Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-03-31
F INAL TREATIES
Of ARM PARLEY
GIVEN APPROVAL.
BY THE SENATE
Not a Single Vote Cast
Against Far Eastern Pact
to Give China New Bill
of Rights,
SEVERAL CLASHES ON
CHINA TARIFF TREATY
Actions End Determined
Campaign By Adninis-
tration Leaders Started
On February 21,

Washington, March 30,-The
senate completed it's part of the
arms conference program today by
giving its approval to the last two
treaties of the group Of seven sub
mitted to it for ratification. ON
the final ratification ron calls the
affirmative expression of senate
opinion was all but unanimous
Not a single vote was cast against
the far eastern treaty. drawn to
guarantee a new bill of rights to
China and there was only one dis
.sentins voice when the constitu-
tional advice and consent" was
given to the pact for revision of
the Chinese tariff The totals. re-
spectively were slxty-six to nothing
and fifty-eight to one
The momentum with which the
ratification program was swept to
Il conclusion exceeded the expec-
tatlons OF the administration lead
ers, who had not hoped to end de-
bate before tomorrow night. Bv
the days accomplishment the sem
ate set a new record for action,
four far-reaching international
covenants having been ratified
within two days, and six within
the last week.
Virtually no difference Of opin-
ion developed over the far eastern
treaty, although Senator Borah.
republican, Idaho, expressed fear
that it. and the other far eastern
settlements of the arms conference
might be interpreted in years to
come as giving moral assent" to
.all the acts Of aggression that have
been committed in the past in the
orient. He was among those. how
ever, who cast their votes for rati-
fication.
over the tariff treaty several
sharp exchanges took place with
Senator Hitchcock of Nebraska.
senior democrat of the foreign re-
lations committee, and Senator
King democrat. Utah. leading in
criticism of American participation
in the fixing Of Chinese customs
schedules. Senator King cast the
only negative vote on the ratifica-
ton roll call. and Senator Hitch
cock left the chamber and did not
vote, In defense of the treaty.
Senator Underwood Of Alabama,
the democratic leader and a dele
gate to the arms conference, de-
clared all the powers already were
involved in treaties stipulating Chi.
mas tariff schedules and now were
acting together to ameliOrate the
situation so far as practicable.
Final senate action on the
treaties brought to an end de-
tormined campaign of the adminis-
tratiOn leaders. which has kept the
senate in recess from day to day
for weeks and has virtually pre-
vented transaction Of legislative
business since debate began on the
treaty on February 2t, Most of
this period was taken UP with the
fight over the four power pact and
since its ratification last Friday the
obstacles in the pathway of quick
completion of the administration
program had faded hourly.
A compilation OF the result of the
seven ratification roll calls shows
the senate acted with virtual unan-
unity. The vote follows:
Yap treaty, Ct to %; four power
treaty, 81 to OF: supplemental four
power treaty, 65 to 0; naval limita-
tiou treaty, "A to !; submarine and
noXiOus gas treaty, II to 0; far
eastern treaty, &C to 0. and Chinese
tariff treaty, 5S to /.