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Show I FOUR -POWER TREATY IS RATIFIED 67 TO 27M I TREATY FOES LACK 4 VOTES ON ROLLCALL Action Follows Day of Vot ing in Which Amend ments All Failed VICTORY FOR HARDING 12 Democrats Vote for and" Four Republicans Against Agreement j Washington. March M.-r-The four-power Pacific treaty was rail-fled rail-fled today by th 1 1 n It I The vote on ratification wa 07 w to 27. This was four more than the necessary nec-essary two-thirds and the roll call ! showed 12 Democrat voting for rati-I ficatlon and four Republicans again : j ratification. The dozen Democrats favoring rut-: ifluatlon were Brpssard, iJail, I icich-i er, Kendrlck. McKellar. Myers. Owen I Pomerene EtansdaU, Trammeil Un ilerwood and Williams G. O. p opponents. Tho four Republican opponi n'.- werel Borah. Prance, ffolnisdn in 1 EAfoilette. To absent senators. Crow. liepub.- ! Mean, Pennsylvania, and Jones Dent- ccrst, New Mexico, w ore artnobn'ced n 'supporters of the treat) Senate approval of the- pad drat vnttil aft..- ..11 ...... I ...I J.-ind me I y nitons except the "f10 el." llance" declaration, accepted by Pre- ident Harding, had been defeated. Old RE61 nv vi ion As incorporated in the resolution Ol I ratification, the reservation Bay: I The United Btates understands that Mm. lender the statement In 1 1 - preamble f of under th rm of thli treat chei U no cdnimitment to armed force, no iilliance. no obligation to Join in any Ii defense " The Four-Power treat I- on agree- fc inent entered Into between I'nited I ( States, Great Britain. Japan and I France to preserve peace In the Po I ilflc. Its adoption will mean the can- I ellatlon of the unpopular Anglo-Jap- I nnese treat) it i:m. 14 rORI I Ratification by the senate today I came nfter a score or mors attempt I to amend or add reservations to the I treaty had proved unsuccessful. I This treaty was one rexult of the I inference on disarmament called by I President Harding. Ratification of I this treaty ts considered an Indication I of the administration's strength. |