The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1922-03-03
SENATE REFUSED To
AMEND zap TREATY
First Attempt To Change
Arms Farley Pact Is
Voted Down

Washington. Mar. Dividing
virtually on party lines, the Senate
refused to amend the zap treaty yes
terday in the first test Of strength on
any question affecting the interna-
tional covenants negotiated during
the Washington conference. The
vote was so to 80.
Only two Republicans, Borah, of
Idaho. and France. of Maryland, sup
ported the proposal and only four
Democrats. Underwood Alabama;
Pomerene. Ohio; Williams, of Mis-
sissippi, and Myers, Of Montana, vot-
ed against it. II had been offered by
Senator Pittman. Democrat, Nevada,
and would have amplified the pro-
vision that existing treaty rights of
the United States shall apply to the
inundated islands of the Pacific.
Later. by vote of 80 to IL, the
Senate also rejected a proposed
amendment by Senator France to
prevent manufacture OF export of in
toxicating liquors on the inundated
islands. Eight Democrats Joined this
time with the Republicans opposed to
the amendment. while not a single
other seuator of his own party cast
his vote with Mr.. France.
Senators differed over the signifi-
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bear on the general situation of the
arms conference treaties, but the
Sen2te leaders declared the result
had been to strengthen their expec-
tation that all the covenants. would
be ratified by safe margins, even tho
there might be a considerable oppo-
ssition on the Democratic side.
Jast before adjournment another
am endment was presented by Sena-
tor Pittman, STIMULATING that under
the treaty the United States should
be sole judge whether Japan is main
tanning sufficient wireless facilities
on zap island, or whether the Am
erican right to install wireless sta
ton there should be exercised. This
and several other amendments and
reservations are expected to come to
a vote tomorrow. and under an
agreement reached yesterday, a roll
call on ratification is to be taken not
later than o'clock Thursday after
noon.
During tcday's debate further at
'tacks were made on the treaty by
Senators France, Pittman, Borah and
Reed. Democrat, Missouri, Mr.. Reed
again charging that the Republican
leaders were attempting to force"
Senate action before the country
could realize what the arms confer
.ence agreements really embody. The
all-day onslaught passed virtually
without reply from the treaty's sup
porters.
II was to the accompaniment of
repeated bursts of laughter, which
the presiding officer made no effort
? CHECK. that the France prohibition
Amendment was presented and reject
ed. Senator France protested that
the Senate was not giving serious con-
sideration to his proposal, and Sen
ator Reed, also lecturing his collea-
CUES for their mirth, caused new con-
vulsions of merriment on the floor
and in the galleries by pleading that
the provision be accepted, so that
some Japanese Volstead can exercise
his genius in the Pacific"
Senator Lodge declared the amend
ment was wholly unnecessary, quot
ing from the treaty provision that
intoxicants are not to be supplied to
the natives" of the inundated islands.
To this Senator Reed replied that a
more complete prohibition was pre-
ferable. including foreigners as well
as natives, so that the world would
not behold the spectacle of total
" sober population bossed by Japan
csc officials loaded to the guards"
The Pittman amendment regard
ing existing treaty rights also was
declared by Senator Lodge to be en-
tirely superfluous and it was indi-
Gated that other amendments and res
eryations to be proposed tomorrow
would likewise be opposed by the Re
publican leader.