The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1922-02-09
CONFERENCE
CLOSED MONDAY
President Harding Makes Closing
Speech To Assembly

History will pen the following rs
the imposing achievements of the
Washington conference:
Five power naval limitation treaty,
junking many battleships, establish
ing a naval holiday and setting a fat
allotment Of tonnage of warships for
the five great naval powers after the
holiday.
Five power poison gas and subma-
rine treaties, outlawing gas as a war
weapon, and submarine as commerce
attackers.
Four power Pacific treaty aimed at
eliminating strife in the Pacific.
Two so-called nine power Chinese
treaties:
ta) One dealing with customs du-
designating China an effective 5 per
cent tariff with subsequent a~lterna-
tons upward.
(b) One reaffirming in unequivocal
language Old principles of respect for
China's "open door" and China's inte-
gritty.
Settlement of the zap controversy
between the United States and Japan
"a controversy which was leading the
two powers manifestly to war.
Settlement of the division of cables
in the Pacific.
Agreement of Japan to withdraw
from Siberia.
iouv group V of the twenty-one de-
mands with REIMBURSEMENT of the idea
of exclusive" control in South Man
churia and inner Mongolia.
Return of Wei Hei We to China by
Great Britain.
Washington, Feb. Give treaties
the memorable products of the Wash
ington conference-were signed TODAY
with a sober simplicity typically AM
erican.
The treaties now go to the respec-
tive legislative bodies of the world for
ratification.
In the stately ID. A. r. hall, beneath
the varicolored banners of nine na-
tons, all represented here, occurred
the ceremony which crowded three
months of arduous labor-a labor
marked with fruitful results toward
peace. The conference adjourned sine
die at 11:13 a. m.
1t was a stirring scene. A distin-
guished company, headed by the presi-
dent of the United States, saw the dele
cations file to a table within the cen
ter of the great hall, attach their sig
natures carefully and file back to- their
places around the great horseshoe ia
BILE which had witnessed so much his
tory making the last II weeks. Presi-
nnYf II n K.1frn fha
ed, addressed the gathering The work
his invitation had set in motion was
at an end, and his speech was a sort
of Godspeed to the delegates, a sort OF
benediction on a noble work.
Harding Sees Future Parleys
Future conferences of nations to
carry forward the work begun by the
conference on arms limitation were
forecast today by President Harding
in his address formally bringing the
present parley to a close.
Since this conference of nations has
pointed with unanimity to the way of
peace today. like conferences in the
future, under appropriate conditions
and with aims both we'll conceived and
definite, may illumine the highways
and byways Of human activity" said
President Harding.
This was generally accepted as
President Harding's invitation to the
nations attending this conference to
become partners in a general a~ssocia-
ton of nations for preservation Of
world peace. His address followed
the signing Of the treaties by all the
nine nations in the conference.
Naval Holiday Extension Predicted
The work begun here will not end
with expiration of the naval holiday,
Mr.. Harding predicted. That holiday
will be extended, he said, and those
OF us who live another decade are more
likely to witness a growth of public
opinion, strengthened by the new ex-
p~erience, which will make nations
more concerned with living to the full
fllment of Gods high intent than with
agencies of warfare and destruction
At this conference, he added, the
torches of understanding have been
lighted, and thew ought To ploW and