Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1922-03-31
"No ALLIANCE RESERVATION is
ONLY EXCEPTION TO FAMOUS
PACT AMONG NATIONS.
PASSED BY VOTE OF 81 TO 27
Necessary Margin Over aTwo-T Thirds ls
Reached After Twenty Unsuccess-
. full Attempts at Reservation.
Thirty-Three Roll Calls.

over accomplishments of the Washing
ton arms conference, was ratified by
the senate with no reservations except
the mo alliance" declaration proposed
by the foreign relations committee AMI
accepted by President Harding.
The final vote of 81 to 27, represent
ing a margin of four over the neces,
sray two-thirds. was recorded after
the opponents of ratification had made
more than 20 unsuccessful attempts
to qualify senate action BY reservA-
tions or amendments distasteful to the
administration. On the deciding roll
cab 10 democrats voted for. the treaty
and only four republicans opposed It.
Dying hard, the irreconcilable ele-
ment, which had opposed the treaty
on the ground that 1t establishes an
alliance between the United States,
Great Britain. Japan and France,
forced 33 roll calls during four and
half hour session set aside for the
final action on the resolution of rati-
fication, They made their best show
ing on a, proposed reservation to in
vite outside powers into Pacific con
ferences,', affecting their interests.
mastering s36 votes for the proposal
to ,55 in, opposition.
The roll scall on ratification of the
four-power treaty follows:
For ratification:
Republicans-Ball Brandegee, Bur.
SUP, Calder, Cameron Capper. Colt.
Cummins. Curtis. Dillingham;, Dupont,
Edge, Elkins, Ernst, Fernald, Freling-
huysen, iGooding, Hale, Harreld. jones',
Washington; Kellogg, Keyes, LadI,
Lenroot, I4bdge, Mccormick, McCun-
ber, Mckinley, Mclean. McNarry.
Moses Nelson, New, Newberry, Mich
olson, Norbeck, Norris, Oddie, Page,
Pepper, Phipps, Poindexter, Rawson,
Smoot, Spencer, Stanfield, Sterling,
Sutherland Townsend, Wadsworth.
Warren. Watson, Indiana; Weller and
Willis. So.
rats-Broussard DIAL Fletch-'
err, Kendrick, McKellar, Myers, Owen,
Pomefene, Ransdell, Trammell, Under
wood and Williams 12. Y" ""5 i2s z
Total forsratification, 81.
Against ratification:
Republicans-Bora France, John.
son and Lafollette, A.
Democrats-Ashurst, Caraway, Gull
berson, Gerry, Glass, Harris, Harrison,
Heflin, Hitchcock. King. Overman,
Pittman, Reed. Robinson, Sheppard,
Shields. Simmons, Smith, Stanley,
Swanson, Walsh, Massachusetts;
Walsh. Montana. and Watson, Geor-
gia. Total. %.
Total against ratification, 27.
The text of the four-power treaty is
as follows:
article 1. The high contracting par
ties agree as between themselves to
respect their rights in relation to their
insular possessions and insular domin-
ions in the region of the Pacific oceau.,
IF there should develop between
any Of the high contracting parties a
controversy arising out of any Pacific
question and involving their said right
which, is not satisfactorily settled by
diplomacy and is likely to affect the
harmonious accord now happily exist
ing between them, they shall invite the
high contracting parties to a Joint con-
ference to which the whole subject
will be referred for consideration and
adjustment.
Article 2. If the said rights are
threatened by the aggressive action of
any other power the high contracting
parties shall communicate with one
another fully and frankly in order to
arrive at an understanding as to the
most efficient measures to be taken
Jointly and separately, to meet the ex.
igencies of the particular situation.
ARTICLE 8, This agreement shall re.
main in force from 10 years from the
time 1t shah take effect, and after the
expiration Of said period it shall con-
tinue to- be in force subject to the
right of any of the high contracting
parties to terminate it upon IL months
notice.
ARTICLE 4 This agreement shall be
ratified as soon as possible in accord.
ance with the constitutfonal methods
of the high contracting parties and
shall take effect on the deposit Of .fatt.
fications which shall take place at
Washington and thereupon the agrees
ment between Great Britain and Japan
which was concluded at London on
July ~. 1921. shall terminate