Ogden Daily Standard | 1919-10-15 | Page 3 | Senate Plans a Vote

SENATE PLANS AJOTE Shantung Amendments to Peace Treaty to Be Decided Upon. j WASHINGTON. Oct. 15. A rot" by the senate late today on the Shantung Shan-tung amendments to the peace trep.tyl was planned by Republican leaders with acquiescence, it was said, of the Democrats. Colt Would Not Amend. W ASHINGTOlf, Oct 15 Adoption of textual amendments would .uean defeat of the peace treat and would accomplish no practical result that eould not be brought by reservations, the senate was told today by Senator " I Colt, Republican, Rhode Island. Referring to the Shantung amendment amend-ment and that proposed to equall79 voting power in the league of nations the Rhode Island senator declared they would re-open peace negotia. ion:; ; while reservations would change its provisions only for the reserving nation. na-tion. It would be unfair, he argued, to increase in-crease the voting power of the United States as proposed in the amendment by Senator Johnson, Republican, 'ali-j fornia, and leave the other first class powers with only one vote in the assembly, as-sembly, nn