Evening star., 1922-03-06
Resolution Adopted Inquiries
as to How Four-PoWer
Treaty Will Affect 1t.
mo Alliance SAYS
new, OPENING FIGHT
Proposal Offered by Senator Borah.
Senator Underwood Notes Diff
ference in Agreements.

ing what effect ratification of the
four-power Pacific treaty will have
on the celebrated "Lansing-Ishii
agreement" between the United States
and Japan was adopted today by the
Senate.
The resolution was presented by
Senator Borah, republican, Idaho, one
OF the treaty opponents, and was
agreed to without a roll call, after a
short debate in which Senator Under
wood Of Alabama, the democratic lead.
er and a member of the American
arms delegation, declared that in his
wiped out entirely by the series of
conference treaties.
Text of Resolution.
The text of the Borah resolution
follows:
Resolved, That the President be.
and he is hereby, requested, IL not
incompatible with the public interest.
to advise the Senate IS to the present
status and binding effect of what is
known as the Lansing-Ishii agree
ment between the United States and
the empire of Japan;
Secondly, as to whether or not
The four-power pact, now before the
Senate for consideration, il ratified
VIII abrosate, nuuify or in any way
what will be the status of said agree
ment after the ratification of said
four-power pact"
Follows News Speech.
: Senator Borah offered his proposal
after the administration fight for
| ratification Of the four-power pact
had been opened by Senator New, re-
publican, Indiana, in a prepared ad-
| dress declaring that the treaty con-
tanned no alliance, but was a long
step forward in international amity
and understanding.
No general debate on the treaty de-
| velo2ed from Senator News pres
entation of the case, but introduce
tion of the Borah resolution immedi-
ately brought q half dozen senators
to their feet
Senator Underwood asserted that
any one who had read the four-power
treaty and the Lansing-Ishii notes
would see Immediately that the latter
have no further binding effect" be-
| cause new arrangement had been
substituted TO define rights in the Pa
cific.
"The Lansing-Ishii agreement" said
the democratic leader. recognized
| certain spheres of influence, and of
course all questions of spheres of in
fluence in the region of the Pacific are
settled by this treaty. The lansing
Ishii agreement is completely wiped
| out by this treaty"
Senator r ,ohjnSnn dap,acrat
| ansas. and Brandegee, republican,
Connecticut, suggested that the four
power treaty concerned only the Pa
cific islands, while the Lansing-Ishii
agreement dealt with China, and Sen
ator Underwood replied that in any
case the arms conference treaties as
| a whole clearly negative any idea
that Japan has any special influence
| in the affairs of China and the region
tiguity of soil" Thus, he added, the
special interest" referred to in the
Lansing-1shii notes had ceased to
have any status in international law.
Senator Lodge, the republican
| leader, took no part in the debate, ex-
cept to say that he had no objection
to adoption of the resolution.
Opening the debate in the Senate
today in support of the four-power
Pacific treaty. Senator Harry New of
Indiana. republican, declared that the
pact was in sense an alliance. as
has been charged by it's enemies
1T is not an alliance" said Senator
New, 'fn any heretofore accepted
meaning of the word. and I~wish to
emphasize that If it were an alliance
in fact. if it were an alliance in ef-
feet. If it were an alliance in con-
temptation, and furthermore, II IL
were not clearly understood by all
the powers party to it that ii was
nf oh e.
propose to this body that it advise
and consent to it's ratification"
"The inevitable effect of our failure
to ratify this treaty will be to re-
ese alliance" continued Senator New.
There can be nothing more impor-
tant to this country than the sub
| stitution of this engagement for that
compact. We cannot attach too much
! importance to this. 1t should be ap-
J parent to all who give it moments
! thought"
Senator New said that the powers
attending the Washington conference
| had come together for the purpose
| matters affecting their international
| relations. They had mutual inter-
! est and incentive for reaching a COM
| mon understanding. Happily. he said,
they had been able to reach a salts
factory agreement. He continued:
/ H0 HCdSusCS CoicCIlSo dl Tue
! conference, the conclusions embodied
| in these treaties, leave no power de-
spoiled. The powers left the confer.
ence possessed of every right. an
| joying every power which was theirs
| when they came. save only those they
| willingly and gladly gave up for the
general good. They thus are more
J firmly united, more strongly willed
| for right and justice in international
| relations, stauncher friends and
neighbors, with keener and more
sympathetic mutual understandings,
than ever before. The spirit of sac
rifice which has flowed in and
through the conference leaves the
world a safer and better place to
live in.
No Decent Alternative.
| at will not do for US to think thes.
! treaties may be dismissed with the
contemptuous smirk that being
merely treaties they mean nothing.
are made only to be broken. that
| they are valueless. This is the doc
| trine of despair and must not be
propagated. For what. I ask you.
is the alternative? If nations may
not establish by mutual undertaking
the rules and principles by which
they are to be governed, If the SOW
ereign plighted faith Of mighty peo-