Arizona republican., 1922-03-28
FOUR POWER
PACIFIC PACT
is RATIFIED
Parliamentary Difficulties
Untangled By Joining
Two Agreements Before
Taking Final V ote
TRepubIicanA. p. Leased WIre1

WASHINGTON, Mar. 27.-The SEN
ate finally untangled its parliament
aIy difficulties ever the four power
treaty supplements today by joining
the two supplementary agreements
and then ratifying them by unani-
NOUS vote.
One Of the supplements, itself in the
form of a treaty, defines the geo.
graphical scope Of the four power
pact so as not to include the Japa-
nese homeland. The other, attached
to the first by today's action, in the
form of a reservation" stipulates
that issues which are purely of a
domestic character can not be
brought before the four power con
ferences."
The vote on the double -barreled
ratification resolution was 73 to 0,
opponents OF the four-power treaty
joining in giving approval to the sup
plements because they interpreted the
two agreements as limiting and cur
failing the operation of the principal
treaty. Several attempts to attach
other reservations which had failed
when the four power treaty itself
was under consideration, were defeat
ed by the usual pro treaty and anti
treaty lineup.
As soon as the vote had been COM
pleted, Senator Lodge of Massachu-
setts, the Republican leader, called
up the naval limitation treaty, es-
tabliShing a five-five- three capital
ship ratio for the United States, Great
Britain and Japan. Debate on it is
TO begin tomorrow and the admins
tration managers expect to see il
ratified almost unanimously by the
end of the week. The plan of com
bining action on the treaty supple
ments was proposed by Senator
Lodge after he had decided it was
unnecessary to present two separate
ratification resolutions. The treaty
opponents, holding that the domestic
questions supplement really was a
part of the four power pact, protest
ed that the method finally settled
upon by the Republican leader. was
but "a weak and unsatisfactory way
to solve the parliamentary problem
confronting the senate, but Mr.. Lodge
and other Republicans insisted It
would be entirely effective.
Senator Hitchcock of Nebraska
senior Democratic member Of the
foreign relations committee, declared
that the senate's action in giving be-
lated approval to the supplement, lis
an admission to Japan that the sup
plement's provisions are not part
of the four-power treaty" Other
Democrats also argued that the only
proper procedure was to reconsider
the vote ratifying the four-power
pact so as to include the supplement
in that ratification. Adoption of the
domestic questions supplements as a
reservation" to the geographical
supplement, however, was BY viva
yoce vote.
Two attempts were made to attach
other reservations, Senator Pittman,
Democrat of Nevada. presenting fohe
Lodge league of nations reservation
on domestic questions, and Senator
Robinson, Democrat of Arkansas, in
Producing again his proposal that out
side powers be invited TO join in Pa
cific conferences affecting their in
terests. The Pittman reservation was
beaten, 21 to 40, and the Robinson
reservation was rejected without a
roll call.
Senator Robinson also sought with
out success to amend the supplement
airy treaty so that the Island OF SAX
halin also would be excluded from
the operation of the four power plan.
He argued that trouble on that island
would be almost certain is Russia
should attack japan, bot his amend
ment was voted down., 20 to 53.
Senator Underwood of Alabama,
the Democratic leader, led the fight
against it, saying that it might lead
to rejection Of the whole four-power
arrangement by Japan. A sugges-
tion by Senator Underwood that Rus
sia probably would refrain from ag-
gression against Japan il she knew
| that she would find herself involved
with "three other powers led to a
long colloquy between the Democratic
| leader and Senator Johnson, Cali
fornia, one of the Republican ire
concilables. Senator Johnson asked
in what way the ''other three powers
would be involved, and when Mr..
Underwood replied that entirely
aside from the element OF force, ma
tions must have money and supplies
| to make war, the California senator
| insisted that the statement constltut-
ed an admission that the four-power
pact really bound the United states
| to boycott" nations making war on
any one OF the four treaty sigma
| tories.