Evening star., 1922-03-28
SENATE uNTANeLEs TREATY.

me Senate finally untangled its
parliamentary difficulties over the
afternoon by joining together the
supplemental treaty Excluding the
homeland Of Japan from the opera
sfon OF the treaty and the "declara-
tion." signed by the powers at the
same time as the main treaty: ex-
treaty domestic questions, and rati-
flying both by a vote of 73 to o.
The solution Of the difficulties was
brought about by Senator Lodge.
chairman of the foreign relations COM
mittee.. who offered as part Of the
treaty the declaration"
In this way the Senate has taken
formal notice of the declaration. which
cannot be ignored by the other powers.
In the vote on the double -barreled
ratiacation resolution. opponents of
approval to the supplements because
they interpreted the two agreements
as limiting and curtailing the opera
ton Of the principal treaty. Several
attempts to attach other reservations
which had failed when the four
sideration were defeated by the usual
pro-treaty and anti-treaty lineup.
Calls Up Naval Treaty.
As soon as the vote had been COM
pleted Senator Lodge called up the
naval limitation treaty establishing q
5-5-3 capital ship ratio for the United
States. Great Britain and Japan.
The plan of combining action on the
two four-power treaty supplements
was proposed by Senator Lodge after
he had decided It was unnecessary 10
present two separate ratification reso-
lutfons. The treaty opponents, hold
ing that the domestic questions sup
plement really was part Of the four
power pact, protested that the method
can leader was but q weak and un-
satisfactory" way to solve the par
liamentary problems confronting the
Senate, but Mr.. Lodge and other re-
publicans insisted it would be en-
tirely effective.
senior democratic member Of the for
eign relations committee, It was de-
clafed that the Senate's action In
giving belated approval to the sup
plement ''is an admission to japan
that the supplements provisions are
Two attempts were made to attach
other reservations. Senator Pittman,
democrat, Nevada, presenting the
Lodge league of nations reservation
on domestic questions, and Senator
Robinson. democrat, Arkansas, intro
uuCLu6 d8dtH MS proposal CnaC out
side powers be invited to Join in Pa
cific conferences affecting their in
terests. The Pittman reservation
was beaten. 21 to 40. and the Robinson
reservation was rejected without q
roll call.
Seeks to Amend.
? Senator Robinson also sought with
out success to amend the supple.
mentary treaty 20 that the Island of
the operation. ofsthe four-Dower plan.
He argued that trouble on. that Is
iand would be almost certain If Rus
sia would attack Japan, but his
amendment was voted down, 20. to- SO,
Senator Underwood OF Alabama, the
democratic leader, led the asht
against 1t, saying that 1t might lead
to rejection of the whole four-power
arrangement by Japan.
A suggestion by Senator Under
frain from aggression against Japan
if she knew that she would find her
self involved with 'three other pow
ers" led to a long .coiloQuy between
the democratic leader and Senator
johnson of California, one of the
republican irrecoacilables. Senator
johnson asked in what way the
three other powers would be in
volved. and when Mr.. Underwood re-
piled that, entirely aside from the ele-
mentt Of force, nations must have
California senator insisted that tbs
statement constitnfAd IN. admission
that the four-powsr pact really.
bound the unitsd states TO 'boycott''
nations making war on any one Of
tllN E01r treaty EtIuatarteC es ~