Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1922-03-11
UNDERWOOD NOT At
PACT CONF ERENCES

= WASHINGTON, March 9.-Chal-
lenged from his own side OF the
chamber to reveal to the senate the
origin of the four-power PACING
treaty, Senator Underwood, or Ala
bama, the Democratic leader ana a
member of the American arms dele-
CATION, told his colleagues on the
senate floor today that he knew lew
of the details of the negotiations as
he was absent from Washington
while they were in progress.
Pronouncing the four-power Pacific
treaty an alliance" Senator ROBIN
son, Democrat, Arkansas, in renew
ing senate discussion Of the pact to-
day, declared it would not promote
peace, "but on the contrary will in
vite the formation of rival alliances
and lead to great HARM
Senator Robinson declared:
1. That the treaty is an alliance
based on the use of force.
2. That it imposes on the United
States the same obligation to help
other nations which was in article
x Of the League of Nations coven-
ant.
8. That it specifically excludes from
settlement>the questions of immigra-
ton, race equality and alien land
ownership, which will thus continue
to be vexing controversies between
the United Statse and Japan.
4. That it ties the United States
up to Japan as against Russia and
China, both of which countries, Sem
ator Robinson said, may in the flu
ture make war on Japan because of
her policy towards them.
He insisted the treaty be amend
ed to bind all the signatory powers
not to provoke an attack on them,
and also to admit to conference all
nations interested in or affected by
dispute which would come under
the provisions Of the treaty.
"The foreign questions which have
interested the United States in the
relations with Japan arise out of
the manner in which Japan has
dealt with Korea, Shantung, Man
churia, the Chinese Eastern railway
and Siberia" said Senator Robinson.
1.-THE four-power treaty not only
fails to guarantee a reversal Of the
OeIpdIlSoC puffy DuC II SlIOISly
tends to commit the United States
to a passive attitude and to block
our opportunity, for securing fair
ness and justice in the dealings of
Japan with China and Siberia
The color issue was injected into
the situation today by senators op-
emphasize in talks with southern
nnTonnFotc. hn
power pact involves the United
States in alliance with a "colored
race" the Japanese. tThisargument,
it was reported, was proving potent
in some quarters
Secretary Hughes, as head of the
delegation, Mr.. Underwood said, con-
Quoted most of the conversations
leading up to the treaty with the
purpose Of effecting an arrangement
to take the place of the Anglo.
Japanese alliance.
The Democratic leaders, state
ment was made in reply to direct
question from Senator Robinson,
Democrat, Arkansas, who was in
the midst of speech characteriz-
ing the treaty as an alliance" and
predicting that it would lead to
trouble rather than to peace.
81 can say to the senator,% re-
piled Senator Underwood, that
am not as well informed about this
treaty as about the others enanat-
ing from the ornaments confer
ence because in the midst of the
negotiations I was called out of
Washington on account Of. a death
in my family. But I know that
when the American delegation first
met the question of our reducing
naval ornaments raised the ques-
ton of the effect of the Anglo.
Japanese alliance on the navies OF
the world. The discussion then
was as to whether the Anglo-Japa-
nese alliance could be abrogated.
and it was left for the chairman
of the delegation to take the mat
ter up. The chairman reported to
the delegation that he thought an
agreement could be reached for
cancellation of the alliance, pro.
vided something should be put in
it's place.