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Show ! Nevada Senator Urges Acceptance of Pact f Without Alterations or h Reservations by U. S Continues Upper Cham-ber Cham-ber Debate and Asks Prompt Action by Senate on Compact. ta: nii .- WASHINGTON, July 25. Any rcsorva-oi rcsorva-oi tions In senate ratification of the peace treaty would reopen the whole field of negotiation, encourage other nations to mako reservations and renew intcrna-'h intcrna-'h tional dissension, declared Senator Pilt-fec Pilt-fec ni!lu of Nevada, a Democratic member of '!( tlio foreign relations committee, in an n ;: address today in the senate, jre; The speaker cited the Spanish treaty of 1819. to which the senate attached a reservation as to papal claims in Florida, im; and said that although tho Spanish gov-ef" gov-ef" eminent attached tho saino reservation air 11,0 lrcaly 1,acl 10 bc ratified a second lime, because, the two stipulations were arr. differently worded. He pointed out that the supreme court later had held this res-asi res-asi civation to bc a part of tho treaty and d i that the same court had held of the treaty to' with Spain that "in its essence it is a in': contract." "It Is immaterial," continued Senator ' a: Mttmai. "whether the senate considers tj 11,0 reservation as changing the treaty ot: 0r fur tllat is a Question under the liri. law of contracts that the other party tJ. has an equal right to determine. It is ; t: immaterial whether tho change be accomplished accom-plished In the body of the treaty or by reservations in tho resolution approving t'io Irealy. or by interpretative clauses an-.k an-.k nexed to the treaty. . The words in a con- tract are of as much importance to the ,r'; contracting parties as the agreement I itself and the words once agreed upon ;rl- cannot bu changed without Ihe consent itu" of each of the parties to bo bound by the ,PP contract. JAPAN'S BITTER 1'IGHT IN COUNCIL. pv n'Aro " J"stirl''d In assuming that ... ou"'r parliaments and governments will Hie accent without further interpretation our Tit nonunion.; of the articles of tho covenant lar "s atti'cting our own obligations? r ""'nan's mint bluer fight at the eoiin- if I'M able was to grant the league jnris- .. diction to prevent the United States. h" l anada and Australia from excludlng UH Japanese trom t licit- territories under the a: mimigration laws. Think von that the ,v .l.'inanese government will neglect the op- I,,. Portunily to again insist on reservations 1" Ihe treaty covering this point'.' '. "Tllink you that the Italian govcrn- jl luent, having t ) i o opportunity bv reopen- 0' mg of negotiations, would hesitate to place fS. jn too treaty reservations which thev be- lf. he e arc necessary to protect her interests , l I'iunie, Dalmatia and along the Adri-b Adri-b .I' we had sol the example? "Would there ho cause for surprise if " '" the circumstances, the parliament of jt: c.rcat Britain should feel iustified In lidding a reservation to the treaty when It goes back to them to the effect that . the clause providing for limitation of . n.iwil armament shall nol. by reas.ui of I a: Iheal lirilain's peculiar situation, apply to, .l that government? f; OPEN THE DOOR TO MORE DISCUSSION. 'a: "I'jilesrt we approve this treat v ns it biands, men we open the door to n'l of lh disastrous possibilities of renewed in-'. in-'. lo"";itioii;il dissensions. "The nations of the world may all he p.: au-ahisi us, and hi the le;iLrue of' tuitions i , : they may violently m isfon.t rue the nr- ' ... Hides afleetiiiN' our interests. They are '.; more ;ipt to attempt to aceomplish this; 1- Purpose If there is no Ui:e of nations. 1 "W ran wait for pe.ire; Kurore ean-: !ir. nni. -rite ve il pe.u e tre.w w:t- pnr with1 ,:: our enemy. ;-iit helween us and oi:r v;: iriends. There is no precedent for such ! a treaty. We m:y force any treaty up.n I 1 ' a defea ted enemy ; we must com promise ! I!' a treaty between our friends. The ablest ! iv and nitwt patriotic talesmen of the world i h'": for "ninths untiringly j;avc their lives to rearhin-- this compromise treaty. i ,f ' HpeaUin purely as an American, ij ,1, believe Uu.t our nation will be in a? ' much danger as any other countrv in the' J1 world if this treaty fails. Already there, are sisas in Kurope of the abandonment i of pea.-eful intentions, and groups of na- ' j ' tions are feeling their wav to organisation ' 3 1 for war and cn-iuost. If the worid d.es-j r I(T so" n i;ar;ui;ee France and Italy and t I 'I"' nations una hist agression through ecucerted action under hr ' ri- league of nations there will he an alliance I K- of power superior to nur strength that ; will iut be in sympathy with our policies, and our interests. ur Monroe doctrine yv v.ji; th. -n cease to be a doctiano. because we will hf. unable to maintain it. We p will bu able iy defend our own shores, hut only by having the greatest navy and the most Powerful army that any country (v ever had." |