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Show I SENATOR KELLOGG CALLS FOR RATIFICATION OF TREATIES If U. S. Begins Tacking on Reservations Other Nations May Do Likewise and Effect of Conference Will Be Nil, He Declares I WASHINGTON, March 7 Advocating Advocat-ing ratification of tho four powtpr Pacific pact treaty Without hfwilH-tlon hfwilH-tlon or qualification. B-nator Knllogp, Republican. Minn , told tho senate today to-day that the pact was so free of cn-tanffllng cn-tanffllng commitment-' u to mak reservations res-ervations possible sources of embarrassment, embar-rassment, nit her than advantage! The Minnesota senator declared no agreement to employ force or to defend de-fend any other nation's rights was Contemplated by the instrument, and characterized the "no alliance" reservation reser-vation approved ly the foreign relations rela-tions committee as wholly superfluous, "it will undoubtedly be said." he continued, "that this is maybe so; hut what assurance have we that it is so. There should he stronger ground for ih adoption of reservations by the senate than the argument that they can do no harm. If we are going to ratify iho treaty covered over with unnecessary reservations because they can do no harm, we may find that other countries will do the .same nnd some of the reservations tljall' or ours may hinder the ratification or weaken the effect of the treat .v." "It Is true," he continued, "there, ta no definition as to just what those right are, and no definition is necessary neces-sary Wo have absolute dominion over ov-er t he Philippines and the other powers pow-ers agree to respect those rights .The other powers have absolute dominion or mandatories over other islands and we mgTBt to r-spot their rights. "There is little if any chance for disagreement as to what thoe.e reports re-ports are. Rut. assume that the title of n COUntry should be (jiie-rtloned, we tin not airree to nuhinit that quen-tlon quen-tlon to arbitration or to the decision Of anv conference, or to bo bound by . m finding, but .simply to consult together with s view to adjustment of any dlF v;rootnents, "But it is .-.aid that we are entering into an alliance which will inolve iih in the1 disputes of the Far East and ma bring on a war. An alliance j Is generally understood to be an agree-m agree-m "r between nations whereby If one Is attacked tho other frees t'i go to war In Its defense. If this four power 'treaty nonsi itutes an alliance, then I practically all the treaties we have . or made, by which we agree to con-lault con-lault together to arbitrate questions, I to lay down rubs of action in ivar or j in peace, to limit armament upon the Great Lakes ire alliances' Prompt response by President Harding to the Borah resolution Inquiring In-quiring as to the Hiatus nf the Lan-Sing-Ishil agreement between United Unit-ed Slates and Japan in event of ratl- ! flcation of tho four power pact treaty was indicated today after the president presi-dent had conferred with Senator I Lodge, chairman of the foreign re- I latlons committee. |