Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-03-19
QUADRUPLE PACT
SUPPORTERS AND
IN SENATE
{ NGAGE IN TILT
Robinson, Of Arkansas,
Starts the Day of Ora
tory With a Speech Sup
porting His Amendment,
SENATOR P0INDEXTER
DEFENDS CONFERENCE
Borah Joins in With an As
SauIt on the Shantung
Settlement China Bene-
fitted, Says Lenr0ot,

Washington. March l8.---The
whole field Of controversies center
ing about the arms conference was
reviewed anew in the senate today
during an all day debate on the
tour-power Pacific treaty.
For the first time since early ic
the week the treaty's supporters
Joined battle directly with its ir-
reconcilable opponents and a score
OF senators, and fully as many is
sues of the treaty fight were
drawn into the running cross fire
of argument.
Senator Robinson, democrat Ar
kansas, started the field day Of
oratory with a speech supporting
his amendment to pledge the four
signatory powers against secret dt-
plOmaCy. He was seconded in the
attack by Senator Johnson, repub-
lican. California. who asked why
the Franco-Japanes alliance as
we'll as the Anglo-Japanese allt-
ance had not been terminated by
the four power pact, and later SEN
ator Borah, republican, Idaho,
Joined with an assault on the shan
tung settlement as an example OF
the sort Of diplomacy with which
he said the United States should
not associate itself.
Naval Limitation Pact.
When the discussion drifted 10
the naval limitation treaty and its
Notifications pa hibition, senator
Poindexter, republican, Washing
ton, defended the confer nee as a
real peace accomplishment and
when the Shantung agreement was
assailed, Senator LenrOOt. republt-
can, Wisconsin, read portions OF
the Shantung treaty to support his
argument that the conference had
produced a great deal of actual
benefit to China. Prepared ad-
dresses supporting the four-power
pact, were made by Senator's Jones.
republican, Washington. and Cap
per, republican, Kansas.
The manner In which the treaty
was negotiated. the charge that
insufficient information had been
supplied the senate, and the fall
ure to include outside powers IN
the Pacific conferences involving
their interests, all were among the
questions brought into the debate.
one new issue was raised by Sena-
tor Shields, Tennessee, who de-
clared that the British ambassa-
dor, Sir Auckland Geddes, had
been quoted in a speech in Los An
geles, as virtually saying that Il
war in the Orient had been avert
ed by negotiation of the new
treaty.
Inquiry by johnson.
Senator Johnson immed atelv in
quircd since when the ambas $50 dor
had been making speeches to Cal.
ifornia on the support Of the trea-
ty. and Senator Robinson declared
that If it were true Japan had been
preparing to attack American pos
sessions In the Pacific it would be
hard for him to support either the
four-power or naval treaty.
The days outburst of discussSon
dampened the hope of some mem
bers of the senate who had hoped
to lay the treaty aside during the
first days of next week in order
to give attention to legislation. To-
night it was considered likely by
the leaders that interest would be
sufficient TO keep the discussion
going practically without interrup-
ton until n final vote Is taken un-
der a unanimous consent agree-
ment on Friday