The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1921-12-19
OUADRUPLE TREATY
IS AGREED UPON
United States, Great Britain,
France and Japan Enter Into
Ten Year Agreement.

Washington, Dec. ia new
quadruple agreement to preserve
peace in the waters of the Pacific
was announced to the world today
by the United States, Great Brita:a,
Japan and France.
AS consideration Of the inter
national realignment, Great Britain
and Japan agreed to consign to the
scrap heap the Anglo-Japanese . al
; lance, long viewed with apprehen-
sion in both America and Asia.
The provisions of the agreement,
which is in the form of ten year
treaty, are confined to 'the region
of the Pacific ocean. "Under them
the four powers are to respect each
others island possessions and to
meet in consultation if dispute
arises or if the rights of any of the
four are threatened by any other
power.
Announcement Of the treaty
7 terms was made at ptenary session
of the arms conference by Senator
Lodge of the American delegation
and was followed by expressions of
approval by9he plenlpotentaries of
Greta Britain, France, Japan, Italy,
China, Belgium the Netherlands and
Portugal.
To be binding On the United
States the treaty must be ratified
by the senate, several of whose
members withheld comment tonight
pending a further study of the
text. Open war was declared on it
by some of the "irreconcilable
group" of the Versailles treaty
: fight, but Republican leaders and
some Democrats declared ratifea-
ton was certain. The signatures of
| the representatives of the powers
have not as yet been affixed to the
document, and there is an intima.
tion- that hey may be withheld until
the question of naval ratio has been
settled definitely. The naval situa-
| ton remains unchanged pending
word from Tokyo, but there is gen.
eral confidence that approval of the
American 5-5-3 plan will be made
unanimous in the very near future.
In lieu of signatures the principal
, delegates have put their initials on
the official copy of the treaty, and
!, Senator Lodge said tonight that
this act af affirmation was to be in,
terpreted as meaning that the docu,
ment has been approved to all in.
tents and purposes"
The treaty agreement is expected
in itslf to hasten a decision not only
on the naval ratio but on all the
other issues before the arms confer
ence. The delegates believe they are
over the top of the hill, and Brit
ish spokesman went so far tonight
as to characterize today's session as
practically the breakup of the
conference" so far as major consid-
erations are concerned.
One of the first impulses of some
of the senators was to compare and
contrast the treaty with the league
of nations covenant, which so lately
was the center of bitter senate
fight. By an official spokesman of
the American delegation, it was
pointed out tonight that a feature
, of the covenant on which attack
was concentrated is omitted from
the four power peace agreement
In Article 10 of the league of ma
tions and members agreed to ere
spect and preserve" each others
territorial rights in the Pacific. The
omission of the guarantee to pre-
serve the integrity of foreign ma
tions is declared by the American
delegates to constitute an all i'm.