The Washington herald., 1922-03-28
Exempts japanese Home
land From Scope of
Agreement. -
SF
BARS APPROVAL
OF WAR MANDATES
Hitchcock Warns That
Tokyo May Reject
Declaration.

Americas approval Of the four
power Pacific treaty Is now com
plete. Ratification Of the pact by
Britain. France and Japan viii
make # operative.
The Senate completed It's delhi
erations and gave complete and
nnal assent late yesterday when Il
ratified the supplemental treaty.
which eNempts the japanese horne
land from the scope OF the treaty
proper. to which was attached the
| declaration Of the delegations
Treaty opponents contested every
move of the administration forces
/ led by Senator Lodge. Of Massa-
chusetts. They yielded only when
| Il was apparent further opposition
! would be useless and only when
they mad wrung a concession from
Lodge.
Bars Domestic Questions.
This concession was that the
\ Senate should approve the declara-
tion Of the delegations. which stipu-
lates that purely domestic questions
shall not be brought before the
conferences Of the powers. and that
the treaty shall not be construed
as approval by this country of the
mandate arrangements in the Pa
cifc.
At first Lodge contended that the
declaration required no Senatorial
sanction. but he changed his posi-
tion when a storm Of protest arose.
After a number Of plans had been
| advanced, the declaration on mo-
ton Of Lodge. was finally attached
as reservation TO the supple
mental treaty by a vote Of So to 20.
Western and Southern Senators
gained their point by bringing for
ward the bugaboO Of Japanese i'm
migration and alien land laws. II
should be made clear beyond any
doubt. they insisted. that these
matters should not he made the
subject OF International discussions.
Naval Treaty Up Today.
The final vote on the supple
mental treaty. after the reservation
was attached. was unanimous-7I
to o. Lodge Immediately called up
the hve-power naval reduction
treaty. which was made the ''un-
finished business" OF the Senate.
j Consideration Of this pact will be-
gin today. and is expected TO pro-
] ceed with less opposition than that
which accompanied the four-power
treaty.
The conclusion of the debate In
the Senate came suddenly. after 4
day OF confusion and wranElinE.
Lodge at first wanted joint ratifica-
tion of the declaration and the
supplemental treaty: THEN he pro-
posed separate ratification; and
finally evolved the scheme adopted.
/ Lodges changes Of tactics drew bit
/ ing comments from Senator Hitch
| cock. Of Nebraska. ranking minor
! ity member of the Foreign Rels-
tions Committee. and from senator
/ Robinson. Democratic irrcconcifabte
! OF Arkansas
Warns Of Japanese Refusal.
/ Hitchcock warned that japan
might refuse TO ratify the deciara-
tion. and said that immigration was
one Of the most probable sources. Of
future friction in the Pacific. 80
Japan can ratify the foUT-powc~
treaty and shake her finger az US
so far as the declaration Is con
cerned." said Hitchcock.
Robinson denounced the proce-
dure of adopting the declarat tion as
a reservation.
The Senator from Massachusetts
proposed to dispose OF the japanese
immigration and Iand-owninE ques-
tions. the two which most viSsllv
affect the peace Of the Pacific. by
merely dismissing them as reserva-
tions to a supplemental agreement"
said Robinson. Gould anything he
more palpably absurd. and more cN-
I 81
processes in which the Senator from
Massachusetts has been induIging"
Praises Seprtor Johnson
The people OF California. Robin
son predicted. will be heard from.
He praised Senator Johnson 81
that State, for his attitude, and ds-
'clared johnson had been subjected
10 flank attack" in his own state.
johnson. in a speech. said the i'm
migration and land problems wer,'
two Of the most serious with which
the Coast and Western States had
to deal. He spoke Of the ''peCu-
liar ingenuity" OF the Japanese. nd
said IL was impossible to tell what
conclusions they might reach unless
the position Of the senate were
made clear beyond any doubt
The Senate declined to accept an
amendment TO the supplemental
treaty offered by Robinson. exempt
ing the Southern half Of Sakhalin
Island. former Russian ferritorv.
now occupied by the Japanese.
from the scope Of the four-power
treaty. IL likewise refused to APP
prove an effort by Senator Pittman.
Democrat. OF Nevada. 20 have i'm
migration listed as one OF the do
mestic problems barred from inter