Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-28
SWANSON OPPOSES
AMERICANS SIGNING
CONSULTATIVE PACT

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cealed force in order to make effective
conclusions reached by the consulting
power. If the United States enters such
pact when the consulting powers meet
and reach q conclusion 1t could not then
afford to abandon the policy outlined.
How will Spain. JugoSlavia, Greece,
Turkey and Egypt. bordering on the
Mediterranean, view q f1ve-power pact
thus entered into excluding them? It
will be far better for the United States
to join the League Of Nations, where
all nations can meet and consult for
peace and the betterment of the world
far better to do this than to enter
into a special arrangement with four
European powers.
Special arrangements with special ma
tions Is contrary to the policy advocated
by President Wilson and it seems to me
would be fraught with trouble.
THE Kellogg pact includes all nations
and Is not confined to flve. II America
agrees to consult and take action In
any matters strictly European do not
see how America could refuse European
nations having like consultation and
action in connection with affairs in the
to the Monroe Doctrine. The League Oh
Nations expressly prohibits interference
with the Monroe Doctrine"
News Arouses Opposition.
Word that three members Of the Amer
lean delegation had formulated an
agreement under which the United
States would confer with the other
great naval powers when war threat
ems served to bring into increased
prominence the dissident attitude Of
several influential Senators, including
Chairman Borah and Senator Swanson
Of Virginia Of the foreign relations
committee.
It appeared virtually certain that,
II a treaty of this nature Is brought
before the Senate for ratification, the
opposition would be determined and
| vigorous.
Senator Watson Of Indiana, the Re-
publican leader; Senator George, Demo
crat, Georgia and Senator Shipstead
| Farmer-Labor, Minnesota, in addition
| to Borah and Swanson, have declared
| themselves opposed to the ratification
of any political treaty intended to sup
plement an agreement for the limita-
| ton of naval ornaments. George and
| Shipstead are members of the foreign
| relations committee.
In q statement issued last night
Borah asserted that "a consultative
| pact in which the parties would not &c
forward and do whatever would be
| necessary to be done in accordance
with the realities Of the situation woulo
! be a pious fraud-and q fraud which
| under the exigencieS Of the hour would
be rejected"
I'm q security pact" he said, ''yol
state In the pact what you are goinl
to do after you have consulted. In
consultative pact you conceal what yol
are going to do after you have con
suited, but you will be forced by tn
logic Of the hour to do precisely VIVA
you expressly agreed to do in the Sc
curity pact"
Calls BRAND "ReaIist."
| He termed M. BRAND a "realist" VIII
''has no faith in any treaty for peact
not backed up by armies and nav1eS,
adding that he did not question thu
sincerity of this view.
IF the United States wants to agree
to use force, to pledge its armies and
navieS to guarantee peace, that Is one
thing, but that is the only conception
| of q consultative of a security pact
that the French people entertain.
Senator Swanson, ranking Demo
crat on the committee, declared a con.
| sultative pact was too high price fol
a five-poWer naval treaty. He said Il
would be better for America to enter
into a three-power naval limitation
| treaty or adjourn the conference thar
to agree to such pact.
"It is far better" he said, "fol
America to enter into an agreement
with Great Britain and Japan for Iini.
tation of armament than to enter into
flve-power pact involving us II
| European political commitments. Nc
! one can foretell where such a matter
would end. It would be far better fol
| the conference to adjourn, as Sug.
gested, in order to meet under more
propitious circumstances than to enter
into limited political pact at this
| time"
Senator Watson said if it "has any
| tendency to drag the United States into
| any kind Of security agreement fol
France" he would most strenuously op-
pose It,"
Chairman Britten of the House naval
committee also expressed opposition. He
termed the London conference "a flop
and asserted that the delegation had
best come homo at once.
NJ.