The New York herald., 1921-12-11
EDITORS IN AMERICA
SEE step FOR PEACE
New Treaty Avoids Vices Of
League Covenant, Says
rSw York Tribune
CALLED A FOUNDATION
Opinion Is Agreement Is
Epoch Making and Will
BE Lasting.
SCEPTICISM is LIMITED
No Ground for Senate to Reject
Pact. is View of st. Louis
.Globe-DemOcrat.'
SCEPTICISM is LIMITED

Following are extracts from the edi-
torial comment OF American news
papers on the four Power treaty af-
nrmed by the arms conference in
Washington:
The New York Tribune-The new
treaty doesn't impose recklessly extended
obligations on the United States, nor
does IL trench on our sovereignty by CIV
ing an international body the right to
summon US to war. We only agree to
submit differences with any of our as
sociates TO gathering of the four
Powers. In case OF aggressive action In
the Pacific by an outside Power-a very
remote contingency-we promise, in
Article IL. to advise with the other three
nations. This article follows the lines
Of the Anglo-Japanese treaty. But It
doesn't pledge unconditional assistance
as the Anglo-Japanese treaty did. Con-
sress will have to decide whether milf
tary aid is to be given or not In essen
tials, therefore, the four Power compact
is not at all a replica of the covenant.
The covenants vices are eliminated. All
we do Is to enter. with sovereignty unim-
paired into an arrangement which pro-
tects our interests in the Pacific and
helps us to avoid dangerous friction
with the other Pacific Powers.
The San Francisco Chronicle---The
agreement between the four Powers does
7 OF delineate or even name a single
right" There is all the opportunity for
disputes that there ever was The one
great step forward which has been made
is that the four nations will not go to
war with each other over their insular
possessions. for it Is certain that II
time Is taken to convene and hold a
conference the people of the four ma
tlons can be relied on to prevent war.
The Los Angeles Times-The quad
ruple alliance as announced yesterday
at Washington on behalf of the United
States, Great Britain. France and Japan
is a long step in the direction of the
preservation of world peace. Not only
do these Powers lay the foundation for
the adjudication of all issues affecting
the regions in the Pacific but by so do
ing they prepare the way for a more
elaborate working arrangement between
all nations to the end that disarmament
may be achieved and peace may be safe
guarded through an association of ma
tons. The first formal action Of the
conference justifies confidence in its
final achievements.
The Rocky Mountain News--Accep-
tance of the treaty among the United
States, Britain, France and Japan abro-
gates the Anglo-Japanese treaty entered
into score OF years ago and which
has played a very important part In
the world history in that period of his
tory making. This substitution of a
four Power treaty for two Power one
Is a relief to the British Dominions. 1t
brings very much closer the English
speaking peoples. Removal of Irish
friction upon the Atlantic cable In the
same week that the pressure was re-
moved from the Pacific line must give
The December week an outstanding
place in the history of to-day and to-
morrow.
The Salt Lake Tribune-It is be-
coming increasingly evident that prac-
tically the whole of the Washington
conference outcome hinges on the at
ttude of Japan. Whether the problem
to be disposed of has to do with naval
establishment limitation. the rehabili-