Arizona republican., 1922-02-26
SENATE GETS.
PACT
W|THHARD|NG
RESERVATION.
Long Debate Faces Four
Power Pact Reported
To Senate By Foreign
Relations Committee
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WASHINGTON, Feb. 25.-FinaHy
accepting compromise reservation
program, the foreign relations COM
nlittee cleared the way today for
transfer of the arms conference
treaty debate to the open senate.
The four power Pacific treaty,
which has proved the most trouble
some of the arms conference agree
ments in committee discussions was
ordered favorably reported with a
blanket reservation drawn by COM
mittee members after a consultation
with President Harding.
At the same time the committee
acted favorably on the naval linita-
tion and submarine treaties, voting
virtually without debate and with the
understanding that members could
further present their views on the
senate floor.
Only the general Far Eastern and
Chinese tariff pacts now remain on
the committee calendar, and senate
leaders hope to bring the whole
group of treaties unto the senate
proper early next week, so that de-
bate on them can begin as soon as a
vote is reached in a separate treaty
relating to Yap. Around the Yap
treaty, meantime, situation devel-
oped today that prompted the ma
jority managers to charge that de-
bate had been needlessly prolonged
and to announce their intention to
hold the senate in session throughout
Monday evening unless a ratification
roll call is reached before that time
by curtailment of unnecessary dis
cussion." An effort to obtain unani-
nous consent for a vote Monday
failed
In reporting favorably the four
power treaty the foreign relations
committee divided ten to three, with
Senators Borah. Republican,, Idaho !;
Johnson, Republican, California, and
Shields, Democrat, Tennessee, voting
in the negative. All the other eight
Republican members supported the
motion and were Joined by two DEM
ocrats Williams, Mississippi, and
Pomerene, Ohio. Three Democrats
were absent.
BY the same vote, ten to three,
but with Senators Williams, Pome-
rene and Kellogg, Republican, Mime
sofa, casting the negative votes, the
committee previously had accepted
the compromise reservation said tc
have been accepted by President
Harding and providing that the
treaty contemplates mo commitment
to armed forces. no alliance, no OBJ
| legation to join in any defense" Sew
eral proposed substitutes and amend
ments We're voted down.
The treaties accompanying "declar.
ation' was approved by the same
vote, and the supplemental treaty. ex.
Guiding the Japanese homeland from
! the four power arrangement. waE
! ordered reported, twelve to one, Sena.
| tor Borah voting in the negative. Th,
! naval limitation and submarine pact:
were approved unanimously.
In the senate. the four power treaty
alone apparently faces a prolonged
debate. Several proposed reserva
tions, not acted on by the committee
are to be offered and Senators Boral
and Johnson, among others. are at
| tempting to organize an ''irreconcil
abio'' bloc against ratification
Whether this element will become
| numerically strong is conceded to res
principally with the Democrats wht
are followers OF former Presiden
| Wilson.
Some opposition also is expected t
the naval limitation and othera atreatle
ordered reported today, but apparent
| IL there is no disposition to make !
protracted fight against them. TIL
general Far Eastern and Chimes
tariff treaties have not yet developer
definite cleavage.
Along with the other arms confer
ence agreements, the Yap treaty wa
assailed by Senator France as a sur
render of American policies and ira
ditions and part of a scheme to re
habilitate "the old league of nation
in a new form" He declared the va.
covenant would sacrifice importan
American rights in the mandate
islands of the Pacific and asserte
that by supporting it the Republica
party had ceased to be worthy OF tn
name of a great political party.