New-York tribune., 1922-01-02
oora'' Demands Council to End
A'''es *. owe Up Arms Program
Pacific Spheres In Three Weeks
tgrecnaen, TO Restore All
Rights Within One Year
Suggested by Seuator as
Test of Value Of Treat,
Radio j. Utilized to Send
Broadcast 5 pcccb De
livcred TO Prcsbytcrians

WASHINGTON, Jan. (By The As
sociatcd Prcss). His words spread
broadcast by wireless through adjacent
states, Senator Borah. Republican, Of
Idaho. speaking 81 the Presbyterian
Church Of the Covenant to-day. sub
mttcd what nc Described az a tcst Of
whether the four-power Pacific treaty
was based upon justice and was there
forc peace alliance, or based upon
force and was therefore r military
alliance Sereral thousand smateur
and commercial wireless operators
within a radius of 200 miles Of Wash
ington "listonod in" on Senator Borah
address.
7'he test Vhich MIR Bora'a ore~eel
was whether supporters Of Che trestv
YER" willing 10 accept reservations b.
which The powers would "agrec to re-
store within one year and theres ftcr
ever TO respect the rights, intere sts,
territory and sovereignty Of ali ma
tons, OF governments in the region Of
the Pacific }Ic added to shat the
further provision that should the
agreement to restore and respect such
l4tbcI SbLo ~ iicl observer tnp OnllDS-
tions under Article II would be ter
minated automatically.
Declares Allies Chief Culprits
The Idaho Senator asserted that the
"a2gressions in the Far East for the
last fifty years have been upon TIE part
Of nations. or rather governments.
which have row signed an alliance to
prevent aggression" lie charged that
IL.
and not those nations outside OF it
who have disregarded the rights Of
other nations and peoples in the Pacific
IN recent years.
The disturbances in the Far East"
Mr. Borah continued, ''and The things
"nlch threaten arise out OF failure OF
the nations now proposing an alliance
to regard the tights of other nations
and not out Of acts Of those who are
excluded from the alliance There
would be no Far Eastern questions of
disturbing nature if the members of
this proposed alliance had respected
the rights of the veak or more peace
fully disposed peoples OF the East. Let
the alliance specifically provide that
tho alliance itself and each and all Of
It's members, VIII respect the rights
and sovereignty and interests Of other
peoples and let it be provided that if
they 90 not, tho alliance is dissolved.
Powers Only Aggrcssors
II think one Of the most Interesting
and j uminatiDg revcalments Of mod
ern diplomacy is this propositior tha,
the nations which have been doing all
the aegressng, OF attacking should
get together and solemnly form IN al
lance against those nations which have
not been guilty OF such things If the
rations which are the members OF this
alliance would hana back to the ma
rions and peoples the territory, the
rights and the liberties which they
have taken from 1hcm, the var clouds
in the far East would disappear
You would not need an alliance il the
Far East if It we're not necessary to
Protect the territory which has been
u"iustly obtained by membere Of the
alliance"
Mr.. Boraa declaroa it you'll bc y
crime--"a crime not only against ous
own people, bue crime against mil
lions in the Far East"-for the United
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