New-York tribune., 1922-03-14
Sezaate TO AXE
est Vote ON
Treaty To-day
tCOntiausd trem rsne on,l

ator Hiram Johnson led OF with long
speech against it. and little later
Senator Borah took the floor Each
spoke about two hours. Senator Borahs
utterances in particular served to bring
forth an animated series Of coloquies.
Senator Lodge sharply challenged and
ccntroverted assertions by Senator
Borah as to why England entered the
war against Germany
Senator Norris also challenged Sen
etor Borah's view rs to the import Of
the treaty. and this was taken to mean
the Nebraska Senator viii vote for rat-
fcatiCn.
Senator Robinson in the course Of
the afternoon offered an amendment to
his amendment intended to make its
language apply not only to controver~
sizes relating to insular right and pos
sessions in the Pacific, but to "any
Far Eastern question:
Change in Policy Charged
Senator Hiram Johnson. OF Califor-
ma, assailing the treaty, said that "for
the second time the Senate is asked to
change the foreign policy which mas
prevailed in the Republic since We be-
came a nation
lie likened the present contest 10 the
League Of Nations contest, charged
secrecy in negotiating the four-poWes
treaty, and said it was obvious that
the Senate Republican leader and the
Senate Democratic leader 'know little
or nothing concerning its making.'
Senator Johnson charged that the
four~poWeT treaty was a quadruple al
lance into which this country was
being urged to enter because of danger
Of the Anglo-Japanese alliance.
"The fact is" he said, "Britain had
en lrksome alliance. Her people would
not permit its renewal Japan would
not consent to its abrogation. They
came to Washington. Britain was de-
tormined to set rid Of an obnoxious
alliance and succeeded. Japan was de-
termined to get something as good and
got something better"
tikened to Article X
He likened the four-power agree
ment to Article X OF the league and
called it "a clumsy paraphrasc Of that
much debated AND Overwhelmingly re-
pudiated obligation"
THE argument for this present sur
render Of our ancient policy Of inde-
per dent national action he said. "is
nothing in the end but that one word.
danger. The nglo,-Japanese alliance.
tAc gentlemen on the other SIDE sav.
exposed us to danger. Therefore. we
hare no choice. We must accept this
treaty | shall vote against this treaty
because If any foreign alliance can
ever speak to this country with the
wcrd must then the spirit which made
u country safe when ii vas feeble
VII have departed from il. and our
record IN history viii be that what we
Uaieo When we were weak we feared
&c lace when we were strong, and that
IN STRIVING to barter our heritage for
safety we lost safety itscit.,
Discussion OF who wrote the trea+v
anf the reservations again arose. Sen
ator johnson held Secretary Hughes
cculd not have written the reserva-
tlons or he would have put them in
Ia the first place. Senator Borah
agreed with this view and held some
body else wrote the treaty"
Senators Borah and Lodge clsshed
because the former understood the
Maasachusetts Senator to refer to "cap-
tious criticism Of the treaty which he
said the reservation was designed TO
meet.
senator Lodge denied he had used
this language.
Senator Borsh said that while he
viewed this arrangement as an alliance
It's advocates held it was not an ali
aAce and he wanted TO consider the
'ubiect from shat standpoint
1T is conceded he said, that it is
4 political grouping. a diplomatic
grouping of the four powers for GER
ain purposes in the Pacific"
He declared such a system Of group
ng had obtained for $500 years. since
Iameses and King OF the Hittites
orned an arrangement.
This IS simply transferring the
roGping system from the Old World
the Pacific ocean, said Senator
orah. There has never been organ
ed political group OF this kind but
hat it has Aiven rise to another poli-
cal group
Recalling that Senator Underwood
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