Arizona republican., 1922-03-09

continued tomorrow. with the admin
istration leaders urging that a vote
be expedited
Declaring he desired TO tell the
senate with entire frankness" the
motives which actuated the Amer
lean delegation. Mr.. Lodge said:
''F'or a month and more before the
conference met the American dele
cation was in session almost every
day. We tried 10 determine and mark
out the course which the American
delegation, with whom rested the re-
sponsibility OF initiating all the work
of the conference, should follow. The
deegation was in complete accord as
10 the policies TO be pursued. The
shadow of politics or of personal
feeling never rested for a moment
upon our deliberations.
"The American delegation was
united in the desire to secure re-
suits from the conference which
would promote the peace OF the
world, reduce in some measure the
burdens of taxation imposed by the
existence or armies and fleets and
the completion of armaments and
protect the future peace and safety
OF the United States. We we're of
to have sny measure of success we
must think in terms Of peace and not
in terms OF war.
Obisots of Farley Attained
"Actuated by these beliefs and by
opinion that there lay before us three
great obJectives. One was the termi-
nation of the Anglo Japanese alli-
ance. The next was an agreement
between the five principal allied and
associated power seated at the table
for a reduction OF naval armaments.
The third was TO accomplish all that
was possible TO aid China in such
ways as to help her in the establish
ment of an independent government
and particularly to insure the resto-
ration OF the great province of Shan
tung.
I'VE succeeded before the close OF
the conference in attaining all three
objectives. The treaty now before us
terminates the Anglo Japanese al.
lance. Personally l believe that IL
involves the United States in no obli-
CATION except TO meet with the other
signatories and consult in case of any
controversy arising, or In case OF ag-
gression by some outside power not
a signatory. repeat that think the
obligation to meet end consult is the
only obligation existing in this treaty.
and the main purpose of the treaty
is attained by the termination Of the
Anglo Japanese alliance.
II have already shown the total
difference which exists between this
treaty and the Anglo Japanese alli-
ance. There Is no likeness between
that alliance and this treaty. Far
from taking the place of the other,
this treaty simply enabled England,
Australia and New Zealand to take
part In terminating the alliance. The
removal Of the Anglo-Japanese alli-
ance, which is complete, created the
In which ii was possible to
bring about an agreement for the
reduction Of naval armament. While
that alliance existed q reduction of
naval armament was difficult IL not
Arms Treaty Endangered
Senators should bear in mind that
the defeat of the four power treaty
would endanger the treaty for the
of naval armament, and
the failure of tho naval treaty would
shock and startle the world and bit
terly disappoint the American people.
THE purpose of the American del
egation in the conference and, think
Of all other members of the confer
ence besides of the United States,
was to endeavor to do something at
once practical and concrete which
would promote the peace of the
world. They believed that this could
be done without alliances or penal
ties. Such experiments have been
made in the past in isolated instanc-
es. but l venture TO assert that never
has the experiment been attempted
On such a scale or under similar con-
iitions. We have passed through |
var the like OF which the world has |
never seen. The misery and horrors |
II the great war must never come |
lgain IL we can do anything to stop |
[. We must try our best to secure |
his great result
Il know il Is only an experiment,
,ut I have faith TO believe that the
,etter instincts of mankind are all
With us In the effort. II we continue
o preach suspicion and hatred OF
'ther nations. If we decline TO deal
With them and believe they are all
by the basest of motives