The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1922-02-10
ARMS PACTs To
SENATE THIS WEEK
Harding to Urge Quick Ratifica-
ton Without Change.
TO END WORK ON WARSHIPS
President to Give Stop Order for All
SCRAP Heap" Vessels Now Under
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES of Forth
fications ALSO Stopped.

Washington, Feb. S.-President Har-
ding Is trying to get the six treaties of
the arms conference to the senate be-
fore the end of the week, Senator
Lodge, Republican leader, said after
White House conference
The members of the American dele
cation are formulating their report,
which will contain the treaties, and
hope to submit it to the President by
Thursday.
The President does not consider res
ervatiOns necessary to any Of the six
treaties, 1t was stated at the White
House.
Efforts are being made to prevent
the presentation of any reservations in
the senate, but if such reservations are
proposed it is believed the full force
of the administration will be thrown
against their adoption
Will Urge Speed.
The President has not decided
whether he will transmit the docu-
ments to the senate in person. Some
friends have urged him to do so.
Whether or not the President goes
to congress personally, it was stated
the senate will be urged to ratify the
treaties as speedily as is consistent
with proper consideration. President
Harding, 1t was said, considers speedy
ratification is vital
The President has ordered suspen.
sion of all defensive work on fOrtifi-
cations at Gaum and has halted further
development of land defense in the
Philippines. He also has directed that
work on ships that are to be scrapped
under the terms of the treaty be held
in allegiance, but actual scrapping of
the ships will not be ordered until the
treaties have been ratified by all cOun-
tries involved.
Shipment of 20 hOwitzers to bolster
up the Notifications of the Philippines
has been stopped because the shipment
at this time might be construed as
violation of the terms of the naval
treaty. Legally, the treaty does not
become operative until it has been rati-
fled by all the five signatory powers
but Secretary of War Weeks said the
United States intended to- keep the
spirit and the letter of the treaty.
To Cut Appropriation.
Plans to- cut naval appropriations
commensurately with the reduction in
naval forces agreed upon in the arms
conference were launched at another
White House dinner The general leg
islative situation also was discussed.
John T. Adams, chairman of the Re-
publican national committees; Senators
Lodge of Massachusetts, Mccormick
of Illinois, Curtis of Kansas, Wads-
worth Of New York Fernald of Maine,
kellogg of Minnesota, Frelinghuysen
of New Jersey and France of Maryland
and Representatives Mondell of Wyo-
ming, Longworth of Ohio, Britten of
Illinois, Dunn of New York, barrow of
Pennsylvania, Anderson of Minnesota
Nolan of California and Greene of Yer
mont were the Presidents guests
The work of the conference should
be Immediately translated into a re-
duction of the personnel of the army
and navy, it was said by Senator Bo-
rah, Republican, of Idaho. In view of
the accomplishments of the conference
the United States should reduce its
army to 100000 men, which would net
a saving of nearly $10O,O00O0O a year,
he said. He also urged the evacuation
of all American troops from Germany
Genoa Ruling Friday.
The administrations final decision
on whether to participate in the Genoa
economic conference will be announced
at next Fridays cabinet meeting, it
was stated at the White House The
cabinet discussed the question of
American participation. There was no
change in the sentiment against the
United States sending delegates.