The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1921-12-11
Delegates Assured u. s.
Senate Will Accept
Document.
ANGLO-JAPANESE
ENTENTE GIVEN UP
New Treaty Is in no Way
Entangling Alliance,
Say Officials.

The "four-p"wor par'" Tarr.
agreement. designed 10 H.ma.c
causes OF war Is completed r'
/ has been publicly and formally an-
T proved by the United states. G-raf
/ Britain. France and Japan. D. fair-
| the form Of a treaty thar un-' ha
agreed to by tho United Sfsrss
/ Senate. Such approval has bo.r
/ guaranteed tho other nations hv
I Secretary II Stafo Hurhrs acting
under the instructions 81 Pr.~fdgrf
Harding The Pres dents fn.1rira-
tion Is that tho senate will srrs-f
the plan because q g an no v4r
an entanrIing alllarnc"
The fact was made public ,s.-
terday in a nlenary session Of rN~
armament ~onferenrc. Eloquent aH-
. dresses pled-'n- harmony auI
friendship ar~onr0arIed its prassr-
tation. Spokesu-on ~ the nations
directly involved. and ~ tho ma
tions associated in 'ho work ~ -
present conference. uttered felicia
tions
Tho r-oatest ston ever arro-,-
plished toward tho erd n war Hv
removing the causes" was the gen
eral chsra astcrizatior
Last night the general feeling n
American circles was one or .u-
proval Some high ofHrials fv a..
Senate and House suggested that
further elucidation ~ Some 81 tra
points might he needed before thr-.
could take a positive StauE on -r'
document This arose th-nu-r. go
Z suggestion that there was THr..F
MI b Il r-a hrsrr-sr- a-s#.r.
the league OF nations gorStftr-rf..
and Article II ~ the four-r0ws-
pact.
Denies n RcsembIanee.
However. a high Areri...- ar-
thority took occasion q m4l.
very plain that IN his orirror -r..-e
was no resemhlanoo. ". said
Article Y specifically aasr.rlr
that the nations ia tho IeaG-a
4 agreed 70 respect and preserve %
their interests. Tho laftc- declare
ti0n was very reaching %
pledged IN advance rhe Nations .r
the League 20 utilise tho who.
power ~ their national bCfr- r
maintain the policies - 'hn lea-
The present pact does rorh.7c ~
the sort II simply provides .Fa-
when the rights ~ the contract
ing parties shall he threatened o..
any other power. not siCuatory 90
the agreement tho four rovar-
shall commun fra'e with o1S a-0tna-
fully and frankly ir urlcr 10 nr-
rive at an understanding H~ 90 r..-
most efficient measures 10 hc 'aNr..
Jointly or separately. % meet .fc
/ eNigencies of the particular situa-
tion There IS 10 pledge 10 rSa
T L.
navies to meet such aggression.
Il simply means that when 80.
J United states. af'cr 1.eforfu.- -n r'.s
position Of its yellow nations the
/ are bound hv tho pact decides .1
a policy that policy will BE- wnrkaI
out in the constitutional manner.
! Thus. " force Is to he resortcd -.
I the Congress which alone has
/ power 70 declare war. will 10 50
And no mower other than Congress
/ can utilize tho American army opp
navy for such n purpose"
step to lasting P~arc.
That IS tho administration opinion
on the subject n is the opinion 'lra-
will be expressed BY Senator Lode
when he debates the ratification - the
treaty before tho Senate Foreign Eela-
ti9ns Committee and on tho floor q
the Senate. Il will he Insisted that
this is not an cntanElinC Alliance. "
will be pointed ont that there arc -
penalties attached 10 tho agreement.
The nations affected shall only have
the right 70 take tho peoples - 10
world into their confidence whcncv'-
I anything shall he done or agreed t,'
to be done. Moral influence is substi-
-. tuted for forceful methods
/ In this connection IL was pointed oct
last night that 81 probably would be
/ an impossiblity to find another do,u-
ment that carried such far-rrachfr--
possibilities couch,d IN as few
words II is tho minimum 81 ,roul-
ises with tho maximum of poSsibl.
performance in the view of the
American delegation
when this document takes effect
said an American spokesman. 1T viii
have gone further I'm the direction ~
an enduring peace than any previous
arrangement ever suggested"
May sign It Monds,.
Just when the treaty will be formally
signed and who will sign IL. arc sian
10 he settled. Secretary Hughes las-
night said that this was an incidental
detail that could be attended Il whr1
there was time to do so. The AmcIf-
can delegation had been anxious thst
the country should know just what 81
was doing and 50 il mad called the
plenary session 20 allow announccmcrL
as soon as an agreement was reached
The time for the formal signing .uI
the plenipotentisries who will sign a..
OF no great moment they said.
1t Is believed that the siCuatur.s
will be attached 10 the document -u
Monday perhaps and that then Trc-i-
dent Harding at once will transmit Il
to the Senate for approval
End Of Farley Ncar.
] That yesterday plcnaIt rH,.p
marks the beginning 81 th.
! conference was the dec .u
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