Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1921-12-11


was made at plenary session of the
arms conference by Senator Lodge of
American delegation and was follow.
ed by expressions Of approval by the
pienipotentiaries of Great Britain.
France. Japan, Italy, China, Belgium.
The Netherlands and Portugal
Need Senate Approval
To be binding on the United States
the treaty must be ratified by the SEN
ate, several of whose members with
held comment Saturday night. pending
further study of the text. Open war
was declared on it by some of the ..ir-
reconeiiabies group. of the Versailles
treaty fight, but Republican leaders
and some Democrats declared ratifica-
tion was certain.
Ihe signatures of the representa-
tlves of the powers have not vat been
afflxed to the document, and there is
an lntlmation that they may be with
heid until the question of naval ratio
mas been settled definitely The naval
situation remains unchanged nending
word from Toxic, but there is general
confidence that approval of the Amer
icaa a-o-3 plan will be made unan-
imous IN the very near future.
IN lieu of signature, the principal
delegates have put their initials on
the official copy of the treaty and
senator Lodge said this act Of af-
iirmation was to interpreted as mean
ing that the document has been Sap
proved to all intents and purposes
Decide Other Questions
:. The treaty agreement is expected in
itself to hasten decision not only on
the naval ratio, but on all the other
ISSUES before the arms conference. The
delegates believe they are over the ton
OF the hill, and British spokesman
went so far tonight as to characterize
Ioday session as practically the
oreak up OF the conference" so far as
MAJOR considerations are concerned
One of the first impulses Of Same
OF the senator's was to compare and
contrast the treaty with the League of
Nations covenant which SO lately was
the center of bitter senate fight. Rv
an official spokesman Of the American
delegation. it was pointed out that
feature OF the covenant on which at
tack was concentrated is omitted from
the tour power peace. agreement. In
article, 10 of the league. the members
agreed to respect and preserve each
others territorial integrity, but in the
Ine new treaty the. pledge is to IRE
spect territorial rights in the Pacific
The commission of the guarantees ~
preserve the integrity of foreign ma
tons, is declared by the American dele.
gates to constitute an all-important dis
tmctlon between an alliance and a
compact for peaceful solution Of fin.
ture controversies.
In presenting the treaty. Senator
Lodge said it had been accented hy
the United States subject to satis-
factory conclusion of the negotiations
now now proceeding over the island of
zap, and also with reservations rela
t,ve to the inundated islands south Of
the EQUATOR 1t was explained by
american spokesman later that the at
utude OF the American government in
respect to mandates had been in nn
way modified by the treaty.
Approve Last Question
At its open session Saturday the
arms conference also gave formal an
proyal to several Of the resolutions On
Chinese problems adopted by the far
eastern committee of the whole. The
-four points of Elihu Root. the dec
laratl0n On extra-territoriality, and
the agreements relative to China's neu-
trality and future treaties affecting
her were included in the resolutions
thus spread formally on the records
Of the conference.
Although the plenary session occu-
pied the attention of the delegates un-
Ill afternoon. the Japanese and Chi
aese, in harmony. with the purpose to
press collateral issues to a conclusion.
1eld meeting late in the day and re
ported considerable progress in the ne
,otiations over Shantung Next week
he far eastern committee will re-
,ume its consideration of the Chinese
situation and it is possible that M
,ther plennary session viii b. heM
.arly next week to record the agree
nent on naval ratio.
All Approve Pact
The hour devoted BY the conference
o the four power treaty constituted
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