The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1922-03-16
Opponents Of Treaty Rati-
fication Agree to Vote
on March "A
ACCEPTANCE OF
TREATY ASSURED
According to the Viewpoint
of Leaders of the Pro-
Treaty Side

| Washington, ID. G., March l6-Op-
ponents OF the four-power Pacific
treaty in the Senate yesterday aban-
doned all plans for prolonged hight
against ratification and accepted a
unanimous consent agreement to linn
it debate and take a final vote on
Friday, March "a.
The agreement, which was hailed by
administration leaders as certain in
dcation that ratification is assured,
was proposed on the Senate floor aft
er a series of conferences among the
| various Senate elements and was ac-
cepted virtually without debate.
1t provides that no further reserva
tions or amendments shall be voted on
until next Tuesday, that speeches on
! the treaty shall be limited to one hour
and those on reservations to thirty
| minutes each beginning on Wednesday
and that final debate shall be taken
without debate as soon as the Senate
convenes ON the following Friday.
Negotiations to bring the ratifca.
ton fight to an end began after the
Senate had refused for the third time
to amend the treaty so that outside
powers would be called into consulta
ton when any Pacific controversy
touches their interests. An amend
ment for that purpose, in a form dit
fering from the two voted down yes
terday, was presented by Senator Pitt
man, Democrat, Nevada, and was de.
feated, % to so, with the division OF
strength virtually ooinciding with |
party lines.
Little running debate developed over
the amendment or the treaty general
ly, although late in the day Senator
Spencer, Republican, Missouri, treaty /
supporter, stirred up cross-ire of
discussion by assailing the mo all-
ance- reservation of the foreign rela
tions committee. He declared that the l
treaty did create IAN alliance for con
ference and that the reservation con-
stituted ridiculous absurdity."
Meantime, also, two new reserya
tons and one more amendment were
offered for later consideration. One OF
the reservations was put in by Sena-
tor johnson. Republican, California,
and embodied the language of the res
eryation which had been presented by
Sen. Brandegee, Republican, Connecticut
in the foreign relations committee, but
abandoned by him after conference
with President Wilson. The other res
eryation was by Senator Shields, Dem
ocrat, Tennessee, and would declare
the treaty meant no interference in
foreign quarrels. The amendment, of
fered by Senator Robinson, Democrat,
Arkansas, would pledge the four pow
ers against secret treaties or under
standings.
1t was Senator Brandegee who laid
the unanimous consent agreement be
fore the Senate, with a statement that
he had been prompted to prepare it,
because several Democratic senators
had come to him with the suggestion
that time be fixed so they would be
free 10 attend TO other duties away
from Washington. The "irreconcilable"
element also had been consulted before
the formal proposal was made and bad
given their assent, although Senator
Johnson told the Senate he consid-
cred il unwise, because il would serve
to deaden interest and keep senators
away from the sessions that are to
intervene before the final vote.
The opposition leaders would not
discuss what bearing the agreement
might have on their hopes Of defeat
ing ratification but they conceded pri-
yately that they saw little to be
gained by delaying vote. This adj
mission in itself was accepted by those
IN charge of the treaty as vx;ually
meaning the collapse of any real eff
Tort to beat the pact, for which enough
pledged votes are claimed TO insure
-atification.
IL was considered probable last night
hat in their campaign 10 secure res
'rvations the opposition now could
enter attention on the question OF
admitting outside powers TO the Pa
ifc CONFIDENCE. Although defeated
hrec times in the form Of an amend
nent, proponents of the proposal still
,elieve that II embodied in the right
lind of a reservation ii might com
nand the support of many who had
to amend the treaty text it.
eff, because that method would re-
uire re-oPening Of the negotiations.