The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1922-04-05
UNITED STATES APPROVES
ARMS PARlEy
Seventh Treaty is Ratified, Com
pIeting Program of Wash
ington Conference.

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arms conference programme today
/ by giving its approval to the last
two treaties of the group of seven
submitted to it for ratification.
! On the final ratification rollcalls
/ the affirmative expression of. Senate
! opinion was all but unanimous. Not
a single vote was cast against the
Far Eastern treaty. drawn to guar
antee new bill of rights to China
and there was only one dissenting
voice when the constitutional lad
vice and consent" was given to the
/ treaty for revision of the Chinese
tariff. The totals, respectively, were
&C to 0 and 5S to l..
The momentum with which the
ratification programme was swept
to a conclusion exceeded the ex-
pectations of the. Administration
leaders who had not hoped to end
the debate before tomorrow night.
BY the days accomplishment the
Senate set a new record for action;
four far-reaching international COW
enants having been ratified within
two days and six within the. last
week.
United On Far Eastern Treaty
Virtually no difference of opinion
developed over the Far Eastern
treaty. although Senator william E.
Borah, of Idaho, Republican, ex-
pressed a fear that it and the other
Far Eastern settlements of the arms
conference might be interpreted in
years to come as giving "moral con-
sent" to all the acts of aggression
that have been committed in the
past in the Orient. He was among
those. however, who cast their votes
for ratification.
Over the tariff treaty several
sharp exchanges took place with
Senator Gilbert M. Hitchcock, of
Nebraska. senior Democrat of the
Foreign Relations Committee and
Senator William H. King, of Utah,
Democrat, leading in the criticism
of American participation in the fix
ing of Chinese customs schedules.
Mr.. King cast the only negative
vote on the ratification rollcall and
Mr.. Hitchcock left the chamber and
did not vote.
Replaces Separate Treaties
In defense of the treaty, Senator
Oscar Underwood, of Alabama, the
Democratic leader and a delegate to
the arms conference, declared all
the Powers already were involved
in treaties stipulating China's tariff !
schedules and now were acting to-
gether to ameliorate the situation
so far as practicable.
Final Senate action on the
treaties brought to an end a de-
termined campaign of the Admins
tration leaders which has kept the
Senate in recess from day to day
for weeks and has virtually prevent
ed transaction of legislative busi-
ness since debate began on the zap
treaty, February 21. g.
Most of this period was taken up
with the fight over the Four-Powef
Treaty and since it's ratification,
Friday the obstacles in the pathway
of quick completion of the admins
tration programme had faded hour
ly.
Unanimity On Treaties
A compilation OF the results of the
seven ratification rollcalls were that
on five Of the seven treaties the
Senate acted with virtual unanimity.
The votes follow: zap treaty, 81 to
22; Four-Power Treaty. 81 to 81;
supplemental Four-Power Treaty,
65 to o; Naval Limitation Treaty, ,
"A to 1; Submarine and Noxious
Gas Treaty, II to o.; Far Eastern ,
Treaty, Sc to 0, and Chinese Tariff ,
Treaty. 5S to 1.
sHOo6h NAV NONC Ou tue
Eastern Treaty was announced as
IS to 0. Senator Richard P. Ernst, f,
OF Kentucky, Republican, who had ,
been absent when the rollcall was
taken, later entered the chamber
and obtained unanimous consent to
have his name added to the list OF
hose voting for ratification. 1
The terms OF the Chinese Tariff l
Treaty, which provides for revision \
of the Chinese customs system by 1
IN International Commission were a
explained to the Senate by Mr.. I'm a
ierwood, who was chairman OF the 4
Arms Conference Committee that t
irafted the treaty. He said II would
increase Chinese revenues greatly.
TO suggestion that in the Far 4