FOUR-POWER TREATY.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIII, Issue 350, 18 March 1922, Page 5

FOUR-POWER TREATY.

SENSATIONAL ALLEGATION. HUGE SI'MS OF MONEY TO STIR IT SENTIMENT. Rv Electric Telegraph,—Copyright. Received March 18, 11,40 a.m. WASHINGTON, March 17. Senatdr France, attacking the I’hcilic Treaty, alleged that very large sums, perhaps as high as two million dollars, were being spent to stir np the sentiment for ratification of the treaty. Senator Franco is given to tanking sensational statements, and the most recent is not regarded seriously.—A. and N.Z. cable. DEBATE IN THE SENATE,

OBJECTIONS TO THE FACT

W \SHINCTOX, March 16. r Phe Senate debate on the Four-Power Treaty lagged at times, there being less than six Senators presold. Senator Reed delivered the only speech which attacked the Nava 1 Disarmament Treaty together with the Four Power Pact. Senator Reed declared: “We agree to yield to Japan 25.000 islamb in the Pacific, a vast number of which can h« used as airplane buses and landing places, and many lor naval bases. Wo also agree not to fortily Guam or strengthen the fortifications in the Philippines. Tims, we are placed in a position capable ol being attacked. Our possessions are left without security because the Four-Power Treaty, according to its advocates, does not bind its signatories.- ’—A. and N.Z. cable.