The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-12-17
IlEM0CRATS WILL V9TE n RATEY
 POWER PACT
Only Irreconeilables are Sur prised That Conference Made tie Treaty of
 the Pacific
By HUGH W. ROBERTS Washington Bureau, The Age-Hera1d,
 800 Davidson Building.

OOu OahAusOh Washington. December 16.-tSpe- ,ial1-while the democrats of the Senate, with the exception of Senator Reed, have apparently decided to say nothing further regarding the four La a yer treaty relating to the Pacific, v arre is no question but that the ma jcsity, in the end, will vote for rati flsasion.
 There is no democrat who support the Versailles treaty who does not aslieve that the four-power treaty $ akin to the Versailles treaty in nat it tends towards peace; and no sD-called Wilson democrat doubts ut that the Harding effort Is less Advantageous to the world than the Wilson effort would have been.
 Senator Harrison of Mississippi holds that the best In the four-power treaty was taken from the Versailles treaty, and that 1t would be better had more been taken. This Is the general view of the Wilson demo- crats. At the same time one or more of the Wilson democrats intimate that inasmuch as the republicans would not give them what they wanted, they will not give the republicans what they now want.
 But this mastiff in the manger idea will not be expressed in the rati- fication vote, 1t seems certain
 Charge of Treachery
 There Is no great surprise save on the part O. the so- called "irreconcil- ables" that che Washington confer fnce made the treaty of the Pacific. The "irreooncslables" nave been and are still convinced that last fall the people gave President Harding in structiors 10 avoid all entangling all dances and adhere t1 a policy of iso- lation. senators Reed and Lafollette have declared lha. President Hard ing behaved tsa people who commis- siones hin J1is view is possibly share by scrasor Borah and others who aavo aot as yet talked to the cxte4E that hay will eventually talk.
 Pus 10 the campaign President Harding was not definitely opposed to a eari lliauee of some variety, and he fs.is that the peoples instruc- tioas were te form some such pact with rese eryatfons protecting the sov- erHf7rty ct lae United States. And 4hfn ha appointed his commissioners fs iaa conference he picked four men, tfFe 9f whom had supported the Yer ssisS treaty. Secretary Hughes and NIT Root pported that treaty with eerl4in reservations. They collabo- ratee to reasonable extent with Wood row wilson. Senator Underwood sup b8rts1 the Versailles treaty without fesefvaelons. and would have taken it th reservations if he could not
 received more. Senator Lodge
 the Versailles treaty, but pre-
 the submission of the treaty
 committed himself in very nstH lar 10 ieaaas ef nations.
 uen1ocxn tic EIation
 Ther5 no grove dispute regard Hn. the aetczl Identity between Artlale x oK zhe Versailles treaty and Article 1J of hs four power treaty Of cours r.odsa Will Insist on the difference hsts7eSg twsedfedum and tweedledee. s0F tha irreconci ables" and the Wflson aHl htrsts are ass reed that the two sec1 5ca A principis gre identical.
 The democrats fe 0at Har5is and his administration arc followiaa Wilson and his admins teatioa aad that the attitude of the forinar inati- fies the international polics of the latter. There is the idea, to- sat Harding, because he has fol0~ed Wilson and proved him right, will rot have such an advantage at the poll four years hence as he would have had had he brought about a satisfac- tory adjustment along lines which would startle by virtue of their nov city. The democrats feel that Hard ing is about to enter the League of Nations through the back door. They feel that eventually the United States will see the folly of going just a little way In discharging big