FOUR-POWER PACT.
AMERICAN OPPOSITION. ; THE ATTACK OPENED. (Press Association—Copyright.) (Received 7.35 p.m.) Wasliington, March 13.—Sena,tors Borah and Johnson led the attack on the Four-Power Treaty to-day, supported by Senators Refed, Robinson, and others. Senator Borah declared that the treaty meant the revival of the old balance-of-power alliances, and expressed the opinion that the treaty yvould be disapproved by nations who were not signatories, but who had interests in the Pacific and the Far East. Senator Johnson chided the Republican Senators who as-sailed the Versailles treaty but who now favoured ratification of the Four-Powei* Pact. Senator Johnson declared the pact to be “a quadruple alliance born of fear, and an attempt to barter Air.eriac’s heritage as a means of insuring America’s safety.” He would vote against the treaty, he said, because “it saps the spirit which is the genuine security of this country.” Senator Edge declared that the treaty, without reservations, was the same as the League of Nations with reservation©, and therefore he would vote for it.—(A. and N.Z.)
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Wairarapa Age, 15 March 1922, Page 5
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