The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1922-03-02

amenities Of international negotiations
10 attempt to reveal Information and
conliucntinl conversations or discus
SionS OF which no record was kept, or
to submit tentative suggestions or In
formal proposals, without which the
arrival ut desirable international un,
drrSthndinEs would be rendered un-
likely If not impossible"
Alr. Harding, however, rmphatlcally
assured the senate that there were no
concealed understandings and no Sc
cret exchanges of notes But the cir
rcconcilable" senators are no, salts
lied ana insist that ratification must
ne hedScd about with considerable
reservation. Although President lInr-
dinS adhered to his position that no
reservation wns necessary, the foreign
relations committee was informed that
he would not object to the one offered
hy Senator Brnndcgrc If it WAS deemed
best thus to facilitate ratification. This
reservation reads:
The United States understands
that II assumes II" obligation either
legal or moral. To maintain the rights
III relation to the inSulur possessions
or lnSulnr doninionS of any Of the
"fher nigh contracting parties and That
the consent of the congress of the
United States shall he necessary to
any adjustments or understandings
under. articles one ana two hy which
the United States Is to be bound In
any way, and that there Is no Oblign-
tion either legal or moral to give such
consent"
Naturally. Senator Johnson of CALI
fornia was not satisfied even with this
ana he offered another more drastic
reservation. But the administration
senator's said the Brundrgce resolution
was ns far ms they would consent to
20, and the "StnlwnrtS," like kellogg
ana New, didn't want to make any con
crsslons at ulI. Then Senator Lodge,
after comforting with the President.
offered substitute reservation safe
guarding congressional authority over
the use of armed force. This was not
liked hy the more radical members.
rONSlDERATION of II sales tax for
- financing the soldiers bonus was
gwen consideration by Il suhcummit-
tee OF the house ways and means com
lhltter. but no conclusions have been
reached. Secretary Of the Treasury
Mellon was called on for further nd
vice and said he still believes bonus
legislation should be POSTPONED, hut
that If Il hill Is to he passed he would
prefer some form Of tax us against the
issuance of bonds. lie said TINT n
sales tax would mean 1000 additional
employees but that 1t could be admin
istercd.
Petitions In opposition to n sales tax
were circulated In the house last week
and were signed by ut least seventy
members 1t vas asserted that fully
one hundred could be counted on to
vote against such tax. Meanwhile
a movement Is gaining hendway to
postpone bonus legislation altogether
until the newly appointed foreign debt
commission has nscertnncd the
chances for the payment OF interest by
foreign nations and decided concern
Ing the funding of foreign debts into
long term securities. A number Of
well known men have asked The Ma.
'ional Republican club to oppose the
OF federal bonus 40 any
soldier who cannot show wound or
who was not disabled In the service"
THE foreign debt commission men
toned above, as named by Presi-
dent Harding, Is made up Of Secretary
OF state Hughes, Secretary OF the
Treasury Mellon, Secretary of Com
merce Hoover. Senator Reed Smoot OF
Utah and Representative Burton OF
ONO. The fact that all five are Re-
pubiicans has aroused the ire OF tho
Democrats and the latter In tho sennte
declared they would not vote for tho
confirmation OF the appointments of
Smoot and Burton.
Nj EW pay scales for the army. novv
marine corps, coast guard. coos,
and geodetic survey and public hen,th
service have been arranged by tho
joint congressional service nay com.
mission and Il bill providing for them
ordered favorably reported to house
and sennte. For the fiscal year 1929
the new rate Of pay for those six sery
ices Will save the government about
$13.OOO,0OO, and ultimately, 1t is esti.
mated. the saving will be $28,GOO, 900
annually The proposed rate Is below
the present basis. which was fixed in
1920. but considerably above that es
tablished In 1908.
The house appropriations commit.