South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-03-28
.SENATE @. KS
SUPPLEMENTS TO
PACIFIC TREATY
Opponents OF Pact Join IN
Unanimous Ratification
of Agreements.
AXE Up '5-5-3' p A { L
Ratification Of Naval Limila-
ton Treaty Expected by
End of Week.

WASfuNGTON. March 27.-Ths
senate finally uutaogled it's parLa-
mentary diHcultice over The four
power treaty supplements Monday
bv Joining the two supplementary
agreements together and Their ratl-
fyIng them both uy unanimous
votes.
Gne or the supplements itself IN
the form OF "a treaty. defines the
geographical scope of the four
power pact so as not TO include the
japanese homeland The other. at
tached 20 the first by Mondays ac-
tiOn. in the form OF a reservation,
stipulated that issues which are
purely OF a domestic character can
not be brought before the four
power conference
The vote on the double-barrei
ratification resolution was I3 TO o.,
opponents ofs the four-power plans
Joining I'm. giving approval 20 the
supplements because they interpret
Cd the two agreements as limiting
and currailing the operation OF the
PRINCIPAL treaty. Several attempts
20 attach other reservations which
had failed when the four-pOwer
treaty itself was under considera-
ton. were defeated by the usual
pro-treaty and anu-treaty lineup.
Call Up 5-5-3 Pact.
As soon a. the vote had been COM
pleted. Sen. Lodge Of Massachusetts
the republican leader called az the
naval Limitation treaty esta bhshing
a five-fve-three capital ship ratio
for the United States. Great Britain
and Japan Debate i'm il is 90 begin
Tuesday and the administration
managers expect TO see It ratified
by an almost unanimous vote by the
end or the week.
The plan OF combining action on
the two four-power treaty supple
ments was proposed by Sen. Lodge
after he had decided it was UNI
necessary 20 present two separate
ratification resolutions. The treaty
opponents. holding that the domestic
questions supplement really was a
part OF the four-power pact pro-
tested that the method finally set
lied upon by the republican leader
was but a weak and unsatisfactory
way 20 solve the parliamentary
problem confronting the senate. but
Mr.. Lodge and other republicans
insisted IL would be entirely cffec-
tive.
Reservations Defeated.
Two attempts were made to at
tach reservations, Sen Pittman,
democrat. Nevada. presenting the
Lodge League OF Nations rcserva-
ton on domestic questions and Sen.
Robinson. democrat. Arkansas. in
traducing again his proposal that
outside powers be- invited 90 join
in Pacific conferences affecting their
Interests. The Putmau reservation
was beaten q to 40 and the Rob
iuson reservation was rejected with
out a roll call
Sen Robinson also sought without
success to amend the supplementary
treaty so that the island of SAX
halin also would be excluded from
the operation of the four-power
plan. He argued that trouble on
that island would he almost certain
10 Russia should attack Japan but
his amendment was voted down. 20
20 50.
Sen. Underwood Of Alabama, the
democratic leader led the fight
against it. saying that 10 might lead
On rejection OF the whole foUr-powCr
ARA nEcmeut 10y Japan.
a suggestion by Sen. UndcrwE1d
that Russia probably would refrain
from aggression aEain Japan If she
knew that sine would find herself
involved with "three other powers. %
le1 20 long ColloQuy between the
democrat leader and Sen. Johnson.
california. one OF the republican
irreCoucUabes Sen Johnson asked
= what way tho "tbrec others row
crs" would be involved and when
Mr. Underwood replied chat entire
is aside from the element OF force
nations must have money and sup
plies To make war. the California
senator insisted that the statemen.
constituted an admission that the
four-power pact really bound the
United States to- boycott" nations
making war on am one of the four
treaty siGnat0ricS