The Senate ratified the Washington Naval Treaty by a vote of 287 to 3; the Quadruple Pacific Treaty was ratified unanimously without debate. Both treaties had previously passed the Chamber. (TIME, July 16.)
There was little discussion on the first treaty as most of the Senators voted by proxy on account of the great heat.
M. Raiberti, Senator and Minister of Marine: "The triumvirate of the great Powers discussed above all the supremacy of the seas. France has never supported a theory other than for liberty of the seas, and she now wants to show...
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