New-York tribune., 1921-12-13
u. S. Is Conceded Full Ca
BILE and Radio Rights;
Toxic Not to Fortify
Her Mandated Islands
Formal Consent to
Navy Plan Forecast
Opposition in Senate Is
Dwindling; All Phases
of Farley Near Success
By Carter Field

~HSAAAAS VI 04>s oSCs Id he
four-power Pacific treaty, which is
to supersede the Anglo-Japanese al
lance, will be signed at II o'clock to-
morrow morning, it was announced
today. This came Immediately after
the reaching of final agreement on
Yap in a treaty granting the United
States the cable and radio rights
there, which this country has been
attempting to obtain by negotiations
since the Versailles peace confer
ence. In the same treaty Japan
agreed not to fortify the Marshall
or Caroline islands, nor to establish
any military or naval bases in those
islands.
These were two of dozen devel-
opments to-day which, taken to-
gether, aggregate more advance in
the direction of final success for the
conference than has yet been
achieved in any single day. Others
included:
l. Assurance that formal &C.
ceptance by Japan of the 5-5~3
naval ratio is only matter OF
hours" The big three-Hughes,
Balfour and Kato-met this after
noon to consider cables just re-
ceived from Toxic and are to meet
again tomorrow, after which an
nouncenlent that Japan has accept
ed is expected.
Pacific Demands Acccded
2. Assurance that the American
demands in mandate islands both
north of the equator-belonging
to Japan-and south of the equa-
tor-belonging to the British
Empire-would be acceded to,
thus making possible, with the
Yap agreement, the signing to-
morrow of the four-power Pacific
treaty.
3. Announcement that Japan
and other powers would complete
the turning over of the postal sys-
TENS they are now operating in
China to the government of that
country not later than January l,
1923. This is a particularly ter
rible blow to the pessimists, az
they have contended this agree
ment, not fixing a definite time,
would never be carried out.
4. Announcement by a British,
spokesman that Great Britain
would make strong appeal to the
world in an open session of the
conference for the abolition of sub
marines. While the British do not
admit it officially, this is obvious
ly intended to bring world senti-
ment to bear so that some future
conference may attempt this.
Navy Program Revived
5. Naming, as result of the
naval radio being practically set
tied, of a new committee to dis
cuss naval affairs. 1t is to con-
sist of the heads of delegations
and two others from each of the
five naval powers, one from each
country to be a naval expert. This
committee is to go ahead with the
consideration of auxiliary craft
and also to consider the strength
of the French and Italian uavies.
The significance of this is that it
has been said repeatedly that no
other naval question would be
taken up until the 5-5-3 ratio Of
battleships had been disposed of.
6. Progress in the Chino-Jap-
anese negotiations on Shantung
to point where Chinese spokes-
man predicted settlement in the
near future.
Z. Debate in the Senate revealed
that the opponents Of the four
power treaty will have small sup
port, some former irreconcilables
joining in its defense, while the
Democrats contented themselves
with rakng up Article X mem-
cries.
Delegates Plan Departures
Altogether this day was full of body
blows for the pessimists, the converse
tions in many quarters here among the
foreign representatives relating more
to just when the conference will be
brought to a close and just which are
the best boats sailing Just after that.
Incidentally. the United States il
rapidly getting all Of it's old contro-
versies with Japan wiped off the boards
to the satisfaction of every one con-
cerned before the final agreement on
naval armament limitation is reached,
abundantly justifying, in the opiniop