Evening star., 1921-09-23
FAVORABLE REPORT
ON PEACE TREATIES
ORDERED IN SENATE
Senator Borah Only Member
of Foreign Relations Com
mittee Opposed.
REPRESENTATION URGED
ON ALLIED COMMISSIONS
Property Protection Reservation
Also Favored-Will Be Consid-
cred in Open Session.

Favorable report on the peace treaties
between the United States and Ger
many, Austria and Hungary was ordered
committee.
Senator Borah, republican, Idaho.
leader of the fight against the treaty of
Versailles, was the only member to
Vote against reporting the treaties.
Before reporting the three pacts the
committee adopted a reservation requir-
ing that Congress pass an act for ap-
pointment of an American representa-
tive on allied commissions by the Presi-
dent with the advice and consent OF
the Senate.
Property Protection.
Another reservation adopted by the
committee, presented by Senator
pomerene, democrat, Ohio, provided
that protection given the United
States government in it's property
interests should apply also to Ameri-
can nationals.
The vote on reporting the treaties
1aVorably was nine to one. the sup
porterS of the treaties, including six
republicans and three democrats. all
of the members present except Sen
ator Borah. who cast the negative
vote. The republicans voting for the
treaties were Senator Lodge, Massa-
chusetts. chairman; McCumber, North
Dakota; Brandegee, Connecticut;
johnson. California; New, Indiana,
and Kellogg, Minnesota. The three
democrats were Senator Swanson of
Virginia, Pomerene of Ohio and
Shields of Tennessee.
Senator johnson Disagrees.
Senator johnson of California. who
was allied with Senator Borah in the
fight against the Versailles treaty.
today was said to have disagreed
with Senator Borah's contentious that
the treaties were likely to involve
this nation in European affairs Sem
ator Shields also was one of the
treaty controversy who today sup
ported the new treaties.
Senator Hitchcock Of Nebraska,
ranking democrat on the committee,
tofore expressed himself as 1avorfnE
the treaties.
The reservation requiring an act of
Congress and Senate confirmation Tor
tiveS on allied commissions was slml.
lar to number seven of the original
Lodge reservations to the Versailles
pact. The new reservation was
drafted by Senator Lodge with IN
corporation of suggestions by Sem
ators Johnson and Brandegee. The
resolution of ratification of the Ger
man treaty, with the reservation as
finally evolved, provides:
Text of Resolution.
Resolved (two-thirds of the sena-
tors concurring therein) that the SEN
ate advise and consent to the. rat1-
fication of the treaty between the
United States and Germany signed at
Berlin August 25, 1921, to restore the
friendly relations existing between
the two nations prior to the outbreak
of war, subject to the understanding
which is hereby made a part of this
resolution of ratifica ton, that the
United States shall not be represent
ed or participate in any body, agency.
or commission nor shall any person
represent the United States as mem
ber of any body, agency or commits
sion in which the United States is
authorized to participate by this
treaty unless and until an act of Con-
gress of the United States shall pro-
vide for such representation or par
ticipation."
participation" Insisted On.
Senator Johnson insisted that the
reservation should include "participa-
ton" as well as representation.
The resolutions of ratification and
reservation for the Austrian and Hun
garian treaties were similar.
The Pomerene reservation was to
article l of the American treaty, re-
lating to protection of American prop
erty rights as provided in the Knox
peace resolution. and declared that
"the words United States shall be con-
strued to include the United States
and it's nationals" This reservation
also accompanies the Austrian and
Hungarian n pacts.
would carry his fight against ratifi-
cation to the Senate floor