The New York herald., 1922-02-23
Validity Of the Pacific Man
date Is Attacked by Cali
fOrnia Senator.
VOTE MAY BE SPEEDED
France Opens Fight on zap
Pact-LOdge Plans to See
President To-day.
SpecidI Dispatch TO THE NEW YORK HERALD.
New York Herald Bureau
Washington. ID, C.. Feb. Do (

New York Herald Bureau
Washington ID. c., Feb. 20.
When the Senate Foreign Relations
Committee met to consider the four
Power Pacific treaty to-day it faced
another reservation offered by Senator
Hiram Johnson (Cal., Rep), which
goes much further than the Brande-
gee reservation offered yesterday.
The Johnson reservation questions
the validity of the Pacific mandates
and promises to be the forerunner of
reservations which would take the life
out OF the four Power compact and
the other treaties entered into during
the Conference for the Limitation Of
Armaments.
Following the introduction of the
johnson reservation Senator Lodge,
chairman of the committee, said he
would talk over the situation with the
President within the next twenty -four
hours. No action was taken on either
the Johnson or Brandegee reservation.
Progress in consideration of all the
treaties was advanced by submission
TO the Senate by Senator Lodge in
open executive session of the treaty
between the United States and Japan
dealing with zap and giving to the
United States the right to participate
on equal terms with Japan in the use
of the island as cable station.
Administration Men Worried.
While presentation of the Yap Treaty
places the arms conference and cor
ollary treaties one step nearer final ac-
tion interest centered in the deliberations
Of the Senate Foreign Relations Com
mittee where the combination of ir-
reconcilables and Democrats retains
control.
II was apparent at the outset of the
committee meeting that Administration
forces were alarmed at the prospect Of
a food of reservations which might be
expected. Senator Kellogg (Minn.) has
taken the position that reservations may
wreck the treaties and are unnecessary.
That view was conveyed to Senator
Lodge and to the White House.
In this position Senator kellogg Is
supported by Senator New (Ind.) and
presumably by Senator Lodge in the
new alignment. The positions of SEN
ators Mccormick (Ill), McCumber On.
ID and Moses On. HI. all Republi-
cans, are in doubt. Senator John Sharp
Williams (Miss.) aligned himself open
" with those opposing reservations on
the ground that he was opposed to res
ervations to any treaties.
The situation is complicated for the
ronrese ervation forces by the fact that
& oNoryNhn lmiuC1E in IA
Of reservations as the situation now
stands and sponsors for the reserva
tion idea insist the treaties never VIII
be reported to the Senate unless the res
ervations are attached. In spite OF this
obstacle those who oppose reservations
insist that the treaties be brought before
the Senate quickly in some form or an
other and that the fight for or against
reservations be on the floor.
1t is confidently believed that II the
Administration insists upon dealing with
the treaties without reservations suf-
ficient number of combined Republican
and Democratic votes can be mustered
to insure ratification on that basis. 1t
IS this plan which Senator Lodge will
take UP with the President in his con-
ference which, Is expected to be held
tomorrow morning.
The Johnson reservation practically
declares the lI4ifO DlisFS NA''' 'iON
ognze the mandate &C Japan for the
former German possessions in The Pa
cific north Of the equator. n mandate
which tacitly is ackncw lodged by this
Government in its treaty with Japan
over the Island of Var. II also calls
into question the validity of the man.
date of Great Britain for the former
German possessions south of the
equator. and expresses the view of the
United States that the validity of tha
mandates has not benG recognized by
any of the powers signltory to the four
Power treaty. Inasmuch as Greas
Britain. France and Japan have ac-
knowledged the validity of the man.
dates it Is believed by opponents Of
the reservation idea that the effect OF
this reservation would be TO dissent.
nate suspicion Of the Intentions of the
United States Government.
The johnson Reservation.
The reservation offered by Senator
Johnson reads:
The use of the worc rights in the
preamble and in Articles ]. and III. of
this treaty shall not be taken to
commit the signatory powers TO any
guarantee OF or to any opinion re-
garding the validity CT. any rights
which may by any powers or people
be claimed as valid, but which at
tHt SHlHe .tlIHe may DN olHtI ppNtlS
or peoples be deemed invalid; and 1t
Us understood that In any dispute.
existing or future. regarding the
validity OF rights the signatory pow
'srs reserve each to itself full lib
erty OF Judgment.
The johnson resolution Is recognized
ms a precursor Of others which will aim
10 nullify the effectiveness OF the
treaties on the ground that they repre-
"a n 1n T.4ff faI tat fNp,
the frontiers OF the Pacific.
The report OF the zap Treaty by
Senator Lodge was the signal for the
ilrst opposition to the treaties on tho
floor OF the Senate II came from Sena-
tor France. who gave notice he would
move to recommt tho Yap Treaty TO
sse Senate Committee on Foreign Rela-
uons, and in answer to a question from
Senator Lodge ventured the prediction
that IL would be long time before the
treaty was ratified unless recommitted.
Senator France later receded from the