Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-19
PACT VOTE TONIGHT
SEEN AS POSSIBLE
Quorum Call Answered by 65
Members as Senate Re-
assemblies.
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naval ornaments. He argued that re-
| auctions in naval armament would be
made only when the United States
entered another conference with a fleet
as strong as any other in the world.
Senator Walshs resolution follows:
Whereas it is the sincere desire Of
| the American people to establish a
material reduction in naval armament
throughout the world, and,
Whereas the United States has
participated in three naval conferences
| with the object in view of urging upon
other nations its purpose and desire
to reduce its naval armament and to
| cooperate with other nations to the
same end in order that the peoples OF
the world may be released of the crush
| ing burdens necessitated by maintain
ing their present military establish
ments and because of the conviction
| that world peace is more likely to be
preserved by the maintenance OF mini
mum navies by the great powers OF the
world; and
Whereas all American experts and
delegates, including Senator Reed OF
Pennsylvania, whose statement, We
| (the American delegates) were Mortified
| to find that In these auxiliary classes
! the United States was in a condition
| of almost hopeless inferiority,' give ir-
REPUTABLE and overwhelming testimony
| that there was a failure to make any
material progress in actual naval arma-
ment reduction at the three confer
ences which have been held since the
World War. Adue to the fact that the
American Navy was proportionately in
| ferior to the navies of Great Britain
and Japan at the converting of the last
two conferences; and
| Whereas it is the opinion of the
American delegates and observers that
no conferences will result in bringing
about a substantial limitation of naval
armament in the world unless at future
conferences the United States is in a
position to scrap its proportional share
of naval craft with other powers; and
Whereas it is the desire of the
United States Government to remove
all possible obstacles that have here
tofore caused a failure to accomplish
material naval reductions, and because
of the sincere desire of the American
people to promote world peace and
lessen the tax burdens of its peoples
and the peoples of the world in future
maintenance of large military establish
mentS; and
whereas the London treaty seeks to
the contracting nations and therefore
is tantamount to legalizing the right OF
each nation concerned to maintain
navy of the actual strength defined in
the treaty and, therefore, when other
nations are maintaining maximum
navies permitted under the actual
parity set up the failure of the United
States in this respect is an admission
to the world of our purpose to maintain
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what our needs require an dagreed upon
by the American delegates at London;
now, therefore, be 1t
Resolved, that the Senate of the
United States, in the event that this
treaty is ratified, favors the substantial
completion by December 81, 1886, of all
cruisers mounting guns in excess of 81
inches, all aircraft carriers, all destroy
ers, and all submarines permitted under
the treaty for the limitation and reduc-
ton of naval armament, signed at Lon
don on April 20, $780,"
Senator Walsh in a speech to the
Senate amplified the arguments in favor
of his resolution, which were written
into the whereaseS of the resolution
itself. Senator Walsh also argued that
If the naval needs of the country are
to be considered the United States
should go ahead and build up to the
parity with Great Britain provided in
the treaty itself. He said in conclusion:
"The London treaty seeks to protect
the world against the excuses of mill
tant statesmen, but there is no protec-
ton against pacificism carried to the
extent of imperiling our security unless
we establish, as other countries have
done, an actual combat parity. Further
more, the one outstanding fact learned
from these conferences Is that reduc-
ton of naval ornaments will come
alone from our being on an actual
parity with other countries at future |
conferences"
Senator Walsh made 1t clear that he |
wished TO vote on his resolution before !
the final vote Is taken on the ratlflca- |
ton of the naval treaty.
Senator Reed of Pennsylvania, one |
of the leaders in the fight to ratify the |
treaty, sought to interpose an objection /
to the introduction of the resolution at
this time, apparently feeling that II
might further delay and complicate
action on the treaty.
Senator Walsh said that he did not
care what time vote was had on MS
resolution just so he was able to get
a vote. The Vice President ruled that
the resolution would have to lie over
for day, but that 1t was properly in
troduced.
Senator Hiram johnson of Califor-
mia, an enemy Of the treaty, took the
floor again to attack the pact