Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1922-03-24

WASHINGTON. March 24-The United
States Senate at 80 this afternoon had
adopted each Of the four articles Of the
four power treaty and voted down every
reservation offered.
The Senate then prepared to so ahead
. with the vote on the adoption Of the
h resolution OF ratification.
A distinguished and colorful gather
ing jammed the Senate galleries as the
gavel of Vice President Coolidge called
the Senators to order at the stroke of
IL o'clock.
The Senate had been in ses sion only
few minutes when the frs test Of
strength between the treaty's supporters
and opponents came swiftly after Sen
atOr Robinson, Democrat, Ackansas, de-
manded a roll call on his reservation pro
viding that leach OF the high contracting
parties viii refrain from entering into
or being q party to any secret treaty
agreement or understanding with any
other power or powers during the life
Of this treaty"
ROBINSON LOSES
BY 80 TO 81 VOTE.
The Robinson reservation was de-
feated by a majority vote OF 81 to 81.
The first step toward ratification Of
the treaty came when Article 1 Of the
pact was adopted Ey an overwhelming
vote. The vote was Il TO j..
The vote, a majority OF one, occasioned
little surprise, as opposition 10 the
treaty had centered upon Articles II
and III.
Article II of the treaty. the storm. cen
ter Of the fight against the pact, was
adopted by a majority vote of 2S TO 66.
Article III was agreed to by an over
whelming majority, after the treaty's
opponents failed to amend it or at
tach reservations TO it. The vote was
26 to g.
Article ", providing for the scrapping
Of the AnglO-Japanese alliance by each
III the four powers. was agreed 10 by
= l1te Of 70 to s.
*&aThe resolution Of ratification wa
zS led up by Senator Lodge following the
bption Of Article ", the concluding
~, J. Of the pact Having exhausted their
seSfuitless efforts to amend the treaty it.
self or to attach reservations to il, the
treaty's opponents concentrated their at
tacks on the Brandegee no alliance"
reservation incorporated in the resOlu-
tion Of ratification after It's adoption by a
majCrity of the Senate Foreign Relations
Committee.
Senator Pomerene, Democrat OF Ohio,
pledged to ratification, but opposed to
TIE BraEdegee reservation, offered a sub
stitute to it.
A series Of amendments to the Brande-
gee reservation were also proposed by
Senator Walsh Of Montana and others of
the Democrats in opposition to the treaty
itself
One amendment offered by Senator
Walsh, Democrat Of Montana, to the
Brandecee reservation was rejected by a
vote Of SO to 5J. The amendment was an
other Democratic maneuver 10 include
"all nations" In the treaty.
A similar amendment offered by Sen
ator Robinson, Democrat OF Arkansas,
was voted down.
Prior TO the adoption Of the articles
the Robinson resolution, intended to
bring into the treaty all other nations
having or claiming 70 have an interest in
the Pacific and 10 thereby transform the
pact into q Pacific League Of Nations.
was defeated by a vote OF So to 50.
Those voting against the acceptance Of
Article 1 were:
BOrah, Idaho; France, Maryland; John
son, California; La Toilette, Wisconsin
(Republicans) Ashurst, Arizona; Culber-
son, Texas; King, Utah; Reed, Missouri: /:
Robinson, Arkansas; Sheppard, Texas !;
Shields, Tennessee; Watson, Georgia;
Gerry, Rhode Island; Harris, Georgia;
Stanley, Kentucky (Democrats). Total
10.
a reservation offered by Senator
Shields, Democrat OF Tennessee. intended
10 forbid participation by the United
States in the settlement Of political Ques-
tions and contentious o. foreign na-
tlons" was rejected by a vote Of IS to 73.
AGAIN THE FOES
GO TO DEFEAT.
The treaty opponents were defeated
again when they tried TO force over q tex
tual amendment to the pact.
The amendment. sponsored by Senator
Hitchcock, Democrat, Of Nebraska, was
intended to insert the term. "unprovoked"
before the words aggressive action in
Article II Of the treaty. 1t was rejected
by 63 to 20.
Two reservations offered by Senator
Reed, Democrat, Of Missouri, intended to
restrict the actions of the United States
under the treaty were both rejected, one
by vote of - to g. and the other by a
vote OF p TO 65.
A proposal by Senator Johnson, Re