PACIFIC TREATY.
ATTITUDE OF AMERICA. ACCEPTANCE ASSURED. VOTE NEXT WEEK. By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright. Received March 16, 9.30 p.m. Washington, March 15. With ratification apparently assured by a safe majority, the Pacific Treaty fight in the Senate lagged to-day. According to u most reliable authority the final vote will probably be about 65 to 26 for ratification. The Senate to-day agreed to take the vote on Friday, March 24, when at noon the debate will cease, and the yote on all amendments and reservations will be immediately proceeded with. The Senate also agreed that no amendments or reservations proposed can be voted on before next Tuesday.
Senator Shields lias offered a reservation to the Pacific Treaty stating that the United States became a party to the treaty for the sole purpose of using its good offices to remove friction and prevent controversies between other signatory Powers. He said no good purpose could be served by the United States abandoning her traditional policy of not interfering in foreign politics. Senator Robinson offered an amendment pledging the Powers not to make secret treaties.
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Taranaki Daily News, 17 March 1922, Page 5
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180PACIFIC TREATY. Taranaki Daily News, 17 March 1922, Page 5
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