Sioux County pioneer., 1922-03-09

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an ), oll. .siyie., III America wants the
'fatesf. tie entente must permit Ger
many to build alrships, which the Yer.
ssaillas treaty sforbids. ~. ~ u
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PRESIDENT HARDING gslafenned
u .t4e~aeiinte that he could not com:
piy With It's request Cor the records,
minutes, conversations, etc. relating
to the;four.power treaty, because most
of -theS conversations and discussions
were quite outside theTconference and
we're without record: He added: II
do not believe 1t to be compatible with
public interests. or consistent. with the
amenities Of intarno o+,ona, negotiations
to ottempt to reveal inform alton ondl
conf;lentiol .convarsotions ~ dt,c,,s.
sslons OF which nd record wos ikant or
70 submit tentative s,,0uesf,ona nr IN.
formal nrop0sals without which tho
arrival at desirai,le ,ntarnat;onol nm.
derstdndinps womb ~. rendered nm.
likely tf not imnossihla.n &. - : /.
/ I Mr. Harding however. communicable
.assured the senate that there were M.
concealed understandings and no 90.
cret exchanges df notes. But the DIR.
5reconcilable', senator's dare not satis.
fed and. insist that ratification. must
be hedged about with considerable
reservation. Although President Har.
ding adhered to his position that NO
reservation was necessary. the foreign
relations committee was informed that.
-lle would not object to the one offered
by Senator Brandegee IL 1t was deemed
best thus to facilitate ratification. This
reservation reads:
I; 'SThe United states understands
that It assumes no obligation either,
s1S,x.,,.,,,.,,,.,..I a., s.I.4.
in relation to the insular. nossessions
sor insular dominions of any Of the
other high contracting parties and that
the consent of the:sconeress of the
united States shall be necessary TO
any. adjustments sor ,inderstandings
under articles one and two by which
the United States is. to be bound In
any way, and that there is no obllga-
tion either legal or moral to give such
consent"
4 Naturally, Senator johnson of Cali
fernia was not satisfied even with this.
and he offered another more drastic
resarvs finn Ru+ tho a1min,stro+inn
senators said the Brandeeee resotutton!
was. as far. as they would consent to,
20, and the "stalwarts." like Kellogg
sand New didn't wnnt to !rnnke !anv con-
cessions at ALL. Then Senator Lodge.
after comforting with the President,
offered substitute reservation safe
guarding congressional authority over
the use. Of armed force. This was not
liked by the more radical members.
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CONSIDERATION Of a sales tax for
~ financing the soldiers bonus was
given consideration by subcommit-
tee Of the house ways and means com.
mittee, but no conclusions have been
reached. Secretary of the Treasury
Mellon wis called on for further ad-,
vice and said he stills believes bonus
that If a bill Is to be passed he would
Rrefer some: form of tax as against the
Issuance Of bonds. He said that a.
tax. would mean 1900 additional
sepqployees, but that y could be admin
a4ered. - ':Sess7s ~: !
a Petitions In opposition, to sales tax
were cffeulatedsfn the hease: 1dst Week:
r. salid, ! we've signed by at least Seventy
members. It was asserted. that fully
snne> hundred could be counted on to
Vote against sNch a tex Meanwhile
movement IL gaining Aeadway. to
4htil the newly appointed foreign debt
1oanmisslon has asceftalned the