Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1922-03-16
DOUBT HUGHES
WROTE TREATY
Borah Asks Why It Secretary
Was Author Did He
ReWrite 1t?
DEBATE IN SENATE is WARM
johnson Also Flags Administration as
Restricting League Of Nations
Declares He Viii Vote Against
the Pact

washington, harch I4.-1he. query
! ''Who wrote the Horsepower Pacific
treaty and its supplemental agree
ments?" persisted in senate debate on
the pact despite Secretary Hughes
letter taking the responsibility upon
himself
In the course of the argument Sena-
tor Borah (Rep., Idaho} declared that
circumstances surrounding the reser-
vations attached to the treaty by Mr..
Hughes when it was signed presented.
In his opinion. ''the most conclusive
proof that somebody else wrote the
treaty.
The Idaho senator's assertion, com
ing In the midst of broadside against
the treaty by Senator johnson (Rep.,
CALI, led to sharp passage between
the two irreconcilable leaders and SEN
ator Lodge Of Massachusetts, Repub-
lican foor leader and member of the
arms delegation. Both Mr.. Borah and
Mr.. Johnson later insisted they had
not meant to reflect on the veracity of
Mr.. Hughes.
Lodge Interrupts johnson.
The. authorship of the pact came to
the front when Senator johnson as
serted that before the ink was dry
on the treaty itself Mr.. Hughes pre-
pared and had the delegates sign a
reservation relating to the inundated
islands of the Pacific. Senator Lodge
interrupted to say that the reservation
was really signed before the treaty.
$50 much the worse, responded
Senator johnson. 1--WE sign first cor
rection of a treaty and then the treaty
itself. The American delegation was
SO uncertain about the meaning of the
treaty that they first executed an ex-
PLANTATION
THE delegation was not doubtful"
retorted Senator Lodge.
"But you deemed this reservation
necessary
Certainly we thought it proper. We
thought it undesirable to leave a doubt
on that point
"Who wrote the treaty with a doubt
In it?''
There wasn't any doubt in our
minds, but we thought that there
might be some one who would find
fault"
Borah lnterjects Question
Senator Berah interjected qnes-
ton as to why the point was not set
tied in the treaty itself.
Mr. Hughes has stated said Mr..
Borah, that he wrote this treaty.
Why, then, didn't the idea come into
Mr.. Hughes mind when he was writ
ing the treaty TO include the provision
about the inundated islands? To me
1t is the most conclusive proof that
somebody else wrote the treaty"
This statement brought Senator
Lodge Immediately to his feet protest.
Ing against "an impeachment of Mr..
Hughes veracIty."
I'm not greatly concerned about the
veracity of Mr.. Hughes or anybody
else" replied Senator Borah. "But he
said he wrote this treaty and don't
understand why, il Mr. Hughes wrote
It, it was necessary for him to rewrite
It at the same time"
Senator Johnson insisted that, al
though Mr.. Hughes explanation should
be accepted. there must have come a
time when, in his mind, there was suf
ficient doubt about the meaning of the
treaty 20 impel him to write an ex-
plantation"
Sees New Danger for Old.
If the statements of the treaty's
friends are to be accepted, Senator
johnson declared. and abrogation of
the Anglo-Japanese alliance is to be
regarded as the chief purpose OF the
four-power arrangement, then the only
conclusion is that the United States
must enter the new alliance. to es-
cape threat Of danger because of the
old
1.-THE argument for this present sur
render of our ancient policy of inde-
pendent national action continued
the California senator. is nothing in
the end but that one rd--danger.
II shall vote against this treaty be-
cause if any alliance can ever speak to
this country with the word must then
the spirit which made This country
safe when ii was feeble will have de-
parted from it and our record in his
tory will he that, striving to barter
our heritage for safety. we lost safety
itself"