Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-02-22
SENATORS CLASH
/. ON 4-POWER PACT
Move to Attach Blanket Res
ervation" Strikes Snag
in Committee
LODGE TO SEE HARDING
BY the Associated Press

Washington, Feb. 22.-The move to
attach a. blanket reservation to the
four-Power, Pacific treaty and then re-
port It promptly to the Senate struck
q, snas today In the Foreign Relations
Committee. which again adjourned
without action after a session Of more
than an hour. - ...
Tho Administration Senators on the
committee indicated afterward that fur
ther consultation with President Hard.
ing would Be necessary before they could
sccept the reservation proposed yester-
day By Senator ,BrAndegee. providing
that none Of the adjustments to be made
under the treaty should be binding
without the consent Of Congress. Here.
tofore proponents Of the reservation
have declared they were certain ,pf its
acceptance by Senator Lodge. commit
tee chairman, as we'll as by the Prcsi.
dent.
At today's meeting Senator Lodge
was said to have told his colleagues
that he desired to. withhold Judgment
until he had talked further with Mr..
Harding. 1t was indicated that Mr..
Lodge might confer with the President
by tomorrow at the lntest.
Meantime new proposed rcserva.
tion attempting to restrict the meaning
Of the word rights" MS used in de-
fining the obligations Of the four Powers
under the treaty, was offered In the
committee by Senator johnson. of Cali
fornia. It also went over without ac-
ton. Some committee members pre-.
dicted that the johnson proposal was
only the forerunner Of series of rcser-
vations on various subjects which
might be brought before the committee
IL approval Of the Brandcgcc blanket
qualification failed.
AS a result Senators on the commit
tee agreed that prospects Of quick ac.
tion on the treaty were fading. and TINT
several more days of discussion proba.
bly, would intervene before the four
Power treaty. The first of the Confer
ence group proper. could be brought into
the Senate. While the committee dclb-
erntions proceed. however, the leaders
will 20 ahead with the separate treaty
regarding Yap, on which it was agreed
to begin debate today on the Senate
floor.
Senator Jobnson's reservation pro-
vides that the use of the word rights
in the preamble and in Articles ! and
ii "shall not be taken to commit the
signntory Powers 10 any guarantee of
or to any opinion regarding tho validity
of rights which mnv nv any Powers or
people be claimcd as valid. but which
M tho same time NAV bc otber Powers
or peoples be- deemed invalid: and il is
understood that in any disputc exist :.
inc or futurc Regarding thc validity ~
rights tbe si,naforv Powers rasorve
each to ;tsclf fnil Iihcrtv of lido .
ment." 'e
No sooner had Senator Ioduc ariser
tn bepin debate nm tho Van treaty thar
| he drew fire from tho ranks Of tIc nm
nosition. Eoi. tho Renmbjican Seadcr,.
motion to tnkc IN tbr trentv Senoto,
France. of MARYLAND moved to s,ibsti.
tutc n motion to send II hack IN rho For g..
eign Relations Committee, The motor
was ruled out Of order by President Pre-
| Fem (,ummins. but senator France dc
this treaty has been considcrci thor,
will be substantial number of Sehn
tors who will vote to rccommit II -,
Senator Lodge explained at length
the provisions of the treaty, under whicl
tho United States recognizes .Jnpan'
mandate over tho former German Pa
cific islands north of the Equator and /,
accorded wireless am, cable rights O,
Yap. I'VE secure under the treaty al
the rights we have ever desired" h,
said. 'and settle what has been n,
ANNOYING dispute running over three
years. 1t is n very simple and yer,
beneficial treaty, settling the contro
yersy on very excellent terms for tn,
United States"
Senator King. of Utah. asked whethe,
the rights accorded American citizens OF
Yap Island were not limited to persons
connected with wireless or cable inter
ests and Mr.. Lodge replied that he die
not consider that any such limitatio,
existed. lie added. however, that tn,
treaty dealt chiefly with wireless ant