The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-12-12
Japan Awaiting Instruct
tions-Agreement On
Ratio of Reduction Still
Awaits Further Consid-
eration-Delegates Be-
gin Thinking of Home

Washington, Dec. 12.-(By the As
ISOLATED Press 1.-The arms confer
ence swung into it's fifth week today
with delegates confident that it would
see rapid strides toward the compile
ton of all their major tasks, now def
nitely hoped for by the end of the
year. Another session of the Far
Eastern committee was scheduled for
today to press forward discussion of
the Chinese questions and the SEES
sion Of their separate Shantune con-
ference was called by the Japanese
and Chinese delegates. The impor-
tant question of the control of the
railway in the Japanese leasehoId
there was up for discussion again.
Ratification Expected
London, Dec. 12-Ratification of
the four-power treaty relative to in
sular possessions in the Pacific,
which was announced on Saturday is
believed to be assured when the con-
vention is submitted to the United
States senate, in the view of newspa-
pers here. Today's journals, which
have been commenting favorably upon
the proposed treaty, today greeted
the terms of the convention with en-
thusiasm, and based their forecast of
ratification upon the fact that Sen
ator Lodge presented the treaty at
Saturdays plenary session of the con-
ference on limitation of ornaments.
Reports that world economic con-
ference will probably follow the par
leys at Washington were referred to
by the Daily Express, which said:
This is the best news the world
has had in many years"
Begins Second Month
Washington, Dec. 1.-THE begin
ming Of the second month Of the inter
national conference on limitation of
armament-to give the official title
finds confidence so far advanced to-
ward achievement of it's announced
detectives that in practically every
visiting delegation discussion of home
ward reservations has become a mat
ter of immediate Importance.
Outstanding in any tabulation of
accomplishments is the four-power
agreement, reached in plenary session
Saturday; by this covenant, the Unit
ed States, Great Britain, France and
Japan agreed "as between them
selves to respect their rights in rela-
ton to their insular possessions and
dominions in the region of the Pa.
cific ocean," for the ten years.
Upon ratification of this agreement
the Anglo-Japanese alliance, long re
garded with disquiet in the United
States and several British dominions
will be abrogated
Naval Reduction
Limitation of naval ornaments, the
first subject on the conference agen
da, remains practically in the status
in which it was found after Secretly
Hughes had declared the American
proposal for a reduction of capita
ships to a 5-5-3 ratio basis between
the United States, Great Britain ant
Japan Great Britain and Japan boil
accepted the proposal in principle i'm
mediately, the former making reser
vations to submarine tonnage an
some details as to the ten-year nava
construction holiday which was I
ensue and Japan filing demand for
slightly larger proportionate tonnage
interviewer with the ensuing negotis
tions has been the question OF P;
cific naval bases and Notifications VI
on which no formal action has "
been taken but, it is understood, J;
pan has received assurances of a col
tinuation of the status quo.
Land Armaments
Land ornaments have not yet bee
taken up under the general discussiC
which followed the address to Il
conference by Premier BRAND
France, outlining the position Of TIL
country toward any proposal for T
duction. 1t is the general impressiC
that land forces in themselves WI
not be taken up for any definite a
ton at the present meeting. Ce
tain phases of the subject, howeye
will necessarily be taken up by Il
committee to which was referred Il
task Of drawing up rules of warfaI
Pacific Agreements
The conference on Pacific and F
Eastern questions, comprising Chin
Belgium, Portugal and Holland, in a
dition to the five powers in the maj
conference, have taken action as Z
lows:
Adopted in plenary session the 70
Root points" binding the nine p;
ticipating powers to respect the
dependence, territorial and admin
trative integrity OF China; to provi
unembarrassed opportunity for Chi
to develop and maintain an efecti
government; to maintain equal opp
tunity for all in China to refrain frt
taking advantage Of existing con
tions to 0hfain special rights Will
would abfiass The sikhts q frisp'