Evening star., 1922-03-24
Voting ON Ratifica-
ton of Pacific
Pact Begins.
ARTICLES l, 2, 3, and 4
ADOPTED IN ORDER
Practically Every Member
Present and Galleries
Filled to Capacity.
By G.. GOULD LINCOLN.

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With every indication that the four
power Pacific treaty will be rati-
fed. the Senate this afternoon Is
balloting on amendments and reser-
vations proposed by opponents of the
pacts.
Supporters of the treaty have de-
feated in rapid succession all these
amendments and reservations so far
proposed. On some of the proposals
the adherents Of the treaty lack the
necessary two-thirds to ratify
treaty, but had many more than
majority. which was enough 10 oe-
feat an amendment or reservation.
Some of the democratic senators
counted upon to vote for ratification
cast their votes in favor of amend
ments or reservations. which were
defeated.
Opponents Of the treaty attained
their greatest strength on an amend
ment offered by Senator Robinson OF
that in the event OF controversy
arising between one OF the signatory
powers and an outside power, the
outside power should be invited 70
take part in iass conference e. WIN in the the
treaty. The vote defeating THIS
amendment was SO to 3S.
On a vote to accept article l OF
the treaty. the Senate stood "a to 10
in favor Of the article.
Ninety-two OF the senators were
present and voting on the amend
ments and reservations. Senator
Walsh of Massachusetts,. an opponent
OF the treaty, failed TO reach ehe
He reached the Senate chamber at
lis o'clock. in time to vote on ar
ticle II.
Article II was adopted by a vote
true strength of the support and op-
position of the treaty, indicating
clearly that ratification would fol-
low. The opposition has centered
particularly against article II OF the
treaty, which provides that In the
event of controversies arising with
out outside powers. the four sigma
tories shall consult together as to
what are the best means OF meeting
the situation.
Article III. which provides that the
treaty shall remain in force for ten
years, and that 1t shall continue In
force thereafter. subject to the right
of any of the contracting powers, to
terminate it upon a years notice: was
adopted by the Senate Wy vote OF
81 to 26 Efforts to amend this artt-
Gle were defeated. by overwhelming
votes. The amendments, which were
offered by Senator Reed Of MISSOURI,
proposed to limit the treaty abso-
possible for any of the contracting
powers to get out of the treaty by
giving a two-year notice at any time.
The Senate also adopted article I.
the final article, which provides Ior
the Anglo-Japanese alliance upon the
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treaty by the contrasting powers. The
vote in support of this article was 73
to-
The Senate then began the consider
tion and Senator Lodge offered the
committee reservation. the so-called
Brandegee no alliance" reservation.
Amendments to and substitutes for
this reservation were voted down In
rapid succession.
The opposition in the Senate, up to
the present. has centered about the
four-power Pacific treaty. pact in
which the United States. the British
empire, France and Japan agree to
respect each others rights in their
insular possessions and dominions in
the region of the Pacific. Under this
treaty these nations agree to confer
in the event of any difficulty arising
among themselves with regard to
these possessions. and also to confer
in the event of any difficulty arising
between one of them-or more than
one of them-and an outside power.
With the ratification of the four
power pact out of the way. the Senate
will be called upon to give it's ap-
proval to the other treaties of the
Washington conference. the naval
Limitation treaty. the submarine and
poison gas treaty and the two nine
power treaties relating to China
The Senate met at noon today with
the decks cleared for action. Under its
unanimous consent agreement the vot-
ing was to begin Immediately Debate,
which has ragged in the Senate for the
last four weeks on the subject of this
treaty, closed at IL o'clock last night.
Long before the Senate convened the
galleries were crowded, and scores of
persons stood in the corridors, seeking
to get a peep into the Senate chamber.
On the floor practically the entire MEM
bership Of the Senate gathered to see
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