The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1921-12-11
NATIONS ENTER
AGREEMENT TO
PRESERVE PEACE


of Nations covenant whish SO lately
was the center OF \ bitter Senate
fight. BY an official spokesman of
the American delegation is was
pointed out tonight that a feature
of the covenant on which attack was
concentrated is omitted from the
Horsepower peace agreement.
Article X
In Article X Of the league the mem
bers agreed to respect and preserve"
each others territorial integrity, but
in the new treaty the pledge IL to
respect" territorial rights in the Pa
cific.
The omission of the guarantee to
preserve" the integrity of foreign
nations is declared by the American
delegates to constitute an all-import-
ant distinction between an alliance
and a compact for peaceful solution
Of future controversies.
The text of the four-power treaty
follows:
Il. The RICH contracting parties
agree as between themselves to re-
spect their rights in relation to their
insular possessions and insular do
minions in the regions of the Pacific
ocean.
Joint Conference
IF there should develop between
any of the high contracting parties a
controversy arising out of any Pa
cific question and involving their said
rights which is not satisfactorily set
tied ny diplomacy and is likely to af-
feet the harmonious accord now hap
PLY subsisting between them, they
shall invite the high contracting
parties to Joint conference to which
the whole subject Will be referred for
consideration and adjustment
Article 2. If the said rights are
threatened by the aggressive action
Of any other power the high contract
ing parties shall communicate with
one another fully and frankly in or
der to arrive at an understanding as
to the most efficient measures to be
taken Jointly and separately, to meet
the exigencies of the particular stu
alton.
Article 8. This agreement shall
remain in force for ten years from
the the time 1t shall take effect and
after the expiration of said period It
shall continue to be in force subject
to the right of any of the high con-
tracing parties to terminate 1t upon
IL months notice,
Article 4. This agreement shall
be ratified as soon as possible in ac-
cordance with the constitutional
methods of che high contracting
parties and shall take effect on the
deposit of ratifications which shall
take place at Washington and there
upon the agreement between Great
Britain and Japan. which was con-
cluded at London on July 10, 1911,
shall terminate"
In presenting the treaty, Senator
Lodge said 1t had been accepted by
the United States subject to a salts
factory conclusion of the negotia-
tons now proceeding over the Island
OF zap, and also with reservations
relative to the inundated islands
south of the equator. 1t was ak
planned by American spokesman later
tnat the attitude of the American
government in respect to mandates
haa oeen in no way modified by the
treaty.
AT Its open session today the
arms conference also gave for
nal approval to several of the
resolutions on Chinese problems
adopted by the far eastern COM
mittee of the whole. The "four
points" of Elihu Root, the decIar-
alton on extra territOriaIity, and
the agreements relative to Chi
mas neutrality and future
treaties affecting her were In
ciuded I'm the resolution thus
spread formally ON the records Of
the conference.
Although the p1enary session occu
pea the attention of the delegates
until after noon, the Japanese and Chi
hese, In harmony with the purpose to
press collateral issues to a conclu-
sion, held a meeting late in the day
and reported considerable progress in
the negotiations over ShantunR. Next
week the far eastern committee will
resume its consideration of the Chi
nese situation and it is possible that
another plenary session will be held
early next week to record the agree
ihent on naval ratio. The hour de-
voted by the conference to the four
power treaty constituted a memo
rlple chapter In the history of diplo
macy. Assembled about the big green
table in Memorial hall, thanked nv
their advisors and by galleries packed
with the notables of many nations.
the plenipotentiaries expressed in
countenance and bearing as well as
IN spoken words their realization of
tne import of the new international
alignment they had effected.
Lodge Deliberate
senator Lodges address of presen-
tation was delivered with a delibera-
ton and an emphasis which kent deI-
esates and spectators hanging on his
every word. Rene viviani, war pre-
mler of France, voicing the devotion
OF his government to peace and CON
coro' rose to passages so eloquent