Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1921-12-11
Representatives Of Great
Britain, France and Japan
Wax Eloquent in Lauding
New Agreement,
APPLr PUNCTUREs
p. 1ESS OF LODGE
A,s$sSrs of the u, S, on
! .$yRndates Has Been In
80 Way Modified By the
-<Ireaty, Spokesman State
nv The Associntsa Press, ,

washington, Dec. ~ Wy the AS
sociated Press. In presenting the
four-power treaty to the arms con-
ference today, Senator Lodge said
| it had been accepted by the United
1 States subject to a satisfactory
conclusion OF the negotiations pro-
ceeding over Yap, and also with
reservations relative to the man
dated islands south of the equa-
tor.
| 1t was explained by American
spokesmeu later that the attitude
of the American government upon
the mandates has been in no way
modified by the treaty.
The conference also gave formal
approval to several resolutions on
Chinese problems adopted by the
Far Eastern committee of the
whole. The -four points of Elihu
| Root, the declaration on eXtra-ter-
ritoriality, and the agreements rel
ative to China's neutrality and fu-
| ture treaties affecting her were
included in the, resolutions spread
| formally on the records.
Shantung Negotiations.
| Although the plenary session oc-
cupied the attention of the dele-
| gates until afternoon the japanese
and Chinese met and reported con-
siderable progress in the Shantung
| negotiations. Next week the Ear
Eastern committee will resume its
| deliberations and it is possible an
| other plenary session will be held
early next week to record the
agreement on naval ratio.
The hour devoted by the confer
ence to the Horsepower treaty con-
stituted a memorable chapter in
the history of diplomacy. Assem-
bled about the big green table in
Continental hall. flanked by ther
advisers and by galleries packed
with the notables of many nations,
| the plenipotentiaries expressed
their realization of the import OF
/ the new international alignment.
Viviani Was Eloquent.
Senator Lodges address was de-
! livered with an emphasis which
kept delegates and spectators
hanging on his every word. Rene
Viviani, war premier of France,
voicing the devotion of his gov
ernment to peace and concord, rose
to passages so eloquent that al
though he spoke in French, the
hall was swept repeatedly by APP
plause.
In the clear style so strongly
Characteristic of British oratory.
A, J. Balfour related why Great
Britain was ready to lay aside her
alliance with Japan to accept Il
place in a broader circle of friend
ly nations, and Prince Tokugawa,
speaking for Japan, summed in a
few sentences the qualification of
his country at the turn of affairs,
Applause from delegates greeted
Senator Lodges delineation of the
new treaty, as an agreement based
on good faith, with no military
or naval sanction" lurking in the
background. Repeatedly he was
applauded as he went on to de-
clare that a new day of interna-
tional understanding had made
"this great experiment" possible.
and to appeal unto the men and
women of the nations to help us
sustain 1t in spirit and in truth
When he finished the handicap
ping continued for moro than a
minute.
M. Viviani recounted the suffer-
ings of his people in the war to en- |
phasize the national devotion to in
etruments of peace, France, he
added, will be ready always to keep 4
her word and although she knew
the price of conflict, would rot hes
itate to seal with blood anyI
agreement into which she entered. |
Balfour Speaks.
Turning to the Anglo Japanese
alliance, Mr.. Balfour declared |
Great Britain was we'll aware of |
the suspicion in America because
the two-power agreement had been
continued after causes for 1t had
disappeared in the collapse of Ger
many, and Russia. But the asso-
Citations of twenty years, he con-
tinued, were not easily broken, and
that break was compensated only
by the merging of the old relation
ship into one of broader import
that would bring satisfaction to
every part of the empire.
"All Japan" Prince Tokugawa
said, would likewise rejoice of the
new arrangement, although, he
added, the Japanese reciprocated
the British expressions of appre-
citation over results Of the old al
lance. Representatives of the
other nations confined themselves
to simple declarations of approval,
except in the case of China. Min
lister SEE adding that it was to be
supposed the treaty would Supple
ment by further convention to
which all the powers. including
China. will be parties"
Scope of Agreement.
In outlining the scope of the
four-power agreement, the speak
ers emphasized that 'it applies
only to the Pacific, islands and in
no way to China or any other part
of the Asiatic mainland In the
view Of some American delegates 1t
applies not only to Hawaii. which
naval authorities always
have regarded as part of the
mainland because 1t is
a vortex of the Pacific "defensive
triangle" but also to all of the
islands which make up the Japan
ese empire.
A British spokesman said that
although the Japanese grodp was
to be regarded as within the pro-
visions of the treaty, those belong
ing to The Netherlands were not to
be considered as coming under the
agreement. because the government
was not a party to 1t. In the Same
way, this spokesman said. the minor
islands under Chinese sovereignty
lay outside the treaty stipulations