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Show TACK RESERVATION Oil TO ARTICLE TEN r SENATE JOINS ISSUE WITH PRESIDENT PRES-IDENT AND SUSTAINS THE COMMITTEE'S ACTION. Republicans Present a Solid Front in Final Vote, Being Aided on to Victory Vic-tory by Four Votes From the Democratic Side. Washington. Squarely joining the issue with President Wilson, the senate sen-ate on November 13 adopted a reservation reserva-tion qualifying the obligations of the United States under Article X of the league of nations covenant. A solid Republican lineup, reinforced rein-forced by four Democratic votes, put the reservation across exactly as it came from the foreign relations committee com-mittee and in virtually the language which the. president declared on his western tour would cut the heart out of the covenant and mean the rejection rejec-tion of the treaty. The vote by which the reservatiouists won was 46 to 33. The fight for reservations having thus been carried to a climax, the Republicans Re-publicans presented for future action a cloture proposal designed to bring final action on the question of ratification ratifi-cation within a week. The article X reservation, as adopted adopt-ed by the senate, follows : "The United States assumes no obligation ob-ligation to preserve the territorial integrity in-tegrity or political independence of any other country cr to interfere with controversies between nations whether wheth-er members of the league or not under the provisions of article X, or to employ em-ploy the military or naval forces of the United States under any article of the treaty or any purpose, unless In any particular case the congress, which under the constitution has the sole power to declare war or authorize the employment of the military or naval forces of the United. States, shall by act or joint resolution so pco-vide," pco-vide," In only two particulars does this language differ from the proposed reservation res-ervation which the president declared at Salt Lake he would be obliged to ngi;d as a rejection. As read by Mr. Wilson, the phrase "under the pro visions of article X" occurred at a .different place, and the final word "provide" was changed to "declare." I |