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WASHINGTON, March 9.-Thc first
proposal to amend the four power Pa
cit1c treaty was made o-day in the
Senate by Senator Robinson, of Arkan-
sas, in the course Of an attack he made
on the proposed pact. The amendment
proposed by Senator Robinson. but
which was not acted on is intended TO
forbid acts of aggression by parties to
the treaty and to require that in case
Of controversy arising between them
all interested nations shall confer
Senators Reed, Borah, Johnson and
Watson, of Georgia, Joined Senator
Robinson in attacking the treaty. SEN
ators Lodge and Underwood, though
not making formal speeches, were
drawn into the debate in defense of
the treaty. The discussion at times
became bitter, and there were sharp
clashes between Senator Robinson on
the one hand and Senators Lodge and
Underwood on the other.
Conflicting claims as to the strength
for and against the treaty were made
tonight. Senator Underwood had ad-
vscd the Republican leaders he will
have sixteen Democratic votes with
HIM for ratification, or more than
enough to ratify. Democratic oppo-
nents of the treaty declare they will
ber added TO the four Republican op-
ponents would be enough to defeat the
treaty, provided Senators Owen and
Crow, as expected, are absent. Sena-
tor Stanfield, of Oregon, has been called
home on business and Senator Tram
nell, of Florida, is absent because Of
his wife's illness. Both are for the
treaty, and it is not yet certain
whether they will be here to vote.
Reservations or Defeat
The leaders of the Democratic oppo-
sition to the treaty said positively to-
night that they would defeat it unless
reservations satisfactory to them were
added. One of these is the Hitchcock
reservation to require agreements un-
der the treaty to be sanctioned by
Congress. Another is the Robinson
proposition, which if beaten as an
amendment will be submitted later as
q reservation.
For the first time to-day disposition
was openly shown to start war on the
nine-power treaty, which chiefly re-
lates to China. Senator Borah brought
up this treaty, declared the nine-power
treaty fixed IT Is per cent of the ter
ritory of China in the possession Of
foreign powers, and asserted that since
the Washington conference a great
movement of "China for the Chinese"
was sweeping that country. He also
declared that already what amounted
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Siberia between Russians and Japan
ese
In the course of the running debate
there was much said as to who wrote
the four-power treaty. Senator Robin
son charged that Mr.. Balfour conceived
the plan and that, while it takes the
place of the Anglo-Japanese alliance,
it cllnches the supremacy of Japan III
the Far East. He questioned both Sen
ator Lodge and Senator Underwood as
to who wrote the first draft OF the
treaty, but failed to obtain the infor-
nation.
Vexing Questions Still Open
Senator Robinson laid emphasis on
the propostio that emigration and
other domestic questions which have
disturbed relations with Japan were
excluded from the treaty. "These acute
controversies" he said, remain, and
will continue to vex."
He said the foreign questions which
have interested the United States in
its relations with Japan have related
not to the Pacific islands, but to the
mainland of Asia, to Corea, Shantung
Manchuria, the Chinese Eastern Rail
way and Siberia.
THE four-power treaty not only fails
to guarantee a reversal Of the Jap
anese policy, but it strongly tends to
commit the United States to passive
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