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snce. Personally / believe hat 1t In
wolves tho United State In no obliga-
Sion except to meet with the other
s~ignatories and consul in case of any
controversy arising or in case Of ag
gression by some outside power not n
signatory. ] repeat that / think the
obligation to meet n consult is the
only obligation existing in this treaty.
md the main purpose Of h treaty Is
attained by the termination of the
Anglo-Japanese alliance
IT ave already shown the total DIFF
fcrence which exists between this
treaty and the AngloJapaneso ALI
sance. There is no LIKENESS between
that alliance and this treaty. Far
from taking the place of the other.
this treaty simply enabled England.
Australia and Now Zealand to take
part in terminating the alliance.
which is complete, created the situa-
ition in which It was possible to bring
about an agreement for the reduction
of naval armament While that aIlt-
ance existed a reduction of naval
armament was difficult IL not imprac-
ticable
Senators should bear IN mind that
the defeat of the four-power treaty
would endanger the treaty for the
Limitation of naval armament, and
the failure of the naval treaty would
shock and startle the world and Bit
,teriy disappoint the American people.
The purpose of the American dele
cation in the conference, and, I think.
of all other members of the confer
ence besides those Of the United
States, was to endeavor to do some
thing at once practical and concrete
which would promote. the peace Of
the world. They believed hat this
could be done without alliances or
penalties. Such experiments have
been made in this past In isolated in
stances, but I venture to assert that
never has the experiment bee at
tempted on such a scale or under sim
liar conditions. We have passed
through the war. the like of which
the world has never seen. The misery
and horrors of the great war must
never como again IL we IA do any,
thing to stop It. We must try our
best to secure this great result
II know It is only an experiment,
but I have faith to believe that the
better instincts of mankind are all
with us in the effort II we continue
10 preach suspicion n hatred Of
other nations, if We decline to deal
with them and believe they all are &C.
tuated by the basest OF motives, moth
ing can ever be done. I have faith to
believe That ehas effort. illustrated by
this treaty now before US. win have
a large and real result in maintaining
the worlds peace. II we fail the out
look for the future is dark indeed
The best hope of h world for a
future where a peace may prevail and
war diminish is in h people of the
United States- II we fail who can
hope to succeed We called this con-
ference. We proposed tho treaties.
agreements and declarations IN which
the conference eliminated. Are we
now to stumble and fan at the TIRES
hold OF the undertaking which We de-
signed and brought to fulfillment? Are
we to sink back into a sulien solitude
a prey to dark suspicious. a hermit
nation armed to the teeth and look
ing forward always to wars as tnsep-
arabic from the existence OF mankind
upon the earthf
Tho United States has never yet
permitted failure or defeat to be writ
ten In her history She win not Per-
init It now"