Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-03-10
w HO PREPARED
4-POWER PACT
DRAFT? QUERY
NOT Answered !: ! !:
Opponents of Treaty in the
Senate Seek Without
Success to Learn By
Whom 1t Was Drawn Up
"MANY HANDS" HELPED
IS CLAIM OF LODGE
Debate Keeps the Upper
House in a Turmoil All
Afternoon, With Foes on
Floor Most of Time.

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ing that the four-power Pacific
treaty resulted from a Japauese-
British plan to offset the ombar-
RAISING effect Of the Anglo-Jap-
anese alliance, opponents Of tho
pact sought without success in the
senate today to learn exactly by
whom the original draft OF ths
document was prepared.
Both of the senate's representa-
tives on the arms conference dele
cation, Senators Lodge and Under
wood declared in reply to direct
questions that the delegation head,
Secretary Hughes, had conducted
most of the negotiations leading up
TO the treaty. Mr.. Lodge said
many hands" had helped in tho
drafting and redrafting, and that
he did not know who made the
first suggestion. Mr.. Underwood
asserted that the first draft he
saw was the final one, laid before
him by Secretary Hughes.
Questions by Robinson.
The statements OF the two sem
ate leaders were made in reply to
q series of questions by Senator
Robinson, democrat, Arkansas.
who told the senate when the
cross questioning was over that.
although 1--WE don't know and new
er will find out from any authen-
tic soISce who wrote the first
draft" he was inclined to believs
that the finished product resulted
from the joint labors of Arthur J.
Balfour for Great Britain, and
Prince Tokugawa, for Jauan. He
assailed the treaty as an alliance"
and predicted that It would do
more harm than good.
Senator Robinson's inquiry into
the origin of the Horsepower idea
was a part of a field day OF debate
which kept the senate floor in
turmoil all afternoon The treaty's
opponents kept the floor through
out the session except for the ex-
planatory statements OF Senators
Lodge and Underwood. In the
midst OF the attack the senate re-
cessed until tomorrow when the
'irreconcilables" again are eX-
pected to take the offensive.
Broadsidcs Against Pact.
Broadsides against the pact were
delivered by both Senator Robin
son and Senator Reed, democrat.
Missouri, while Senators Borah,
republican, Idaho: Johnson, rcpub-
lican. California: Shields, demo-
crat, Tennessee; Watson, demo-
crat. Georgia, and others Joined iu
1, III s,tr
several OF the conference treaties.
The next extended response from
the treaty supporters is expected
Saturday, when Senator Under
wood plans to take the floor with
a prepared address, explaining the
purpose and results of the pact.
Arguing that the treaty really
pledges more than claimed for it
by its proponents, Senator Robln-
son called attention to the provi-
sion against discussion of "domes-
tic questions" under the treaty
clauses and asked why ii was nec-
essary to make this exemption e
nothing but conversation" was
provided for between the four sig
natories, He declared that the
other three powers regarded the
treaty as an alliance. and predicted
that the United States would have
to do likewise in any future war
where Great Britain. Japan and
France Joined forces against an
outside nation.
Amendment Asked.
"The no alliance" reservation
presented by the foreign relations
committee. Senator Robinson as
serted would not be sufficient to
protect the interests OF this coun-
try He asked for amendment OF
the treaty text itself in two par
ticulars