The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-03-24
.RATIFY TREATY
BY LARGE VOTE
Long Succession of Amendment
Proposals Voted Down.
Final Roll Call Found Strength
of Measure Growing.
ACT is ALONG PARTY LINES
Only a Few Republicans OPP
pose Lodges Leadership.
Handful of Democrats Stand
With Underwood.

Washington, March 24.-The four
power Pacific treaty was ratified by
the United States senate here late to-
day after every resolution offered to
amend it was voted down. Republi-
can irreconcilab1es and a few Demo-
Gratis departed from party lines on the
ratification vote.
TIL final vote on ratification was 81
to 27-
This was four more than the neces-
sary two-thirds and the roll call
showed twelve DEMOCRATS voting for
ratification and four Republicans
against ratification.
Washington. March 24-The United
States senate at 1850 o'clock this
afternoon had adopted each OF the
four articles of the four-power treaty
and voted down every reservation Of
fered.
The senate then prepared to go
ahead with the vote on the adoption
of the resolution on ratification.
Article " providing for the scrap
ping of the Anglo-Japanese alliance
by each of the four powers, was
agreed to by vote of 7s to s.
Washington. March PA long
succession of proposed amendments
and reservations to the four-power
Pacific treaty were voted down one
after another by the senate today as
it approached final roll call on rati-
fication. For the most part the ma
jorities were Overwhelming.
Only handful of Democrats stood
with their titular leader. Senator Tn
derwood of Alabama. against the ef-
fort to qualify the ratification reso-
luton and only the little group OF
irreconcilables opposed the Repubh-
can leadership of Senator Lodge of
NF-,-. I, I,
ervationists.
RobinsonsFfrst Defeated.
Mrs. Harding, wife Of the president. was
in the reserved gallery
voted down was an amendment by Senator
Robinson. Democrat. Arkansas, which
against any secret treaty. arrangement or
understanding with any other power or
powers yEa .1 during the he hfe 2, OF the treaty.
No further amendments were Offered 10
article one of the treaty and on roll call
the article was approved in committee Of
Senator Robinson then offered and the
senate rejected amendment to article
two. pledging the signatorles against ag-
gression against any outside power and
giving outside powers the right TO sit ia
conferences affecting their interests.
The vote on this amendment was % 10
30. The only Republicans supporting II
were Senator BOrah, France, Johnson and
La Toilette. and the only Democrats op-
posing IL were POmerene, Ransdell. Under
wood ana Williams
An amendment by Senator Hitchcock
Dem ocrat. Nebraska. to make the conference
provisions of Article apply only to un-
provoked aggression also was rejected, % to
The senate then voted down an amend
ment by Senator Shields. Democrat Ten
nessee, stfpulating that the United States
enter the four power Arrangement for the
sole purpose Of aiding by its friendly Of
fices and efforts in removing friction and
controversy. and with no intention of de-
parting from its traditional policies.
On the Shields amendment the vate was
13 to 73
Another amendment by Senator Reed,
Democrat, Missouri. providing that the sig
natortes would in no respect be bound
by decisions reached after consultation
under Article two was rejected, 20 to CO.
Then the senate rejected, p TO %. an
amendment by Senator Reed providing
that no nation should be ''in any manner
obligated to do any act Of war" because
Of decisions reached under the treaty
On the question Of agreeing in commit
tee of the whole to Article 2 which nB-
ponents Of the treaty have centered their
fight, sixty-six senator's voted in the II
firmative and % in the negative. Senator
Reed made an unsuccessful effort to
amend Article 3.
Article three which contains only the
TO the life and termination
Of the treaty then was approved IN com
mittee OF the whole. 81 to 26, the four Re-
publican iTrec0nfiiables and . Democrats
voting against II.
the usual perfunctory provisions for ex-
change OF ratification was agreed to, -