, 1922-03-30
Four Power Pacific Treaty Is
Ratified by Senate After
Bitter Debate.
HOUSE PASSES BONUS BILL
President Orders American Army
Home From Rhine n Hughes
Notifies Allies They Must
Pay Expense Bill Mos
lem Unrest.
BY JOHN DICKINSON SHERMAN

BY JOHN DICKINSON SHERMAN
THE four-power Pacific treaty was
L ratified by the United States
senate Friday, March "a.
BY agreement made ten days in
advance the vote had been set for
that date. 1t came as the climax to a
week of oratory. The bit
terest debate vas precipitated Mon.
day when Senator Borah Republican
of Idaho) read into the record a steno-
graphic report of a statement attrib-
uted to Paul d. Cravath, 1.-THE repre-
sentative of the Morgans and the
Ryans," to the effect that the United
States had entered into a secret agree
ment to cooperate with Great Britain
against Japan in the Pacific. Senators
Lodge q Underwood, Republican and
Democratic floor leaders and American
delegates to the conference with Secre-
tary of State Hughes and Elihu Root,
denied the alleged Cravath statement.
Senator Robinson of Arkansas, lead
ing the Democratic opposition to the
treaty, demanded q senatorial investi-
CATION and asked that Secretary
Hughes and Mr.. Root be called before
he foreign relations committee. At
this point Senator Lodge said:
This debate is proceeding upon the
theory that the four American dele
gates were not only ignorant and in
competent but that they were prepared
10 betray their country. 1t is m i'm
plicntion against the honesty and pa
triotism Of the President. / believe
that they are as patriotic and as de-
sirous Of protecting the interests of
their country as those who are SANDER
ing them by implication and insinua-
tions. ] will trust the people Of the
United States to stand by the PresI-
dent I'M the our delegates In this
great conference
Later Mr.. Cravath emphatically de-
MED the statement attributed to him.
Secretary Hughes wrote a letter in
which he said:
In ny letter to Senator Under
wood on March 18th, In relation to
the four-power treaty, / said;
""There are no secret notes or I'M
der~standings.'
Permit me to express the hope
that the American delegates will be
saved further aspersions upon their
veracity and honor"
To the Man In the Street the as
%tonlshing part OF this is the fact that
anyone-Unlted States senator or any
m else-should expect to get across
with charges, direct or Indirect,
against either the honor, the efficiency.
the v%eracity or the patriotism Of the
four American delegates.
DASSAGE Of the -four billion dol
L lar" bonus bill was ACCOMPLISHED
by the house Thursday, March %, by
a vote OF 3 to 20, four voting present.
A two-thirds majority was necessary
10 pass the bills under a suspension
OF the rules.
The bonus bill was put through I'm
accordance with n program nounc
the preceding Tuesday. Chairman
Campbell of the rules committee sub
mitted n resolution providing for sus-
pension OF the rules. Chairman Ford
ney OF the ways and means committee
was recognized by the speaker for
the offering OF a motion to suspend
the rules and pass the Bill. -Four
hours OF debate followed, with time
divided.
Any forecast OF the treatment OF
the bill by the senate Is largely guess
work. Certain Republican %senators
have expressed opposition to the bill
as reported to the house by the ways
ana means committee. II Is common
report that any bin passed by the
senate Will contain n provision set
ting forth the necessars taxation plan