The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-04-16
ASSURE HARDING COLOMBIAN PACT
 ID BE RATIFIED
Pending Treaty Wrong to The odore Roosevelt, Lenroot and Johnson Declare In
 Three-Hour Addresses
By Associated Press

By Associated Press
 Washington. April 15-The Colombian treaty was brought under hostile fire to- day in the Senate.
 Two republican senators of the progress sive group, Johnson of California, and Lenroot of Wisconsin, attacked the pend ing pact for three hours as wrong to Theodore Roosevelt" and "an invitation to every crooked nation in the world to hackmail the United States.'' When they had concluded, Senator Tom Watson democrat, Georgia, making his maiden speech. turned on administration lead CTS supporting ratification and accused Senator Lodge of Massachusetts as hay ing changed from opposition to support because of an oil concession which Sec retary Fall has pipe-lined into this treaty"
 Despite the hot fire from opponents administration leaders, through Senate, Curtis of Kansas. sent assurances to President Harding that sufficient votes were in prospect to bring about ratifica- ton next Wednesday, the day set for the vote
 Shafts at democratic as we'll as repub- lIcan defenders of the treaty were thrown by Senator Watson. He paid especial at tention to the speech of Senator Pom creme, democrat Ohio. supporter of the treaty. The Ohio senator's long address MT. Watson declared. could be boiled down into enc sentence: That we stole fn rnx Mo, the thief" Senator Watson challenged pointing at Senator Pomerene who with knitted brows made no response. "Ever !n Georgia justice court, when we cal a man thief we ought to be mar enough to name him. The senator from Ohio did not name his thief. He alss should name the accomplices."
 WAS NO THIEF
 There was no thief" Senator Watson continued, adding that Panama nigh properly have been aided by this natior to secure her independence, but denied l that the element of theft existed. | As he proceeded the Georgia senator. 1 long hair drifted into his eyes, and his voice, with characteristic emphasis, grew shrill as he gestured with extended arm l That Colombia's S friendship could not bs bought was emphasized by Senator Wat son.
 l I is to our interest, and Colombia with u. when it is to her interest" he said
 National friendship cannot be bough any more than personal friendship. | Colon bias friendship is for sale let hel take it to anothr market place and offel it to the highest bidder
 COULDN'T PAY HIM l Senator Watson added that he woul, welcome withopen arms man who hat I done him an injury and offered to re sune terms of friendship but said h, would be inclined to kick a man who of fered money in atonement for an injury I He declared that a payment to Colombi would be bad precedent and predicte, that if made, it would be the basis fo similar claims from Haiti. the Domin i ican republic Costa Rica and othe small nations which, he said. had sui l fered ruthless interference from tn Wilson administration.
 In attacking the address of Senate Knox of Pennsylvania. the Georgia sen ator ridiculed an illustration given b Mr. Knox. saying:
 l 'Evidentiy the senator from Pennsyl vania had not thought of this happy Il lustraticns until he was prodded into i ] by an inquiry just as he was about t take his seat, after he had been ques 1 tioned by one or two of his colleagues This happy inspiration came to him jus as happy inspirations come to all of Il I sometime or other. He said this treat reminded him of a transaction of ffien of his in Pennsylvania-a fellow Penn l sylvanian-no doubt-who had bough some land from widow, and the buye did not know of the coal that was on and the widow did not know, but becaus the man found the coal there and got i'm
 mensely rich from it. he gave the wido' her mite after he had safely cash>d | his own portion.
 SURELY SOMETHING NEW
 What has that got to do with tn
 Colombian treaty?' he said, and he aI parently convinced hirnself--I have n doubt that he is convinced right now ths
 his illustration is conclusive-he said tha because we had obtained such benef from the suicidal conduct of Colombi
 we ought to compensate Colombia fc
 having done that act. That is surel something new for lawyers and to lay I men, Does not Colombia participate 1 every benefit that flows to mankind froi
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