The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-12-16
Treaty Made Binding on U. S.
When zap Agreement With
Japan Is Signed.
AMERICANS SIGN FIRST
don and Paris for Parliamentary
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Scraps
Anglo-Jap Alliance.
JAPs ACCEPT 5-s-s RATIO.

Neutrality-suspicious. announced
conditional acceptance of the
American 1858" naval ratio.
Final settlement of the question
Is expected before the weekend.
The single condition contained in
the Japanese acceptance is un-
derstood to concern the new bat
tleship Mutsu. Japan desires to
retain the Mutsu by substituting
1t for the old 12tinch gun ship
Setsu in the list of ships she
would retain under the Hughes
proposal.
Washington The new quadruple
treaty to, preserve peace in the Pacific
was formally signed by the plenipo-
tentiaries of the United States, Great
Britain, France and Japan.
The signatures were affixed in the
anteroom of the office of the secre-
tary of the state. There was no for
NAL ceremony and no one was present
except the plenipotentiaries, their
U. S. Delegates Sign First.
The American delegates, the first
to sign under an alphabetical arrange
ment of the powers, put their names
to the document and affixed their
seals a few minutes after IL o'clock.
The approval of the United States
was given, however, subject to a writ
ten understanding with the japanese
providing that the Acknowledgements
treaty regarding zap must be consum-
mated before the four power arrange
ment is binding.
Ratification Is Next Step.
Except for this reservation which
is expected to be erased within few
days by signature Of the zap treaty,
the new Pacific agreement now re-
quires only parliamentary ratification
by the various governments to make
1t effective.
The American official copy of the
document now goes to the White
House for transmission by President
Harding to the senate.
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lieved, would be forwarded to the sen
ate within a very short time.
The American reservation attached
to the four power treaty when it was
signed contained provision that do
nestle questions of the various pow
ers are not to be considered within
the scope of the treaty.
Reservation in Two Parts.
. The reservation is in two parts, the
first of which declares that the treaty
shall in no way be binding as regards
the policy of the United States to-
wards the inundated islands of the Pa
cific.
The text of the American reserva
ton follows:
SIN signing the treaty this day be
tween the United States of America
the British empire, France and Japan
It is declared to be the understanding
and intent of the signatory powers:
"1-That the treaty shall apply to
the inundated islands in the Pacific
ocean; provided, however, that the
making of the treaty shall not be
deemed to be an assent on the part
of the United States of Aner,ea to the
mandates and shall not preclude
agreements between the United States
of America and the mandatory pow
ers respectively in relation to the
inundated islands.
"2-That the controversies to which
the second paragraph of article one
refers shall not be taken to embrace
questions which according to princi
Piles of international law lie exclusive
Iy within the domestic Jurisdiction OF
the respective powers"
AngIo-Japanese Alliance Scrapped.
The four power treaty scraps the
Anglo-Japanese military alliance.