New-York tribune., 1922-03-09
Tells Senate 1t Removes
Menace 10 Peace and
Scraps Anglo-Japanesc
Alliance, lis Chief Aim
@shii Agreement
Void, Says Harding z
z acifc Settlement Held
Motto lnvolveU.S. ;Only
Obligated to Consult

From Tile Trbnos Washington Bureau
WASHINGTON, March S.-An ad-
dress by Senator Lodge in behalf of
the four-power treaty, a sharp debate
between Senators Lodge and Reed over
features of the treaty and the meaning
OF it, bitter attacks by Senators Reed,
Robinson, France and other opponents
and speech by Senator Fletcher IN
support Of it characterized the Senate
proceedings to-day.
Answering the Borah resolution call
ing for the status of the Lans ing -Ishii
agreement, President Harding sent
communication to The Senate in which
he hold there was nothing in the Ian
sing Ishi agreement in any way incon-
sistent with the principles and policies
explicitly declared in the nine power
Chinese treaty. He added that all pos
sible ambiguity in the expressions OF
the Lansing-lshii agreement had been
happily set at rest by the ninc-powc
treaty.
Senator Borah insisted that Japanese
statesmen did not take the view that
the special interests covered by the
agreement had been null.icd.
Apart from the actual PROCEEDINGS in
the Senate on the four-powcr trelty,
there WAS much talk and speculation
concerning The reported activity Of for
mer President Wilson's friends, backed
by MIR. Wilson himself, against the
5our-powcr treaty. One report went
the rounds that Senator Borah had re-
ceived letter from MIR. Wilson oppos-
ing tho fouf-poWcr treaty. This met
denial by Senator Borah. However,
there continued to be plenty of cvi-
dencc OF the activity of men close in
the confidence of the former President
and that Mr.. Wilson had made known
his views to Senator Borah through
friends ard as some are convinced,
through q letter.
To Insist en- Senate Action
senator Lodge, at The close of the
consideration of the treaty this after
noon. said he would insist that thc
Senate either vote. debate or S agree to TO
time for voting.' He made It PLAIN
he intended to keep the four-powcr
treaty before the Senate until 1t was
acted on
In his speech Senator Lodge empha-
sized the idea that "the defeat of the
four-powcr treaty would mean the fail
ure Of the Washington confcrenco.n
He declared the best hope Of the world
for peace vas in the people of the
United States. "If we fail" he asked.
"who can hope to succeed ?"
The speech OF Senator Lodge was A
vigorous exposition Of the merits of
the four-poWcr agreement. He was as
times subjected to close cross question:
ing by The opponents OF the agreement
and he and Senator Reed SPARED freely
and had repeated clashes. There we're
many Senators present and the gal
lcries were we'll filed and Senator Lodge
was given the closest attention.
at was our earnest hope" said Sen
ator Lodge, that in a portion Of the
earth's surface at least We could do
something to substitute the assurance
OF peace for the arrangcm cnts and cal
culations of war and in so doing keep
clear Of ali alliances Of any sort, when
are in their very nature ultimate breed
crs of war and which always have
hidden behind them penalties and force.
Ends Anglo-Japauesc Alliance
"Actuated BY these beliefs and by
this spirit, We were clearly of the opin-
ion that there lay before Us three great
objcctives, three dominant purposes to
be attained One was The Termination
oc the Anglo-J Japanese alliance. The
next was al agreement among the
five principal Allied and associated
powers seated at the table for a reduc-
tion of naval armament. The third was
to accomplish all that was possible to
aid China in such ways as to help her
in the establi ishmcnt Of free and in
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