The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-03-28
F0|]R-PQNER SUPPLEMENTARY .
TREATY PASSES UNANIMOUSLY
Excludes Japanese Mainland
From Scope Of Pacific Pact,
and Prevents Discussion Of
domestic" Issues at Four
Power Conferences.

Washington, March 27.-The four
power supplementary treaty. excluding
the mainland Of Japan from the scope
OF the four power arrangement was
ratified late today by the senate
Included in the resolution of ratihca-
ton, which received the support OF ooth
friends and opponents Of the four-po"eF
pact Itself was an additional supple
mentary agreement that "domestlc
issues" shall not como up for discus
sion at four-power conferences.
Tho vote on the treaty was unanimous
73 to 0.
One of the supplements. itself In the
form Of a treaty, defines the GeoSraphi'
cal scope of the four-power pact SO as
not to include the Japanese homeland
Several attempts to attach other seser'
vations which had failed when the tour
power treaty itself was under consio'
, Grafton were defeated by the usual pro-
treaty and anti-trcaty lineup
As soon as the vote had been com
pleted Senator Lodge Of Mass Repuoil'
can leader called up the naval limita'
ton treaty establishing a fve-hve-three
capital ship ratio for the United states
Great Britain and japan. Debate on u
IS to begin tomorrow and the aomln'
istraton managers expect TO see II
ratified by an almost unanimous vote
by the end OF the week.
The plan OF combining action on the
, two four power treaty supplements was
proposed by Senator Lodge after ht
had decided It was unnecessary to pre-
sent separate ratification resolutions
The treaty opponents, holding that the
domestic questions supplement was
part Of the four power pact, protested
that the method finally settled uopn by
the Republican leader was but a weak
and unsclfsh" way to prove the parlia'
! mentarly problem confronting the sen
ate, but Mr.. Lodge and other Republi'
cans insisted It would be entirely cfrec'
tive
Attempts That Fansd
BY Senator Hitchcock, Of Nebraska
senior Democratic member of the for
e!gn relations committee, II was de
clared that the senate's action in giv
| ing belated approval to the supplement
| "fs an admission 70 Japan that the sup
, plements provis. ms are not a part o
| the four power treaty" Other Demo
Gratis also argued that the only prore
procedure was to reconsider the Vot'
ratifying the four power pact 50 as Z
include the supplement in that ratihca
tion. Adoption of the domestic ques
| tions supplement as "a reservation t
the geographical supplement, however
was by a viva vocs vote.
! Two attempts were made to attacl
other reservations, Senator Pittmar
Democrat, Nevada. presenting the Lodg
/ League OF Nations reservation on do
! mesttc questions and Senator Robinson
| Remocrat, Arkansas. introducing agai,
his proposal that outside powers be In
( vited to Join in Pacific conferences afIec
. ing their interests. The Pittman reso
luton was beaten. 81 0to 40 and tn
! Robinson reservation was rejected with
/ out roll call.
! Senator Robinson also sought withou
| success to amend the supplemental.
treaty so that the island of Sakanalt'
also would be excluded from the oper
alton OF the four power treaty plan
He argued that trouble on that islant
/ would be almost certain II Russia shouI'
attack Japan. but his amendment wa
voted down. 20 to So. Senator Under
wood. of Alabama, the Democratic lead
: or, led the fight against II. saying tina
I It might lead to rejection OF the Who'll
four power arrangement by Japan.
A suggestion by Senator Cnderwoo
that Russia proha bly, would refrain from
! aggression against Japan II she knew
that she would find herself involved Wit
three other powers" led to long col
loquy between the Democratic leade
, and Senator johnson. Calf. one of tn
Republican irreConcilables. Senate
johnson asked In what way the "thre
other powers would be involved. an
when Mr. Underwood replied that entire
lyasde from the element Of force nation
must have money and supplies TO max
war. the California senator insisted tina
, the statement constituted an admlss'o
that the four power pact really boun
the United States to boycott" nation
making war on any one Of the fou
treaty sigma atories.