Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1922-03-10
HARDING EXPLAINS
NE-POWE.R PACT
President Tells Senate 1t Super
SedeS LanSing-iShii Treaty.
is PARAMOUNT TO CHINA
Declares the Four-Power Pact Does
Not Refer to the Far East, and
Has No Bearing on Lansing
Agreement.

Washington, March 9.-The Lansing
IShii agreement has been completely
superseded by the nine-power treaty
relating to China now before the
senate, President Harding informed
the senate in response to the rec entity
adopted Borah resolution asking for
information on the subject. The eX-
ecutive added that the four-power
Pacific treaty did not refer to China
and does not directly bear upon the
LauSlng-lshii notes.
The So-called Lansing-Ishii agree
ment," the President declared in let
ter to the senate, has no binding
effect whatever, either with respect
to the past or to the future, which is
in any sense inconsistent with the
principles and policies explicitly de-
clared in the nine-power treaty"
The President added that the four
power treaty does not refer to China
and hence does not directly bear upon
the Lansing-Ishi notes which related
exclusively to China" but said that
the four-power pact in his opinion was
IAN essential part of the plan TO
create conditions in the Far East at
once favorable to the policies we have
long advocated and to an enduring
peace"
Shows U. S. Policy Toward China.
The negotiation of this treaty. the
President said, referring to the nine
power pact, lis in itself the most for
mai declaration of the policy of the
\ executive in relation to China and
superSedes any executive understand
ing or declaration that could possibly
be asserted to have contrary import.
IF the senate assents to this treaty,
the principles and policies which the
treaty declares viii be supported and
enforced by a binding international
agreement"
That opponents of the four-power
treaty are organizing to press their
fight was assured through the knowl-
edge that a definite plan of action had
been agreed upon after consultation
by Senator Borah (rep., Idaho), and
some of the friends of former Presi
cent WILSON,
Just how far the sentiments of Mr.
Wilson himself may be reflected in the
understanding thus effected by the 'ir
reconcilable" leader, or how far-reach
ing the understanding may be- has not
been revealed.
Lodge Is Quzzed by Reed.
Replying to charges previously made
on the senate floor regarding the de
gree of publicity given the four-power-
treaty negotiations, Senator Lodge, in
connection with a speech supporting
the treaty, declared that he knew of
no International conference that had
been conducted with so little secrecy
as the Washington conference
Senator Reed dem, MOI inter
rupted to say:
81 am told that the President stated
that under the treaty the United
States would be under no obligation
| with reference to the mainland Of
Japan and that subsequently on the
same day a statement was given out
saying that the President had been
Informed there was an understanding
among the delegates that the terms
of the treaty did refer to the main
land Of Japan. Had such an under
standing as referred to been arrived
att"
"There was no understanding, re-
/ piled Senator Lodge. ut was simply
a question of the meaning Of the
words"
| Both Senator Reed and Senator
France (rep, Md inquired regarding
the island of Sakhalin, and Senator
Lodge said the question had little
4 Importance