Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-02-25
Shows Desire That Senate
Take 1t Without Changei
Seeks Power to Garry on
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lBORi IND JOHNSON
!WAS : MORE SAFEGUARDS
,.FFs% It ] That Compromise
faft Offered By Brande-
gee viii Be Adopted By
: Committee Today,
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ment Tor FORMAL committee actlOn
tomorrow on the four-power Pa
cific treaty was reached by senate
| leaders today after the administra-
ton force and a group of republi-
can reservationists had united in
support of Il new compromise res
ervation.
The compromise was laid before
the committee by Senator Brande-
gee, republican, Connecticut, after
a conference with President Hard
ing, as a substitute both for the
compromise suggested yesterday by
! Senator Lodge. the committee
chairman, and for the reservation
previously resented by Senator
Brandegee, but said to have been
found unacceptable to the White
House. Committee members un-
/ derstood that the new draft would
be satisfactory 10 Mr.. Harding and
predicted that it would be given
approval at tomorrow's meeting.
The text OF the compromise res
ervation follows:
"The United States Understands
that under the tatement in the
preamble or under the terms of
this treaty there is no commitment
to armed force. no alliance. no OBJ
legation to join in any defense"
The only opposition to the draft
from the republican side of the
committee is said to have come
from Senator Johnson of Cali
fornia. and Borah, IDAHO, who con-
tended that It lid not sufficiently
diselaim any moral or .ega obliga-
ton to maintain" the rights of the
other treaty signatorics and did
not give to congress the right to
pass on all adjustm 4nts reached
under the treaty provisions. Both
of these restrictions were set forth
especially in the original Brande-
gee proposal.
On the democratic side, Senator
Pomerene of Ohio was said to have
led the fight against the reserva-
tion moving tc eliminate the words
mo alliance" on the ground that
to include them was to deny direct
ly the language of the treaty itself.
His motion still was pending when
the committee adjourned with
unanimous agreement to vote on
the treaty itself and all proposed
reservations.
Meantime, at the White House,
1t was said that President Harding
still saw not the slightest occasion
for any reservation en- the four
power treaty. There is one very
simple objection to a reservation,
it was said, and that is that if the
government cannot do the things
lnCitrnnd IN nj
ings and bring nations into accord
without having such things vetoed
by congress CT the senate, it will
be in very poor position to ac-
eomplish anything in the world.
1t was declared that the presi
dent would not have been agree
able to any reservation which would
have prohibited him from carrying
on negotiations or conferences
without the approval of the senate.
1t was explained, however, that
there would be no objection to a
clarifying reservation to satisfy the
apprehensions of those who have
expressed fears about the treaty,
but that the executive did not see
the need for that.
1t was also explained that the
president could not and would not
enter into treaties or use military
force without the sanction of con-
gress as provided in the constitu-
ton.
In the senate itself debate pro-
ceeded today on the separate
treaty with Japan regarding zap
and the other former German is
61 -tI - h. Sannfnrc
Pittman, of Nevada, Reed, of Mis-
souri,, ana Watson, of Georgia, all
democrats, in turn, attacked GER
tain provisions of the treaty and
notice was given by Senator
France, republican, Maryland, that
he would begin tomorrow a speech
in opposition which might last
several days. !.
Both Senators Reed and Watson
included in their addresses a gem
eral attack on the arms conference
series of treaties. and Mr. Reed
digressed to assail George Harvey,
American ambassador at London
whose recall he demanded. Sem
ator Watson made only a short ad-
dress, in which he asked that this
should not by accept
ing the arms conference program.
become an accomplice Of Japan
and stain ourselves with her GRIM
inal record"
The senate leaders made no
response to the attacks except for
a brief interruption by Senator
Lodge. who objected to Senator
Reeds assertion that most of the
~ L tho
four-power treaty were foreign
rights. The American island pos
sessions in the Pacific, Mr.. Lodge
declared. greatly exceeded those of
any other signatory.