New Britain herald., 1930-07-22
THE TREATY RATIFIED

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 i For better or for worse, the 1 United States is welded to the Lon- don Naval Treaty, following the vote of the Senate, which by a large ma ! jority indeed saw fit to endorse the ! agreements of our amateur diplo- mats at the recent conference. Sen- ator Bingham, of Connecticut, was ! among the nine votes against rati- i fication, Senator Walcott one of the 1 5S voting aye.
 | The vote on the question can be by no means called a party vote as IS Democrats headed by Senator Robinson, from a geographically dry section Of the country, otherwise Ar kansas, aided 4o Republicans 10 rat fly, while two Democrats, including Senator Walsh, of Massachusetts, were opposed. A larger percentage of the available Democrats voted in favor than vas the case in the Re ! publican membership.
 The treaty vote. therefore, was not put over by the administration, but had strong Democratic support from the outset Indeed, the oe- structionists, who held up the vote : for more than week, were virtual l ly all Republicans.
 Those in close touch with naval affairs are decidedly undecided up- on the merits of the treaty. Whether 1t is a safe one for the United States to adopt or not is a question which requires a profound study of the data available, includ- ing the secret papers which Presi- dent Hoover would not divulge and we doubt that the Senate has given 10 the document the consideration t deserves, mistrustlng that more efforts have been wasted in playing politics than in consideration of the matter on hand. Naval training Is not accomplished in q few short terms Tn the Senate. II is difficult 10 enyislon a senator, from Arkan- sas, for instance, out Of touch with the sea and the sea board, who prob- ably has taken but few trips upon the ocean in his life and who has been too busy keeping his political fences in order 10 make a study oi maritime trade and the need of its protection, voting intelligently upon armament He may be inspired by the most patriotic motives in the world, but we doubt that he realizes the situation. We would be far more inclined to believe that Senator Bingham, geographer, explorer and posse ssed Of at least q back, ground of international politics. in, ternational law and the best means of enforcing #, is correct in his at. titude.
 We approach every agreement made with q foreign nation by any group from the United States witt great deal of suspicion. Super
 fcially one may appear reasonabl, and adequate upon the surface Led by our desire to reduce tn, chances of war and also led by care
 fully prepared propaganda emanat
 ing from politicians in Washington we may approve and approve hear
 tily. But we doubt if many peo
 pie have read the treaty, careful.
 considered it from a naval stand
 point and viewed 1t in the light 0
 international history. We know tha
 all of the details are not publi property. Senator Bingham's repl.
 to the Rabbits of the State Chambe of Commerce, who rushed to tn support of the agreement, was quit to the point. He asked if they hat
 read it. He might have gone fur
 ther~if he wished, we suspect
 . The statesmen of the Old Worl' are statesmen indeed They ar trained to particular job almos from birth, and, whatever the ad ministration in power at the time the same faces and the same poll cies will be found in control of for
 eign relations. The leading polio is quite naturally a selfish one an the boys there are we'll versed i cleverly masking their objective something an American. ~whateve
 his mental ability, does not under stand. They can easily put r over us," and they will if they car Possibly Senator Bingham ha 3 sensed this; he is in a good posi- 5 ton to do so, better than ours, bet l ter than that of the State Chambe