Evening star., 1922-03-24
ATTEMPTS TO AMEND
FOUR.POWER TREATY
DEFEATED in SENATE
TEXT OF THE TREATY
AS IT WAS DRAWN UP
AT ARMS CONFERENCE

~ HIlVIS SONt 1St6iSSI
Resolution of ratification accom-
panying the Four Power Treaty
containing the Brandegee reservation:
Resolved (two-thirds Of the
Senators present concurring there
in), That the Senate advise and
consent to the ratification of Ex-
ecutive N. Sixty-seventh Congress,
second session. a treaty between
the United States. the British En-
pire, France and Japan, relating to
their insular possessions and in
sular dominions i'll the Pacific
Ocean. concluded at Washington
December 13. 1921. subject to the
following reservation and under
standing, which is hereby made a
part and condition of this reso-
luton of ratification:
The United States understands
that under the statement in the
preamble or under the terms Of
this treaty there Is no commit
ment to armed force, no alliance,
no obligation to join in any de-
fense.
Text Of the Four Power Pacific
Treaty:
The United States of America.
the British Empire. France and
Japan.
With view to the preserva-
tion Of the general peace and the
maintenance of their rights in re-
latlon to their insular possessions
and insular dominions in the Ie-
gion of the Pacific Ocean.
Have determined to conclude a
Treaty to this effect and have ap-
pointed as their Plenipotentiaries:
The President of the United
States of America:
Charles Evans hughes,
Henry Cabot Lodge,
Oscar w. Underwood and
Elihu Root. citizens of the
United States;
His Majesty the King of the
and Ireland and of the British
Dominions beyond the Seas, En-
peror of India:
The Right Honorable Ar
thur James Balfour, o. NJ.
NJ. p. Lord President OF
His Privy Council;
The Right Honourab BILE Baron
Lee of Fareham, G. b. H.,
K c. B.. First Lord Of His
Admiralty;
The Right Honorable Sir
Auckland Campbell Geddes,
X. c. B., His Ambassador
Extraordinary and Pleni-
potentiary to the United
States of America;
for the Dominion of Canada:
The Right Honorable Rob-
ert Laird Borden. G. c. NJ.
G., X. c.;
for the Commonwealth of Aus
tralia:
The Honorable George Fos-
ter pearce, Minister OF De-
for the Dominion of New zea-
land:
Sir John William salmond.
X. c., Judge of the Su-
preme Court of New Zea-
for the Union Of South Africa:
The Right Honorable Ar
NJ. p:
for India:
The Right Honorable VAL
ingman Sankaranarayana
Srinivasa Sastri, Member Of
the Indian Council Of
The President of the French Re-
NJ. Rene viviani. Deputy,
Former President of the
Council of Minister'S;
NJ. Albert Sarraut. Deputy,
Minister of the Colonies:
M. Jules J. Jusserand. Am
bassador Extraordinary and
Plenipotentiary to the
United States Of America,
Grand Cross of the Ma
tional Order Of the Legion
of Honour:
His Majesty the Emperor of
Japan:
Baron Tomosaburo Kato.
Minister for the Navy,
Junii, a member of the
First Glass of the Imperial
Order Of the Grand Gordon
of the Rising Sun with the
PauloWnia Flower:
Baron Kijuro Shidehara, His
Ambassador Extraordinary
and Plenipotentiary at
Washington. Joshii, a MEM
ber OF the First Glass of
the Imperial Order of the
Rising Sun;
Prince Iyesato Tokugawa,
Junii. q member of the
First Glass of the Impe-
rial Order of the Rising
Sun;
Mr.. Massanao Hanihara,
Vice-Minister for Foreign
Affairs, Jushii. a member
of the Second Glass Of the
Imperial Order of the Ris-
ing Sum-;
Who. having communicated their
Full Powers, found in good and
due form, have agreed as follows:
T.
The High Contracting Parties
agree as between themselves to
respect their rights in relation to
their insular possessions and in
sular dominions in the region of
the Pacific Ocean.
If there should develop between
any of the High Contracting
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