Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1922-02-22
7 ARMS TREATIES
GIVEN j. s. SENATE
President Harding Submits
Pacts; Asks Approval.
HAVE NO WAR COMMITMENT
Executive Also Declares There Is No
Alliance or involvement Which Re-
quires America to Surrender
Any Worthwhile Tradition.

Washington, Feb. 11.-President
Harding submitted the seven treaties
Of the arms conference TO the senate
and asked prompt approval" of them.
With the treaties lac submitted the
report OF the American delegation ana
the minutes of both the plenary ses-
sions and the committee meetings Oh
the conference.
The President asserted there Is In
the treaties mo ENHANCEMENT, ALI
ance. or involvement which requires
the United States to surrender any
worthwhile tradition"
Surrender No Traditions"
81 am not unmindful," he said, NOR
was the conference unmindful, or the
sentiment In this chamber against ola
world entanglements.
"But / can bring every assurance
that nothing In these treaties COM
mits the United States. or any other
power 10 any kind of an alliance, en-
tanglement or involvement. IL does
not require us 10 surrender a worth
while tradition"
The treaties the President submit
ted were:
The four-powered Pacific treaty
which replaces the Anglo-Japanese al
lance.
The supplementary treaty TO TINS
pact. taking the japanese homeland
out OF IT'S provisions.
The tive-powered treaty that limits
the size of navies.
The fve-powered poison gas ana
submarine treaty.
The nine-powered Chinese treaty.
The nine-powered Chinese customs
treaty.
A treaty covering American rights
In inundated territories gap treaty..
The President defended the four
powered treaty which replaces the
Anglo-Japanese alliance and TO which
already much senatorial opposition
has been manifested.
Warning to World.
"The four-powered treaty contains
no war commitment" he said. There
is no commitment to armed force, no
alliance, no written or moral Obliga-
ton TO join in, or arrive at, any agree
ment except in accordance with our
constitutional methods"
The treaty. he said, was n mutual
pledge on the part of the four powers
To respec; their insular possessions.
The President described the pact
as a "mOral warning" 10 the world
that the four great powers OF the
Pacific would protect the peace of
those waters.
II Is now up 10 the senate, he said,
as the executive branch of the gov
eminent has done its work, and much
depends on the senate's decision-it
IL is against these advanced express
sions of conscience, then IL will be
futile 20 try again."
The senate's concern for freedom
from entanglements. the President
said. was never once forgotten by the
American delegation. He reminded
the senate that Il had been consulted
even before the conference met. by the
appointment of two of its leaders, Sen
ator Lodge. Republican, and Senator
Underwood, Democrat, as American
negotiators.
The Presidents renewed dlsavowal
Of "foreign entanglements" received
more applause. but this came chiefly
from the Republican side. When the
President concluded another burst of
applause greeted lin.
The President said that IL the SEN
ate turned down the treaties "the re-
public would be dlscredted. future
peace efforts rendered futile and I'M
likely. and discouragement would be
written wnere there is now world
hope