The Washington herald., 1921-12-10
ENDS WAR CAUSES
Hughes Will Announce
Text of Agreement
To Conference.
NAVAL QUESTION
STILL UNSETTLED
Congress Will Be Asked
To Pass on Results
Of Farley.


war will be shelved today.
A four-power agreement sub
stituting round table conferences
for force will be agreed upon.
Participants viii be the Uniied
States. Great Britain. Japan aud
France, allied and associated In tie
world war and now again TO hn
associated, for a term Of not less
than ten years.
The last power formally 70 an
prove the American substitute.
/ for the AnGlo-Japancse alliance.
France. empnatically agreed 10 all
OF its provisions last night. Within
an hour thereafter. Secretary o.
State Charles T.. Hughes. as chair
man OF the conference. rushed out
a call Tor she fourth pleuary ses-
sion of the conference. u will be
held in Continental Memorial Han
at II o'clock TODAY.
VIII Make Text Public.
/ The program stiu was a trtae
/ incomplete last night II had been
agreed between the principal dele
gates to the conference that FOR
NAL announcement Of the agree
ment TO the pact would be 'affirmed:
Z that the text OF the agreements
would be spread broadcast before
the world. and that Chairman
Hughes would make an address In
which he will review the progress
Of the conference 20 date.
II was not expected tat Japan's
acceptance Of the Hughes naval
ratio would he affirmed at this scs-
sion. The japanese delegation stIu
is without complete authority O.
assume this position. The public
reason assigned is cable delsys
The actual one is that Japan mus;
be afforded at least the semblance
OF a real diplomatic victory 90 as-
suaEe the sentiment of her pcople
before she writes her assent TO anv
agreement that actually makes her
the third naval power in the world
instead ~ what she has aspired
. to hecome-the leading one.
Sentiment for strong Nsyy.
+ All along this has been the attitude
of Japan. The newspa pers there. and
f the leaders Of the military party. have
been conducting a campaign to compel
. the delegation here to force an in
crease in Japan's proportion Of capital
ships from six to seven as compared
d
and the United States. In this the,
. have been assisted 10 n very great de
gree by the sentiment throughout tie
country for the proposed naval nro.
gram which the United States has de-
manded shall be scrapped
This program. Admiral Eato and his
associates have explained 20 NJ.
Hughes and the other delegates. was
arranged after the most careful con
sideration. II imposed upon the Ja9-
anese people a tremendous weight or
taxes. But appeals to motives ~
patriotism held in checl; the dtsconient
, Of the people. The martyred Premier
1 Hara had assured tho people that Il
was necessary and. as a commoner.
[ his word had been accepted without
/ question.
Resent British Attitude.
II was this sentiment rampant that
/ the japanese people were called upon
/ to scrap the Matsu and all Of their
other great new naval fighting ma
chimes building. There has been much
murmuring. As a result the position
/ OF the japanese delegation here has
been made increasingly difficult. Then
there came the suggestion from Brit
] ish sources that Great Britain was
, inclined TO scrap the -Anglo-Japanese
alliance. This brought about In Japan
! feelings OF deep resentment not alone
against Great Britain but against thc
United States because it was felt there
that the desire Of the whites 10
stand with whites really was at the
bottom OF the whole thing.
This was the situation facing
Japan and this is the reason. b
1 why there has been so great a de-
/ lay in Japan announcing her post
/ tion. The four-pact substitute for
/ the Anglo-Japanese treaty will
remedy this. according to the views
/ OF those delegates who would Dis
cuss the program last night n
aligns Japan with the other sreat
/ nations OF the world
] IT assures the Japanese peanle
4 that they not only are not consid-
cred inferior to the other peoples
I Of the world. but that their hearty
| cooperation as custodians Of world
peace in their own particular sphere
| OF influence has been welcomed
| Announcement that this Is a reality
and that Il has been fully agrced
/ to by the conference here viii Fh-
solutely swing public opiri N IN
Japan from a position o: Oppose
tion TO acceptance Of the naval
ratio TO one Of warm-helrted in
dorsement. in the opinion Of the
| delegation leaders.
IL was not Of course fully Ger
| tain that the naval ratio would not
| also be considered today Last
night the japanese delegation said
that they still were awaiting posi-
tive instructions from Tokyo. These
might come at any moment, they
said. But they were inclined 20
believe that Il might be some time
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