Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1922-02-16
7 ARMS TREATIES
GIVEN j. s. SENATE
President Harding Submits
PactS; Asks Approval.
HAVE NO WAR COMMITMENT
Executive Also Declares There Is No
Alliance or involvement Which Re-
quires America to Surrender
Any Worthwhile Tradition.

Washington, Feb. 11.-President
Harding submitted the seven treaties
of the arms conference to the senate
and asked prompt approval of them.
With the treaties he submitted the
report of the American delegation and
the minutes of both the plenary ses-
sionS and the committee meetings of
the conference.
The President asserted there Is In
the treaties mo ENHANCEMENT, alli-
ance, or involvement which requires
the United States to surrender any
worthwhile tradition"
Surrender No Traditions"
Il am not unmindful," he said, nor
was the conference unmindful. OF the
sentiment in this chamber against old
world cntanglementS.
"But l can bring every assurance
that nothing in these treaties COM
mits the United States, or any other
power to any kind of an alliance, en-
tanglement or involvement. 1t does
not require us to surrender a worth
while tradition"
The treaties the President submit
ted were:
The four-powered Pacific treaty.
which replaces the Anglo-Japanese al
lance.
The supplementary treaty to this
pact. taking the Japanese homeland
out of It's provisions. .-
The tive-powered treaty that limits
the size of navies.
The five-powered poison gas and
submarine treaty.
The nine-powered Chinese treaty.
The nine-powered Chinese customs
treaty
A treaty covering American rights
In inundated territories (Yap treaty..
The President defended the four
powered treaty which replaces the
Anglo-Japanese alliance and to which
already much senatorial opposition
has been manifested.
Warning to World.
1.-The fOur-powered treaty contains
no war commitment" he said. There
is no commitment TO armed force, no
alliance, no written or moral Obliga-
ton to join in, or arrive at, any agree.
ment except in accordance with our
constitutional methods"
The treaty he said, was mutual
pledge on the part Of the four powers
to respect their insular possessions.
The President described the pact
as a moral warning" to tie world
that the four great powers OF the
Pacific you'd protect the peace OF
those waters.
1t is now up to the senate he said,
as the executive branch of the gov
eminent has done it's work, and much
depends on the Senate'S deciSiOn-if
il is against "these advanced express
siOns of conscience. then It will be
futile to try again"
The senates concern for freedom
from entanglements, the President
said, was never once forgotten by the
American delegation. He reminded
the senate that it had: been consulted
even before the conference met, by the
appointment of two of Its leaders. Sen
ator Lodge, Republican, and Senator
Underwood, Democrat, as American
negOtiatOrs.
The Presidents renewed disavOwal
of "foreign entanglements" received
more applause, but this came chiefly
from the Republican side. When the
President concluded another burst OF
applause greeted him.
The President said that if the SEN
ate turned down the treaties "the re-
public would be discredited, future
peace efforts rendered futile and un-
likely, and encouragement would be
written wnere. there Is now world
hope"