Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1921-12-14
TREATY To END
JAPAN ALLIANCE
United States Joins Three Pow
ers in Pacific Pact.
AGREEMENT NOT AN ALLIANCE
America, Britain, France and Japan
Have Under Consideration Plan to
Settle Question-Will Be Sub
mitted to Senate.

Washington, Dec. S.-The fOur-pow-
er agreement being considered by the
United States. Great Britain. Japan
and France, 1t was learned from ON
cial American sources. would be an
agreement for joint consultation on
any matters affecting interests OF
those nations In the Pacific Islands.
and not an alliance or technical en-
tente.
The agreement is i'm process OF be-
ing reduced to treaty form, II was
said, and If accepted is To be submit
ted TO the senate.
The proposed undertaking is de-
signed TO do away with the Anglo
japanese alliance, and proposals have
gone TO Japan for remuneration of that
alliance If the new agreement should
be cOnsummated.
As now under negotiation. the
agreement is To be limited to the Pa
cific islands. Under the tentative pro-
posals, each of the powers would
agree to consult each other before go-
ing to war on any differences that
should arise relating TO these Islands
Fortifications Not Affected.
The agreement. American officials
said. would not deal with fOrtitica-
tions in the Pacific. nor with ques-
lions relating 10 the Island of Zap.
Neither would it deal with any mat
tiers affecting China, but only those
relating to islands of the Pacific.
The questions at issue between the
United States and Japan relating To
cable facilities and other matters at
fecting the Island of zap are To be
dealt with in separate treaty--which
was said TO be near completion.
The fOur-pOwer agreement is said
to have already been given approval
I'm principle by British representatives,
at the conference. The substance OF
the proposed treaty also. IL was said.
has been cabled TO Tokyo and Paris.
The formal responses of the British,
japanese and French governments
still remain To be received, however.
The opinion I'm American quarters
was hopeful for final negotiation of
the new treaty.
The American delegates had an0th-
er meeting. and it was reported dis
cussed at length the situation relating
TO the four-pOwer agreement. This.
IL was said. was regarded i'm Ameri-
can quarters as a separate proceed
ing from the American proposals for
limitation of naval armament, but il
was expected that aH accord on both
the Pacific islands treaty and the
naval program might be reached ST
multaneOusly.
Expect Bipartisan Support.
In American circles II was said that
n full understanding OF the proposed
agreement. with the official statement
that an s9fianee or even an entente
was not the aim. would remove much
of the criticism which already has de-
velOped in some quarters. All four
of the American delegates were re-
ported as favoring the fOur-pOwer
agreement.
One American official said that he
had no doubt that when the agree
ment was fully understood 10 would
meet with bipartisan support upon be-
ing submitted to the senate. Those
who have advocated American en-
trance To the League of Nations, II
was said. would be consistent in Civ
ing their support OF the new proposed
agreement.
The explanation given in American
quarters to the negotiations empha-
sized that il was designed to keep
peace in the Pacific by dealing with
all matters relating to the Pacific
islands. but without being cOmplicat-
ed by agreements relating to China
or territory other than the Pacific
islands. Also IL was said that the sim
plicity of the fOur-pOwer agreement
IN its single obligation for cOnsulta-
ton between the powers before dec
laration of war. should win favor.