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fterubllcann Itad a counter proposal or
would make one. Senator .otlico re
siled that Jio could not make any propo
rtion on Article X. othor thnn Die one
contained In tho Indira uirogrammo of
reservations. Ho said ho could not con
nt to nnjr modification, We did' not
tnlco up the Monroe Doctrine, hut Senn
tor Lodge was equally positive there
could bo no alteration of that reserva
tion. Wo had accepted tho reservation
on the Monroe Doctrine jvlth the exl
ceptlon (hat we proposednn elimina
tion of the right of. the United States
ulono to Interpret It.
"I susiffsted that we consider omo
way of,taklne the treaty up , In the
ficnate, hut Senator IMga said ho did
not care to have any moetlnp on that
-tuhject."
Uaforo tho question of the BcnnU
taklntf up tho treaty comwi before It for
determination, conferences will have
been held by tho Democrats nn3 pos
sibly the rtepubllcans to dcdldn" whether
the reservations ns tentatively nfrreeilTm
In the bi-partisan conferences shall bo
taken up Blnsly or en bloc.
Not Influenced hf White Home.
There woe no dramatic climax to tho
conference. It was agreed by nil that
unless some compromise could be worked
out on Article X. It would be uaeloss to
continue tho meotlnm.
"Wna your niovo to-day dlscunsert
with the White House In Odvancor'
(Senator Hitchcock was asked.
"It was not. We nre runnlnij entirely
Independently of the White House In this)
action,"
Renntor Hitchcock said he was aatls
fled that Senator Underwood (Ala.)
woulj not move to Ret consideration of
hla rerolu,tlon for a formal committee of
conciliation until after the- effort had
benn mado to get the treaty before the
Senatn for opon consideration.
"This opens the way to hrlnp the
treaty on the floor, and I am certain
"theie will be enough votes to do this,"
raid Senator XIcNary (Ore.), one of tho
mild reservatlonlats.
Kxpcctatton la that tno votes will be
mustered to carry a motion to bring the
treaty nln before tho Senate. A ma
jority vote means, forty-nine. Toward"
tnla senator1 Hitchcock has at least forty
threo Democrats,- Four or five mild
reservatlonlats are expected to Ijln
these, and Anally there aro tile lrrecon
cl'ibler amon the Itepubllcans. several
at least of whom, like Borah, will assist
In bringing the treaty again before the
Senate, because they believe that another
month of discussion will end all favor
for It with the country at large.
Once before the Senate It la generally
believed the treaty will be under con
tinuous discussion for a month, perhaps
longer. That It will be ratified before
tho national conventions Is hoped for
by few, believed by still fewer. If It
eocs over until after the national con
ventions Ita chances of ever receiving
tho Senate's approval will be still less.
Lodffe IlevleTre Conference
Senator Lodgo presented -this evening
the exac amendments to the Lodge
reservations and explained their origin..
His statement follows: i
"Kor tho last two wccki nine Honatora.
five Democrats nnd four IlepubllcanH,
havo been meeting to consider the ques
tion of changed In the reservations
adopted by tho Benato before adjourn
ment of' the last ttoPBlon of Congress,
commonly known as tho Lodgo reserva
tions, The Senators ,who thus mot did
not constitute a committee. The meet"
Ings wero entirely Informal, nnd It wns
understood at the ouUet they had nq
power or authority whatever to bind
any one. Their only purpose wb to ate
whether there wero any changs which
they would be willing to lay. before all
other members of tho Senate for their
confederation, No final agreement even
to submit any changes to their fft
U agues In tho Senate was reached, Spme
tenlatlvb agreements were obtained,
Innervations 3, 8, 12 and 13 wcro.tentn
lively accepted by all without change,
It was tentatively agreed to submit tho
following changes to all the other Sen
ators for consideration:
"(a) Tho resolving clause, which Is as
follows:
"'llctolvcd (two-thirds of the Sena
tors present concurrlnr therein), that
the Senate advise -to and consent to the
ratification of tho treaty pt peace with
Germany concluded at Verealtlm Juno
S3, 1910, subject to tho following reser
vatlons and understandings "which are
hereby n part and condition of this
resolution of ratification, which ratlttra
tlon Is not to take effect or bind the
United HtatfH until the said reeerva
lions and understandings adopted by the
Scnato have been acceptod by an ex
change of notes as a part and a condi
tion bf thle resolution of ratification by
at least three of. tho four principal
allied and associated Powers, to wit,
Great Britain, France, Italy and Japan.'
Snlixtltatn as Anreed To.
'ffho Democrats proposed to strike out-
all after the, word 'ratification' In lino
six to tho end of the clause. The Ite
publlcans proposed the following sub
stitute :
" 'Itesolved, two-thirds of tho Senators
present concurring therein, tjiat the Son
ate advise and consent to the ratification
of tho trenty ot peace with Germany
slgred at Versailles Juno 28, 1919, sub
ject to the following reservations and
understandings, which are hereby made
n part and n 'condition of this resolu
tion of ratification, which ratification Is
not to tako effect or bind the United
States until the said 'reservations and
understandings adopted by the Senate
havo been accepted as a part and a con
dition of this resolution of ratification
by tha allied and associated Towers, and
a failure on the part of, the allied and
associated Powers to make objections to
said reservations and understandings
prior to the deposit of ratifications by
tho United Slates Bhall be taken as a,
full acceptance' of such reservations and
understandings by said Powers.'
"This proposal was tentatively agreed
to.
"Reservation No. 4, which Is as fol
lows: 'The United Stntea retervea to It
self exclusively the right to decide what
quostlous are within its domestic Juris
diction and (Ittlqros that nit domestic;
and political questions rotating wholly
or In part to Its Internal affairs, Includ
ing Immigration, labor, coastwise traffic,
the tnrlff, commerce, tha suppression of
tralllo In women and children and In
opium and other dangerous, drugs and all
nther domestlo questions are solely
within the Jurisdiction of the United
Slates and are not under 'this treaty to
bo submitted In any way either to arbi
tration or to the consideration of the
council or of the assembly of tho League
ot Nations or any agency thereof, or to
the decision or consideration of any
other rower.'
Chnnuro That Were 3tntlr
"Various changes wero suggested to
thlf reservation. It was finally tenta
tively agreed to Insert tho word 'Internal'
beforo the word 'commerce' In line five
and to strlko out In Una five the words
'all other domestlo questions,' which
wero n superfluous repetition.
"Reservation No. 7. which was aa
follows:
" 'The United States withholds Its as
sent to Articles 16C, 1C7 and 1E8 and
reserves full liberty of ajtlon with
respect to any controversy 'which may
arise under said articles between the
Itepubllo of China and the Empire of
Japan.'
"It was tentatively agreed to Btrlko
out the rda 'between the Republic
Of China nnd the Empire of Japan.'
"Reservation. No. 7: 'The Congress of
tho United Htates will provldo by law
for the appointment of the representa
tives of the Ulrtted Htates In tho as
sembly nnd tha council of the Lcaguo
of Nations and may In Its discretion
provide for the participation of tho
United States In any commission, com
mittee, tribunal, court, council or con
ference, or In tho selection of any mem
bers thereof and for the appointment of
memtcrs of said commlsflons, commit
tees, tribunals, courtp, councils, or con
ferences, or any otner representatives
under the treaty of peace or In carry
ing out Its provisions and until such
participation and appointments have been
provided for and the powers and dutlts
of such representatives have been de
fined by law no person shall represent
tho United States under cither said
League of Nations or the treaty of
peace with Girmany or be authorized
to perform any act for or on behalf
of the United States thereunder, and
no cltlxei) of the United States shall
bo selected or appointed a member of
said commissions, committees, tribunals,
courts, council, conferences except with
the approval of the Senate of the United
State.'
"It was tentatively agreed to sub
stitute for this reservation tho follow
ing wording which Is precisely the same
In effect except that under tho sub
stitute there Is no promise made to
pass such a statute, the original form
containing the words 'the Congress of
the United States will provide':
" 'No person Is or shall be authorized
to represent tho United States, nor shall
WONDERLAND ALICE
Remember how wicked she
considered the walrus and
the carpenter who tempted
fat, young oysters out for a
walk and then ate every one ?
. . !. i i'.i 'to strike out the word 'concurrent'
Ah, Well! tlie WairUS ana tnc insrt the word 'Joint,' It was suggested
rimmhr wrre evidently y the Itepubllcans to amend this reser-
Carpenter Were eviueiiwy Vatlnn by striking out all after the word
eDiCUreS and COUldn t resist 'given" In Una seven nnd Inserting V
of both houses of Congress may be nec
essary,' ' ''No decision was reached as' tp the
changes proposed In thin reservation or
In reservations Nob, 0 uniTll.
"lUacrvatlon No, 14, 'Which Is as fol
notice of withdrawal from tha League ot
Nations ns provided In said article, tho
uniten Htates snail oe tno aoie judge as
to whether nil Its international obi ga
tlons nnd all Its obligations under the
said covenant have been fulfilled' and
notice 6f withdrawal by the United
States may be given by a concurrent
resolution of the Congress ot tho United
States.1
"It was proposed by tha Democrats
ana
the feast at hand.
In that respect they were not
unlike the patrons at
CHILDS who similarly
frmnf lO-flOOOOO fnt. VOUnf? lowl" 'T1e UnltcJ Btate" wumw no
tempt iwiuuujuuu im, yuunt, ob)lgatlon t0 b9 boum, by ftny cuon,
OVStCrS a year and then Cat decision, report or finding of the council
' ' ' 'or assembly In which any member of the
every One. ;ioague and Its self-governing dominions,
Rich crumr oUr Uw. colonies or pari" oi umpire, in um uhbic
r felden brawn fried gate lmvo cast more than one vote, and
Tltttt.
assumes no obligation to be bound by nnyi
I decision, report or finding or tne council
lor assembly arising out of any dispute
between tho United States and any mem
ber of the league If such member, or
nnv nelf-irovernlmr dominion, colony,
empire or part of empire, united with It
politically, has voted.'
Pliiml yotlnv HntiDtltutr.
"The following was proposed as o.
substitute for this reservation :
'"Until 1'art.l, being the covenant ot
any cltlien of tho United S ates be ninentUa as to provide that the United
glble as a member of any body or ' ancy HuteB thM ,)e en(UC(1 lo caBt a number
established or authorised by said treaty of volea eaua, tnt wlllcn any m8m.
of peaco with Oermany except pursuant ber of th9 leafrue 0nd Ita self-governing
to that act of the Congress of the United (lomnonH( co0nlea or parts of empire In
States providing for his appointment ana ()le HggrCgato shall bo entitled to caBt
denning his powers and duties. tno United Stntes assumoa no obligation
"Reservation Kp. 10 which la ns fol-jtn bo bound, except In cases where Con
lows: gress has previously given Its consent,
"If the United States shall nt any by any election, decision, report or find,
time adopt any plan for tho llmltntlon Ing of the council or assembly In which
of armaments proposed by the council of any member of the league and Its self
the League of Natloni under the provl- governing dominions, colonics or parts
slons of Article VIII., It reservua the ot empire In the aggregate have cast
right to Increase such armament with- moro than one vote,
out tho consent of the council whenever i ., .Tno united States assumes no obll
tho United States Is threatened with In- gaton to be bound by nrry decision, re
vaston or engaged In war. ,,ort or finding of the council or assem-
"Many suggestions wore made for yy nrlflng out of any dispute between
changes In this reservation and It was the United. States and any member of
flnnliv tentstlvelv agreed to adopt tho i1n lonmin If eucIi member or self-irov-
followlng substitute proposed by theernnB dominion, colony, empire or part-
t1.Hkllnnn 'I -
-Kft nti for tho limitation of arma
ments proposed fiy the council of tho
League of Nations under the provisions
of Article VIII. shall be held as binding
the United States until tho samo have
been accepted by the Congress,' i
Withdrawal Clause Unchanged, !
"Reservation No. 1, which U as fol-lotrs:
"'The Unltad States so understands
and construes Article I. that In case of
of empire united with it politically haa
voted.'
"No decision was reached on this
clmngo."
The Lodgo statement merely snys re
garding reservations concerning Article
X, that It wuh Impossible to agree, and
continues ; , '
"Jtoservatlon No, 5, which reads as
follows:
'"Tho United Statesshall not submit
to arbitration or to Inquiry by th as
sembly or by the council of the League
ot Nations provided for In said treaty
of peace any questions which in the juiig.
mcnt of tho United States depend upon
or relate to Its long established policy
commonly known ns tho Monroe Doctrine ;
said doctrlno Is to bo Interpreted by tho
United States alone, nnd Is hereby (do
clnrod to be 'wholly outside tho Juiis
diction of the Bald Lcauun of Nations
nnd entirely unnffectcd by apy provision
contained In said treaty of peace with
Oermany.'
"It wan proposed by tho Democrats to
strlko out the words 'said doctrlno Is
to be Interpreted by tho United States
alone.'
"This consent could not bo obtained."
I In addition to this statement of tho
negotiations Senator Lodgo snld :
"Sneaking for myself ulono. I have
only (this to ay, that I wns unable to
ngreo to any change In reservations S
and B denllntr with Artlclo X. and tho
Monroo Doctrine. In m opinion res
ervation No. 2, which provides that wc
shall araumo no obligation of any kind
under Artlclo X. except tho one men
tioned In tho treaty that wo should our
selves respect the boundaries of other
nations; cannot possibly permit of
change.
"The change proposod In reservation
No. G In regard to tho Monroo Doctrine
wns an absolutely vital ono because It
wna assorted as an offlclal Interpreta
tion by tho representatives of Great
ltrltnlu that the Monroo Doctrine tinder
tho treaty was to be Interpreted by tho
lenguo. To this I, for one, could never
consent, nnd In view of '.ho stntemont
mado In Paris by the Urltlah delegation
to which I havo referred I regard tho
line which It was proposed to strlko .out
ns absolutely necessary, Tho Unltod
Stntea has ulivnya Interpreted the Mon
roo Doctrlno alone. It la our policy, No
ono else hns ever nttemrrted to.lntornret
It, and It Is something In my JudgmentJ
mini uuum uuvcr iu oo pormmcu even
iiy tho most remote Implication. If we
should strike out that phraso now after
it nna neon ncceptcd uythe Scnato It
would load to a direct Inference Hint wo
left that question open. The right to
Interpret the Monroe Doctrine pertain
ing to the United States alone must
nover be open to question."
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