National Affairs: Treaty Talk

Two Senate committees last week began a study of the provisions and implications of the London Naval Treaty. The document was officially before the Foreign Relations Committee where a friendly attitude toward it was manifested by members, including Pennsylvania's Senator Reed and Arkansas' Senator Robinson, both delegates to the London parley. The Naval Affairs Committee, under the nervous leadership of Maine's Senator Hale, conducted hearings in an atmosphere hostile to the agreement which was, under the Senate rules, none of its official business. Senator Hale, a big Navy man, did everything possible to...