Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-03-19
ROBINSON HOLDS
SECRET DIPLOMACY
FAR EAST MENACE
Asserts Four-Power Pact
Dangerous as 1t Now
Now Stands.
COMBINATIONS YET
EXIST BETWEEN SICNERS
Niviani's View Tha, Treaty
Is Outside of Alliances
Put in Record.
SIR AUCKLAND GEDDEs QUOTED
IntImntion Comes That British AM
bansndor Making Speeches
for Ratification.
COMBINATIONS YET
EXIST BETWEEN SIGNERS
SIR AUCKLAND GEDDEs QUOTED
1ntimnuon Comes Tint British Am
bnssndor Making Speeches
for Ratification.
[ BY Associated prcss.l

WASHINGTON. y. C., March ls.-
amendment Of the fourpower Pa
cihc treaty 10 bind the signatories
against secret diplomacy, wa. urged
in the Senate today b. Senator Rob-
inson, Democrat. Arkansas, in n
speech attacking the pact as dan
serous instrument. IL accepted as
II Is.
Many charges OF secret under
standing regarding the Far East al
ready have been made. Senator Rob-
inson said. and not entirely cleared
up by information furnished tho
Senate. lie cited In particular the
charge OF the Far Eastern republic
ni Chita, that secret agreement
exists between the French and Jap
"nese relating to Siberia. and mug
Sested that there apparently also
was some well-deHncd understand
Ing between Great Britain and Japan
relating TO China. Unless the truth
could be learned about these alleged
agreements. he argued, 1t would be
rnwise for the United States TO enter
partnership" with the three other
larifc powers.
Would Take In Outsfders.
An argument In favor of a rcser-
yation designed TO give outside pow
crs the benefits OF the four DO wer
'fSa-'. .<.,os Vas uftide by senator
Robinson. who said that. although
the proposal had been voted down
when offered In the shape OF an
amendment; he would present Il
again In such form that Senator,
VINO desired the act without 'poIiti-
cai bias could not fail to support
u. He declared an unfair effort had
been made to Inject politics into the
treaty fight. particularly by Tia,
portion OF the press which has been
uhauaiifcdly IN favor of the treaty"
IN INC course Of the deIibe-ation
senator Lodge. OF Massachusetts. Re
publican leader. put into tho record
without comment. a statement bv
Rene NiYianr. OF the French arm,
conference delegation, characterizing
me treaty as standing outside all
alliances"
Mr.. Lodge said he desired to pre-
sent this Statement, In view of
charges that AR. V!vinni regarded
mo pact as an alliance.
senator Shields. Democrat. Tennes-
see. called attention to an address
made In Los Angeles yesterday nv
Sir Auckland Geddes, the British am.
hassador. in which he was quoted
as saying that the treaty had re.
moved Il menace from the Far Ems,
senator Robinson said the press rc-
port read made il even appear that
SIR Auckland had intended to saw
he believed the treaty "ayotsed =
war that was imminent in the PacI.
fc or the Orient.
JOHNSON Makes Pointed Inquiry.
Docs the Senator mean TO saw"
said Senator Johnson. Repub1ican
California, that the British ambas.
sador now Is engaged in making nd
dresses for this treaty?"
Senator Robinson replied that
only knew what he had seen pub-
lished. but hoped the Senate might
have fuller account later.
The hobgoblin that Is to friphtop
us into the four-power treaty" said
Senator Johnson. lis the Anglo
Japanese alliance, treaty which on
lis face does not affect at all the
region of the Pacific, but which an
plies specifically 70 Eastern Asia and
India. II we can be affected by
the Anglo-Japanesc alliance, we GER
tainiy can be touched by another nj
U,ontinno,i - r.