New-York tribune., 1922-03-28
Lodge Reservation With.
holding Assent to Man
dates and Excluding Do
mestic Issues Adopted
Senate to Take Up
Navy Treaty To-Day.
Democrats Accuse Nassa.
chusetts Senator Of
Blundering and Giving
Advantage to Nipponesc

IRON TIE Jrlbpfc's Wdsbii Jtoa B1reoa
WASHINGTON. March 27.-Bv
unanimous vote of IS to the Senate
this evening ratified the supple
mental agreement which excludes
the mainland Of Japan from the
terms Of the four power Pacific
treaty.
In ratjfying. the Senate also dis
posed of the complications which
arose over failure to pass on the
supplement when the four-power
pact Was ratified last Friday.
On motion Of Senator Lodge, 4.
reservation to the supplemental
treaty was adopted which adds
thereto the declaration signed by the
delegates December IS, the day the
four-power treaty was signed. The
declaration says it is the understand
ing that the United States does not
assent to the mandates in the Pacific
and that domestic questions arc ex-
cluded from the scope of the four
power agreement.
Supplement Harding Approved
! The supplement 10 the four-powsr
treaty which gives the Interpretation
expressed by President Harding after
the ipotentiaries had provided
otherwise and meets with the approval
OF the japanese reads:
The United States Of America. til.
British Empire, Trance ana Japan
have, through their respective pleni-
] potentiaries. agreed upon the fol-
/ lowing stipulations supplementary to
the quadruple treaty signed at Wash
/ ingtoa on December f3. 1921:
The term "insular possessions and
insular dominions' used in the afore-
said treaty shall. in its application
/ TO Japan, include only Karafuto cor
the southern portion of the island Of
Saghalin), Fcrmosa Taiwan and
the Pescadores and the islands under
! the mandate of Japan.
The present agreement shall have
the same force and effect as the said
treaty TO which it is supplementary.
The provision Of Article " of the
| Slefosald treaty or December I3,
! 1921. relating to ratification, shall be
! applicable to the present agreement,
which. in French and English, shall
remain deposited in the archives Of
the government of the United States.
and duly certified COPIES thereof
shall be transmitted by that govern
/ ment TO each OF the other contracting
powers.
In faith whereof the respective
NrAo &,.-
present agreement.
Done at the City Of Washington,
the sixth day Of February, one thou
sand nine hundred and twenty-five.
Lodge Reservation Adopted
The Lodge reservation, which was
adopted by viva voce vote after long
controversy and which is added to the
resolution ratifying the supplemental
treaty. reads:
Subject to the following reserva-
tion and understanding. which is
hereby made q part of and condition
or this resolution of ratification and
which repeals the declaration of in
tent and understanding made by the
representatives OF the powers sigma
tories of the horsepower treaty re-
lating - their insular possessions
aad insular dorinions in the Pacific
Ocean:
/. Thai the four-oower treaty re-
lating to Pacific possessions shall an
ply to the inundated islands in the
Pacific Ocean. Provided. however.
that the making Of this treaty shall
not be deemed to be an assent on
the part Of the United States of
America to the mandates and shall
rot prccl dde agreements between the
United States OF America and the
mandatory powers, respectively. in
relation - the nandatcd ISLANDS.
2. That tho controversies to which
tae second paragraph Of Article |
o. the four~power treaty relating TO
Paciilc possessions refers shall rot
bc taken to embrace questions which
according to principles of interna-
tional law lie exclusively within tic
i domestic jurisdiction OF the respec-
tive powers.
Borala Absent From Roll Call
Attempts OF the Democratic Sens.
tors to force reconsideration OF the
four-power treaty for the purpose OF
Incorporating the declaration failed.
In the voting for The supplemental
chamber when the roll was called.
Senator Watson, OF Georgia, who IS
bitterly opposed 10 the four-power
treaty, was present, but did rot vote.
After ratification OF the supple
mental treaty Senator Lodge called 10
the naval agreement, but reading was
deferred until tomorrow. senator
I Lodge. hopes to hasten it through, pos
sibly BY tomorrow night
After long debate the Senate re-
jected by % TO 20 an amendment pro-
posed BY Senator Robinson, Of Ar
Earsas, to exclude from the supple
mental treaty the southern half of the
island Of Sazhalin. On this vote the
lineup was much the same as it vas
last Fridar or the four-p power treaty
Senators Borah, Franco, Johnson and
La Toilette were the only Republicans
20 vote fer the" amendment The
Democrats who voted against il were
Senator'S Broussard, Dial, Fletcher,
Myers. Owen, Pomerene. Trammell,
Underwood, Walsh, OF Montana, and
Williams.
Senator Lodge then offered the dec
laration as reservation TO the sup
Elemental treaty. Senator Pittman, o.
Nevada, offered as ar amendment To
. the reservation tbe amcadncn. which