FACT ASSAILED.

Taranaki Daily News, 15 March 1922, Page 5

FACT ASSAILED.

THE PACIFIC TREATY. OPPONENTS IN AMERICA. VOTE TO BE TAKEN. By Telegraph.—Press Assn. —Copyright. Received March 14, 7.35 p.m. Washington, March 13* Senator Borah and Senator Johnston led the attack on the Four-Power Treaty in the Senate to-day, supported by Senator Reed, Senator Robinson and others. The Senate agreed to vote before Tuesday afternoon on Senator Robinson’s amendment binding the four Powers to refrain from aggression and providing that when a controversy arises which is not settled diplomatically all the nations concerned shall be invited to a conference. Senator Borah declared that the treaty means the revival of the old balance-oL power alliances, and he expressed the opinion that the treaty would be opposed by the nations who were not signatories but who have interests in the Pacific and the Far East. Senator Johnston chided the Republican Senators who assailed the Versailles Treaty but who now favor the ratification of the Four-Power Pact. Senator Edge declared that this treaty without reservations was the same as the League of Nations with reservations, and therefore he would vote in favor of the pact. Washington, March 13. Senator Johnson, speaking in the Senate, attacked the Pacific Treaty, declaring it to be a quadruple alliance born of fear and an attempt to barter America’s heritage as a means of insuring America’s safety. He would vote against the treaty because “it saps that spirit which is the genuine security of this country,”