New-York tribune., 1922-03-22

| there ia little reason to believe they
will get them.
President Harding has taken per
sonal part in the fight and in a talk at
the White House with Senators Smith
Of South Carolina, and Kendrick, OF
Wyoming, Democrats. urged both to
vote for the treaty. Senator Smith will
not support 1t, but Senator Kcndrick
will, although he has been advised
there is strong sentiment against it in
his own state
Wilson's Attitude Discussed
Whether former President Wilson is
taking any further part in the situa-
ton was the subject of more specula
ton to-day. More vague rumors were
current that Mr.. Wilson might yet
change votes on the Democratic side
Senator Lodge went over the treaty
developments with the President to-
day and again assured the President
of ratification.
Senator Shields did not offer his cx-
pected motion to recommt the treaty.
It was said he might offer it to-mor-
row, although he may conclude to
abandon the plan.
The following telegram from Mr..
Cravath to Senator Lodge was read:
Hon. Henry Cabot Lodge,
'Senate Chamber, Washington.
My attention has been called to a
charge by Senator Borah In the Senate
to-day to the effect that ! had stated
that there was a secret understanding
between the United States and Great
Britain regarding Far Eastern and
Pacific questions and that members Of
the Washington conference were my
authority for this statement
81 hope need not assure you that
this charge is unfounded. | never made
such statement. nor have | ever
talked with any member of the Wash
lngton conference on the subject of
the alleged statement, or on any such
subject remotely resembling it. What
| have said in substance on more than
one occasion is that to my mind the
successful and sympathetic co-opera-
tlon between the American and British
delegations at the Washington con-
terence, which is a matter of public
know ledge, augurs well for future CO.
operation between those nations in
dealing intelligently and effectively
with the problems of the Pacific.
Alleged Statemen. Explained
My attention has Just been called to
what purpOrts to be the stenographer's
minutes of an informal discussion at a
recent meeting of an organization
known as the Council on Foreign Rela-
tlons, in which | took part. | infer that
the language attributed to me by Sena-
tor Borah must be based on q para
graph from those minutes which at
tributes to me language which, to the
pest OF my RECOLLECTION, l did not use,
but which, if used was the language
of informal discussion that did not ac-
curately convey my meaning when
those minutes were submitted to me-
corrected them so as to convey my
true meaning, and in their corrected
form they were printed and circulated
by the Council on Foreign Relations.
did not remotely have IN mind any
secret agreement or understanding be-
tween the American and British gov
ernments, but simply that sympathy
and understanding which is engendered
by successful cooperation and mutual
confidence.
"PAUL D. CRAVATH."
Referring to Mr.. Cravath's telegram,
Senator Borah said:
Il want to examine his statement in
the light of the facts. ] made no
charge. I read his statement. The
whole matter turns on whether I was
misled into msquoting him"
Senator Borah then said that if the
revised language referred to by Mr.
Cravath represented Mr.. Cravaths S
view he accepted that language. He
produced pamphlet No. 20 of the Coun-
Gil of Foreign Relations, continuing
comments on the Washington confer
ence and Far Eastern questions at a
meeting at the Hotel Astor on Febru-
ary II. According to the pamphlet
John w. Davis, former Ambassador to
London, presided; Norman II. Davis
was speaker and the discussion was led
by Mr.. Cravath.
81 didn't get this document by steal
ing it," observed Senator Borah. at
was given me by gentleman who is
member of the corporation, who was
present when the discussion took place
and says this is the discussion which
did take place, and Mr.. Cravath says it
is not only the discussion but the cor
rected discussion"
Senator Borah then read from the
printed document, in which Mr. Cravath
was quoted as saying the same things
Senator Borah attributed to him yes
terday, to the effect there was "un-
derstanding and basis for operation"
with Great Britain in the Pacific and
that both nations, the United States
and Great Britain, assume the closest
cooperation"
Abiding to Mr.. Cravath's revised
version" Senator Borah said:
''If there is change of letter, a
change Of word or change of pune
tuation, | ask some Senator who may
have followed it to correct me when
! say there is none"
Senator Borah ther read from other
parts of the pamphlet, which he said
afforded proof that Mr.. Cravath was
correctly quoted. On page 81 of the
pamphlet he read from words of Nor
man H. Davis, who, replying to Mr.
Cravath, characterized the four-power
agreement and the results of the con-
ference rs "worse after hearing your
explanation than | thought it was in
the beginning"
The language attributed to Mr. Davis
was:
Really, this whole business now
strikes me as being worse after hear
ing your explanation than | thought it
was in the beginning, because you say
in substance that we really could not
tackle Japan, we could not whip her
alone, so we just decide that, as Japan
was wanting all these things out there
ard as she was preparing for war
against US, the only way to stop her
was to surrender any claim or right
that we might have there. Of course,
you can stop any war that way. Give
the party what it wants and it will quit
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