Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-03-01
SENATE REJECTS
CHANGE IN YAP
TREATY, 5O-23
SoIonS Divide Virtually on
Party Lines in the First
Test of Strength on Arms
Farley PaCtS. ,
lRs The Associnted Press.l

washington, Feb. %, - Divided
virtually on party lines the senate
refused to amend the zap treaty
today in the first test of strength
on any question affecting the in
ternational covenants negotiated
during the Washington conference.
The vote was so to 2S.
Only two republicans, Borah OF
Idaho and France of Maryland,
supported the proposal and only
four democrats, Underwood, Ala
bama: Pomerene, Ohio; Williams
of Mississippi and Meyers of Mon
tana. voted against it. 1t had been
offered by Senator Pittman, demo-
crat, Nevada, and would have ann
plified the provision that existing
treaty rights of the United States
shall apply to the mandated is
lands of the Pacific.
Later, by vote of So to II, the
senate also rejected proposed
amendment by Senator France to
prevent manufacture or export Of
intoxicating liquors on the man
Gnted islands Eight democrats
Joined this time with the republi"
cans opposed to the amenduent,
while not a single other senator
Of his own party cast his vote with
Mr.. France.
Opinions Differ,
Senators differed over the sig
niticance of the two roll calls as
they bear on the general situation
Of the arms conference treaties,
but the senate leaders declared the
result had been to strengthen their
expectation that all the covenants
would be ratified by safe margins,
even though there might be con-
siderable opposition on the demo-
cratic side.
Just before Adjournment another
amendment as presented hy Sena-
tor Pittman, stimulating that un-
der tho treaty the United States
should be sole Judge whether Ia
pan is maintaining sufficient wira-
less facilities on Van Island, or
whether the American night to In
stall n wireless station there should |
be exercised This and several |
other amendments and reserve = |
tons are expected to come to n
vote tomorrow and under an
rcached YESTERDAY, \ |
roll call on ratification is to be I
taken not later than two p. m, on
Thursday
During today's debate further |
attacks were made on the treaty +
by Senators France, Pittman, Boz
rah md Reed. democrat, Missouri !
Mr. Reed a~ain charging that the
republican leaders were attempt |
ing to force senate action before |
the country could rea'i2e what the
arms conference agreements real
ly embody. The all-day onslaught
passed virtually without reply
fro mthe treaty's supporters.
bursts Of Iar"htcr
Tt was accompanied by frequent !
bursts of laughter which the pre-
siding officer made no effort to /
check, that Senator Frances res ,
olution was presented and reject
cd. Senator Franco said that the
senate was not giving serious con-
to his proposal, and ,
Senator Reed, also lecturinr his /
colleagues for their mirth, caused Z
new commissions Of merrimcnt on
the floor and in the galleries by
Jltdu'HS ludl Iiie PIONlSiUU DC &c +
cepted $50 that some Japanese
Volstead can exercise his genius
in the Pacific"
Senator Lodge declared the
wholly unnecessary, 4
quoting from the treaty provi-
sion that intoyicants are not to be
supplied to the natives" OF he
inundated islands. To this Sana-
tor Reed replied that a mora COM
plete prohibition was preferable.
including foreigners as we'll as ma
ives, so that the world would not
behold the spectacle of n "tpta,iy
sober population bossed by Tapa-
1ese officials loaded to the
guards"
The Pittman amendment regard
ng existing treaty RIGHTS also was
declared by Senator Lodge to be
entirely superfluous, and It was in
Heated that other amendments
md reservations to be proposed to-
morrow would likewise be opposed
" tho renIlblioat1 lea der