Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-15
Roll Call at Session Today
Shows so Members of
Senate Present.
CHANCE OF BREAKING
QUORUM APPEARS GONE
Action Expected to Be Speeded by
Decision to Accept Norris
Reservation.
BY G. GOULD LINCOLN.

The London naval treaty, Senator
David A. Reed of Pennsylvania, one of
the American delegates at the London
Conference, told the Senate today,
gives the United States full parity with
Great Britain and maintains admirably
che ratio with Japan.
The drive for the ratification of the
treaty moved forward today, with a
number of additional Senators arriving
in Washington to take part in the Sen
ate session. The quorum call at the
opening of the session showed so mem
bers of the Senate present. Three others
entered the chamber later and several
OF the Senators were known to be in
washington or nearby.
All chance of breaking the quorum,
the hope of opponents of the treaty,
seemed to have vanished, at least for
the present.
Decision to Speed Action.
Decision of supporters of the treaty
20 accept the Norris reservation, pro-
viding that the treaty should be ratified
with the understanding that no secret
agreement exists among the signatories
to the treaty, will expedite final action
on the treaty, it appeared today.
The understanding is that the pre-
Amble of the Norris reservation reciting
the fact that President Hoover had de-
clined to send to the Senate the conf
dental correspondence relating to the
negotiating of the treaty is to be elimi-
mated, leaving merely the fiat statement
that the treaty is ratified by the Senate
with the full understanding that no
secret agreements are to govern in con-
STRUNG the language of the treaty.
Senator Borah, chairman of the For
eign Relations Committee, is credited
with having brought President Hoover
and supporters of the treaty to the
agreement to accept the Norris reserva-
ton. as modified. Several Senators
counted on voting for the treaty 1t was
feared would vote against ratification If
the Norris reservation were defeated.
Furthermore. it was argued, the adop-
ton of the Norris reservation probably
would shorten the debate in the Senate
considerably. .-@ssaS -..s-s.sss.s =.
1t is understood that Senator Norris
VIII agree to the elimination of the
preamble of his reservation and to GER
tain changes in the language to clar-.
tfy 1t.
Denies Seeking Diplomatic Victory.
Supporters of the treaty will rest
sheir case largely upon the arguments
made for the treaty by Senator Robin
son Of Arkansas. the Democratic leader,
who spoke yesterday. and by Senator
Reed of Pennsylvania. who addressed
the Senate today. Both were delegates
at the London Conference. When Sen
ator Reed completes his statement, adj
socates of the treaty will leave the field
Of debate largely to the opposition. And
Mc oe I1aR "a k1a nj a
We made for vote on the treaty.
Senator Reed said that the American
delegates had not gone to the London
Conference hoping to win a diplomatic
victory. Such victory, he said, could
only be costly.
Nor did we wish any other nation to
win a diplomatic victory at that con-
ference" said Senator Reed. Il do not
think that any one of them did win
Vuch victory"
The Pennsylvania Senator sought to
draw for the Senate picture of what
had happened at the naval conference.
Taking up the agreement reached, seek
ing TO bring immediate parity in battle
ships between the United States and
Great Britain, and the 5-3 ratio with
Japan, Senator Reed said that the
United States agrees to reduce lmne-
diately from total of 18 to total Is
battleships, and that Great Britain
agrees 70 reduce from 20 to is battle
ships, and that Japan is scrapping i'm
mediately one battleship to come down
TO the nine she ultimately would have
under the Washington treaty.
Says Parity Advanced IL Years.
Senator Reed insisted that the agree
ment reached in London regarding the
battleships brought about parity with
Great Britain IL years sooner than 1t
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