PACT STILL FENDED OFF

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 561, 14 January 1929, Page 9

PACT STILL FENDED OFF

BATTLE IN THE SENATE U.S. PRESIDENT ANXIOUS (Australian and N.Z. Press Association) WASHINGTON, Saturday. The hop© that was entertained that a vote would be taken in the Senate this evening’ on the motion for the ratification of the Kellogg Pact was not fulfilled. Senator H. Bingham, Republican member for Connecticut, circulated a round robin, to which it is alleged he had obtained 20 signatures, pledging the signatories to defeat the pact unless the interpretative motion were approved. The President sent for Senator Bingham for a conference after the Senate had adjourned. This lasted several hours. Afterwards Senator Bingham said Mr. Coolidge wanted to know his position, and he told him he did not want to take a leap in the dark. Previously Mr. Coolidge had conferred with Vice-president Curtis and Senator Borah, and it is understood he indicated to them his anxiety about the pact and the Cruiser Bill. It is reported that the President was advised that both measures would be passed and that the blame for the delay in ratifying the pact was to be laid upon those senators who desired the passage of the cruiser measure. Senator Borah intends lo keep the pact before the Senate until it is voted upon. It is believed he will attempt to secure a limitation of the debate, early in the coming week.