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Show ALLIANCE FAVORED. The senate judiciary subcommittee, considering the much-discussed agreements agree-ments whereby tho United States pledged its aid to Franco iu case that nation were unprovokodly attacked by Germany, has made its report. It asks favorable action by the senate on the engagement. The subcommittee points out that while Germany, for the present, pres-ent, has been vanquished, there is no assurance that she will not undertake to reassert her prehensions to world domination at the earliest favorablo opportunity. The subcommittee finds nothing to warrant the suggestion that the arrangement ar-rangement is contrary to constitutional provisions. It urges tho necessity of ptermitling France to recuperate under the assurance of protection against any menace from tho direction of Germany. Tho treaty is declared to be "clearly warranted by international law and within the scope of the treaty-making powers of the United States." Othor objections urged against the convention are reviewed and dismissed by the subcommittee. sub-committee. Thus supported, the adoption adop-tion of the agreement is very probable. prob-able. Tine British parliament recently approved of this pact with France without with-out dissent. The report of tho subcommittee was written by Senator ATalsh of Montana, a Democrat. The other members of tho subcommittee were Senators Fall of New Mexico and it is pretty certain cer-tain that Mr. Fall would have dissented had he any notion that anything was amiss respecting this engagement and Kellogg and Kelson, both of Minnesota. A majority of the subcommittee are Republicans another evidence that the much-abused "secret alliance" is nothing noth-ing of the sort. |