Middletown transcript., 1921-12-17
THE FOUR-POWER
TREATY ANNOUNCED
New Plan Supercedes Anglo
Japanese Pact
9 POWER VOICE APPROVAL
Treaty Agreement Expected TO Pave
Way For Early Decisions On
Naval Ratio and Other
Issues.

Washington. - The representatives
of the United States, Great Britain,
France and Japan by brief and simple
methods swept aside Objectionable
AngloJapanese Alliance nd pledged
their Governments to respect" the
rights of each other in the Pacific
ocean, and thereby remove a potential
cause for future wars.
The announcement of the agreement
was made under dramatic conditions
before the delegates Of nine Powers
participating in the Conference for the
Limitations of Armaments and the
Discussion of Far Eastern and Pacific
Problems.
The new undertaking, which will
supersede the AngloJapanese ALL
ance, received the full approval Of
Great Britain, France and Japan. The
acceptance of it by the United States
is contingent upon the assent Of Japan
to reservations relating to the man
dated 0islands in the Pacific, with spe-
cial reference to Yap.
demands Of this country for equal priv
ileges in these inundated islands are
progressing and practically concluded
to the satisfaction of all pasties con-
cerned.
The new treaty was indorsed not
only by the four Powers whose sig
natures will be finally appended to the
document, but by the representatives
of Holland, Belgium, Italy, Portugal
and China, although the latter country
insisted until the last that it be in
cluded in the arrangement. The Of
fcials Of this Government do not ex-
press the slightest doubt of the &C.
ceptance Of the new treaty by the
Senate, although they expect some
opposition to it from the "irrecon-
ctlable" Republican group and few
Democratic Senators.
The acceptance of the new Pacific
treaty by the officials Of this Govern
ment, Great Britain, France and japan,
is regarded by the delegates to the
International Conference as being Of
almost as great importance as the
agreement over the limitation of naval
armaments, which will probably be an
nounced at the next public session of
the conference, probably this week.
The Japanese Government cabled its
full assent to the new four-power
agreement effective today, but its de-
cision as to naval ratios has not been
forwarded, or at least has not been
presented, circumstance which nat
urally creates the suspicion that Japan
has withheld it until satisfactory
substitute for the Anglo-Japanese
treaty had been approved.
With the first definite move to clear
up the international situation success.
fully negotiated, delegates to the In.
ternational Conference believe that So
lutions for remaining problems will be
speedily found. They admit, however,
that there are many difficulties ahead,
most or all Of them relating to the
future of China
The agreement reached by the dele
gates of, the United States, Great
Britain and France imposes no obli-
CATION on this or any country that is
not specifically set forth in the instru-
ment itself. There Is no "joker," hid
den meaning or Interior purpose con-
cealed in the phases of one of the
briefest and simplest international in
struments Of its kind.
This at least is the view Of the
officials of this country and its dele
gates in the conference. They say
there is no "Article 10" in it.
The outstanding feature Of the
agreement, of course, is the abandon
ment of the alliance between Great
Britain and Japan, against which this
had. set its face. The
substitute agreement merely pledges