Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-03-31
SMITH AND DIAL EXPLAIN
South Carolina Senators Take oppo'
site Views in Treaty.

site views IN treaty.
Washington, March 27.-Senators
Smith and Dial, of South Carolina,
who differed on the Four Power pact,
Senator Smith voting against 1t and
Senator Dial for it, have issued the
following statements as to their rea-
sons for voting as they did.
Senator Smiths statement:
y This is the first time IN the history
of America when she has set forth In
a treaty that she sought the protec-
tion Of group Of nations for her
possessions, pledging her aid for the
protection of theirs.
Americas attitude in this very
same region, since her history began,
has been one to challenge the admir-
alton of all ight-thinking people, and
to deserve the friendship of every ma
ton. She insisted that the domain OF
China should remain China's posses
sion and that all nations in dealing
with China should do so on ain equal
footing. No special 'quid pro quo
agreement has ever before been enter
ed into by the United States in this
field.
1.-THE principal Of the League OF Ma
tions was in harmony with Americas
immemorial policy in that. it opened
the door to every nation on earth to
bring their disputes to a common
council table. From the smallest to
the greatest this opportunity was ex-
tended. The Four Power pact ex-
cludes all nations except the four who
made 1t. It's proponents even voted
down a proposition to allow other ma
tions which might be interested to be
heard.
The proponents of this treaty claim
ed that it was necessary to avoid the
menace of war that lurked in the An
Japanese Alliance-that Is, that we
had to undertake an alliance with
these parties and guarantee them
something to keep them from fighting
us. This is the very kind OF en-
tanghng alliance that Washington
warned us against-group alliance FOR
special purposes and for special in
terests."
Senator Dials statement.
"The Senator said that II 1t were
personal matter or a partisan matter
he would take the greatest pleasure In
the world in returning to the Republl-
cans the same coin they extended the
Democrats when they refused to rati-
fy the League of Nations, but that ne
realized spite did not accomplish the
greatest good for his constituents and
for the people Of the United States and
the world at large, He said that III ms
opinion, by the Republicans refusing
to ratify the Versailles treaty and the
League of Nations they have about
bankrupted the world, certainly had
impoverished this country greatly.
However,, Senator Dial said he
realizes that this is past history, and
that 1t Is not only the privilege but
the duty Of the party in power to
negotiate treaties and to frame our
foreign relations policy in a great
measure. The senator stated that he
voted for the Borah resolution calling
this conference and he said that the
world was disgusted at the United
States and looked on US as a tickle ma
ton because we did not so into the
League of Nations and to accept the
place at the head or the table, ana
now since we are parties to another
conference, he felt that it would be
very childish and foolish to reject this
treaty: that ordinarily the president
negotiated treaties without consulting
the senate or public at large, but in
this particular matter he selected four
of the most representative men in the
United States: that Notwithstanding at
least one of them was very objection
able to the Democrats, he was more
responsible than any other individual
in the United States in continuing the
disorder of the world. However, the
senate stated, after a very thorough
consideration, this treaty had been ne
gotiated, and while 1T was not all that
he liked-in fact, he stated he disliked
some portions of it-yet it was about
as near perfect as could be obtained
under the circumstances, and he felt
it was a step in the right direction.
Senator Dial stated that in his
opinion it was by no means as good as
the League Of Nations, because in that
instrument the United States joined
in league Of practically all the world
and in that event we would be looked
upon as the elder brother, and further
more, there was an arrangement OF
getting out Of that instrument by Civ
ing. one years notice, and this. treaty
runs for ten years. He said there were
reasons why other nations interested
in the Pacific could not sign this treaty
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