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Show SUBSTITUTES DEFEATED By BIG MJGIHS Chamber Votes Down i Modifications Proposed ! by Walsh; Borah Plan Also Fails of Approval. Bay State Senator and Williams of Mississippi Engage in Wordy Bat-i Bat-i tie During Debate. it (Chicago Tribune Special Service.) WASHINGTON, Nov. 10. An in-bitter in-bitter row between Senator Williams of Mississippi and Senator kiiMi of .Massachusetts, both Demo-mis, Demo-mis, .over the Irish question checked ijnsideration of the peace treaty and firevented a vote today on the reservation reserva-tion designated to disentangle the i States from obligations under irlicle X. ! Every indication pointsHo a vote lo-jjnorrow lo-jjnorrow ou I lie reservation which Presi-Btnt Presi-Btnt Wilson declared he would regard :i- "a rejection of the treaty" and ik rejection of every attempt to modify mod-ify I lu' measure today pointed unmis-Ukal'ly unmis-Ukal'ly to it,s adoption by a. substan-ijority, substan-ijority, despite the stubborn opposition op-position of the administration forces. No since I be controversy over the iraly licgiin lias 1 lie senate heard more Urriil debate lhan that between Senator Wnbli and Senator Williams. For two 'omiiltuous, exciting hours the senate Was held in almost breathless expectancy expec-tancy of fisticuffs or the hurling or Jtktvclls as tlir two Democratic senators sen-ators paid their respects to each other, nf red-hot character of tho debate Wiled new width to the already wide Wit within the Democratic party over jlc league of nations. Sciiut or Walsh began by charging Pt ho had just received information Ital llic administration had decided to Wprivc him of all patronage in Massachusetts Massa-chusetts as a punishment fur his oppo-jHiou oppo-jHiou to tho league. 'READY TO TAKE HIS 'PUNISHMENT, HE SAYS. L"lj wns not easy," said Senator "to disagree with my associates on lie league of nations, I well knew oal .Moik an attitude contrary to N opinion of the administration in 'Her I would receive in duo 1 " niy punishment. I now know that "lv plans arc lying prepared to " ' Ironi me every particle of politi-, politi-, . " P:triii:iwo , Massachusetts. 1 am IjL, if 'or "'at sacrifice. I am pre-mpa pre-mpa tor abuse and vilification." J" "if course of his speech Senator pish referred to himself , a "desc.cn-Sni.,",,, "desc.cn-Sni.,",,, a" oi'Pi-rssoiI race." Senator t ; ? ?!t.ant,y K,'l7'l'1 upon this as l" reply. He assailed Sen-' Sen-' r ;ildi tor attempting to speak "as s,l"-' 01' an oppressed race' L ,,. W here as an Ameri- TV M'liv ?' raltl Senator Williams. toift?,iJei,at:r tllen Proceeded Si trZl ,e, ,rlHh wl,n llis customary iWirni, ' 'lJy referring to them as WM th ;.i,i nBtor Pwe" of Oklahoma Fpki I "V1" Mm lo rder for Kfiaw? motives of another se.m-"' se.m-"' -Pr """"ins. who occupied B tSinS"! w'll"'s that he HlqM t" 0060 of Parliamentary "tUSH HAS WARM 1ET0RT FOR THRUSTS. L Vsun,M'i;,'.-'h mdo a vigorous retort. 11 m" , '", descendant of sub-rOT. sub-rOT. I wilt yM- 11 Pleases you C,r" ns hi tP0,lk"Krc Plainly. stand f"!l' -i l r.: ,' of a," Immigrant -nd father. ls that un-Amerl- ''kp!Crtlil0 ,;m'""c,in -'es. The l"5 in .1 ;i"otilon has ,. l,si- tW 'I" , ',"'bcr- hut "e relations jwtoi i,'" Sovermnent to that fif"'- ' vi,"mr business In this frM lioi i tl hT "eh'11--' "ave be- Ki! of Ztl sincerely that the Rl"''s Joining T , moai" "'c United o what 's t.T Tn:"mr' "d' E'""'i Hi t f,Ma Al""-tcan Instl-PjjUt? Instl-PjjUt? -orblds lhc "io right of tho lVrCfr5,,"d 'i1 f ,1?arl"K men E0-,rmkn ,m,. . nic" ;lM ,h PSndSv - $L:? -l".:''c.,u,n'A',,'w'?, vi;:,,:-;; cte;,av 1 "" as an "r' rain ' HS.!"1 -M'uriea.i sena-IWct sena-IWct wit, .""" gluing in am-5r!,,n,';h am-5r!,,n,';h ' uronean ,.wers which rr bjvjiole policv of Ih's 'Continue,, on page v- Coiunui 2 --- oefeaTsubstitutes ! BY BIS IK I. 1 i (Continued from Page One.) I country in its attitude of sympathy and aid toward subject peoples." Senator Lodge of Massachusetts, tho Republican leader, leaped into the fray. "My colleague needs no defense," he said. "He is entirely able to take care of himself. In past political campaigns he and I have been as far apart politically politi-cally as two men possihlycould be, but I have talked with him about this treaty a good deal and I can say that no man ever took the difficult step he has taken for more purely conscientious motives." 'T am not surprised that the senator : from Mississippi recoils at the expression 'subject races.' He is familiar with subject sub-ject races; he lives among them. Gene- I alogy is not the test of Americanism. No matter what race my colleague springs from, he Is as good an American as I know." When the senate took up the reservation reserva-tion on article X today, Senator Thomas of Colorado. Democrat, moved to substitute substi-tute the "mild" reservation prepared some time ago by Senator McCumber of North Dakota. Republican. Even Senator McCumber, Mc-Cumber, however, refused to support it today and Indignantly to'.d the Democrats that the time for that kind of a compromise compro-mise was gone. It was finally voted down, 48 to 36. FOUR DEMOCRATS JOIN THE MAJORITY. The Republicans voted solidly against it, and four Democrats, Smith of Georgia, Geor-gia, Gore, Keed and Walsh of Massachusetts, Massachu-setts, toted with them. Senator Borah of Idaho, Republican, proposed an amendment designed to strengthen the committee reservation and to make it unmistakably clear that article arti-cle X was wholly inapplicable in so far as it affected the United States. Tho amendment was rejected, 68 to IS. Sixteen Six-teen Republican "bitter enders" and two Democrats, Gore and Reed, supported it. Manv other senators who voted against it did so because they considered the committee reservation was just as effective ef-fective and wanted to maintain the slate intact. Senator Walsh of Montana, Democrat, proposed an amendment striking out the provision !n the reservation preventing the use of American military or naval forces for any purpose without the consent con-sent of congress. This amendment was rejected, 45 to 38. At this juncture the Democrats attempted at-tempted a new line of attack to defeat the reservation. Senator Walsh of Montana Mon-tana proposed to add language releasing all other nations from obligations toward the United States under article X and to keep the United States out of participation participa-tion in the league council under article arti-cle X Camouflage, Says Pittman. Senator Pittman of Nevada, Democrat, declared that the Lodge reservation waa "mere camouflage" to cover the real purpose pur-pose of the opposition the destruction of article X. There would be nothing left of article X. he said, after the reservation reserva-tion was adopted. 'I will vote for the Walsh amendment." he said, "because it makes it plainer to the people that under this reservation there will be no article X.' Senator Hitchcock characterized the Lodge reservation as "a direct and obnoxious ob-noxious repudiation of the very spirit of the league." He declared it repudiated obligations solemnly entered into. "By whom?" interrupted Senator Penrose. Pen-rose. "By this senate," shouted Senator Hitchcock. He explained that the United States was morally bound to uphold Poland, Jugo-Slavia, Czecho-Slovakia and various other new states set up in Europe. '"But under this reservation." the Nebraska Ne-braska senator continued, "we propose to run and desert them. We ought to be ashamed to look them in the face. This ' reservation is an invitation to Germany to begin wp.r to reconquer." Senator Fall of New Mexico, Republican, Repub-lican, declared he was getting "weary of all this slush about our duty to maintain main-tain the boundaries of Poland, Bohemia and other states." Senator Reed of Missouri, Democrat, said he did not want the United States to bind itself to a blanket agreement to respect re-spect all territorial integrity, because, he said, if Mexican bandits continued murdering mur-dering and kidnaping Americans, it might be necessary for the United States to invade in-vade Mexico at any time. |
