The Washington times., 1921-12-10


included many Senators. who iater
will be called upon 10 ratify the words
he enunciated.
Text Of Lodges Speech.
Senator Lodges speech. made at the
opening of the conference, follows:
ct should be insensible. indeed, II
did not feel deeply gratified by the op-
portunity which has come to me to
lay before the conference the draft OF
a treaty, the terms of which have been
agreed upon by. four of the great pow
ers of the earth In regard to the
islands of the Pacific which they con-
troll, either as possessions or domin-
IONS. will begin by reading to the
conference the treaty. which 10 both
brief and simple. and yet am sure %
full OF meaning and Importance to the
worlds peace.
QIere he read the text OF the treaty.
1.-THE signing Of this treaty 10, on
the part OF the United States. subject
to tho making of q convention with
Japan concerning the status OF the
Island Of zap and what are termed
the inundated islands in the Pacific
ocean north of the equator. the neso-
tiations in regard to which are almost
concluded, and also to the reservations
Will Te6peCtf TO- what "a q te1tucu tuS
inundated islands In the Pacific ocean
south Of the equator.
Avoids Domestic Problems.
..It should also be observed that the
controversies to which the proposed
treaty refers do not embrace questions
which. according to principles Of IN
ternational law, lie exclusively within
the domestic jurisdiction of the re-
spective powers.
THE conference will perceive that
/ spoke correctly when I referred 70
che terms Of the treaty as simple. To
put it in a few words, the treaty
provides that the four signatory
powers will agree az between them
gelves to respect their. fnsular pos.
sessions and dominions In the region
of the Pacific. and X any contro-
versy should arise az to such rights.
all the high contracting parties shall
be invited to joint conference look
ing to the adjustment Of such contro-
yersy. They agree to take similar
action in the case of aggression by
any other power upon these insulsr
possessions or dominions.
THE agreement is to remain IN
force for ten years. and after ratifi-
cation under the constitutional meth
OBS of the high contracting parties
the existing agreement between Great
Britain and Japan, which was con-
cluded at London on July 10, 1911.
shall terminate. And that is all.
Each signer is bound to respect
the rights of the others, and before
taking action in any controversy to
consult with them. There Is no pro-
vision for. the use Of force to carry
out any of the terms OF the agree
ment, and no military or naval sane
ton turks anywhere in the back
ground or under cover of these plain
and direct clauses.
To Remove Causes OF War.
1.-THE surest way to prevent war is
to remove the causes OF war, This Is
an attempt to- remove causes of war
over, great area of the globes sur
face by reliance upon the good
faith and honest intentions of the
nations which sign the treaty, solv-
ing all differences through the
processes Of diplomacy and joint con-
itlfst =.
mo doubt we shall hear 1t said
that the region to which this agree.
ment applies Is one most unlikely
to give birth to serious disputes, ard
an agreement Of this char
acter is of little consequence.
History unhappily has shown that
there Is no corner of the earth so
remote or so valueless that 1t Is MOI
of giving cause for contro-
versy or even for war between the
tribe and the nations of mankind.
But the islands of the Pacific, nj.
though remote from the dwelling
places of the mass Of humanity are
far from valueless.
1.-The islands Of the southwestern
Pacific extend over vast space In
that great ocean. They reach from
the Marquesas on the east to the
Philippines on the west: from the
Aleutian islands on the north nearly
to the Antarctic circle on the south.
They are far more numerous than Ii
believed. / don't know what
the total number is, but am in
formed as to the Philippines. and it
appears that this group alone contains
over 300 islands, Of which 1900 have
names.
Quotes Browning.
I'VE have all probably heard Of the
of Robert Louis Stevenson.
when, on leaving one of the Pacific
islands, he was asked how he was GO
ing to Samoa. He replied that he
should just go out and turn to the
left. These islands are, comparatively
speaking, so dense that we might de-
scribe them in the words of Brown
ing as the
"'Sprinkled Isles,
Lily on lily that o'eriace the sea-
And yet the region through which
they are scattered is 80 vast that the
isles of Greece and the Aegean sea, so
famous in history and in poetry. could
easily be lost therein and continue
except by wandering sea.
men or stray adventurers. They range
from Australia, continental in magni-
tude, to atolls, where there are no
jewellers but the builders OF the coral
reefs or lonely rocks marking the
peaks of mountains which rise up
from the oceans floor through miles
of water before they touch the air.
To the western and eastern world
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