Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-03-28
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Clause Bars Domestic
Issues From Four
Power Conferences
Double-Barreled Ratif-
cation Resolution
Passes Unanimously.

Washington, March 27-The senate
finally untangled its parliamentary diff
ficulties over the four-power treaty
supplements Monday by joining the two
supplementary agreements and then
ratifying them by unanimous vote.
One Of the supplements. itself N the
form of a treaty, defines the geo.
graphical scope of the four-power pact
SO as to include the Japanese home
by Mondays action in the form of a
reservation" stipulates that issues
which are Of a purely domestic char
acter cannot be brought before the
four-power Conferences"
The vote on the double barreled
ratification resolution was 73 to O, op-
ponents of the four-power plans icin-
ing in giving approval to the supple
ments because they interpreted the
two agreements as limiting and cur
failing the operation of the principal
treaty. Several attempts to attach
other reservations which had failed
when the four-power treaty iteslf was
under consideration, were defeated by
the usual pro-treaty and anti-treaty
lineup.
Calls Up Naval Treaty
As soon as the vote had been COM
pleted. Senator Lodge of Massachu-
setts, the republican leader, called up
the naval limitation treaty, establish
ing a 5-5-3 capital ship ratio for the
United States, Great Britain and
japan. Debate. on it is to begin at
once, and the administration managers
expect to see it ratified by IN almost
unanimous vote by the end of the
week.
The saJn ~E hA
two four power treaty supplements
was proposed by Senator Lodge dfter
he had decided it was unnecessary to
present two separate ratification r"so-
lutions. The treaty opponents holding
that the domestic questions supple
ment really was part ct the four
power pact. protested that 'he method
finally settled upon by the republican
leader was but weak and unsa,is-
way to solve the parliamentary
problem confronting the senate. but
Mr.. Lodge and other republicans in
sisted it would be entirely effective.
Two Others Defeated
Democrats argued that the only
proper procedure was to reconsider
the vote ratifying the four power pact
so as to include the supplement in that
ratification. Adoption of the domestic
questions supplements as a "reserya-.
ton to the geographical supplement,
however, was by viva voce vote.
Two attempts were made to att
tach other reservations, Senator Pitt
man. democrat. of Nevada, presenting
the Lodge League of Nations reserva-
tion on domestic questions and Senator
Robinson. democrat. of Arkansas,
again introducing his proposal that
outside powers be invited to join in
Pacific conferences affecting their in
terests. The Pittman reservation was
beaten q to 40 and the Robinson RESI-
ervation was rejected without a roll
call.
Senator Robinson also sought with
out success to amend the supplement /
tary treaty so that the island of SAX
halien also would be excluded from
the operation of the four power plan.
Underwood Loads Fight +
He, argued that the trouble on that
island would be almost certain if Rus
Sin should attack Japan. but his
amendment was voted down 20 to 5S. !
Senator Underwood, of Alabama. the
democratic leader, led the fight
against it, saying that it might lead
to rejection of the whole four-power
arrangement ny Japan
A suggestion by Senator Underwood
that Russia probably would refrain
from aggression against Japan if she
knew that she would find herself in
volved with ''three other powers led
to long colloquy between the demo-
crctic leader and Senator johnson,
California. one of the republican ir-t
reconcilables. Senator johnson ask
ed in what way the three other pow,
ers'' would be involved. and when Mr.
Underwood replied that entirely aside
from the element of force, nations
must have money and supplies to make
war. the California senator insisted
that the statement constituted an adj
mission that the four-power pact real
ly bound the United States to "boy
cott' nations making war on any ono
of the four treaty signatories.
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