Jasper County Democrat, Volume 22, Number 61, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 October 1919 — SENATE DELAY [ARTICLE]

SENATE DELAY

It is clear that t'he presentation of the new reservations by the senate foreign relations committee may have the effect of delaying action ota the treaty indefinitely. No one looks for action inside of a month —that is the most optimistic view. For weeks two-thlrds of the senate has been ready to ratify the treaty with reservations not conceived for the purpose of destroying or crippling the league of nations. The senate has already defeated the first report of the foreign relations committee, has defeated practically all its auniendments, and will defeat the rest, and it is now called on to go into a long fight over other reservations recommended by a majority of the committe which, it adopted, would make necessary the consent of foreign governments, and reduce almost to a nullity the influence of America in the league. First, the majority of the committee favored the making of a separate peace with Germany; then it favored Amendments which would make necessary resubmission to the conference; now it comes forward with these reservations. We trust that the Republican senators, who had no part In this work, and who honestly favor the

treaty and the league covenant with proper reservations, will not give any countenance to this latest work of the foreign relations committee. It might be well to discharge it froto further consideration of the treaty. Certainly after almost four months it ought to have accomplished something worth while. But at any rate the Democrats, and the Republicans who are favorable to the treaty, oufeht to get together on a program, and put it through. Hardly a day passes that does not bring resolutions from large bodies of our citizens in favor of prompt and favorable action. The nation wants peace, and the answer of the committee is more delay, imore speech-making and more uncertainty. This report ought to go the way of the others—imo the senatorial waste basket. ror whether so designed or not, it is a deadly blow at the treaty.—lndianapolis News (Rep.)