The Washington times., 1921-12-14
.HARD|NGFAVORS
SENATE DELAY
0NPAC|F|CPACT
Administration Would Defer
Action Until Arms ParIey
Has Adjourned.

Actlon Until Arms Farley
Has Adjourned.
By POLTTICUs.
Tn Administration does not intend
to hurry Senatorial action on the
quadrilateral Pacific treaty.
This fact became known at the
White House after the delegates OF
the four tpowers had solemnly at
fixd their signatures to the docu-
ment at the State Department
Two reasons are advanced for the
White House determination not to
press for immediate action in the
Senate.
Await Pariey End.
4 The chief reason given by the Ad.
mfniatration spokesmen Tor the PreN'
dents patience Is the belief that the
Senate win not be willing to act on the
treaty until 1t has learned the COM
plete results Of the arms conference
sessions.
The second reason is that the Ad'
ministration would bo greatly embar.
r1ssed II the Senators who opposed
the treaty were to indulge In the at
tacks that are sure to be made upon
fhe good faith Of Great Britain and Of
Japan, and even Of France.
1t is because of this fear that the
British, Japanese and French dele
eates' might hear unpleasant things
that the Administration has made no
present effort to push the bill for the
refunding of the foreign war loans.
It would add nothing to the har-
mony of the occasion II Mr.. Balfour.
for instance, were to hear what some
Of the Senators think of the British
!mperialist policies.
Nor would It help matters In Tokyo
II Baron Kato's busy interpreter were
to translate for him some of the re-
marks that would be made on the
Japanese course in shantung and the
good faith Of Japan In international |
matters generally.
Messrs. BRAND and viviani have |
gone home. but M. Sarrault is sttil |
here as the chief French delegate. and |
he, also, would be embarrassed II he |
heard what some OF the Senator'S
really think of the French policy of
stirring up new wars in Europe.
Prefer Senate Delay.
30 1t is Just as well that the debates
IN the Senate should be postponed
It Is doubtful. of course, whether
even the most powerful pressure from
the White House could induce the Sen
ate to take snap judgment on the
treaty.
In the League of Nations fight, 1t
was the sins of the treaty of Versailles
that proved the crushing burden for
the League.
In the same way 1t is certain that
the arms conference results which ar,
sttIl to come will be Of nature to re-
nect anything but credit on the quad.
rtlateraJ alliance. That treaty itself
has been carefully made 50 innocuous
that many observers have wondered
what value It has. They will discover
its value when the conference gets
through with it's work. They win find
that lot of things are being done in
the attempt to make permanent the
existing status of Great Britain and
Japan, In the Pacific as well as on the
Asiatic mainland, which will shed ad.
dttonal light on the reasons for the
treaty
+: For that reason the delay in the
message that is to send
the treaty to the Senate will be pub
lie service. 1t will give the Senate an
opportunity to study more carefully
the insidious snares and intrigues that
l1o concealed behind the simple words
Of the document that has just been
signed.
1t will do more than that It will
give the people of the United States
An opportunity to pry into the dark
crannies Of this document
A a rule, the Judgment of the peo-
pie is Of little value when 1t comes to
, question Of abstruse international af-
fairs.
In the present instance. however, it
Ii likely that these faffairs will be
made concrete enough
The treaty itself may seem indefi-
mite, vague and abstract. But the peo-
Pile Will have plenty Of opportunities
to discover concretely just what it is
that the treaty undertakes to do and
Just what commitments 1t conceaIs.
VIII Hear From People.
Having discovered this, 1t is likely
that the people of the United States
will be heard from. They were heard
rom in the League of Nations battle,
md their voice was an important fac
tor In determining the fate of the
treaty of Versailles.
OF course, there will be plenty of
propaganda to mislead them. During
The fighting over the League of Ma
tons the Carnegie Endowment and