Bisbee daily review., 1922-02-25
.COMP PROM|SE TO
 |. PAVE WAY FOR UNITED ACTION
Leaders Find Compromise Acceptable to President
 and Reservationists
2 REPUBLICANS OPPOSE
Senate Proceeds With Debate on Separate Treaty With
 Japan Regarding Tap

WASHINGTON, Feb. 24. - An agreement for final committee action tomorrow on the four power Pacific treaty was reached by senate leaders today after the administration forces and group of Republican reserva- tionists had united in support of a new compromise reservation.
 The compromise was laid before the committee by Senator Brandegee Republican, Connecticut, after con ference with President Harding. as a substitute both for the compromise suggested yesterday by Senator Lodge, the committee chairman. and for the reservation previously pre- sented by Senator Brandegee. but said to have been found inacceDtable to the house. The committed mem bers understood that the new draft would be satisfactory to Harding and predicted that it would be given ap- proval at tomorrow's meeting.
 The text Of the compromise reser- vation follows:
 'The United States understands that under the statement in the ure- amble or under the terms of this Urea ty, there is no commitment to armed force, no alliance, no obligation to join in any defense"
 The only opposition to the draft from the Republican side of the com mittee is said to have come from Sen ators Johnson of California. and Tor ah. Idaho. who contended that it did not sufficiently disclaim any moral or legal obligation to "maintin" the rights of the otSer treaty sienatories. and did not give to coneress the right to pass on all adjustments reached under the treaty provisions. Both of these restrictions were set forth especially in the original Bran degee proposal.
 On the Democratic side. Senator Pomerene of Ohio. was said to have led the fight against the reservation. moving to eliminate the words mo alliance" on the ground that to in- clude them was to deny directly the language of the treaty itself. His motion still was pending when the committee adjourned with unanimous agreement to vote on the treaty issue and all proposed reservations. Meantime. at the White House. it was said that President Harding stilf saw not the slightest occasion for any reservation on the four power treaty There is one very simple objection to reservation. it was said. and that is that if this government cannot do the things designed to promote ul- derstandings and bring nations into accord without having such things vetoed by congress or the senate. if will be in very poor position to ac- complish anything in the world.
 It was declared that the president would not have been agreeable to any reservation which would have prohiO- ited him from carrying on negotfa- tions or conferences without the aP- proval of the senate. It was explain ed. however. that there would be no objection to a clarifying reservation to satisfy the apprehensions of those who have expressed fears about the treaty. but that the executive did not see the need for that.
 It was also explained that the pres ident could not and, would not enter into treaties or use military forces without the sanction of congress as provided in the constitution.
 In the senate itself. debate proceed ed today on the separate treaty with Japan regarding Yap and the other former German islands north of the equator. Senators Pittman of Neva- da. Reed of Missouri. and Watson of Georgia, all Democrats, in turn. at- (Continued on Page Two)