The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-12-13
Now Anxious to Have Confer
ence Meet Again.
SIGNING WAS INFORMAL
Only Two Copies of Actual
Treaty Bear Signatures.
Harding Feels Senate Already
Knows the Terms.

WASHINGTON Dec. 13=The new
four-power treaty was signed formal
~ today but the American delegates
affixed their signatures subject to a
written reservation that the treaty
should not affect the American policy
toward mandates nor cover any con-
troversy involving a question within
the domestic Jurisdiction of any
power.
In turn the plenipotentiaries Of the
United States. Great Britain, France
and Japan placed their signatures
upon the treaty and later signed
copies both in English and French of
the American reservation.
The reservation is in two parts, the
first calculated to cover temporarily
the question OF zap and other man
dated islands which are to be made
the subject of a SPECIAL treaty.
Text of L. S. Reservation
The text of the reservation follows:
In signing the treaty this day be-
tween the United States of America
the British empire. France and ia
PAN it is declared to be the under
standing and intent Of the signatory
powers:
THAT the treaty shall apply TO
the inundated islands in the Pacific
ocean, provided. however. that the
making of the treaty shall not be
deemed to be an assent on the part of
the United States of America to the
mandates and shall not preclude
agreements between the United States
a. America and the mandatory pow
ers respectively in relation to the
maudated islands.
THAT the controversies to which
the second paragraph of article one
refers shall not be taken to embrace
questions which. according to princi
pies of international law. lie exclu-
sively within the domestic jurisdiction
of the respective powers"
Harding Wants Another Session.
President Harding is hopeful that
the conference on Limitation of arma-
ments will make provisions for an
other session next year before it final
ly adjOurnS its Washington meeting
it was reiterated at the White House
this afternoon, in the presidents bi-
weekly conference. The president is
anxious that there shall be interna-
tional conferences annually in the fu-
turc.
The president. it was stated. will
take no steps towards approving pro-
posals for international economic con
conference has been completed.
No Hurry To Submit Pact.
President Harding is going to be
lin no hurry" to submit the treaty to
the senate it was officially announced
at the White House this afternoon.
No date for submission has been set.
The president feels that the senate
knows the contents of the treaty and
it is better to allow the senators time
to study thOroly before asking ratifica-
tion. The White House wants to
eradicate any impression of haste OF
of tanning it thru"
The president indicated that he may
send the document up without any
special message other than the formal
message of transmittal with a request
that it be ratified.
Signing Was Informal.
The actual signing was most infor-
NAL. Instead of sitting around the
great long table which is the chief
article of furniture in the room the
delegates stood in small groups and
chatted informally while the signing
was in process.
There were sixteen signatures for
nnally attached to the document-four
from the United States. Secretary of
State Hughes. Senator Henry Cabot
Lodge, Ehhu Root and Senator Oscar
W. Underwood. There were seven
British signatures-Arthur J. Balfour
Sir Auckland Geddes and Lord Lee of
Fareham signed for Great Britain:
Sir Robert Borden for Canada; SEN
atOr George +. Pearce for Australia.
Sir J. L. Salmond for New Zealand
and V s. Astri for India. For France.
NJ. Viviani. For Japan, there were
four-Prince Tokugawa. Baron Kato.
Am bassador Shidehara and NJ. Hani-
hara, vice minister of foreign affairs
Only Two Copies.
actually signed
The United States viii furnish GER
titled copies of the document TO the
other powers. the original copies, one