The New York herald., 1922-03-14
BORAH FIGHT over,
TREATY TIEUP ENDS
Agreement Is Reached to Vote
on Robinson Amendment
This Afternoon.
STEP NEARER PASSAGE
Idaho Senator Issues Warning
Lodge Upsets Filibuster-
Ratification Assured.

Special Dispatch 10 THE NEW YORK HERALD.
New York Herald Bureau,
Washington, ID. C., March 13.
Senator Lodge, chairman of the
Committee on Foreign Relations. broke
the incipient filibuster which has been
in progress for several days against
vote of any character on the four
Power Pacific treaty.
BY an agreement reached to-day.
suggested by Senator Swanson (va.)
and accepted by Senator Lodge. the
Senate will vote at o'clock tomorrow
afternoon on the Robinson amend
ment. which provides that aggression
pact shall not be made the subject of
conference, and that In the case of
attack from outside the four Power
group all the nations interested in
that kind Of controversy shall be
represented in the conference.
Senator Robinson offered an amend
ment TO his original proposal TO make
1t apply to questions relating ito the
nsular possessions or rights of the
Powers in the treaty or any Far East
ern question"
The decision TO vote on the Robin
son amendment came after Senators
Johnson and Borah had attacked the
treaty and the entire philosophy OF the
arms conference
The vote on the amendment will not
necessarily be test or the relative
strength u the friends and opponents OF
the treaty. As in the case of the zap
treaty. when Senator Hitchcock tNeb.) }
voted for amendments and reservations
and finally voted for the treaty. many
Democrats are expected to cast their
votes on the Robinson amendment With
the same mental reservation.
An Analysis of the Vote.
There are sixty Republican and thir-
ty-slx Democratic votes. Four Repub-
leans will vote against the treaty and
two other Republicans, Stanield (ore.)
and Crow (Pa-). will be absent, leaving
nfty-four Republican votes for ratiflca-
ton Two Democrats favorable TO rati-
(Fla). will be absent. leaving thirty
four Democratic votes TO be considered.
Nine Democratic votes arc certain for
ratification, leaving twenty-five possible
Democratic votes in opposition. To these
should be added the four Republican
votes opposed to ratification, making a
total of twenty-nine opposed 10 the treat
les as compared with sixty-thrce favor
able TO ratification, or a margin Of above
the necessary two-thirds OF those voting
to ratify. While this is not large mar
gin It is sufficient and pared down to
the limit. Votes not included In this list
may be included among those favoring
the treaty.
Senator Borah (Idaho) closed to-day's
debate against the treaty in an argu-
ment opposing ratification. The sub
stance Of his argument was that the
four Power treaty provides political
or diplomatic group OF four Powers and
that II has been the history OF the world
that when group OF this character Is
formed another group arises TO meet Il
In this opposing group Senator Borah
foresees China. Russia and Germany.
While the four Power compact pro-
vides machinery for conferences among
the four Powers. he sees In u no instru-
mentality for a conference which viii
The Idaho Senator insisted this situation
represented exactly that which prevailed
in Europe I'm 1914, where there was OPP
portunity to confer among the members
OF the Triple Entente. and the members
OF tho Triple Alliance. but no machinery
TO bring the two groups together.
Borah Quotes Niscount Grey.
Apparently fearing that his argument
would be interpreted as speech In
favor or the League OF Nations which
he bitterly opposed. Senator Borah ex-
planned that he was opposed 20 any ALL
ance which would foreclose the right OF
the United States TO act upon any ques-
tion as II arises.
Senator Borah quoted from the
speeches made by Senator Underwood
CAla.D Saturday. IN which the latter had
Quoted vlscount Grey az having said "
there had been machinery for getting
the opposing Governments together In
1914 war could have been averted. lie
said this proved his argument conclu-
sively. for while there was plenty OF
opportunity for the Powers within each
group TO confer there was no medium
BY which the opposing groups could be
brought together.
In developing HIS argument. Senator
Borah denied that tho cause of the war