Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-12-07
4 POWERS ACT
ON AGREEMENT
Provides for Joint ConSuIta-
tion on Any Matters Af-
fecting the Nations
PACIFIC ISLANDS ISSUE
Is Being Considered by the u.
S., Great Britain, France
and Japan

WASHINGTON, Dec. z (By The
Associated Press) THE four power
agreement being considered by the
United States. Great Britain, Japan
and France. it was learned today
from official American sources,
would be an agreement for joint
consultation on any matters affect
ing interests of those nations in the
Pacific islands and not in alliance or
technical entente.
The agreement is in process of be-
ing reduced to treaty form. it was
said, and If accepted is to be sub
mitted to the senate.
The proposed undertaking is de-
signed to do away with the Anglo
Japan alliance.
AS now under negotiation the
agreement is to be limited to the
Pacific Islands. Under the tentative
agreements each of the powers
would agree to consult each other
before going to war on any differ
ences that might arise relating to
those islands.
The agreement, American officials
tions or with relations to- thasjsland
of Yap. Neither would 1t deal with
any matters affecting China but only
those relating to islands of the
Pacific.
Resolutions insuring the territorial
integrity of China and providing for
use of wireless stations in China
were adopted unanimously today by
the nine powers represented on the
committee on Pacific and Far East
ern questions.
The committee in executive ses-
sion also considered further China's
request for removal of foreign troops
and abandonment of leased territory
in China but deferred action on
these questions until tomorrow.
WASHINGTON, Dec. (By The
Associated Press)-A tentative pro-
posal for an agreement between the
United States and other powers to
replace the Anglo-Japanese alli-
ance has been called to London
as we'll as to Toxic as a result of
the last meeting of the arms con-
ference's big three.
Official confirmation that a sug-
gestion for a new international con-
cert has taken definite form, was
given today by the British. Details
were not revealed. but an author
ized British spokesman said that
certain suggestions, were formu-
lated and telegraphed to London, y
after the conference last week be-
tween Secretary Hughes. Arthur j.
Balfour and Admiral Baron Kato.
The British spokesmen added that
it might thoroughly be inferred
that If these proposals should find
general acceptance they would have
the effect of terminating the An
glo-Japanese alliance for which
there would be no further use. AL
though no similar official statement
has been made by the japanese 1T
is known the tentative agreement
was called also to Toxic and the de-
lay in receiving a more definite
statement of positions from the
Japanese capital is attributed to
questions raised by this new phase
of the negotiations, rather than to
indecision over the naval ratio.
Meantime the American delega-
ton is revealing nothing whatever
regarding it's attitude toward the
proposed arrangement. American
spokesmen hold to their insistence
that the question is not at a stage
where anything can be said about
it to the public.
State G. O. p. Praises Harding
TRENTON, Dec. 1.-THE Repub-