Evening star., 1925-03-11
SENATE WRESTLES
WITH ISLES TREATY
Pepper Fails in Effort to Fix
Late Vote After Matter
Is Taken Up.

when the Isle of Pines treaty was
laid before the Senate in open eXecu-
tive session. Senator Copeland. Demo
crat, New York, asked unanimous
consent that vote on the question
of ratification be postponed until early
during the next session of Congress.
He proposed a vote on December IT,
but Senator, Bruce. Democrat Mary
land, objected Senator Copeland de
clared a very long time" would be
necessary to dispose of the debate on
the treaty. He said he thought the
new Senators who took their seats
on March should have an on
portunity to become familiar with the
Isle of Pines issue before being called
upon to vote.
Opening the debate on the treaty,
Senator Willis, Republican. Ohio de-
clsred that he had devoted a great
deal OF study to the treaty. but that
the more he studied the question the
more convinced he became that the
pact should not be ratified by the
Senate.
Willis stated that in his opinion the
Isle of Pines treaty should not be
before the Senate at this time. The
World Court and the Lausanne treaty,
sues than the treaty with Cuba and
that the Senate should not use the
limited time of the short session OF
Congress for the consideration Of A
relatively "unimportant" pact
Senator Wills statement that the
maps published by the United states
Government clearly showed the IS
land as an American possession. re-
suited in lively debate between pro-
nf a
Senator Pepper republican, Penn
syIyaria insisted that the map IN
question. a copy of which hung In the
Senate chamber, merely indicated inc
island had been surveyed by Amer
lean engineers.
Senator Willis maintained the map
clearly showed that the United states
Government regarded the Isle OF
Pines occupied the same territorial
status as the Phiilpplnes, Su$h anu
Porto Rico.
Senator Willis based his argument
against ratification upon the neees-
sity of protecting the rights OF Inlteo
States citizens who went to the lsle
of Pines and established their MONIES
| Americans went to the island, he de-
clared. because of pamphlets pub
Iished by the Washington Government
urging them to settle there.
|
piled that If maps showing the Isle
of Pines as an American possession
were printed the United States Gov
/ eminent was not bound to enforce
the error by the annexation OF the
| island.
| Caba a. CsmparisoB.
! Senator Fess, Republican, Ohio. de-
| clared there was "at least one SEN
| ator here now who was persuaded 70
make an investment In Cuba, think
! ing that one day Cuba would be an
American possession, but I'm sure
! that he would not advocate taking
| over Cuba in order to protect ms
rights as an Am merican citizen.
| An effort to get the World Court
protocol before the Senate late yes
terday by Senator Harris of Georgia
was blocked.
Senator Pepper of Pennsylvania
HAD moved to take up the Isle of
| fines treaty. Senator Harris, who
| earlier in the day had given notice
he would move TO discharge the for
eign relations committee from further
( consideration of the World Court. III
order to bring II before the Senate.
| offered such a motion as a substitute
for the Pepper motion.
! Senator Robinson of Arkansas the
Democratic leader, however. an
nounced that If the Georgia Senator
| Insisted on his substitute he would
make a point of order against it.
| Vice President Dawes called for an
| oral vote on the Pepper motion and
| announced it had prevailed. Senator
| Copeland, Democrat, New York. made
a point of order that the Pepper mo-
| tion had not prevailed because the Vice
| President had failed to ask for the
| nays in submitting the vote. senator
| King, Democrat. Utah, declared the
New York Senator's point of order had
come too late and during the con-
| fusion that followed. Senator Curtis
| of Kansas, the Republican leader. sue
| ceeded in getting the Senate into ex-
| ecutive session. shortly after which
| recess was taken until tomorrow.