South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-02-25
SENATE AGREES.
TO FOUR POWER
PACT DECISION
Administration Forces Will
Announce Report at Con
ference Today.
SUBSTITUTE PROPOSAL
Sen. Brandegee's Compromise
Meets With Approval of
Pres't Harding.

WASHINGTON. Feb. "a An
agreement for final committee &C
ton Saturday on the four-power
Pacific treaty was reached by senate
leaders Of the administration forces
and a group Of republican reserva-
tionists had united in support OF a
new compromise reservation.
The compromise was laid before
the committee by Sen. Brandegee.
republican. Connections, after a con
ference with Pres't Harding, as a
substitute both for the compromise
suggested Thursday by sen. Lodge.
the committee chairman, and for the
reservation previously presented by
Sen. Brandegee. but said TO have
been found unacceptable 70 the
white house. Committee members
understood that the new draft
would be satisfactory TO Mir. Hard
ing and predicted that It would be
given approval at Saturdays meet
ing.
Text OF Reservation.
The text Of the compromise reser-
walton follows.
The United States understands
that under the statement in the pre-
amble. or under the terms Of this
treaty there is no commitment to
armed force, no alliance, no obliga-
ton to join in any defense"
The only opposition TO the draft
FROM the republican side OF the
committee is said to have come from
10 90
Borath, of Idaho, who contended that
it did not sufficiently disclaim any
moral or legal obligations to main
tain" the rights Of the other treaty
signatories and did not give to con-
gress the right 10 pass on all adj
ustments reached under the treaty
provisions. Both Of these restric-
tiOns were set forth specifically in
the original Brandegee proposal.
On the democratic side. Sen. Pom
creme Of Ohio, was said TO have leo
the fight against the reservation
moving TO eliminate the words nc
alliance" on the ground that to in
clude them was to deny directly the
language of the treaty itself His
motion still was pending when the
committee adjourned with a unani-
nous agreement TO vote Saturday
on the treaty itself and all proposed
reservations.
Harding's View.
Meantime, at the white house Il
was said tina Pres't Harding still
saw not the slightest occasion for
any reservation on the four-power
treaty. There is one very simple OBJ
lection to a reservation, II was said.
and that is that if this government
cannot do things designed TO pro-
mote understanding and bring ma
tons into accord without having
such things vetoed by congress or
the senate, it Will be in a very poor
position 10 accomplish anything i'm
the world
tt was declared that the president
would not have been agreeable to
any reservation which would have
prohibited him from carrying on
negotiations or conferences without
n >pproval OF the senate. Ii was
exl ined, however, that there would
he no objection 70 clarifying reserva-
tons to satisfy the approximations
of those who have expressed fears
about the treaty, but that the execu
tive did not see the need for them.
1t was also explained that the
president could not and would not
enter into treaties or use military
forces without the sanction of con-
gress as provided in the constitu-
ton.
In The senate itself debate pro-
ceeded Friday on the separate treaty
with Japan regarding zap and the
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