - Effort to Substitute Ver-
sailles Treaty Fails.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 19.-The admin
istrations peace treaties with Germany,
Austria and Hungary We're ratified by the
senate la4 night, the vote on the first two
being 66 to 20, or eight more than the
necessary two-thirds, and in the case of
the Hungarian treaty, due to the absence
of three senator's, being 66 TO Il.
The senate action completed the admin
istration's immediate peace program and
brought full state of peace with the prin-
eipal enemy powers. Remaining now only
are the formal exchanges of ratification
except in the case of the Hungarian
treaty, as that government alone has yet
to complete parliamentary action on the
treaty.
Only three Republicans Senators
Borah of Idaho, La Toilette of Wisconsin,,
and Norris of Nebraska, who, absent on
account of illness, was paired against
ratifcation-voted against the treaties.
Fourteen Democrats, on the other hand.
supported the treaties, while two more
We're paired in favor of ratification.
Before final action was taken, Demo
cratic effort to substitute for the German
treaty the treaty of Versailles with the
ID Lodge reservations was defeated and
the foreign relations committee reserya-
tions prohibiting American membership on
the allied reparations commission or any
other international commission without
the consent of congress were adopted.
Prior to the vote on ratification of the
German treaty which was first on the list,
Republicans and Democrats resisted all
attempts to amend the treaty or the reser-
vations reported by the foreign relations
tcommittee.
The latter, which were adopted without
a record vote. provide that the United
States shall not have representation on
the allied separations commission, or on
any other international agency without
| expressed consent of congress.
An effort to substitute the treaty of
/ Versailles with the u Lodge observations
was also voted down, 50 to %. The mo-
tion was made by Senator King. Demo-
crat, Utah. but Senator Lodge declared
that the substitute was not in order. the
Versailles treaty not being before the SEN
ate. and moved to table the King proposal.
! The motion was supported By the solid
Republican membership and FIVE Demo-
crats-Reed of Missouri. Shields of Ten.
neSsee, Walsh of Massachusetts. Watson
of Georgia, and Williams of Mississippi.
f The latter based his opposition on the
i Lodge reservations, which he criticised
vigorously.
Another reservation proposed by Sena-
: tor Mcclellan. Democrat. Tennessee. pro-
yiding that Germany should acknowledge
and accept full responsibility for provok-
ing the war. was defeated. 66 to l.. Sena
tor Mcclellan said the pending treaty did
/ not fix Germany's guilt, but Senator
/ Lodge said it gave this nation an option
to claim such admission from Germany
An amendment offered by Senator King
| declaring against cOnfiscation of property
j of German citizens seized by the alien
property custodian, was rejected without
a roll call.
The roll call of ratification of the Ger
man treaty follows:
\ For ratification: Republicans-Ball
/ Brandegee, Bursum, Calder, Cameron
Capper, Colt, Cummins. Curtis, Dilling-
| ham. DUPONT. Edge ElkinS, Ernst, Fer
Maid, France, Frelinghuysen. Gooding
Hale. Harreld, Johnson, Kellogg, Kenyon
\ Reyes, Lenroot. Lodge. Mccormick. Me
/ Cumber, Mckinley, Mclean, McNary
| Moses. Nelson. New. Newberry, Nichol
son, Norbeck Oddie. Page. Penrose, Poin.
dexter, Shortridge. Smoot, Spencer, Sterl
ing, Sutherland, Townsend, Wadsworth
i Warren, Watson of Indiana, Weller and
/ Willis. Total, -.
|! Democrats-Ashurst. Broussard, Dial