Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-03-25
THE FOUR POWER TREATY Ratified

rbe ratification of the Four Power treaty by The SEN
ale Yesterday assures the success OF the washington ~
ference called to discuss the limitation u rllamen' a1
tbo adjustment of the international AFFAIRS III me fdolho
- hove baen most humiliaGng to have had the senate
reject This treaty. or any Of the treaties that are the ou'-
growth of the Washington conference, 1or tha ma''ei' NV.
fhis country had invited the other Powers mere TO ohSloe
these things
Once more the craftsmanship and great ability O sen
.4or Underworld. of Alabama, has come into play ana aclu-
arv saved the face of the nation. The senator oio \. 10
partianship interfere with what he beiieved 70 DC n 1.n ru
to the country. In this respect ne STANDS o' III s'ilnl m
contrast to Senator Henry Cabot Lodge, OF Massachuse''s,
who for partisan reasons, but more perhaps on account u
narsonal hatred, brought about the rejection OF the treaty
Of Versailles. -
of course, there is this much to be said in contrasting
aanator JJnderwood's action with the action OF senator
Lodge: President Wilson ignored Senator Lodge ehtlrely
in thA mart that America was to play in drawing up 'he
treaty. of Versailles, whereas President Harding made sen
ator Underwood a member of the American commission thaV
narticinated in drawing up the Four Power treaty.
Whether Senator Underwood would have acted I'LL
terentlv had he not been a member of the American COM
mission at the Washington conference Will never be known,
the facts are that Senator Underwood STANDS out Dig ~
statesmanlike in his attitude toward the Four power treaty
while Senator Lodge acted as a petty, narrow, Jealous poll
tician in the stand he took regarding the treaty OF YER
sailles. -
By the ratification of this treaty the United States
shows the world that she is capable of working with other
nations in the preservation of peace. The fallacy of isola-
ton has been dispelled and America is put into a position
once more where she can take her rightful place among
the nations of the earth as a leader In the advancement u
civilization.
1t is to be regretted that it was found necessary to pass
even one reservation in connection with the treaty. me
uraing of the treaty is plain enough and, alliance or no all
ance, the United States will have to confer with the other
,3wers that have signed the treaty should any nation assume
threatening attitude in the Pacific; having conferred 1t
gond be expected that this nation would stand by the con-
,sions reached whether it be for armed intervention or
Ut.
This, in fact, is all the obligation imposed upon any
membero of the League of Nations. No nation can hope TO
have all the advantages of a treaty without assuming its
share of the responsibilities.
1t is gratifying to the people of New Jersey that there
was never any doubt as to where the two United States sem
ators from this state stood on the Four Power treaty. Sen
ator Edge, in particular, has always taken a broad view of
International relations.
With this Four Power treaty safely put over it is to
30 hoped that the treaty on naval limitation will quickly fol-
low and that the excellent work of the Washington confer
ence will become an inspiration for still greater things along
Na same line in the near future.