New-York tribune., 1922-03-11
Moves
10 Get Quick
Y ole ON 1 act
Will Call 4.Powcr Treaty
Up To-day, Planning to
Compel Early Decision
by Continuous Sessions

From Tho 1ribunc's WASHINGTON Buroru
WASHlNGTON, March 10. - Senator
Lodge served notice this afternoon that
he would call up the four-p power treaty
al noon tomorrow and would keep the
Senate in continuous session, at least
until a vote could be obtained on the
pending Robinson amendment obigat-
ing the four powers to refrain from
aggression and providing that when
controversy arises which cannot be
settled BY diplomacy all nations con
cerned in the dispute shall be invited
to conference for consideration and
adjustment.
Senator Lodge and other leaders
have decided it Will be necessary to
press the treaty with the utmost per-
sstcnce to bring it to vote in the
face of the filibustcring tactics Of the
opposition. A night session tomorrow
may result.
The Robinson amendment, it is ex-
pccted, will be decisively beaten. Sen
ator Robinson had indicated, however,
that he will offer it as a reservation
if it is defeated as An amendment
Unless at a later stage the situation
as to ratification is SO close as to inn
peril the treaty, his proposal probably
Will not be adopted in any form.
Opponents Outline Campaign
Increasing activity by the opponents
Of the treaty was feature of the
situation in the Senate to-day. Sen
ators Reed, Shields, Robinson, John
son and others opposed to the pact
held an informal conference and took
up study Of the four power treaty
in its relations to the naval agreement
and the Yap treaty, The purpose is to
employ the argument that while the
United States has agreed to reduce
her strength IN ships and forts through
the naval agreement, she has at the
same time placed herself at great
disadvantage as compared with Japan
by the fourpower understanding and
the Yap treaty. Senator La Toilette
returned to Washington from Wiscon-
sin and is prepared to fight the treaty.
In spite OF The opposition's activity,
Senator'S Lodge and Underwood feel
confident of ratification of all the
treaties. Senator Underwood has adj
vised Republican leaders that enough
Democratic Senators are certain to DIN
him to force ratification He believes
now he has enough votes to prevent
defeat of any of the agreements, but
expects a larger margin when the test
actually comes. Leaders in favor of
the treaty do not deny there is close
situation and d real fight on, but they
expect to win. small group of Dem
ocratic Senators are wayering as to
just how they will vote, and for this
reason the treaty proponents cannot
make exact forecasts as to the voting.
Debate over the four power treaty
to day was not extended. Senator Lodge
did not compel its consideration for
long time, giving way to the bill to
create additional judges. Tomorrow
Name of Author Demanded
Senator Robinson again raised the
question of who wrote the treaty. He
said he had been unable to get any
information on this from Senator I'm
derWood or Senator Lodge. He quoted
an official who, he said, sounds like
Mr.. Hughes" as saying:
-Four delegations signed the treaty.
Therefore it can be truthfully said
that they all wrote it, Who wrote it
does not matter. What is in it does
matter"
Senator Robinson continued:
1T is my impression that when
President Harding called that confer
ence 1t was not in his mind that an
alliance between Japan, Great Britain,
France and the United States would
be consummated, and that when the
conference met such an alliance was
not IN the mind of the Senator from
Alabama (Mr. Underwood), or the SEN
ator from Massachusetts, (Mr. LODGE,
or the Secretary Of State, or Mr.. Root.
Now the Secretary says that it does
not matter who wrote it; Substantially
he says that is nobodys business.
just before the Senator from Massa-
chusetts reported the treaty in plenary
session the Secretary said no such
treaty was contemplated SO far as he
knew and that if any such proposition
had been advanced he knew nothing
about it. wonder if Mr.. Root, the
other American delegate, knows any
thing about it. and if he does, if he
will tell US anything about it?"
Senator Lodge, replying to Senator
Robinson's allegation that the four
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