Arizona republican., 1922-03-14
BORAH DECLARES PACT
TRANSFERS To PACIFIC
old BALANCE Of POWER
Johnson and Borah Take Lead in AL-D0y AT.
tack on Four-PolOer Treaty-Senate Viii
Vote on First Amendment Todny-Borah
Says Treaty Cannot Be Other Than Alliance
For War.

less resulted in concerted action by
all the entente powers.
The treaty, Senator Borah pointed
out, did not limit the means" TO be
considered jointly by the four pow
ers to Pacific means but leaves
the door open for the conference TO
decide on concerted armed action.
He predicted that formation OF the
four power group would lead to the
establishment of counter group"
and eventually to a war between the
two rival combinations thus placed
in the field
Just before the senate accepted the
unanimous consent agreement which
was proposed by Senator Swanson.
Democrat Of Virginia, senator Reed.
Democrat Of Missouri assailed Re-
publicans who formerly had opposed
the Versailles treaty but now sup
ported the four power treaty, declar-
/ ing they were ready to take "medi-
cine handed UP in a spoon held by a
Republican president" although they
had refused it when 1t came from
Democrat.
In the main the treaty supporters
made little effort to reply to the
series of attacks. Senator Lenroot
however, took exception to the moral
Borah, and Senator Lodge, Massa-
chusetts. Republican leader and a
member OF the arms delegation, en-
gagged in a sharp exchange with Sem
ators Johnson and Borah over au-
/ thorship of the treaty and the cir
/ cumstances which led to the supple
mental agreement regarding mandat-
cd islands
Senator Borah asked whether in
/ the association OF five years the
United States moral obligation prob
ably would be any less He said that
| parliament had not been free to de-
bate the war measure and that Mr..
| Balfour had cut off discussion.
Senator Borah emphasized that
there was no provision in the treaty
for conference between the United
/ States and any power which should
attack one of the other nations in the
| four power treaty.
Borah Says War Alliance
1T cannot be any other than an
alliance for war said Senator Borah,
because no other methods are pro-
vided."
Senator Edge, Republican OF New
Jersey, asked IL it would not be better
to join a four power effort to keep
peace by using Americas influence
in conference than ultimately TO be
drawn into war to protect American
/ interests without having been able TO
confer to avoid the conflict. Senator
! Borah replied that 1t was significant
! that the word ''unprovoked" had been
| left out of the treaty in its applica
| ton to aggression. He said the word
was in the Anglo japanese and other
| alliances but had been slipped OUT
Of the pending treaty.
1T is an absolute freedom that has
made the United states the practical
umpire of the world Senator Borah
/ declared vigorously
Senator Kellogg, Republican OF
| Minnesota suggested that Senator
Borah was opposed to America join
| ing in any peace conference.
! "If / am for any conference with
any nation which has a controversy
with the United States Senator
/ Borah replied emphatically Il am
opposed to one in which the United
4 states may not be interested. ! am
not in favor of the United States tie
/ ing itself up to any particular action
with reference to an attack which
may come from another nation
viii not vote for a treaty that binds
1 the United states to take part III any
quarrel except its own"
When Senator Boral insisted that
/ i'm case of disagreement the United
/ states could not "sit down with
China or any other nation outside the
/ four power group, his position was
challenged by both Senator Pomerene,
! Democrat of Ohio. and Senator Nor
ris, Republican of Nebraska.
Agreement Not Limited
! "Well, If we could sit down with
! China without any treaty" replied
4 Mr.. Borah, "then why couldn't we sit
down Nith Japan without any treaty
and what is this treaty for?
But put the shoe on the other