The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-03-08
Shows How It's Rejection.
Would Endanger
Country
.0BJEGI IIVES GAINEl
Defeat Would Mean Fail
ure Of Armament
Conference

WASHINGTON, March g.
Termination OF the Anglo. Iapan.
ese alliance, and substitution ot
a political system actuated bS
peace In the Pacific was describ
ed by Senator Lodge Of Massachu,
sets as the main purpose" Of
the four-power Pacific treaty.
The Angio-Japanese arrange.
ment, Senator Lodge declared, wa,
regarded by the delegation as the
most dangerous element" in thi,
governments relations with tht
Far East. He asserted that II the
tour-power Pacific treaty, with II.
clause abrogating the alliance
failed, the naval limitation agree.
ment also would be ENDANGERED
resulting in failure OF the confer.
ence.
No entanglIng scommIttments
are contained in the treaty, he as,
serted, and no provisions contrary
to American tradition. He char.
acterized it as only an expert.
ment" but added that it was one
that must succeed IL the United
States is to makesgood its profess.
ed desires to take the lead In
guiding the world toward peace,
Declaring he desired to tel
the senate with entire frankness'
the motives which acutated the
American delegation, Mr.. Lodge
said: e
THE American delegation was
clearly Of the opinion that there
lay before US three great obiec.
tiyes. One was the termination
of the Anglo=Iapanese alliance
The next was an agreement be.
tween the Ave principle allied and
associated powers seated at the
I!tabfns for a redunt Ion OF naYaI
artpaments The third was to nc.
,eomplish all that was possible u
aid China in such. ways as to tielT
her in the stabitshment of a free
and Independent government and
particularly to9secure the restora.
ton of the great province Of
Shantung to the Chinese empire,
to which 1t righttully belonged. ;
"NVe succeeded before the close
of the conference In attaining all
these objects. The treaty now be.
fore us terminates the Anglo
Japanese alliance. Personally, ]
belieye that 1t involves the United
States in no obligation except to
meet with the other signatoriea
and converse in case of any ag-
gression by some outside power
not a signatory.
in my judgment, the Anglo.
Japanese alliance was the most
dangerous element in our rela-
tions with the Far East and with
the Pacific. Wars come from sit
uations which developinto hatreds
which develop into war, The
Anglo-Japanese alliance caused a
growing feeling Of suspicion, not
only in the United States but In
Canada. On the other side II
tended to give a background to
Japan which encouraged the war
spirit and large preparations both
by land and sea for! future con.
flict. It immobilized England and
prevented the exercise Of her in.
fluence in the east for the cause
OF peace and peace is distinctly in
her interest in that great region,
That menace to peace is removed
by the Horsepower treaty.
Senators should bear in mind
that the defeat OF the Horsepower
treaty would endanger the treaty
for the limitation OF naval arlna:
ment, and the failure Of the naval
treaty would shock and startle
the world and bitterly disappoint
the American people We must
not forget the close relation be-
tween the two treaties. The de-
feat Of the Horsepower treaty
would mean the failure of the
conference. Let there be no illu-
sion on that point. y
"The purpose Of the Ameri-
can delegation in the conference,
and think of all other members
70 the conference besides those OF
the United States, was to endeay-
or to do something at one practical
and concrete which would pro-
mote the peace OF the world. They
believed that this could be done
without alliances or penalties.
Such experiments have been made
in the past in isolated instances.
IT; know 1t is only an expert
ment, but / have faith to- believe
that the better instances Of man-
kind are all with us in the effort.
IT we continue to preach, suspicion
and hatred Of other nations, IL we
decline to deal with them and be-
.lieye that they are all actuated
by the basest Of motives nothing
can ever be done. I4hayel faith to
believe that this effort illustrat-
ed by this treaty now before us,
will have a large and real result
In maintaining the worlds peace.
five fail, the outlook for the fu-
ture IS dark Indeed.
THE best hope Of the world for
a future where peace may pre-
vail and wars ID diminish Is in the
people OF the United States II
we Sfaii who can hope to sleceedSi
We called this conf ferenee. We
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