Evening star., 1922-02-22
NEW RESERVATION
| FOR 4-POWERPACT
Senator Johnson Would Pre-
serve Full Liberty of
Judgment.

A new reservation to the four
power Pacific treaty was submitted
to the foreign relations committee
today by Senator johnson Of Cali
fornia. -..
The johnson reservation. together
with those presented by Senator
Brandegee and Senator Pomerene.
will be considered further at a meet
ing of the foreign relations commit
tee tomorrow morning.
In the meantime Senator Lodge.
chairman of the foreign relations
committee, will discuss with the
tions.
The johnson reservation to the
four-power treaty follows:
THE use of the word rights In
the preamble and in articles l and
III of this treaty shall not be taken
to commit the signatory powers to
any guarantee of. or to any opinion
regarding the validity of any rights
which may by any powers or people
be claimed as valid, but which at the
peoples be deemed invalid: and it is
understood that in any dispute, ex-
listing or future, regarding the valid
ity of rights. the signatory powers
reserve each to itself full liberty
of Judgment
The johnson reservation is a new
proposition and separate entirely
from the Brandegee and Pomerene
proposals.
Senator Lodge said today that he
had not indicated to the committee
what his position would be on the
question of reservations.
Would Accept Reservations.
Administration leaders in the Sem
ate have indicated they would ac-
cept a blanket reservation to the
four-power Pacific treaty. This is be-
iieyed to have cleared away many
of the obstacles in the pathway of
the treaty in the Senate.
The draft of the proposed reserva-
ton, offered by Senator Brandegee
of Connecticut, republican member
of the foreign relations committee, Is
as follows:
.'The United States understands that
it assumes no obligation either legal or
moral, to maintain the rights in rela-
ton to the insular possessions or insu-
lar dominsons of any 81 the other high
contracting parties and tnat tne consent
of the Congress of the United States shall
be necessary to any adjustments or un-
derstandings under articles l and 2 by
which the United States is to be bound
in any way and that there Is no obliga-
tion either legal or moral to give such
consent"
Senator Pomerene Of Ohio. democrat,
uroposed an amendment by adding the
words. ait is understood, however. that
the adjustment provided for under ar
ticle l and the understanding contem-
plated under article 2 shall be subject
10 the consent of the Congress Of the
United States"
See Much Debate.
Senators Borah. republican. Idaho.
and Johnson, republican, California,
were said to have been consulted In
the preparation of the reservation,
Considerable debate, however. on the
Senate floor was certain to precede a
ratification vote, regardless Of what
action might be taken in the COM
mittee, it was said.
The only, pronounced opposition to
the Brandegee reservation at yester-
day's committee meeting was said by
! members to have come from Senator
kellogg, republican. Minnesota. who
| Insisted that qualifications were un-4
/, necessary and could only be q source
of embarrassment. Proponents of the
proposal expect Senator williams,
democrat, Mississippi. also to oppose
| the reservation. but otherwise they
believe committee approval will be,
given unanimously.