New-York tribune., 1922-03-29


the unwllingness Of Japan to scrap it,
along with the notifications Of the
original program, which were made in
consequence.
Cruisers Available as Carriers
The United States, Senator Lodge
emphasized. can take two Of the un-
comple eted battle cruisers and use them
for airplane carriers.
That" he said, SIS very important
arrangement for the United States be
cause airplane carriers we must have.
They are probably more important to
the safety Of the navy just now than
any other form Of craft and we have
none. In fact, none Of the powers have
any eXcep, Great Britain and hers are
experimental and she will probably
have to replace them"
Going over the submarine situation
he said: France declined to accept
any limitation. She said it would be
incompatible with her safety" He
added that with no limitation on sub
marine construction no limitation
could be put on defense against sub
marines.
Senator Lodge devoted attention to
recent statements OF Senator Reed
experts. sought to show the United
States had been worsted in the naval
agreement and that the United States
would have to scrap vastly more ton
mage on the active list than Great
Britain or Japan. He denied the ac-
curacy of the figures quoted by Sena-
tor Reed and said there had been no
misrepresentation by the American
delegates eve have told the Ameri-
can people exactly what the facts
were" he said
He declared he could not imagine
who could have told Senator Reed that
Great Britain was scrapping only 49,
00o tons. Quoting then from navy
figures. Senator Lodge gave these as
the final revised figures on the tonnage
to be scrapped under United States
measurements: United States. 1873. $40 !;
Great Britain, 507,225 Japan, 35o,52S.
These revised figures, he said, took
into account the arrangement whereby
the Mutsu was to be preserved and the
Setsu scrapped and the program of the
United States and Great Britain was
modified to correspond.
Senator Lodge quoted from fgues Of
the General Board of the navy and navy
experts to sustain his position and
went over considerable of the data sub
mitted to the Senate at the time the
treaties were submitted. As indica ting
that the 5-5-3 ratio had been of ad-
vantage to this country. he quoted from
tn General Board to show that if the
three powers had gone ahead with theil
programs by 1925 Great Britain would
nave Leen at strength of lO6, the
United states 100 and Japan 81.
Fort Policy Defended
The Senator defended the proposition
to abandon Notifications of the Philip
pines and Guam. He dwelt especially
on the facts with respect to the Philip
pines, saying that under the naval
agreement they would be in exactly
the same condition they are now OF
were when taken.
They have more protection under
the four power treaty" he said. thar
ever before. 1t would require hundreds
OF millions to fortify them and hai1
century to complete the fortiti cations
After Senator Lodges address the
Senate proceeded to ratify article after
article of the naval treaty without
controversy. Eighteen articles were
thus ratified, and then Senator King
and Senator Underwood engaged in 2
collouquy as to why a number of this
smaller nations were not invited to the
coHicfchce. Two ARTICLES were ap
proved later.
Senator Underwood said it was moi
IN the power Of the delegates to ash
nations other than those included ir
the call Of the Executive.
Senator King thought the way wa:
left open for smaller powers to arm
with submarines and aircraft. and he
was of the opinion that the good peo-
nie who thought the millennium wa,
here as the result of this treaty woule
be sadly mistaken
"One Of the greatest acts of Con
gress in all its history" said Senator