Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1921-12-11
PACT WON 7 GET
THROUGH SENATE
WITHOUT BITTER
FIGHT, FORECAST
"TreacherouS, REASONABLE
and DamnabIe,' u Declares
Senator Reed of Missouri
Of New Agreement.
B0RAH DECLINES TO
MAKE A STATEMENT
Republicans Generally, How
ever Predict Ratification
By an Overwhelming Vote
in Upper House.
(By The Associated Press. +,

Washington, Dec. 10 (by the As
sociated Press) Indications of op-
position in the senate to ratifica-
ton of the four-power Pacific
treaty developed today shortly
after the new pact was announced
at the arms conference.
Senator Reed, democrat Of Mis-
souri,, an "irreconcilable" in the
long fight against the treaty of
Versailles. in a statement de-
nounced the new understanding as
"treacherous. reasonable and
damnable" and predicted there
would be fight and hot one"
Other senator's of the irreconcil-
able group, for the most part, with
held comment but, speaking pri-
vately, indicated an unfriendly at
titude toward the treaty. Senator
Borah of Idaho, leading republican
irreconcilable, was one of those de-
clining to comment.
Republicans generally, however.
predicted ratification by an over
whelming vote and in this predic-
tion to greater or less extent were
Joined by a number of democrats,
including leaders on that side of
the senate. Many senators refused
TO commit themselves, declaring
they wished to study the pact.
Democratic senator's in number
of instances said they did not at
tach the importance to the docu-
ment as a peace measure that was
claimed in republican quarters and
described it as "innocuous" and as
having a great similarity to the
league Of nations covenant.
Some democrats pointed to Ar
ticle II, which binds the signatories
If their rights In the Pacific islands
are threatened by the aggressive
action of any other power, ito COM
municate" with one another fully
and frankly in orcer TO arrive at an
understanding as to the most eff
cient measures to be taken. Jointly
or separately to meet the exgen-
cies OF the particular situation
This. they said. differed but little
from Article X OF the league cove
nant, which the republicans found
most Objectionable.
Senator Harrison Of Mississippi,
one of the democratic spokesmen
in the senate, in his comment said:
"The best parts of the treaty are
those provisions taken from the
league of nations covenant
One of the principal effects or
the treaty, both republicans and
democrats agreed. would be its
termination of the Anglo-Japanese
alliance.
"The real purpose of the treaty
Is cunningly masked by fine phras-
es," Senator Reed declared. 1T Is
n verbal photograph of Elihu Root,
but notwithstanding its sugar coat
ing, it is no more or less than
uuadruple alliance between Great
Britain, France, Japan and the
United States by which they mu-
tually bind each other to exert
their Joint power for the control
of the Pacific and for the mainte-
nance of the rights of each in
their insular possessions and insu-
lar dominions in the region of the
Pacific ocean,
"Tf we sign this treaty we bind
ourselves to go to the assistance
of Japan, Great Britain and
France in the event that their In
sular dominions in the Pacific are
threatened. I have quoted from
the preamble, but the purpose is
made plain by article two. That
article plainly means that these
powers will assemble and will
agree on the methods to be en-
ployed, which of course means that
they will Jointly go to war, II war
Is necessary, or by their combined
power of threats intimidate other
nations.
ut is not only an entangling alli-
ance, but 1t IS an alliance which
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