The Raymer enterprise. (New Raymer, Weld County, Colo.) 1910-19??, 1921-12-22
Pacific Peace Treaty Signed and
Agreement on Navy Plan
Is Announced.
CHINA PROBLEM IS HARDER
Irish Pact Before British Parliament
and Dali Elreann for Ratification
War Between Chile and
Peru Threatend Over
Tacna-Arica.
BY EDWARD W. PickARp


G TEADILY and sanely the Washing
~ ton conference Is performing the
great task which President Harding
set for II. Such was the progress
made last week that It seemed likely
the major problems would be solved
before the holidays and that the con-
ference would adjourn, leaving details
to be settled by experts and certain Of
the questions to be handled by future
conferences.
The way was cleared effectively by
the quadruple agreement for stabillza-
| ton Of peace In the Pacific. This, In
the form Of treaty, was signed on
Tuesday by the delegates Of the four
powers and now awaits formal ratif-
cation by the legislative bodies OF
those nations. That 1t will be ratified
In Great Britain. France and Japan Is
beyond doubt, and there are few who
think that the American senate will
not also accept 1t. Senator Borah OF
course has announced his opposition
to the treaty, and Senators Reed and
LaFollette stand with him. They pro-
fess to find In Its second article com
mitments similar to those In Article
10 Of the League Of Nations covenant,
and even worse than the latter. So
far no one else worth mentioning has
discovered the terrible danger In Ar
ticle 2. Those who approve Of the
treaty-and they appear to be decid-
eddy In the majority both In the SEN
ate and In the country generally
agree with Premier Takahashi Of
Japan, who says the pact Is the
grandest contribution to the cause Of
peace ever recorded In history"
There were rumors In Washington
that former President Wilson was ad-
vising the Democratic senators to
fight the treaty, but more reliable re-
ports were to the effect that he had
urged them not TO commit themselves
until the conference had completed Its
work and the pact could be studied
In its relations to the other agreements
reached. OF course Senator Under
wood, the Democratic leader In the
senate, cannot oppose the treaty for
he signed 1t as one Of the delegates.
When President Harding will send II
In for ratification IL not known. Il
may not be until after the holiday
recess.
WITH that treaty out Of Its way,
w the conference resumed consld-
Grafton Of the naval reduction and
limitation plan. The Japanese plead
ed earnestly to be permitted to retain
their new pet dreadnaught, the Mutsu.
For several days the Americans held
out against this. but finally II was
agreed to, with the understanding that,
to maintain the 5-5-3 ratio, the Ameri-
can navy should retain the super
dreadnaughts Colorado and Washing
ton In place Of the Delaware and the
North Dakota, and that Great Britain
should retain two Of the new Hood
type battlaships already planned. But
those Ho"d vessels as designed would
be more powerful than either the Col
orado or the Mutsu class. so 1t was
suggested that they should not be
built any larger than the Colorado.
This plan was accepted By all and
the naval agreement was formally an
nounced to the conference. The pact
Includes the provision that there shall
be no increases In Notifications and
naval bases in the Pacific region, in
Guiding the British case and fortifica-
tons at Hongkong and Kow Loon.
This restriction does not apply to the
Hawaiian islands, Australia, New Yea.
land, and Japan proper, nor to the
coasts Of the United States and Can
ada.