President. another- reservation .which was offered. by the committee. the main reservation for which the substitute was offered by the Senator from Nebraska. This reservation reads: 5. The United States reserves to Itsof exclusively the right to decide what questions are within its domestic jurisdiction. and declares that all domestic and political questions relating wholly or in part to. its internal affairs. including immigration. labor. coastwise traffic. the. tariff. commerce. the suppression of traffic in women and children and in opium and other dangerous drugs and all other domestic questions. are solely within the jurisdiction of the United States and are not under this treaty to be submitted in any way either to arbitration or to the consideration of the coancil or of the assembly of the league of nations. or any agency thereof. or to the decision or recommendation- of any other power: Mr President. I rose to state that. carrying out my senti-. ments and my belief that we. as representatives of the Aimeiican. people. should reserve to our Government the right to pass upon these domestic questions. I propose to support reservation: 5 as proposed by the. committee.
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