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Show SMOOT BARS VOTE ON BORAH PRO1 POSAL WASHINGTON, Feb. 21. Unex-pectcd Unex-pectcd discussion of Siviator Borah s resolution calling for a. conference between tho United State, Great Britain Bri-tain end Japan on navnl dhovma-ment dhovma-ment came up In the sennto today, when tho mesuro was reached during routine conbldorntton ot the calendar. calen-dar. For a time it looked aa though a vote would betaken, but objection by Senator 8 moot. Republican, Utah, to further consideration finally put the resolution under the rules. Before Senator Smoot Interposed, tho senate had adopted amendments to thd original resolution recommended recom-mended by the foreign relations com mittee in reporting it out nnd Senator Sen-ator Walsh, Democr.it, Montana, offered of-fered ns a substitute his resolution to nuthorlzo the. president to appoint American ropresentntlv es to the disarmament dis-armament commission or the league ot nations. Opposing the Walsh amendment, Senator Borah said It was perfectly apparent that nothing could be done now toward general disarmament, while his roiolutlpn .would accomplish accom-plish real results In limiting naval armament. |