Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1922-03-20
TREATY fight
ISCENTERLNC
ON CHANGES
Only One of Those Suggest
ed Is Acceptable to
President
NO ALLIANCE CLAUSE
Old Matters of Versailles Pact Al
lance Are Again Coming to The
Front In Discussions

Washington, March 20.-Three pro-
posed reservations promise to become
the final storm centers of the Senate,s
debate on the Four-Power Pacific
treaty, which enters its concluding
chapter today, under unanimous con-
sent and agreement to vote hnally on
ratification Friday.
Only one of these reservations is
said by it's supporters to be acceptable
to President Harding, and it is the
only one that Administration leaders
expect to see adopted. 1t was framed
in the Foreign Relations Committee
and declares the treaty contemp!ates
"no alliance" A group of Admins
tration senator's still hope they may
accomplish ratification without even
this qualification, but those in charge
of the treaty are not now inclined 10
try the experiment.
A second reservation which is eX-
pected to provoke determined night
is in process of formulation by various
groups of Senators opposed to un-
reserved ratification. 1t will provide
that outside powers shall be consulted
in Pacific controversies where their
interests are affected. The third IS
blanket mo alliance" declaration orig
inally framed by Foreign Relations
committee Republicans, but aban-
doned by them after conferences with
President Harding and reintroduced
on the Senate floor by Senator john
son, Republican, California, an "ir-
reconcilable" foe of the treaty.
AS the situation shapes up in its
final analysis, the old groupings OF
the Versailles treaty fight are. reap
pearing, but with many material al
terations. 1t is former members of
the Republican mild reserEationlst
bloc" who have taken the lead in urg-
ing that the revised committee draft
of the mo alliance" reservation be
voted down. On the other hand. 1t
was to placate wing OF the Versailles
"irreconcilables" that the reservation
was framed. Again, as in the Yer
sailles treaty maneuverings, the Ad-
ministration leaders are trying by
middle course to keep peace between
these two elements.
Those of the mild reservatiorlsts'
Of other days who want no reserva-
tions at all to the Four Power treaty
argue that the wish of President
Harding for an unreservcd ratitica-
tion should be fulfilled il possible, and
declare they have made canvass Of
sentiment showing that it is possible.
But they concede the margin would be
very narrow one, and they have
agreed to support the reservation if in
the end it still seems necessary to
make a two-thirds ratification vote
certain.
The group of Versailles "irrecon-
cilables'' willing to take the -Four.
! Power treaty with the "no-alliance"
reservation has had for its principal
spokesman thus far Senator Brande-
gee, Republican, Connecticut, who
drew the reservations, as well as the
original blanket declaration now re-
vived by Senator Johnson. During
the week, probably Tuesday, another
member of this group, Senator Nc
Cormick, Republican, Illinois, expects
to address the Senate to explain why
the reservation was considered neces-
sary. A sharp exchange with the
other wing of the Versailles "irrecon-
cilables,' who also have adopted
bittcr-end attitude toward the present
treaty, seems likely to follow.