Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1922-03-24

during peace. In view of this, and
In view Of the relation of the treaty to
the results of the conference, it's
failure would be nothing short of a
national calamity"
The senate debate over ratification
confirms the wisdom Of the Presidents
choice of Senator Underwood as a con-
ference delegate. There are those who
consider the senator from Alabama one
Of the ablest men in public life. He
certainly had large opportunity for
tempted to round up his recalcitrant
followers for ratification. The first
day he stood for three hours before the
Democrats he has led in so many par
tlSan battles, arguing that they should
forget party lines and join with the
administration forces for ratification.
1t was almost exclusively a Democratic
show, with the Republicans sitting on
the sidelines and watching the astute
minority leader fight it out with his
unruly followers. The anti-treaty
Democrats were trying to trap him
into an admission that the treaty in
effect constituted an entangling al
lance. But he insisted on conference
agreement" Some of them "heckled"
their leader Only the unfailing good
nature of the Alabaman STAYED off a
stormy session. 1t was a situation
that only an experienced and able man
could meet.
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by Senator Rorah of Idaho and Sena
tor Johnson of California, Republican
irrecOncilables. They questioned the
authorship of the treaty, despite the
letter from Secretary Hughes. Senator
Lodge of Massachusetts, majority
leader, made them admit they had not
meant to reflect on the veracity of
Secretary Hughes. In effect the two
senators assaulted the treaty as a
''quadruple alliance" Senator Lenroot
of Wisconsin answered them.
The pro-treaty forces scored vic
tory Tuesday when they voted down
an amendment by Senator Joseph T.
| Robinson of Arkansas designed to
| wreck the treaty The Robinson
| amendment would have had the effect
| of converting the four-pOwer pact into
league of nations. 1t pledged all the
! signatories to respect each others ter
ritorial integrity and to commit no act
Of aggression against any nation out
side the pact Furthermore, it provid-
ed, In case of disputes, that outside ma
! tions interested should be invited to
participate in conferences held under
| the terms of the four-power pact.
The vote was So to 80. Eleven mem
bers were absent. Six were paired.
| The five impaired absentees are all
| counted for ratification. Four Repub-
! licans, committed against ratification,
voted for the amendment: Borah of
Idaho, Johnson of California, La Fol-
| Tette Of Wisconsin and France of Mary
land. Four Democrats voted against
| 1t: Underwood of Alabama, POmerene
of Ohio, Ransdell of Louisiana and
| Williams of Mississippi. Later similar
amendments by Senator's Walsh of
Montana and Pittman Of Nevada, both
| Democrats, were voted down by sub
| Stantially the same vote. Then
series of amendments and reservations
was dumped into the hamper to be
ready for presentation before the final
roll call.
r IFE to Uncle Sam just now must
| IL seem Just one treaty after an
other. Anyway, he presented last
week to the allied Preparations commits
| sion in Paris bill for $241, 000,O 900 for
| the expenses of the American army of
| occupation on the Rhine up to May l,
| 1921. The allied commissioners regis
| tered frozen horror, but thawed sufi-
GENTLY TO stick the bill on spindle.
| You see, they were engaged in divid-
| ing ND among themselves a reparations
| payment of 1,OOO,0OO,0O0 gold marks by
| Germany and naturally regarded the
presentation Of the American claim
which to date Is something like $780,
| 600. OO0--as very bad form. They there
| fore washed their hands of the matter
and referred it to the allied govern
| mentS.
The French press sets forth what is
presumably the allied view: The Unit
| ed States declined to ratify the treaty
| of Versailles. hence it has no legal
claim to payment under its terms. The
| United States made its own separate
| treaty with Germany; therefore 1T
| should do its own collecting from Ger
many. The British press-some of it
thinks that, while Uncle Sam has no
! legal claim, he may have moral
claim, but why didn't he speak up