ATTACK ON PACIFIC PACT.
PRESIDENT'S PROPOSAL.
OFFER OF A RESERVATION.
OPPONENTS NOT SATISFIED. By Telegraph—Vi'iss Association-Copyright.
(Received 6.30 p.m.) A. and N.Z. WASHINGTON. Feb. 23.
Following a conference with tho President, Mr. H. C. Lodge indicated that an agreement had been reached on thu reservations to the Pacific Treaty, proposed in the Foreign Relations Oomniittee of the Senate. It is understood that the President's reservation states tliat nothing in the preamble and body of the treaty shall be construed as placing the United States under an obligation to use force in carrying out the treaty, that it is not an alliance, and that any adjustments shall be subject to Congressional sanction.
Mr. F. B. Borah and Mr. Hiram Johnson said that this reservation, as outlined, was not acceptable.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LIX, Issue 18025, 25 February 1922, Page 9
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