Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-06-20
ATTACK ON TREATY
ANSWERED BY REED
Senator's Radio Comments
Bring Up Charges Made
by Johnson.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
Replying to Senator Johnson's criti-
| cism Of the London naval treaty, Sena-
tor Reed of Pennsylvania, who partici-
pated in its foundation, last night
praised the pact and urged its ratifica-
ton.
He spoke by radio in answer to an ad-
| dress similarly delivered by johnson the
| night before. Much of his comment
was directed at the remarks Of the
latter.
The treaty, Reed said. removes COM
petition in naval construction among
the three leading powers in the world, "
gives three countries holiday from
battleship building during the next
seven years, and saves the taxpayer of
the United States an outlay of $780,
100000 on replacement Of battleships
alone"
Continuing, he said:
1T allows the peoples of these three
great nations to rest secure in knowl-
edge that no one of the three can be
attacked In its home waters by any ma
ton on earth. It makes plain to all
the world that none of the three coun-
tries Is designing war upon either Of
the others. 1t promotes to an impor-
tant degree the international friendship
that we all desire"
Fought by Others.
He went on to say the pact was op-
posed by the big-navy spokesman of
each OF the three countries, and the
same things said by Senator johnson
are beng expressed in London and
Toxic. He expressed confidence that
common sense will prevail and the
treaty be ratified"
Accusing Senator johnson Of "de-
nouncing but not describing" the treaty,
Senator Reed took up the various pro-
visions Of the pact. He gave particular
emphasis to the cruiser provision, which
limits the American Navy to 18 eight
inch cruisers and 18 six-inch gun
cruisers.
You have doubtless heard 1t said
many times that this treaty forces us
to build the kind of ships that Great
Britain wants and not the kind that
we want, and leaves her free to build
the kind of ships that she wants. That
Is easy to say, but hard to prove. If
as matter of fact, Great Britain does
not want 8-inch cruisers then you will
readily see that the treaty forces her
to have IS of the kind of ships that
she does not want, aggregating 146,o0O
tons, while we are only forced to have
$4,000 tons Of the kind of ships that
we are supposed not to want. OF course
the truth Is, and every admiral on both
sides of the controversy admits, that q
certain number Of each type are abso-
lutely essential for balanced feet
| and it is we'll to remember that when
the American general board was I'M
| hampered by any treaty and could have
built 8-inch cruisers If 1t chose, II
built our 10 Ohamas, which carry g.
| inch guns"
Equalizes Cruiser Tonnage.
Adverting again to the johnson speech
Senator Reed said "if he Is correct, the
American delegation surrendered every
thing at London" He then called at
| tention to the makeup Of the Ameri-
| can delegation. He added that when
| the London Conference opened, 1.-The
British had four times our tonnage OF
| cruisers and the Japanese had more
than twice our tonnage"
On 8-inch-gun cruisers, Reed con-
tended that Great Britain comes down
from 10 to IS during the life Of the
| treaty. while America builds up to 10
and that Japan stands absolutely still
with her present H."