Show f 8 OPINION VES THE TREATY n I Issue sue e on F Power Four Pact T Decided by the f People By LAWRENCE MARTIN United Press Staff Correspondent WASHINGTON March 16 Public Public opinion has decided the power four-power treaty fight Treaty opponents today conceded it had decided against them Failure of or tho the American people to react to the support of the Republican ables and their Democratic allies ames tells the story of the failure of the fight against the treaty it was admitted That tho fight has failed even the most irreconcilable acknowledged privately today Not only will only will tho the treaty be be ratified ratified- but it will carry no reservations reservations reservations reser reser- except the one adopted by the foreign relations relations' committee the treaty's advocates advocat s firmly believe That reservation is simply a from President Harding's Hardings speech submitting the treaty to the senate Harding then said sad of this treaty that there is no commitment to armed force torce no alliance alliance alli alit ance written moral no no or obligation to Join in defense The reservation says that in the preamble and terms of the treaty there Is fa no no commitment to force no alliance alliance alliance alli alli- ance no obligation to go so to an any defense defense de defense de- de The senate will ratify the treaty March 24 and tho the following week will take up the naval limitation treat treaty Though ratification tion of that is already assured it will bo be opposed by a few who agree with certain Inter- Inter I ests which opposed the whole arms arm conference and which claim to see i ithe in inthe inthe n ne the naval treaty a British plot to leave leav e the United States helpless s. s i |