The Arvada enterprise., 1922-03-23

with 8OI0 Sne4t9 on Oeh0lI OF the news
4, during peace. In View Of this. and
In view Of the relation Of the treaty to
the results Of the conference, its
failure would be nothing short Of q
national calamity"
The senate dsbate over ratification
confirms the wisdom Of the Prestdeat's
choice Of Senator Undsewood ~ Q con-
fsreace delegate. Thsrs are those who
consider the senator from Alabama one
Of the ablest men II public life. He
certainly had . large opportunity for
his skill ~ 4 ds6atse whea be At
tsoptsd to rssnA - his sseaicitrant
followers for ratt1satlea. TIE 6rst
day ~ stood for thsss hsuss bslses the
Democrats he has led In % many par
tisan battles. arguing that they should
forget party lines and joiA with the
administration forces for ratification.
II was almost exclusively q De0oefatic
show. with the Republicans sittlng on
the sldelines and watching the astute
minority leader fight Il out with his
unruiy followers. The aAti-treaty
Democrats. we're tryiaS - trap him
Into ~ admlsaloai that ~ treaty In
effect constituted IN eataagilng al
lance. hut be inslsted o. ~coaference
agreemeat." Some Of tAsa 'hsckled''
their leader. Only the vnfaIlins good
nature Of the Alabaman staved Oh q
stormy session. II was Q situation
that oaiy an sxpefienced and able maA
cosld meet.
Next came an assault a the treaty
BY senator Rorah Of Idaho and Sena-
tor Johasoa Of California, Republican
isrscoacilables. They qsestionsd the
authosship Of the treaty. despite the
letter from Secretary Hughes. Senator
Lodge Of Massachusetts, majority
leader. made them admit they had not
meant to redect on the veracity Of
Secretary Hughes. In effect the two
senator's axsaiied the treaty ~ Q
"Quadruple alliance" Senator Lenroot
Of WiscoosiA answered them.
The pro-trsaty' feecss scored . NC
tory Tuesday when they voted 6swn
an amendmsnt BY Senator Joseph +.
Robinson Of Arkansas designed to
wreck the treaty. The RobInsoa
amendmsnt would have had the effect
Of converting the four.power pact Into
league Of nations. II pledged all the
siEnxtories to respect each others ter.
ritorIsI integrity and to commit no act
Of aggression against any nation out
side the pact. Furthermore. II provid.
ed. In case of disputes, that outside M.
tions Interested should he Invited to
participate In conferences held under
the terms Of the four.pOwer pact.
The vote was IS to 20. Eleven men,
hers were absent Six were paired.
The i've impaired sbsentees arc all
counted for ratification. Four llepub-
licanx. committed ngainat ratification,
voted for the amendment: BOrah Of
idaho, johnson Of California. La Fol-
lette Of Wisconsin and France Of Mary.
land. Four Democrats voted against
It: Underwood Of Alabama. Pomerene
Of Ohio. Ransdell Of Louisiana and
Williams ot Aississippl. Later similar
amendments by Senators Walsh Of
Montana and Pittman Of Nevada. both
Democrats. were voted down by SUBJ
stantiaiiy the same veta Then Q
sesies Of amendments aud reservations
was dumped Into the hamper to be
ready for presentation before tho Anal
roll call.
7 IFE to Uncle Sam Just now must
II .eem just one treaty after an
other. Anyway. he presented last
week to the allied reparations commits
sion In Paris 4 bill for s2ti .OO.O0O for
the expenses IT the American army Of
occupation on the Rhine up to May I.
1921. The allied commissioners regis
tered frosen horror. hut thawed sum
ciently to stick the bili on u spindle.
You see. they were engaged In divid.
ing up among Themselves 4 rey,AratiOns
payment Of i.OO0OO0gOO gold marks by
Germany and naturally regarded the
presentation Of the American claim
which to date 10 something like $780,.
OOO.OOO-as very bad form. They there
fore washed their hands Of the matter
aud referred Il to the allied govern.
nents.
The French press seta forth what II
presumably the allied View: The Unit.
cd States declined to ratIfy the treaty
of versaillea. hence Il has no legal
claim to payment under it, terms. The
United States made its own separate
treaty with Germany: therefore Il
should Do Id own collecting fro0 Ger.
maay. The 0eitiah prsss-ssme a IT.
thiuks that. while Uncis' San has 90
legal eiain. he may have q neral
esaan. bst Why didnt ~ sVsek -