Evening star., 1922-02-28
FIRST ONSLAUGHT
MADE ON TREATIES
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Attack in Senate Declared to
Suggest Plan for
FiIibuster.

The first concerted attack on the
arms conference treaties. character
leaders openly charged suggested a
hlibuster, was launched in the Senate
yesterday, just as the foreign rela-
tions committee completed Its consid-
GRAFTON of the covenants and order ed
all of them fayorahlya arePorted.
After several hours Of wrangling a
unanimous agreement was reached to
vote not later than 2 pm. Thursday
on ratification of the treaty with ia
pan~relating to Yap and other man
dated islands in the Pacific. 1mme-
ditely afterward debate Is to begin on
the other treaties resulting from the
conference negotiations.
Session Prolonged.
Using the Yap treaty as the imme-
diate vehicle OF their discussion. but
interspersing remarks on many other
subjects and frequent quorum calls,
carried on such a determined all-day
assault that the Senate managers
prolonged the session into the even
ing in the hope of wearing down
their assailants.
One incident to the series of pointed
exchanges running through the de-
bate was a complete disclaimer from
the democratic side that political op-
position" had been organized against
the treaties or had been counseied by
Glass. democrat. Virginia. who was
member of the cabinet in the last
administration, denied as a 'purest
invention" a published story that MIR.
Wilson had suggested course of ac-
tlon to his friends in the Senate.
The attack on the zap treaty. dur
ing which many stray shots were
faken at others of the arms confer
ence agreements. was led by Senators
Johnson. republican, California. and
Il
characterized the zap pact as "a dis,
NAL prologue" to the conference series
of covenants, and the latter openly
charged republican leaders with an
effort to force the treaties through
the Senate before the country dis
covered what they contain.
Flood Of Reservations.
When it became known that the
foreign relations committee had given
its approval to the general far east
ern and the Chinese tariff treaties.
the last two of the conference series
remaining before it, the expected
flood of proposed reservations began
floor. Three related to the four-power
treaty, two offered by Senator Robin
son, democrat. Arkansas. and one by
Senator Pomerene, democrat, Ohio.
Senator King, democrat, Utah, also
drew up a reservation to the Yap
treaty providing that the control
given Japan over the inundated Pa
ciic Islands should be regarded only
as administrative and in no sense as
carrying sovereignty with it.
The zap treaty was defended by
Senator Underwood of Alabama, dem
ocratic leader and a member of the
American arms conference delega-
tion. although he declared he was not
entirely in agreement with the prem
ises on which the pact was drawn
ITntt tn1
never had an undivided one-fifth" |
of sovereignty over Pacific islands,
and hence was not giving 1t up under |
the treaty.
Yap Treaty. Opposed
In his speech opposing the zap
treaty Senator Johnson declared it's !
real purpose was in the article con-
mer German islands of the Pacific |
north of the equator, a right which |
he said had been acquired by the fa- |
nous secret treaties between Japan |
ed States never should give approval |
Senator Robinson, democrat, Arkan-
sas, also assailed some portions of |
the treaty and declared that. taken
together, the confereres1,,ad~nnrIiT;m ,d ~nnrIiT;mited
control in the orient"
Charging that the republican leaders
were trying to force premature ac-
ton on the IredIleS, Ochdto1 4sSSN ~
minded the Senate that every man
who has gold brick to sell knows
he must make quick bargain. He
added that mo amount OF chicanery:
no amount of haste and no amount OF /
will in the ultimate sue
ceed in hiding the facts
In an effort to secure an armIstlce
until tomorrow, Senator Swanson,
democrat. Virginia, interrupted Sen.
ator Reed and moved a recess, but
was voted down, 23 to 40. On the
ron call the democrats voted solidly
in the affirmative. and the only re-
publican who broke away from his
party to support the motion was Sen
ator France of Maryland, an oppo-
nent of the treaty.
the evening the leaders arranged the
unanimous consent agreement for a
vote Thursday. Coupled with 1t was
an agreement that after pm. We'd
nesday individual speeches should pc
limited to thirty minutes.