Arizona republican., 1922-02-25
REPUBLICANS
AGREE ON 4.
POWER PACT
RESERVATION
r Reservations To Be
Reported To Senate To-
day Specifies u. S. Not
Committed T o Armed
Force Of Alliances
[RepubIlcan A. ?. leased WireI

WASHINGTON, Feb. "a - An
agreement for final committee action
tomorrow on the four powers Pa
cific treaty was reached by senate
leaders today after the administra-
ton forces and group OF Republi-
can reservationists had united in
support of a new compromise res
ervation.
The compromise was laid before
the committee by Senator Brandegee,
Republican, Connecticut, after a con-
ference with President Harding, as
substitute both for the compromise
suggested yesterday by Senator
Lodge, the committee chairman and
for the reservation previously pre-
sented by Senator Brandegee. but
said to have been found unacceptable
to the white house. Committee men,
bers understood that the new draft
would be satisfactory to Mr.. Harding
and predicted that it would be given
approval at tomorrow's meeting.
The text of the compromise reser-
walton follows:
The United States understands
that under the statement in the pre-
amble or under the terms of this
treaty there is no commitment to
armed force. no alliance, no obliga-
tion to join in any defense"
The only opposition to the draft
from the Republican side OF the COM
mittee is said to have come from
Senator Johnson OF California and
Borah, Idaho, who contended that it
did not sufficiently disclaim any
moral or legal obligation to main
tain the rights of the other treaty
signatories. and did not give to con-
gress the right to pass on all adjust
ments reached under the treaty pro-
visions. Both of these restrictions
were set forth especially in the orig
inal Brandegee proposal
On the Democratic side Senator
Pomerene of Ohio was said to have
led the fight against the reservation,
moving to eliminate the words mo
alliance on the ground that to i'm
clude them was to deny directly the
language of the treaty itself. His
motion still was pending when the
committee adjourned with unanimous
agreement to vote on the treaty itself
and all proposed reservations.
Harding Against Reservation
Meantime. at the White House, 1t
was said that President Harding
still saw not the slightest occasion
lOf any TeSeINdLlOn OH Inc IOuI
power treaty. There is one very sim
pie objection to a reservation. it was
said, and that is that if this govern
ment cannot do things designed to
promote understandings and bring
nations into accord without having
such things vetoed by congress and
the senate, it will be in a very poor
position to accomplish anything in
the world.
1t was declared that the President
would not have been agreeable to
any reservation which would have
prohibited. him from carrying on ne
gotiations or conferences without the
approval of the senate. 1t was ex-
planned, however, that there would
be no objection to clarifying reser-
yation to satisfy the apprehensions
Of those who have expressed fears
about the treaty, but that the execu-
tive did not see the need for that.
The senate leaders made no re-
Spouse to the attacks except for a
brief interruption by Senator Lodge
who objected to Senator Reeds as
sertion that most of rhe rights TO be
affected under the horsepower treaty
were foreign rights. The American
island possessions IN the Pacific.
Mr.. Lodge declared, greatly exceeded
those of any other signatory.