Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-01-05
HIRAM JOHNSON
URGES STUDY Of
QUADRUPLE PACT

NBy Inc ASsOtidNtu iCsS'l
San Francisco, Jan. 4.-United
States Senator Hiram w. Johnson
in a statement to Californians to-
day said "President Hardings err
roneous construction of the quad
ripple alliance treaty is the most CO.
gent reason for all of us to study
every word and phrase before we
commit our country to this uneN-
pected and extraordinary contract.
The statement was issued in &C
cordance with a suggestion that ne
endeavor "to interpret the concrete
things that come out of the wash
ington conference on the limitation
of ornaments
Senator Johnson said that there
was universal approval of the orig
inal purpose of the conference ana
substantial unanimity in the nope
and desire that ornaments would
lie limited. Any results, he said
lust to the participants, lessening
ornaments, will be most cordially
and enthusiastically welcomed.
But" he continued, because we
favor disarmament and would make
almost any sacrifice for peace, Is
no reason why we must accept any
thing which may be rendered us III
1.-The sacred name Of peace, or uhuer
the guise Of disarmament.
"Out of the secrecy of the con-
ference has come, first, an uneX-
nected treaty, unrelated to the
original purpose of the gathering
and unconncCted in reality with the
limitation of ornaments. The
treaty. "a Of tran=cendent import
ance to California and of only less
importance to the nation. 1t should
be carefully and calmly studleu'
narrowly scrutiniZed and It's mean
ing thoroughly understood before
we are irrevocably committed 10
it," ..o
He recited the preamble OF the
new duadruple alliance as follows
"With a view of the preservation
of the general peace and the man
tenance of their rights in relatloh
to their insular possessions and IN,
sular dominions in the regions Oh
the Pacific ocean"
"This language" he said, ut now
appears was the subject of pro
Ionged debate in the secret sessions
we do know, however, that the
president himself was not aware
that insular dominions' included
Japan and asserted in a public In
terview that it did not. ~
"Messrs Hughes, Root, Lodge
and Underwood, representing th'
United States and those represent
ing the other nations say that IN
sular dominions' are intended 10 III.
clude the island of Japan, as WEI
IS New Zealand and Ausrala an,
their construction is now accepteu
1.-THE first admitted fact III any
discussion of the treaty is that tn'
maintenance of our island posses
sions is guaranteed, while the Is.
land possessions and the malhIahI
of japan are guaranteed
Article II of the alliance provides
in substance, he said, that IF the
rights of the parties are threatene.
nv aggressive action of any othe'
mower, the parties shall communl
cate with one another fully ah'
frankly, in order to arrive at an un
Outstanding as to the most err
Gent measures to be taken, )olnti!
and separately, to meet the eXigeh
cies of the particular situation.
"To take a concrete illustration
If aggressive action shall threatei
the United states shall meet VIII
the other three powers to determ
inc the most efficient measures u
be taken, jointly and separately
to meet the aggression.
ION the one hand it is contendet
that this language means no more
than that the parties, having me
and determined the most etflclen
means to meet the aggression, ma!
do nothing further; while, on th'
other hand, it is asserted that th'
purpose of the contract being th'
maintenance of the rights OF th'
parties, when aggression threaten
these rights and the parties NEE
and determine the efficient means
of meeting the aggression they arr
in honor bound to execute th'
means decided upon.
"Unless behind the treaty there
is the power to enforce it and tn
understanding that the power shal
be used to meet the eXigencies O
the particular situation the instru
ment is a useless and futile fulml
,otfpy, ~