The Topeka state journal., 1921-12-06
NOW HANGS FIRE
No Decision Reached on Far
East by Farley.
Every Effort Being Made to
Avoid New Alliance.
FIVE new PLANS OFFERED
United States Refuses to Enter
AnglO-Jap Pact.
All Phases of the Conference
Now Marking Time.

Washington, Dec. 6.-Out of the
maze of rumors and reports of alli-
ances, agreements, ententes and un-
derstandings with which Washington
has been filled for a week past, came
today the positive declaration from an
official source that the administration
is cont emplating no re-alignment of
powers here that can by any chance
be term I an alliance" or an "en-
tente''
1t is not denied that suggestions
have been made to the American del
egation that both Great Britain and
Japan would welcome the scrapping
of the AngIo-Japanese alliance and
the substitution of a tripartite agree
ment to take its place.
Such suggestions have been made,
but the talking has mostly been done
by Japanese and British sources.
What the American delegation has
in mind and what probably will be
brought to completion out of the pres
ent conference, is not an alliance
or an ''entente" it was said, but a
series of treaties or notes, confirming
the decisions that are reached here,
all of which will be submitted to the
United States senate for approval or
ratification.
It has not yet been decided just
what form the final action of the
conference will be put into, i. e.,
whether it will be treaties. protocols,
notes or mere declarations of prin-
ciples.
"'Whatever the decisions are" said
the American spokesman, they must
be put on paper in one form or an
other. Matters of such moment can
hardly be tossed out of the window
for the wind to blow around"
Five Plans Are Offered.
A number of suggestions are now
before the American delegation, it was
stated, and it is probable the final
action of the conference will be ce-
mented by one or more of the agencies
proposed.
1t has been suggested that the
American delegation is now consider
ing; CD A treaty governing the linn
itation of naval armament. to which
the five big powers, America, Great
Britain, France, Japan and Italy
would be signatory; (2) a treaty con-
corning China, based on the four prir-
ciples which were written by Elihu
Root and to which all the nine pow
erS here, including China herself,
would be signatory; cd a treaty be-
tween the United States and Japan
concerning the island of Yap alone;
(4) treaty between Japan and China
concerning Shantung alone; (5) a
treaty or the simultaneous publica-
ton of declarations of principles gov
erning the Pacific. by the United
States, Great. Britain and Japan.
Nothing definite has been decided
upon it was stated. The suggestions
have been considered by the American
delegation in a purely tentative way
and they have also been placed be-
fore the foreign delegations for con-
S1deratlon in the same way.
There is reason to believe that these
tentative suggestions have In some in
stances been cabled abroad Gor the
consideration of home governments in
the shape of tentative drafts.
1t was emphasized today that the
United States will not enter into any
pact designed as a substitute for the
Anglo Japanese alliance. AS for the
alliance itself, it is the confident BELIEF
of American officials that this pact
will fall of its own weight after the
conclusion of the Washington confer
ence.
Meanwhile, the conference still
hung fire today, aside from the
private negotiations of China and
Japan concerning Shantung. All other
activities were suspended out of con-
sideration for the president delivering
his annual message at the regular
opening of congress.
The japanese delegation still awaits
final word from Toxic regarding the
naval ratio program. and 1t is nor
likely Baron Kato will be in a position
to speak until the last of this week,
at the earliest