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Show oo Smoot and Kin? Are Now for the League of Nations 'SALT LAKE. April 15 "The j amendments to the covenants of tb j li league of nations as reported b the n press ou Sunday fill the requirements most admirably and will meet the ' Mrbole-hearted support of the United States," said United States Senator i William H. Kins last night. Senator Iving stated ihat it v, ill give him' pleasure to vote affirmativelv when (hi league constitution Is presented for ratification io the United States venate. ; He pointed out that the amendments Followed very closely those suggested!1 from the floor of the senato by him- 1 self and by former Justice Charles1 KA'ans Hughes. He paid. "Of the flT : amendments huh t, logether with1 other members of the senate, suggested sug-gested have apparently been adopted 1 by the peace conference." Predicts Passage. Senator King expressed particular favor for the amendments rem fore-ing fore-ing the Me.nroe doctrine, and leaving to the individual stales mailers of purely domestic interest. Thai tho new draft, when put. in final form with the, amendments outlined Sunday, Sun-day, will pass by the required two-hirds two-hirds vote of the United States senate, sen-ate, was the opinion confidently ex pressed last night by Senator iving. Reed Smoot. Republican senator from Utah, last night stated that the amendments as reported meef with his most heariv approbation He stated, however, that he believes there are two further points that should be .incorporated into the covenant before ; it will meet with anything like a un lanimous approval of the senate. "The league constitution," he said, "must I make clear provision that the domps-I domps-I tic affairs of the United States can ! In no way and at no time be subjected sub-jected to the control of foreign pow ers This country must be the sole judge of matters which regard It j alone, affairs such as immigration" I The other point on which Senator Smont still believes the constitution 'is not sufficiently clear ir. the guai 'antoe of the territorial mtcgriy of tha I member states of the league. Sounds Warning. Senator Smoot. said last night that ! he did not believe it wise tot Hi' i United States to enter into an agree-I agree-I ment which will bind it Irrevocably I to the guaranteeing in perpetuity the J boundaries of all league nations a? ; they may emerge in the treaty of ' peace. He declared it within the ! realm of possibility that provinces or 'departments of certain league mem bers may at some future time wish to attain independenee for perfectly sound reason., and that, therefore, the signatories to the peace compact should not be held to a guarantee for th status quo Tf thepe fnrthei changes to the pact are made, Senator Smoot says th.u he v ill be more than happy to vote for H and to urge its adoption in places high and low. As to Prohibition. , In tew of the considerable agita-! agita-! i ation of late that congress take up the matter of wartime prohibition, i the two senators were asked last night what action, if any, congress micht take in the matter. Senator Smoot expressed the opin- j ion that congress will leae this subject sub-ject strict alone Ho said: 'Congress 'Con-gress will not repeal the wartime j prohibition measure if 1 am any ! judge of congress " Senator King stated that it was improbable that congress would take ac tion, because of the very nature or j the war prohibition measure. 'Wartime prohibition will .cease when President Wilson officially pro- j elaims that the war is at an end," Senator Sen-ator King said ' In my opinion, it is possible that this declaration may be made oefore July 1, when the war measure would have gone into opera tion. If such becomes the case, the sale of liquor will continue until the. constitutional amendmcut becomes j operative next January " |