Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1921-12-10
Il, s, SUBSTITUTE
FOR ALLIANCE
IS ACCEPTED
France is Last to Approve
Hughes Will Announce
Text of Agreement
ENDS WAR CAUSES
Congress to be Asked to Pass Upon
Final Results Of Peace Confer
ence.

Pacific problems as causes for
war will be shelved today.
A four-power agreement substitut-
ing round table conferences for force
will be agreed upon.
Participants will be the United
States, Great Britain, Japan and
France, allied and associated in the
world war and now again to be as
sociated for a term of not less than
ten years.
The last power formally to approve
the American substitute for the
Anglo-Japenese alliance. France, en-
phatically agreed to all of its pro-
visions last night. Within an hour
thereafter, Secretary Of State Charles
E. Hughes, as chairman of the con-
ference, rushed out call for the
fourth plenary session Of the confer
ence, rushed out call of the confer
ence. 1t will be held in Continental
Memorial hall at II o'clock today.
The program still was trifle in
complete last night. 1t had been
agreed between the principal dele
gates to the conference that formal
announcement Of the agreement to
the pact would be affirmed: that the
text of the agreement would be spread
broadcast before the world, and that
Chairman Hughes would make an ad-
dress in which he will review the prog
ress of the conference to date.
1t was not expected that Japan's
acceptance Of the Hughes naval ratio
would be affirmed at this session. The
japanese delegation stiA is without
complete authority to assume this
position. The public reason assigned
! is cable delays. The actual one IS
that Japan must. be afforded at. least
the senlbapce of real diplomatic
victory to assuage the sentiment Of
her people before she writes her as
se6t to any agreement that actually
makes her the third naval power in
the world instead of what she has
aspired to become-the leading one.
All along this has been the attitude
Of Japan. The newspapers there, and
the leaders of the military party, have
been conducting campaign to compel
the delegation here 10 force an IN
crease in Japan's proportion Of capl-
tai ships from six to seven as COM
pared with the 10 per cent. assigned
Britain and the United States. In
this they have been assisted to a very
great degree by the sentiment through
out the country for the proposed naval
program which the United States has
demanded shall be scrapped. = !,
This program, Admiral Kato and
his associates have explained to Mr..
Hughes and the other, delegates, was
arranged after the most careful con-
sideration. 1t imposed upon the Jap
anese people tremendous weight OF
taxes But appeals to motives of pa
triotism held in check the discomfort
Of the people The martyred pre-
mier Hara. had assured the people
that it was necessary and, as a COM
moner, his word had been accepted
without question.
It was this sentiment rampant
that the japanese people were called
upon to scrap the Matsu and all of
their other great new naval fighting
machines building. There has been
much murmuring. AS result the
position of the japanese delegation
here has been made increasingly dli-
ficult. Then there came the sugges-
ton from British sources that Great
Britain was inclined to scrap the
Anglo-Japanese alliance. This brought
about in Japan feelings of deep re-
sentiment not alone against Great Bri-
tain but against the cntcd States DE-
cause it was felt there hat the desire
of the whites to stand with whites
really was at the bottom of the whole
thing.
This was the situation facing
Japan and this is the reason promi-
nent conference officials say why
there has been so great delay in
Japan announcing her position. The
four-pact substitute for the Anglo
japanese treaty will remedy this ac-
cording to the views of those dele
gates who would discuss the program
last night. It aligns Japan with the
other great nations of the world.
1t assures the japanese people
that they not only are not considered
! inferior TO the other peoples of the
world, but that their hearty coopera-
ton as custodians Of world peace in
their own particular sphere of influ-
encc has hcen welcomed Announce
mcnt that this is reality and that
it has been fully agreed to by the
conference here will absolutely swing
public opinion in Japan from posi-
tion of opposition to acceptance Of
the naval ratio to one Of warm
hearted Endorsement, in the opinion
of the delegation leaders.
1t was not of course fully certain
! that the naval ratio would not also be