Evening star., 1922-02-26
DEBATE IN SENATE
ON TREATY SOON
Committee Approves Four
Power Pact and SUBJ
marine Treaties.
HOPE FOR EARLY ACTION
But Two of Five Agreements Re-
main on Calendar-Repubicans
Will Insist on Yap Vote.

Will Insist on Yap Vote.
Finally accepting a compromise
reservation, the foreign relations
committee cleared the way yesterday
for transfer of the arms conference
treaty debate to the open Senate, by
favorably reporting the four-power
Pacific treaty, which has proved the
most troublesome of the arms con-
ference agreements in committee
discussion: the naval limitation and
submarine treaties.
Only the general far eastern and
Chinese tariff pacts now remain on
the committee calender, and IL Is
the hope Of Senate leaders to bring
the whole group OF treaties into the
Senate proper early this week so tnAt
debate on them can begin as soon as
a vote is reached on the separate
treaty relating to fap.
Around the Yap treaty, meantime,
a situation developed yes.eraas nc to
prompted the majority managers 10
charge that debate had been heeu
lessly prolonged and to announce
their intention to hold the senate i'
session throughout tomorrow even
ing unless a ratification roll call is
resched before that time by curtail-
ment of unnecessary discussion: AT
effort to obtain unanimous consent
for a vote tomorrow faiieo.
Two Democrats Favor Treaty.
In making a favorable report on
the four-power Pacific treaty, which
is to follow the Yap treaty in senate
debate. the foreign relations % %sommi.
Borah. republican. Idaho: johnson. re-
publican, California, and Shieias.
democrat, Tennessee, voting IN tne
negative All the other eight re-
publican members supported the mo-
tfon and were joined by two demo,
Gratis Williams of Mississippi and
Pomerene of Ohio. while three demo-
Gratis were absent.
BY the same vote. 10 to 3. but with
Senators Williams, Fomerene anu
Kellogg, republican. Minnesota. cast
ing the negative votes. the committee
previously had accepted the compro-
mise reservation said to have oeen
accepted by President Harding. anu
providing that the treaty contem,
plates mo commitment to armed
join in any defense" Several pro
posed substitutes and amendments
were voted down.
The treaty's accompanying oecia-
ration was approved by the same
vote, and the supplemental treaty
from the four-power arrangement
was ordered reported twelve to one.
Senator Borah alone voting IN the
negative. The naval Limitation anu
submarine pacts were given approval
by unanimous vote.
Four-Power Treaty Faces Debate.
In the Senate the four-power
treaty alone apparently faces pro,
longed debate. Several proposed
1,x- O
mittee are to be offered. and Senators
Borah and Johnson. among otners'
are attempting to organize an ire
conciIable" bloc against ratihcation-
Whether this element will become
Numerically strong is conceded to
rest principally with the democrats.
who are followers OF former Presi-
dent Wilson. but SO far they have
not indicated their probable. course
Some opposition also is expected to
the naval limitation and other
treaties ordered reported yesterday.
but apparently there is no disposl-
ton to make a protracted night
against them. The general far east
ern and Chinese tariff treaties have
rot yet developed definite cleavage.
They are to be taken up at tomor-
rows meeting Of the committee, and
Senator Lodge of Massachusetts,, the
committee chairman, has invited Sem
ator Underwood 'of Alabama. demo-
cratic leader and head of the arms
conference commission which framed
the tariff pact, to be present. He is
not q member of the committee.
France Speaks Three HouYa.
Decision of the republican leaders
to hold the Senate in session tomor-
row evening was reached after SEN
had made a three-hour speech against
ratification and had indicated that he
intended to go on tomorrow morning.
He told the Senate he was speaking
virtually without preparation. and
had taken the floor only when he had
preparing to force" the treaty to a
vote without proper discussion"
Other senators. he said. wanted to
oppose ratification. but had not had
time to prepare their speeches since
the treaty was reported last Mon
day.
Several sharp clashes ensued be-
tween Senator Lodge and the Mary
land Senator, the former denying that
there was any effort to force" action
and charging in return that the de-
bate was being needlessly prolonged.
Mr.. Lodge suggested that he would
like to obtain unanimous consent for
a vote tomorrow, but Senator France
replied that such an ARRANGEMENT
probably would be very difficult to
reach.
Along with the other arms confer
ence agreements. the zap treaty was
assailed by Senator France as a sur
render Of American policies and tra-
ditions and a part of a scheme to re-
habilitate "the old league of nations
in a new FORM" He declared the Yap
covenant would sacrifice important
American rights in the mandated
islands of the Pacific, and asserted
that by giving it support the repuh-
hIan party had ceased to be worthy
of tia name of a great political party