The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-01-11
PACT WORDING
Is CLEARED UP
BY DELEGATES
Agreement Reached on All
Articles Of Draft Except De-
tails of Pacific Fortifications
Understanding.
SHANTUNG PROGRESS
tBy Associated rress)

WASHINGTON, Jan. l1.-Delegation
heads of the five powers continued to-
DAY their discussion of the naval lin
ltatlon treaty to clear up remaining
details OF phraseology while the full
naval committee of the conference was
called to meet later in the day to so
over the completed sections of the
pact.
Agreement was reached by the dele
Eation heads yesterday on all articles
y Inc treaty draft except for details
., the Pacific Notifications agreement
upon which tentative settlement was
reached subject to approval by the
Japanese govenment.
thls was awaited today while they
went TO work on the several annexes
attached to the treaty and also the
tn7l drafting Of several of its articles.
Small Island States
The question arising under the forti-
iaations article which provides for
settlement on a status quo basis was
understood 10 relate to the status of
certain small islands lying to the
southward of the principal Japanese
Sroup and whether these are to be in
GUIDED in the area within which no
further notifications can be erected.
me Japanese delegates were conf
cent however, that Toxic would ap-
prove promptly the delimitations ten
tatiyeiy agreed to by them in the
American draft of the article.
Another question still awaiting final
decision today was whether the sub
marine and poison gas resolutions
adopted by the five powers would be
included in the naval treaty or made
the subject of a separate agreement.
Favor Separate Pacts.
On this q growing inclination was
understood TO have been revealed at
the meeting of the big five" to adopt
the latter course on the ground that
the resolutions covering those ques-
ions did not properly belong in the
same instrument with the provisions
for tonnage limitations.
Chief Difficulty.
In the Notifications article the chief
difficulty is understood to have arisen
over precise definition of the geogra-
phical area to be embraced in the
Pacific Notifications status quo" The
big unanswered question is whether
string of Japanese islands extend.
ing 500 miles to the southwark of the
main japanese archipelago are TO be
included in the territory where fur
ther Notifications is prohibited.
Though little public attention has
been drawn TO the matter of the ex-
tent OF Qualifications TO be permitted
10 Pacific islands the general board of
the American navy attaches good
deal of importance to it. Fertilization
of the string of islands. southwark
from the mainland of the Japanese
mainland would control the approach
es by naval vessels to the whole north
coast of China. and would constitute
an effective military barrier
Among other questions yet to be
settled is the number of guns to be
permitted 10 airplane carriers and the
ralibre Of such guns. 1t has already
feen decided to attach appendices to
the main treaty. These will deal with
the limitations to be placed on the re-
Il1cement Of capital ships; scrapping
oi ships and other such technicalities
Meanwhile the Shantung negotia-
tons held out new promise of an
agreement in the decision of the Jap
"nese and Chinese delegates to resume
their separate conversations on the
question today without attempt to
settle for the present the central dis
2grcemcnt over return of the Tsingtae-
iajnandu railroad but TO clear away
other points of difference. It was
hoped discussion OF the less controver-
sial details might develop a method
OF solution for the railroad problem.