Evening star., 1922-03-05
BY Defeating First, Senators
Would Keep Former Al
lance Still in Force.
SUPPORTERS WILL PUSH
MEASURE THIS WEEK
Lodge to Keep Agreement Before
Senate Constantly Until Final
Vote Is Reached.
BY G. GOULD LINCOLN.

BY G. GOULD LINCOLN.
Opponents of the four-power Pa
cific treaty in the Senate. practically
Vote for the naval limitation treaty:
Yet. should the four-power Pacific
treaty be defeated. the Anglo-Jap-
anese alliance will remain in full
force.
In other words, with an alliance
between two great naval powers, ia
pan and Great Britain, still flourish
ing, the opponents of the treaty,
which does away with the alliance,
propose to vote that the United States
shall agree to a naval building holi-
day for the next ten years. so far as
capital ships, aircraft carriers and
Notifications in the Pacific ocean are
concerned.
Naval Treaty Provisions.
Under the naval treaty the United
States is to limit it's capital ships to
E25,008 tons. Great Britain is to have
the same tonnage and Japan $4,000
tons. The capital ship is recognized
How will the people of America
view the proposal to limit the naval
power of the United States while
Great Britain and Japan continue in
a military alliance? This question
may have to be seriously considered
by those who propose to kill, II they
can, the four-power treaty and at
the same time ratify the naval limi-
1ation treaty.
Hold Treaties Closely Related.
Supporters Of the series Of treaties
emanating from the Washington con-
ference insist that the four-power
Pacific treaty and the naval limita-
lion treaty are closely related, and
also the treaties relating to China.
The purpose of the Wash1nEtdh con-
ference was to eradicate the sources
of trouble in the far east as well as
10 bring about q reduction of arma-
ments. In fact. it was held by the
administration that troublesome ques-
tions must be solved with regard to
the far east If there was to be any
settlement of the arms question.
1t is no secret that the elimination
of the Anglo-Japanese alliance was
delegation to the conference if there
was to be an agreement limiting the
naval strength of this country. The
alliance has been regarded with sus-
picion for years by this country.
So the four-power treaty. in which
the United States, the British empire,
france and Japan all have part, pro-
vides for the abandonment Of the
Anglo-Japanese alliance.
Will Push Treaty to Vote.
Consideration of the four-power
pact in the Senate is to be begun in
New Of diana, a republican member
of the foreign relations committee,
will speak supporting the treaty.
Chairman Lodge of the foreign rela-
tions committee conferred with the
President at the White House yester-
day regarding the conduct of the
treaty in the Senate, and later with
many of the senators. 1t Is the pur-
pose of Senator Lodge to keep the
treaty before the Senate from now on
until it is disposed of. He will ask
that it be temporarily laid aside if
aIone of the senators is prepared to
speak on it at times during the COM
ing week, for he wishes there shall
he full opportunity for debate. But
following this week it is likely that
every effort will be made to speed up
f,f.n nctd DO nf
There is no disposition on the part
of Senator Lodge to attempt to kill
off in the Senate the Brandegee reser-
walton to the four-power treaty, which
states that the treaty is not to be
considered an alliance in any shape
or form. The reservation was agreed
TO in committee. In fact, it is known
that If the reservation should be lop-
ped from the resolution of ratifca-
tion three of the republican senators
counted upon to vote for ratification
would not vote for the treaty
Senators Brandegee, Moses and Nc
Cormick.
Republican Votes Needed.
These republican votes are needed
-Four republican votes are lost to the
treaty as matters now stand-those
of Senators Borah, France, Johnson
OF California and La Toilette. There
are today sixty republican senators
and thirty-six democratic senator's
in order to have two-thirds of the
Senate-sixty-four- favor Of the
treaty, the republicans must have
the support of eight democrats for
1he pact. The treaty supporters be.
1ieve that in the end they will have
3nore than eight democrats voting
with them.
On the other hand, opponents Of the
treaty make no secret Of the fact
that opposition is increasing in the
Senate to the four-power treaty. The
battle will center about reservations
first, and efforts are to be made to
add other reservations than the one
agreed to in committee. 1t may be
that it will be necessary to accept
some further Strengthening Of the
Brandegee reservation to keep some
pf the democrats In line.
Absenfeeism Causes worry.
1t remains to be seen whether the
republicans supporting the treaty
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