New-York tribune., 1922-03-18
Treaty Attacks
Fail to Change
Senate Line-Up
Lines of Supporters of the
4-Power Pact Hold Firm.
and Lod g e Continues
Confident Of Ratification
Propaganda Is Charged
Senator France Asserts
Large Sums Are Expensi-
ed to Influence Final Vote
Fyons me rraouno'y Europeo~ yu~so..


WASHINGTON, March IRE
newed assaults on tho four-powcr
treaty IN the Senate to-day failed to
shake the lines OF it's supporters.
When the Senate quit for the after
noon, Senator Lodge apparently still
viewed the oituation with satisfaction,
being confident that the treaty would
be ratified
Senators Kellogg, Cuinmins and a
few others, who havc been working
TO get the modified Brandegee reserva-
tlon eliminated from tho treaty, are
making no progress and evidently will
not be able to upset tho plan 60 have
the agreement ratified aa II was re-
Committee.
Democrats opposed 90 The treaty
who are in intimate touch with the sit
uation said it remained true that
nothing but the active Intervention
OF Woodrow Wilson against tho treaty
could turn enough Democrats against
it to endanger it. Although talk con-
vAiiuSb aOoub JIe O6natS Cn2C @VOrtS
were being made TO have Mr. Wilson
draw a group of Democratic Senators
away from Senator Underwood's lead
arship and align them against the
treaty, there was no indication either
that the movement has succeeded or
That II ls likely to get far. It has
been suggested by the opposition that
Mr.. Wilson might write a letter against
tho four-power treaty, but Senator'S
III the opposition ranks said tonight
rhey did not expect this. Mr.. Wilsou
ls far from being in his old time fights
ing form and is not DESTROYS Of being
drawn INTO an open controversy.
Republicans Standing Firm
Senators Borsh and johnson, who aYs
taking the lead sgainst the treaty on
the Republican side, have failed to get
any votes against the trestg among
The Republicans save those Of Senators
France and La Toilette Their homes
Of persuading Senator Norris TO range
himself with them have SO FAR failed
and do not promise success. Senator
MOTIFS is much Interested in the well
fsre of China ard continues 70 take
Che view that the conference has sc-
complished something useful for that
country
numerous Senators sere absent TO-
days sHd WniIe much time Fas given
over TO discussion of tho treaty the
debaSe lacked the fire OF previous days
Another dlscusslon broke out over the
question whether the four-power treaty
constitutes sn alliance. Senator willis,
OF Ohio, congroverted the view of Sen
ator Spencer, OF Missouri. that 5his il
an alliance. The Ohio Senator said he
stood by the position taken BY Presi-
dent Harding and Senator Lodge.
Senator Spencer, however, was NOT
converted and held to the ground he
took the previous day, thst this IS an
alliance, but is an alliance for puy-
poses Of peaceful conference and not a
warlike alliance.
johnson Renews His Attack
Senator Hiram Johnson, Of Caligor-
MIA, followed with q prepared address,
IN which he again denounced the treaty.
He held the American public would not
have sanctioned any such treaty II it
had been forewsrned
II those in charge OF the recent
conference,n said Senator johnson.
had said: We arc about 10 meet witt,
Great Britain, France and Japan to
form an alliance such storm OF dis
sent and disappointment would have
arisen that the proponents Of the CON
ference would not have dared to do it.
The minds Of the people were bent
on Just one thing, the limitation of
ar1naments. Then before any work had
been completed toward disarmament
came the alliance, which we are told
was the most important work of the
conference. This treaty may have been
IN the minds of statesmen. 1t was not
in the minds of the people"
He made an analysis of the Anglo
Japanese treaty to seek to show that
it outstripped the four-power treaty in
protesting peaceful purposes. He in
sisted the four-power treaty contem-
plated partnership beyond the scope
Of the actual words of the treaty and
held that otherwise the British and
Japanese would not have exchanged the
Anglo-Japanese alliance, which is con-
cerncd with Eastern Asia and India,'
for treaty which on its face relates
only to the Pacific.
Senator Watson. of Georgia, came
next in the attack. He singled out
Elihu Root for a part of his attack
Senators may say that this does not
bind US to anything" said Senator
Watson, "but does any man here or
throughout the country believe that a
lawyer like Elihu Root, the attorney
fer the Anglo-Japanese pact, would
surrender that pact unless he waa get
ting for that contract . far better con-
tractY