Sioux County pioneer., 1922-03-30

signed by four powers, whose dele
gates, respectively, adopted 1t, all hay
ing made various suggestions. may
say, however, with respect to the gen.
eral course of negotiations that after
assent had been given by Great Britain
and Japan that France should be a
party to the agreement, / prepared a
draft Of the treaty based upon the
various suggestions which had been
exchanged between the delegates. II
should add that, in order to avoid any
misunderstanding l prepared a memo
randum to accompany the treaty with
respect to It's effect in relation to the
inundated islands, and reserving
domestic questions.
"At this stage, while 1t was not
strictly conference matter, In order
to insure publicity Mt the earliest pos
sibIe moment, the treaty, as thus
agreed upon, and before 1t had, been
signed, was presented by senator
Lodge to the conference In plenary
session and Its import and limitations
stated. His statement met with the
acquiescence OF all.
.',Ehere is not the slightest mystery
about tile treaty or basis for suspicion
regarding it. 1t Is straightforward
document which attains one Of the
most important objects the American
government has had in view, and is
of the highest Importance to the MAIN
tenancc Of friendly relations in the
Fur East upon Il sound basis AS the
President recently said, in his com
munication to the senate, 1t Is an es-
sentinl part of the plan to create con-
ditions in the Far East Mt once favor
able To the maintenance Of the policies
We have long advocated and to an en-
during peace. In view of this, and
in view of the relation of the treaty to
the results of the conference, Its
failure would be nothing short Of q
national calamity"
The senate debate over ratification
confirms the wisdom Of the Presidents
choice of Senator Underwood as a con-
ference delegate. There are those who
consider the senator from Alabama one
of the ablest men In public life. He
certainly had a large opportunity for
his skill as debater when he at
tempted to round up his recalcitrant
followers for ratification. The first
day he stood for three hours before the
Democrats he has led In SO many par
tisan battles, arguing that they should
forget party lines and Join with the
administration forces for ratification.
1t was almost exclusively a Democratic
show, with the Republicans sitting on
the sidelines and watching the astute
minority leader fight 1t out with his
unruly followers. The anti-treaty
Democrats were trying to trap him
into an admission that the treaty In
effect constituted an entangling al
lance. But he insisted on conference
agreement Some Of them ..heckled''
their leader. Only the unfailing good
nature of the Alabaman STAYED of a
stormy session. 1t r-a-sitMati0n
that only an experienced and able man
could meet. s
= Next came IN assault on the treaty
by Senator Rorah of Idaho and Sena-
tor Johnson of California, Republican
irreconcilables. They questioned the
authorship of the treaty, despite the
letter from Secretary Hughes. Senator
Lodge OF Massachusetts, majority
zsiediier;;. made Them 4 ttley hitf a
meant to reflect on Htl,e yeracity 9l
Secretary Hughes. In effect the. twG
senators assailed tile treaty rs q
''qmltlruple alliance" Senator LenFoo'
Of Wisconsin answered them.
The pro-treaty forces scored vic.
tory Tuesday when they voted down
an amendment by Senator Joseph T.
Robinson of Arkansas designed to
wreck the. treaty. The Robinson