Evening star., 1922-02-06
SIX COMPLETED TREATIES
- NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Naval Po,ger, Submarine, Gas, Open Door in
China and. zap Pacts Among Those
Banishing War Clouds.

'caSles in the Pacific, SO that one goes
to, the United States, one to Japan and
one to toThe-Netherlands.
Boufteen Vital Regulations.
Briefly, the fourteen resolutions
given conference approval embody
the following decisions:
eign post offces fTEm China on Jan
uary /. 1928. prosidSa China main.
tains an efficient postal. service and
continues in Office the. psesent for
eign co-director generaf.
Establishment of an intet3ational
nese judicial system with view to
abolition of extraterritorial rights.
Authorization for consultation be-
tween foreign diplomats and Chinese
officials at Peking with view to
withdrawal of foreign troops from
China.
REIMBURSEMENT to China Of unau-
thor ,zed foreign radio stations on
Chinese soil, with the stipulation that
all plants are to be used for official
messages only except in emergency.
Agreement to exchange full infor-
nation among the nations regarding
all international commitments that
affect China.
Creation of a board of reference.
to consider cases arising under the
open door and railway provisions of
the general far eastern treaty.
Curb ON New War Agencies.
Convening of special commission
of the five powers to meet in the
near future and consider rules to gov
ern the use Of new agencies Of war
fare. By second resolution on the
same subject it is declared that the
commission shall not review or re-
port upon" the submarine and poison
gas rules laid down in the treaty on
that subject.
Recommendation that "better pro-
lection" be given the Chinese eastern
railway. Another resolution attached,
but not subscribed to by China, de-
clared the Chinese government must
be held responsible for its obliga tions
regarding the road. Expression Of
hope that the Chinese railways may
be developed toward a unified sys-
tenn under Chinese control.
request on the part Of the other
powers that China reduce her mill
tary forces.
supplementary agreement to the
naval limitation treaty, declaring the
nations "in honor bound not to dis
pose Of ships which are listed for
scrapplns, before the>treaty is rati-
supplementary agreement to the
our-Power Pacific treaty. excluding
the islands of the Japanese homeland
from the treaty provisions.
Declarations Also Far-Reaching.
or the declarations" made by the
various delegations and formally
spread on the records Of the confer
ences chief Interest attached to those
relating to Siberia and the twenty
one demands" Regarding Siberia,
Japan disavowed any territorial de-
signs In Russia, and pledged herself
to withdraw her troops from Siberia
as soon as stable conditions warrant,
while the United States reasserted it's
hope that the withdrawal would not
t be long e. delayed. The famous
mands' was abandoned by Japan,
along with other concessions relating
to economic and political conditions
in Manchuria and Mongolia. China
filed protest against the remaining
portions Of the ''dema nds," and the
United States reiterated its inten-
which might abridge American rights.
The British declaration of readiness
to withdraw from the leased territory
of Wef-Hai-Wei was not elaborated,
but will he taken up in diplomatic ex-
changes between London and Peking
AS supplement to the far eastern
treaty, China declared her intention
not to ALLEVIATE any additional portion
of her territory. and as a supplement
to the tariff treaty she agreed to re-
tain the present maritime customs
system. In two supplements to the
radio resolution, China declared she
recognized no right to install foreign
sent, and the powers other than China
declared that in future wireless dis
putes the open door policy must be
applied