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Show WAY PAVED FOR ARMS DEBATE Whole Group of Treaties to Be Brought Into Senate This Week I ! WASHINGTON. Feb. 25 Finally, accepting a compromise reservation program, the foreign relations committee com-mittee cleared the way todaj for; I transfer of the arms conference treaty I debate to the open eenat. j The our nowcr -Pacific treaty which has proven the most trouble-1 '.some of tho arms conference agreements agree-ments In committee discussion, was ordered favorably reoorted with a blanket reservation drawn by commit-' tee members after consultation with President Harding. At the iame time, the committee I acted favorably n the naval limitation limita-tion and submarine treaties, voting, virtually without debate and without the understanding that members' could further present their views on the senate floor DEBATE BOOM BEGINS Only tho general Far Eastern and j i hlnee i.ulff pacta now remain on the committee calendar and senate' leaders hope to bring the whole group of treaties into the senate proper e.irlyl next week, so that debate on them can I begin as soon as a vote Is reached on the separate treatv relating to Yap. j Around tho Vav treatv, meantime, a , situation dev eloped today that prompted prompt-ed the maloritv managers to charge that the debate had been needlessly prolonged and to announce their Intention In-tention to hold the senate In session throughout Monday evening unless a 'ratification roll call Is reached before that time bv curtailment of unnecessary unneces-sary dlscuhslon " An effort to obtain unanimous consent for a vote Monday failed DIVIDE 10 TO 3 In reporting favorably the four power pow-er l'aclflc treatv the foreign relations committee divided ten to three, with Senator Borah. Republican Idaho; Johnson, Republican. California, and Shields, Democrat Tennessee, voting In the negative. All the other eight Republican members supported the motion and were lolned by two Democrat. Demo-crat. Williams. Mississippi, und I'om-ervne. I'om-ervne. Ohio Three Democrats wero a bse n ( Bj ihe same vote ten to three, but with Senator William, Pomerene and Kellogg. Republican Minnesota, casting cast-ing the negative votes the committee I previously had aecoDted the compromise comprom-ise renervatlon laid to have been accepted ac-cepted by President Harding and pro viding that the treaty contemplated ' no committment to armed force, no alliance, no obligation to Join in any defence " The treaties ncromoanvlng "declaration" "declara-tion" was approved bv the same vole, and the supplemental treaty, excluding exclud-ing the Japanese home land from the four power arrangement was ordered reported twelve to one Senator Borah voting in the negative The n.ival limitation and submarine pacts were approved unanimously. oo- |