The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-05-28
F l N A 1 ACTION ON
 DISARMAMENT CALL
 TAKEN BY SENATE
Lively Tits Occur as League of Nations Controversy Is Fought Over on Wak.A.M
 Amendment
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 Washington. May cs0l action on disarmament qucs,S nd against beginning a new P.s ' coast naval base was taken the Senate. but other amend. ss to the s's6'ooo'- 900 naval approprk don Dill were not disposed of when adjournment was taken until next Tuesday over the Memorial Day holidays.
 Disarmament proposals caused s brisk clash today over amendments of Senators Pomerene, Ohio. and Walsh, Montana, democrats. With the Borah amendment authorizing and request ing" the President to call & three- power conference to discuss disarma- ment already in the bill, Senator Pomerene offered & supplementary amendment. It would have authorized the President to suspend American naval construction for six months fin order to arrange the conference and if a disarmament agreement should be reached to suspend construction in part or in whole. The. proposal was beaten twice, once by a point of or der and again by record vote of 29 to 37 for suspension of the rules to make 1t in order.
 Even a livelier tilt in which the League of Nations nRs fought over again developed on Senator Walshs amendment which would have request ed the President to send American representatives to sit with the dis armament commission of the League of Nations fin a consulting capacity"
 Three Democrat Opponents
 This amendment was beaten. 42 to 22, after 1t was denounced by Senator Lodge of Massachusetts, republican leader, as side door" entrance of America into the league. The roll call was on party lines, except that three democrats Shields. Tennesseee; Walsh Massachusetts, and Watson, Georgia, voted with republican opponents.
 The proposal for a new naval base at Alameda, Cal, was lost finally when senator Ball. republican, Delaware, a prominent champion of it, announced after a further canvass of senators that no further attempt would be made to rescind the senate's vote striking the item from the bill
 Ills announcement came after Sena- tor King, democrat Utah. had served notlce on leaders in charge of the pHI that opponents would delay pass age of the naval budget indefinitely should the Alameda amendment again De pressed. Senator Johnson, republi- can, California, spoke briefly in sup port or the project. but conceded it's oeleat, stating the House would not accept even if adopted by the Senate
 Clash Over Dismissal
 Besides the disarma rf1ent controversv the Senate also clashed over the recent missal of 110 midshipment from the naval academy. After criticism ana de- renee or the Annapolis authorities the pooy aoopted an amendment providing TOT e-appointment of the midshipmen who 'flunked" to lower class
 another amendment called for ths report to the navy as to whether any navy yards or stations should be aban- doned. ] The livelist tilt was over the Walsh amendment for appointment of Amer;- can representatives to the League Of Nations disarmament commi ssion. It's author contended that 1t followed the aomlnstraation policy of appointinZ 2 representatives to sit with the suprme council and the allied reputation com mission.
 Senators Lodge and Watson, (Geor- gIa), declared the propos sal was an en- tering wedge for American participa- ton in the league.
 A-'' said Senator Lodge. have decided against that league"
 Expressing the hope that he would call the disarmament conference, Sena- tor Lodge added:
 'But l do not propose for one mo- ment to join in any way this League of Nations, and do not propose to enter any side door or back gate"
 Underwood Makes Reply
 Senator Underwood, Alabama, demo- cratic leader, replied immediately de- ploring that the Senate had prevented American entrance into the league He said, however, that this was settled by the administration policy of non membership and was not involved in the Walsh amendment.
 We should accept the invitation (of the league) to participate in the dis armament conference of the commits sion, not as member, but as an in- dependent country" he said
 Senator Walsh also urged that the league commission was considerjng Borah plan only naval disarmament would be under. consideration.
 That the sending of what he termed American observers" to the supreme council and separations commission ha il anything to do with the league" was denied by Senator Brandegee of Con necticut, a republican, "irreconcible.
 The supreme council" said Senator Brandegee, ifs body utterly unknown to the league. The reparation commits sion has nothing whatever to do with the lea que; it is a body of the versan- les treaty"
 In opposing the Walsh amendment, Senator Watson of Georgia, delivered his first sharp attack upon the league of nations since his entrance into the Senate.
 Watson Gives His Views.
 Taking exception to statement of Senator Underwood that the league is- sue was not the deciding factor of the November elections, Senator Watson said that Mir. Underwood recently had made strong speech for disarma- ment and then voted for $40.000.000 in- creases in appropriation
 The senator from Alabama is mis- talsen,"s said Senator Watson. "The real issue was for maintenan nee of our independence and against it's surrender to foreign powers. It was to keep out of the league that caused the stampede to the ticket of Harding and Coolidge. And now, step after step, insidiously. we are disregarding the verdict of the people and told to go into the league that the people told us to avoid.S Put your hand in cotton gin and see what will happen Who will turn off the belt if we put our hand in this (the Walsh amendment?")
 we can't pass this resolution tthe Walsh amendment'J, Senator Watson continued. without danger of setting aside the verdict of the people last November"
 Senator Watson said there was ..in-