The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1922-03-02
ARMS PACT5 ARE
SENT To SENATE
Fight to Be Conferred on Four
Power Pacific Treaty.
MANY SENATORS TO OPPOSE
Several Solons File Notice of Opposi.
ton to Treaty-No Reservations
to General Far East and Chi
nese Tariff Pacts.

Washington, Fev. 2S.-The Chinese
treaties, last Of the pacts made at the
arms conference were reported to the
senate by the foreign relations com
mittee.
Two treaties were reported out. One
is the general nine-powered treaty re-
storing some Of China's lost autonomy.
The other granting an increase in Chi
nese customs duties.
Senator Lodge reported the whole
batch of conference treatles-seyen in
ALTO the senate.
The committees action In ordering
the Chinese treaties to be reported IA
vorably was unanimous, there being no
record vote.
Reserve Right to Oppose.
Senators Johnson of California and
Borah of Idaho, Republican "irrecon-
cilables," and three Democratic mem
bers, Hitchcock of Nebraska, Swanson
of Virginia and Pittman Of Nevada,
were absent.
1t is understood several Republican
and Democratic members reserved
the right to oppose arg of the treaties,
and to offer reservations to them, on
the senate floor.
AS soon as the zap treaty between
the United States and Japan, which
was first reported separately from the
committee, Is ratified, Senator Lodge
will press for ratification of the seven
major conference pacts. He will place
the four-pOwer pact ahead Of the 9th
ers In the hope Of speeding ratlfica-
tiOn.
1t Is the intention of the Republic
an "lrreconcilables" to concentrate
their opposition on the Pacific pact.
The expected flood Of proposed res
eryatiOns to the treaty was started on
the senate floor when Senator Robin
son, Democrat of Arkansas, announced
he intended to offer two when cOnsid-
Grafton of the pact is begun.
In proposing his reservations Sena-
tor Robinson said one of the principal
dangers suggested in connection with
the four-power treaty is that it COM
mits the United States to the assist
ance of Japan, of to a passive attitude
In the event Japan continues a policy
of aggression toward Russia and
China"
Differ over zap.
Admission was made on the senate
floor by Senator Underwood Demo
crat of Alabama, that the American
arms delegation itself differed about
the separate zap treaty with Japan.
Senator Underwood said Secretary
of State Hughes contended the United
States held an undivided one-flfth In
terest in the island, while he (Under-
wood believed the United States had
only "trusteeship" in the island I'M
der the agreement reached at Yer
sallles for its disposition.
"All l can see in this treaty is that
Japan yields to this government the
right to establish a cable station on
the island of Yap," he said, in urging
ratification of the pact. Japan also
permits this government to establish
radio stations in the future If it de-
sires to do so.
"There Is more language in the
treaty, but it seems to me to be only
supplemental to what has been done.
We want none Of the islands given
Japan by this treaty, aside from a
place for a cable station on Yap.'
Senator Underwood explained the
cable now touching at zap was for
mer German cable and that its zap
terminal" was necessary to extend
the service to China.